Stella Sora Special Vid: A Story Beyond the Story What kind of book could leave Firefly completely absorbed? Wait… Hold on. Is that really how the story goes? HD version: #StellaSora# #Yostar# #StellaSora1stAnniv#

Why Does America Hate Iran? The Real Story Behind the Conflict The hostility between the United States and Iran did not begin with the recent conflicts in the Middle East. It goes back decades and is deeply connected to oil, politics, foreign intervention, revolution, and the struggle for regional influence. It all goes back to oil Iran has some of the world's largest energy reserves, with more than 200 billion barrels of proven oil reserves and around 34 trillion cubic meters of natural gas. That makes Iran far more than just another Middle Eastern country. Its energy resources and its location near the Persian Gulf have given it enormous strategic importance for decades. But the story really begins in the early 1950s. The 1953 Coup Until the early 1950s, Britain's influence over Iran's oil industry was enormous, while Iran received only a small share of the profits. Then Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh decided to nationalize the country's oil industry. For Iran, it was about taking control of its own resources. For Britain and the United States, however, it was seen as a serious threat to Western interests. In 1953, the CIA and Britain's MI6 helped organize a covert operation, known as Operation Ajax, which led to Mosaddegh being removed from power. The Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, was subsequently strengthened as Iran's ruler. For many Iranians, this became a symbol of Western interference in their country's politics. The resentment created by the episode never completely disappeared. The 1979 Revolution Changed Everything The Shah modernized Iran and maintained close relations with the United States, but his government was also accused of suppressing political opposition. Eventually, public anger exploded. In 1979, the Iranian Revolution overthrew the Shah and brought Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to power. Later that year, Iranian students seized the US Embassy in Tehran and took 52 Americans hostage. They remained in captivity for 444 days. That crisis completely transformed the relationship between the two countries. What had once been a close partnership turned into decades of confrontation. Then Came the Iran-Iraq War In 1980, Saddam Hussein's Iraq invaded Iran. The war lasted almost eight years and devastated both countries. Iran also felt increasingly isolated, particularly because the United States supported Iraq during the conflict. For Iran, the lesson was clear: it needed to become strong enough to defend itself without depending on other countries. This thinking eventually contributed to Iran's pursuit of a nuclear program and its efforts to build influence through allies and armed groups across the Middle East. Why Are America and Iran Still Enemies? The conflict today is not about a single issue. The United States is concerned about Iran's nuclear ambitions, its regional influence and its support for groups hostile to Israel and US interests. Iran, meanwhile, sees American sanctions, military deployments and political pressure as attempts to weaken or contain the country. And underneath all of this is a history of mistrust that goes back to 1953. So, saying that America simply "hates" Iran oversimplifies the story. The US-Iran conflict is really the result of decades of political interference, energy interests, revolution, security fears, regional power struggles and deep mutual distrust. And because Iran remains one of the world's most important energy-rich countries and occupies a strategically crucial position in the Middle East, this rivalry continues to have consequences far beyond the two countries themselves.

There’s a whole community buzzing at the Obama Presidential Center. 🐝 In honor of National Honey Bee Day, meet Janelle, program manager for Westside Bee Boyz and one of the resident beekeepers caring for two colonies of Italian honeybees on campus. Inside every colony, everyone has a role — from worker and nursery bees helping care for the hive to the queen, who can lay thousands of eggs each day. And as Janelle reminds us, honey bees are a matriarchal society — something that has taught her firsthand about the value of female-led spaces. The story extends beyond the hive, too. Native bees help pollinate plants behind roughly one in three bites of food we eat, which is one reason the native plants growing across campus matter so much. Here’s to the bees, the people who care for them, and the ecosystems they help sustain. Happy National Honey Bee Day. 🐝🌼 #NationalHoneyBeeDay# #ObamaPresidentialCenter# #Pollinators# #Beekeeping#

Nicole: Clamor Within The Silent "Mage," the Voiceless "Angel" #GenshinImpact# #Nicole# Many of the stories Nicole envisions begin with a phrase as old as stories themselves: "Long, long ago..." Perhaps, for some authors, "long ago" is less the threshold of a tale than a refuge from all further questioning. For once a story is consigned to unreachable distance, all the people and events bound up within it may as well have faded into obscurity, leaving no path by which the present might truly follow them back. And yet, in Nicole's thoughts, those stories of "long ago" endure still. Long ago, the lights of many nations filigreed the earth in gleaming gold. Long ago, the daughters of heaven wandered in carefree grace betwixt divine courts and mortal cities. Long ago, the sovereign of ages past, who had descended into deepest darkness, had not yet brought disaster back to his homeland. Long ago, the three radiant moons that hung aloft in the night heavens were still three... The years brook no pause, the wheel spinning onward all the same. Within a cycle emptied of hope, the spark of paradise perished alongside the lives annihilated. Servitors once loyal to their ruler turned traitor for the sake of the lives that had been fashioned. The black dragonlord returned from beyond the stars. The moonlit chariot of the heavens shattered like crystal... The story had not reached its end. Rather, it was those who had once read it, and those who had once listened to its telling, who had long since taken their leave. The angel who once longed to write laughter into the world lost all that had once made laughter possible. In the end, she even lost the voice with which she laughed, and could speak no more. Thus, it seemed that the story Nicole kept within her would never properly find its beginning. She could only go on cradling her many "long agos," roaming the world and watching as all things passed, changed, and were remade by time. That remained so until the day she met a tiny mage in an enormous hat, its extravagant brim tipped up with such pride it seemed almost ready to brush the sky. Compared with the hat she wears now, however, it was still a fair few sizes smaller. The little witch tucked herself down at Nicole's side and listened intently as one story after another unfolded, not stirring until she had finished her drink and emptied her bag of biscuits. "So you really are an angel? And all those stories were real, too?" "Then yay, that works! I'm a mage, and you're an angel, so we match perfectly." The merry little mage stretched out a hand to the angel who had come so far, all the way from those distant "long agos," and warmly invited her along. "Want to join my Hexenzirkel? I only just came up with the name, but it has a real ring to it, don't you think?" "It's going to be the funnest, awesomest, best club in all of Teyvat — I promise!" "..." No answer came from the angel. None could. But the little mage did not wait for one. She caught the angel's hand in both of her own and slipped the last piece of candy into her palm. "There. Now our mages' pact is made." Nicole had no thought of joining then, nor could she have guessed what this little gathering called the "Hexenzirkel" would one day grow into. But at the very least... It did sound like a place with happiness enough to spare.

