When people imagine tropical beaches with volcanic sand, warm seas and dreamy surf waves, they describe Elzonte in El Salvador. It’s hard to think of this natural paradise once for decades as the battlefield of Latin America’s most savage and violent gangs. According to a report by UNICEF, the murder rate in 2015 was 103 per 100,000 people. As a result, thousands of children are orphaned and vulnerable as employed by drug cartels, and the only option for a better life is to migrate to the United States.

Chinbera was born in the Elzonte community. There, opportunities were separated by roads separating the beach from the mountains. “In the past, if you were born on a beach, you were a fisherman like your father or grandfather. If you were born on the mountain, you were a farmer. The women were primarily housewives. Roman Martinez’s smile, something rare in modern history.

Chinbera looks at the sky before continuing to look back at her dreams. “We believe in God and the law of charm of different things, but it’s fundamental to believe in something that moves you to commit and work every day for that dream. The beginning was to let your children have more opportunities in the community, protect delinquency, and start their dreams.” The problem is that they tell you many times that they “fight for your dreams,” but they don’t give you the tools or knowledge that can achieve them. “That’s where our dreams begin. Jorge meets children on the streets, supports them and encourages them to dream of a better future.

It’s hard to get emotional with Jorge Valenzuela, as he tearfully explains why Jorge Valenzuela decided to build Hope House. “We tried to give these kids opportunities that our friends didn’t have, and why many of them were gone with us,” as with most of the Elzonte residents, there’s a story to tell him too. About 20 years ago, Jorge made a living from agriculture. He had a heart of surfing and waves, but the sad reality around him forced him to put his feet on the ground. At the time, the job market only offered two options. Become a gang member or be hired as private security for real estate. The sad and violent reality of those years presented dead ends. “In general, there was a lack of opportunities for employment, education and personal development. In the face of this, many people called for migration and searching elsewhere,” Jorge clearly explains.

That year, when the sun began peering into the mountains that morning, Jorge knew what he wanted to do. He took the board and went to Black Sand Beach. There, Hilbin waited for him, his board stuck into the sand, his eyes on the horizon. Together they learned to read the ocean and feel the direction of the wind. They had warned strangers about the dangerous currents that dragged them into the ocean to be unsuspecting, but over time they began to tell the youngest members of the ocean and their community that they were going to surf. Patience is the greatest virtue of a surfer. Those who know how to wait are those who have managed to ride the perfect wave. Both spent the afternoon sitting on the boards looking for the best strategies to move on to help the community. It was floating in the ocean, where Hilbin and Jorge identified areas with great potential. “We were able to invite them to visit our community by showing the beauty of our land as a window into connecting us with other countries, tourism as our main tool.” They were sure they could create new jobs in town. “I was a surf instructor at the time and I felt that the sport was fundamental to everything that happened later in Elzonte,” Jorge says.

No one could have imagined the world’s first Bitcoin circular economy to emerge on its beach, surrounded by humble homes and dirt roads. Soon, the paths of Jorge and Hilbin intersect with those who change their lives. “Because of the twist of fate, people like Mike, Melissa, Carlos and Alex decided to move to Elzonte and devote their time and effort to help the community,” recalls Jorge. The beach and surfing were their gatherings. “We were kids. They remember that they started teaching us English. They contacted tourists arriving at us, and that cultural exchange began to change our minds. Jorge evokes the appearance of Mike Peterson and soon realizes that if he hadn’t met him, his life could have been very different.

With Mike incorporating into the project, they began codifying community work on the beach. The idea was simple. It creates opportunities and hope for young people. Give them the strength to be leaders and give them the tools they need so they don’t have to migrate or get involved in gangs. Fill in “the tank of child love,” as Jorge defines in his own words. “When we were little, they taught us some words in English, so they helped us to read and write better, but when my 17-year-old daughter was born today, we were children who had an empty love tank.” The community in which our children grew up without parents or older siblings gives us love, support and examples to follow. “We all have tanks. They can be empty or filled with love and hope. That’s what the kids in our community needed.”

Mike wasn’t a blue-eyed gringo who came to Elzonte and fell in love with the beach and people. Peterson arrived as a surfer, but soon became the maker of his dreams.

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July 23, 2025

The Dogecoin price has dipped in the past 24 hours, falling to $0.2591 as the crypto market struggles to maintain recent momentum today.

Even with this drop, DOGE remains up by a healthy 29% in a week and by 69% in a month, with the meme token also boasting a 90% gain in the past year.

And the positivity doesn’t stop there, because a recent upgrade proposal – specifying zero-knowledge proofs for the Dogecoin blockchain – could help to boost the token even further over the longer term, making it more useful as a network.

