Weekly Rundown - May 11, 2025

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Mark Helfman
May 11, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes

🌟 Editor’s note

You may have noticed my market updates hit on Thursdays and Fridays now. I’ve had to switch up my schedule because of life changes.

Look for occasional special content earlier in the week, updates late in the week, and the rundown every Sunday (US Eastern time).

🗓️ What you missed this week

Market Update

In it, we checked on the $TRUMP token, our latest bellwether, and found more ways this rally is going the same way as other rallies in similar circumstances.

On Models and Cycle Theories

From now until the end of May, I’m making my special report, Exposing Bitcoin Data Models and Cycle Theories: Good, Bad, and Ugly, available for free.

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Bottom line: With Lightspark’s infrastructure, the UK and parts of the European Economic Area can send BTC instantly and with minimal fees.

My take: Good! It’s expensive to send Bitcoin on-chain. $1-2 per transaction, on average. Lightning network cuts that to essentially zero, but the best lightning wallets run on apps that don't have a lot of users. Revolut has a lot of users. The bigger question is whether people will pay each other with BTC when they can use stablecoins or legacy tech instead. It should be interesting to see how things go.

Why you should care: This integration could make Bitcoin more practical for everyday transactions, potentially driving wider adoption that persists regardless of Bitcoin’s price or “the macro.”

Revolut supercharges Bitcoin with lightning-powered payments

Revolut has teamed up with Lightspark to launch lightning-fast Bitcoin transactions for users in the UK and select European markets.

In this free report, CryptoQuant dug into Ethereum’s usage and supply dynamics, examining the tokenomics and technical changes that make up the ETH token’s value proposition.

Stakers and big ETH holders need to read it, especially in light of its recent price surge, the Pectra upgrade, and Vitalik Buterin’s recent statements about Ethereum’s philosophy and intent.

ETH’s Value Trap: Extreme Discount to Bitcoin Comes with Persistent Headwinds

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In short, the ETH token price faces a tough climb in the long run. New tokenomics weakened its monetary properties, and changes in investor preference weakened its investment case.

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