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The offline money paradox: Why 2026’s digital detox is driving a self-custody boom.
Liam 'Akiba' Wright 6 min read 
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong denies a White House "war" while Terrett reveals the banks' secret demand.
Copying code took minutes, sustaining liquidity didn’t. Q4 2025 killed 83,700 tokens per day.
Projects are pushing Discord into read-only lobbies while routing support to tickets, limiting scams and impersonation at scale.
Extended dominates Starknet perps, and the fee pressure doesn’t match the “activity,” hinting at mercenary volume.
Tracker data shows an average 15.6 days between solo wins, despite brutal expected wait times for individuals.
With inflation surging and bazaar pricing breaking, capital controls and crackdowns decide how fast household savings get vaporized.
Organizers blame a “market collapse” for the sudden shutdown, but a string of brutal kidnappings and home invasions across France suggests the risks of being seen in public have changed.
Wall Street’s sudden demand for cash looks suspiciously like 2019, but the data tells a deeper story.