This new feature, which would enhance Dogecoin’s speed and scalability, could drive more users to the token, something which points to a very bullish long-term Dogecoin price prediction.

Dogecoin Price Prediction: Major Upgrade Proposal Could Change Everything for DOGE – $1 Just the Beginning?

Put forward by the team behind the MyDoge wallet, the proposal would upgrade Dogecoin Core such that it could verify off-chain zero-knowledge proofs.

In other words, it would make the Dogecoin blockchain compatible with zk-rollups, giving the Dogecoin ecosystem access to layer-twos that could make it faster and cheaper.

If accepted, this upgrade could prove massive for Dogecoin, providing it with greater privacy and greater scalability.

In turn, it could pave the way for the development of a whole ecosystem of DOGE-based apps, giving Dogecoin the utility it has mostly lacked up until now.

There’s still no confirmation that validators will accept the proposal, but given the community’s positive reception to the potential update, it could be only a matter of time.

And if it does get the green light, it will no doubt have a hugely positive impact on the Dogecoin price, which is correcting a little today after recent gains.

As we can see from its one-week chart, it remains near the beginning of an upswing, having recently broken through of a descending channel.

Its relative strength index (yellow) is hovering around the 60 mark, and has yet to reach an overbought position.

Meanwhile, its MACD (orange, blue) is about to turn positive for the first time in several months, meaning that more gains should be on the way.

And if we do receive confirmation that Dogecoin’s validators will accept MyDoge’s proposal, then the Dogecoin price could easily reach new highs for the year.

It’s currently on track to hit $0.3 by the end of August, while it could end the year at around $0.5.

Such gains could be higher if the wider market extends its recent gains, with US stock markets continuing to hit new highs in recent days and weeks.

AI Content Creation Platform SUBBD Raises $850,000 in Token Presale: Next 100x Alt?

For traders looking to diversify beyond major tokens such as Dogecoin, there are many promising newer coins in the market right now, including a handful of presale tokens.

One of the most interesting of these is Subbd (SUBBD), an ERC-20 token that has now raised just over $850,000 in its ICO.

What’s bullish about SUBBD is that it will be the native token for the Subbd platform, which is an AI-powered adult content creation site that puts more control in the hands of creators.

Its harnessing of artificial intelligence means that creators can create AI-powered influencers and performers at the click of only a few buttons, while the use of crypto means that payment will be fair and transparent.

One of the most encouraging things about SUBBD is that its native platform has already launched, with the website boasting that its influencers/performers have a combined following of over 250 million.

This means that SUBBD is launching into an already healthy ecosystem, giving it a head start over many other new tokens.

Investors can join its presale by going to the Subbd website and connecting a compatible crypto wallet.

SUBBD is currently available for $0.055975, although this price will rise again later today.

On July 15, 2025, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) quietly announced that it would begin supplying U.S. dollar funds against pooled collateral, starting on July 17, a move that might seem like standard liquidity management.

However, according to macro analyst EndGame Macro, this technical maneuver may signal the beginning of a far deeper shift, hinting at growing stress inside the global dollar funding ecosystem and the cumulative strain of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s persistent hawkishness.

The carry trade squeeze and systemic pressure

EndGame Macro explains that, for years, Japanese institutions profited from USD carry trades: borrowing cheaply in yen, investing in higher-yielding U.S. assets, and hedging the currency risk. This trade thrived on historically easy dollar liquidity and a strong yen. Now, with the dollar buoyed by high Fed rates and the yen slumping, the economics are breaking down.

As the cost and risk of rolling over these trades escalate, Japanese firms face mounting pressure. The BOJ’s action of supplying domestic USD liquidity is less about the current crisis and more about “preemptive firefighting.”

The maneuver also points to a broader global problem: dollar scarcity. When a major central bank intervenes to provide USD locally, it’s a clear message that private markets are slipping in their capacity to allocate dollars efficiently and cost-effectively. We’ve seen the early signs before, he states, most notably in 2008, 2011, 2019, and 2020, which led to repo market ruptures and emergency Fed interventions.

Arthur Hayes, former CEO of BitMEX, commented on the implications of these central bank machinations, pointing out that such moves bolster global liquidity:

“This is huge… The BOJ is about to ramp up the fiat liquidity gusher and propel $BTC much higher.”

The BOJ rate hike and crypto assets

CryptoSlate recently reported that the BOJ’s recent rate hike to 0.5%, the highest since 2008, sent shockwaves through both Japanese and international markets, including a 22% drop in Metaplanet shares.

The move, prompted by persistent inflation above 3%, has put pressure on previously steady carry trades and heightened volatility across assets. Higher Japanese rates narrow the profitability of borrowing in yen to invest overseas. Unwinding these trades can cause rapid capital flight from risk assets, including cryptocurrencies, increasing global volatility.

When the dollar becomes more expensive and less available globally, riskier assets, like Bitcoin, often face pressure, with price surges or sudden downturns as liquidity dynamics shift. However, if central banks, including the Fed and BOJ, coordinate or expand liquidity (e.g., via swap lines or renewed QE), risk assets like crypto can rebound sharply, as Hayes anticipates.

The BOJ’s recent steps, both in lifting rates and preemptively adding USD liquidity, are more than routine tweaks. As EndGame Macro states:

“Quiet moves like this one are often the first signs.”

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Bitcoin punched a fresh record of over $122,000 on the morning of July 14th, extending its month-long rally to over 16%. Against this backdrop, Charles Edwards (founder and CEO of Capriol Investment, a digital asset hedge fund) acknowledges that it is only in the “early stage” of a much broader liquidity-driven boom that could control the rest of 2025 and beyond.

Bitcoin Liquidity Super Cycle

In the latest Capriol newsletter, Edwards argues that “money and liquidity provide a capital flow background, and Bitcoin finance companies are the funnels.” He dismisses the idea that the $20,000 advance over the past two weeks is a technical accident and instead refers to deep macro currents that have been built for months.

“The biggest bitcoin rallies occur when the market is net shortage of USD,” he writes, pointing to Capriol’s own “USD positioning” gauge, aggregating futures data across major currencies. The metric has been “deeply negative” since early summer, indicating that global investors are critically betting on the dollar and supporting hard assets.

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Another pillar is credits. The BBB rated corporate bond spread has been shattered more closely since 2020 since spring, a classic risk-on signal in the traditional market that has nearly mapped tics to major Bitcoin up maubes. “More evidence,” Edwards says, “Bitcoin is a Tradfi asset.”

Perhaps the strongest tail wind is the growth of raw money. Global M3 is enlarged with 9% clips per year. This is a historically extreme rate that Capriol has stated that it ultimately coincided with an average 12-month Bitcoin return of around 460%. Edwards warns that Bitcoin is unlikely to repeat its size as a trillion dollar asset today.

Capriole’s framework is also based on the historical lead rug relationship between gold and Bitcoin. Once bullion entered a meaningful breakout, Bitcoin tended to continue after 3-4 months. Gold’s early 2025 surge and its outperformance and global stocks therefore provided “a strong support for the decline in demand for fiat money in the current market and the favor of hard money,” Edwards argues. Bitcoin has risen 28% since Capriol flagged the gold move in April.

The stocks also offer green lights. The New York Stock Exchange Advance and Deklein lines lost to new highs last week, but Capriol’s “Equity Premium” indicator reset to zero in late May.

All of these data points are fed to the company’s flagship Bitcoin macro index, a combination of numerous public and proprietary variables that Capriol uses to form the fund’s trading exposure. Even after the latest vertical movement of the coin, the index is “still in a strong, positive growth area,” reported Edwards. It suggests that the underlying drivers – fluid, risk emotion, and chain activity “stays intact.”

Bitcoin Ministry of Finance – Company Flywheel

But perhaps the most striking piece of the puzzle is outside of pure macros. Edwards highlights the emergence of Bitcoin Finance Companies (TCS). It will organize vehicles raising fiat capital in the equity or debt market and roll out to Spot BTC as a new “major bubble dynamics of this cycle.”

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The quarterly inflow into TCS reached $15 billion in the second quarter, with Capriol having at least 145 such companies pursuing their strategy. In the market capitalization expanded on balance sheet coin paper, Edwards believes “is likely to help add more than $1 trillion to Bitcoin’s market capitalization next year,” they expand on balance sheet coin paper.

He rejects the notion that this corresponds to unhealthy centralization. “If Bitcoin is one day a basic money, we need to scale it to tens of trillions to flatten the volatility.

Edwards emphasizes that his analysis is on the horizon for months. “When Bitcoin sees a massive gathering, there’s always a strong pullback and local overheating,” he admits, adding that the newsletter intentionally sidelines short-term on-chain bubbles, focusing on “the big picture and driving factors for the next six months.”

Still, Capriol’s conclusions are clear as Central Bank’s liquidity is abundant, dollars are crowded, credit stress is calming, and a structurally new pool of corporate buyers intervening. The liquidity tap is wide open and only supplied with Bitcoin Supercycle.

“The early adopters today may be considered speculators, but that will become very obvious in hindsight. After the Treasury waves become the government’s financial waves (the next cycle).

At the time of pressing, BTC was traded for $122,438.

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May 26, 2025

Ananda warned that those still sidelining SOL may miss out, highlighting a bullish reversal structure with parabolic potential shaping the mid-term Solana price outlook.

Their analysis notes macroeconomic shifts as a potential catalyst for altcoins, with the US Federal Reserve expected to initiate interest rate cuts in the coming months.

For now, however, the broader altcoin market remains stagnant as US-EU tariff tensions rise and investors flock to safe-haven assets like Bitcoin and gold amid a weakening dollar.

Analyst Anticipates Parabolic Move Beyond $420

Mastor Ananda highlighted a “textbook” rounded bottom pattern breakout—spurred by an 80% climb since the mid-April market bottom—has set Solana on the path to new all-time highs.

With a break above its baseline resistance at $160, the level has now flipped to support as a psychological stronghold for the market.

As long as the $160 level holds, Ananda believes the current trend is likely to extend to higher Fibonacci resistance levels, culminating in the 1.618 extension at around $420—a 120% gain.

Even if the Solana price dips below $160, Ananda suggests it would likely be a temporary shakeout or bear trap, emphasizing that $420 may not even mark the final target.

Solana Price Analysis: How Much Further Could Solana Go?

The rounded bottom breakout could ignite a move through a broader cup-and-handle pattern dating back to late 2021, currently trading within the descending channel forming the handle.

While momentum from the immediate breakout has cooled into consolidation between $160 and $190, Ananda maintains that Solana’s bullish trend remains intact.

Technical indicators support this view. The RSI holds steady above the neutral 50 mark at 53, signaling that buying pressure continues to outweigh selling on higher timeframes.

More so, the MACD line continues to build its lead on the signal line following a golden cross. This formation typically coincides with longer-term uptrends on the weekly chart.

The last of which corresponded to the post-election and inauguration rallies—an explosive period which took the Solana price to new highs.

If the rounded bottom pattern completes at $300, the next leg toward $420 could act as a mid-point to the full 160% breakout implied by the broader cup-and-handle formation.

This Fleeting Opportunity Could Ride The Next Solana Rally

New ICO Solaxy ($SOLX) could be the biggest beneficiary of a Solana price breakout as its first-ever Layer-2 scaling solution, filling a critical gap in the ecosystem.

Solana has long lacked this capability, limiting its DeFi and cross-chain use case—until now.

By processing transactions off-chain and finalizing them on Solana, Solaxy significantly reduces congestion and lowers transaction costs, while offering seamless interoperability across both blockchains.

With over $40 million in its ongoing presale, investors are already rallying behind the project. When demand for Solana increases, it could be the one to reap the fresh ecosystem liquidity.

There are just 20 days before this phase ends, unlocking the untapped demand of exchanges.

You can keep up with Solaxy on X and Telegram, or join the presale on the Solaxy website.

• ADA price started a fresh rally above the $0.720 and $0.750 levels.
• The price is trading above $0.750 and the 100-hourly simple moving average.
• There was a break above a key bearish trend line with resistance at $0.770 on the hourly chart of the ADA/USD pair (data source from Kraken).
• The pair could start another increase if it clears the $0.80 resistance zone.

Cardano Price Climbs Above $0.750

After forming a base above the $0.720 level, Cardano started a fresh rally beating Bitcoin and Ethereum. ADA was able to clear the $0.750 and $0.80 resistance levels.

It even surged above the $0.820 level. A high was formed at $0.8286 before there was a downside correction. The price tested the $0.7620 zone and recently started a fresh increase. It cleared the $0.780 resistance. There was a move above the 50% Fib retracement level of the downside correction from the $0.8286 swing high to the $0.7621 low.

There was also a break above a key bearish trend line with resistance at $0.770 on the hourly chart of the ADA/USD pair. Cardano price is now trading above $0.780 and the 100-hourly simple moving average.

On the upside, the price might face resistance near the $0.80 zone or the 61.8% Fib retracement level of the downside correction from the $0.8286 swing high to the $0.7621 low. The first resistance is near $0.820. The next key resistance might be $0.850.

If there is a close above the $0.850 resistance, the price could start a strong rally. In the stated case, the price could rise toward the $0.90 region. Any more gains might call for a move toward $1.00 in the near term.

Another Decline in ADA?

If Cardano’s price fails to climb above the $0.80 resistance level, it could start another decline. Immediate support on the downside is near the $0.7750 level.

The next major support is near the $0.7620 level. A downside break below the $0.7620 level could open the doors for a test of $0.750. The next major support is near the $0.720 level where the bulls might emerge.

Technical Indicators

Hourly MACD – The MACD for ADA/USD is gaining momentum in the bullish zone.

Hourly RSI (Relative Strength Index) – The RSI for ADA/USD is now above the 50 level.

Major Support Levels – $0.7750 and $0.7620.

Major Resistance Levels – $0.8000 and $0.8200.