RUSH LIMBAUGH: THE SHY COMMUNICATOR WHO CHANGED RADIO “Sometimes the loudest voice in the room belongs to someone who once struggled to be heard.” By The Daily Dispatch Before there were millions of listeners, before the national recognition, before the familiar voice became part of America's daily routine, there was a boy in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, who wanted to be a radio announcer. Not a politician. Not a national celebrity. Not a man who would one day influence an entire industry. An announcer. His name was Rush Hudson Limbaugh III, although growing up, people called him Rusty. And the boy who would eventually become one of the most recognizable voices in American broadcasting was, by biographical accounts, rather shy. There is something wonderfully human about that contradiction. We tend to imagine successful communicators as people who were always comfortable commanding attention. We picture the confident child, the natural performer, the youngster who never hesitated to stand before a classroom or entertain a gathering of friends. But life doesn't always work that way. Sometimes the child who struggles to find his place among others discovers an extraordinary ability to reach people through a different kind of communication. And sometimes that discovery changes everything. Rush grew up in a respected Missouri family with a strong tradition of law and public service. His father was an attorney, his grandfather a prominent lawyer, and the expectation that another generation might enter the legal profession was hardly unreasonable. But young Rusty had other ideas. He was fascinated by radio. Not merely the music, although he loved that too. He was captivated by the personalities coming through the speakers, the announcers who could turn an ordinary morning into something entertaining, and the remarkable ability of a human voice to reach people miles away. While other children imagined themselves hitting home runs for the St. Louis Cardinals, Rusty practiced announcing the games. He would turn down the television volume and provide his own play-by-play commentary, imitating the excitement and delivery of professional broadcasters. He practiced his radio voice. He experimented with his timing. He learned how words could create excitement even when the listener couldn't see the person speaking. He even used a small transmitter to broadcast homemade radio programs around the family house. Imagine that for a moment. A boy sitting in his home, pretending to address an audience that didn't yet exist, developing skills that would eventually allow him to communicate with millions. There were no national ratings, no advertising contracts, no famous guests, and no applause. Just a child, a microphone, and an imagination. Years later, Rush would explain something revealing about his attraction to broadcasting. He acknowledged that one of the reasons radio appealed to him was the possibility of becoming popular. He wanted people to notice him. He wanted to be liked. Those are ordinary human desires, particularly for a young person finding his way in the world. And perhaps that is what makes his story so relatable. The future broadcasting giant wasn't born with a nationwide audience waiting for him. He was a youngster with a fascination, a dream, and the same desire for acceptance that countless other children experience. He also remembered listening to morning radio personalities who seemed to be enjoying themselves while he faced another day at school. To young Rush, those announcers appeared to have discovered something wonderful. They were having fun, earning a living, and doing something they loved. He wanted that life. At sixteen, he began working at a local radio station, KGMO, in Cape Girardeau. It was a beginning, but hardly the beginning of an uninterrupted rise to fame. He worked under the name Rusty Sharpe and later used the name Jeff Christie. He moved between stations and markets, trying to establish himself in an industry that was not always impressed by his abilities. There were disappointments. There were firings. There were people who believed he simply wasn't suited for a successful broadcasting career. Imagine being told repeatedly that the very thing you loved most was something you weren't particularly good at. For many people, that would have been enough. Rush kept trying. But persistence does not mean that disappointment never takes its toll. By 1979, after years of struggling to establish a lasting career in radio, Limbaugh stepped away from broadcasting. He went to work for the Kansas City Royals baseball organization, eventually holding responsibilities involving group sales, promotions, and special events. It was a respectable position with a major professional sports franchise. And it was also a significant departure from the childhood dream he had pursued for so long. There is an important chapter of his life in those years that deserves more attention than it usually receives. The man who would eventually become famous for communicating with millions was now working in an environment where communication involved personal relationships, business negotiations, promotional activities, and dealing directly with people. He was no longer simply a voice behind a microphone. He was learning another side of communication. We cannot know precisely how those experiences changed him internally. But they broadened his professional experience, exposed him to the business side of broadcasting and entertainment, and gave him a perspective he had not acquired while working exclusively in radio studios. And still, something was missing. He had stepped away from radio, but radio had never really stepped away from him. By 1983, he returned to broadcasting in Kansas City. This time, however, the direction was different. Instead of concentrating on playing records and introducing songs, he began moving toward the spoken commentary that would eventually define his career. In 1984, he took a position at KFBK in Sacramento, California. There, the elements he had spent years developing began to come together. The timing. The humor. The improvisation. The ability to hold an audience's attention without depending on a script. He wasn't merely announcing anymore. He was communicating. And people were listening. In 1988, his program entered national syndication. What followed would reshape the American radio landscape. Rush brought the energy and production techniques of music radio into long-form talk programming. He used humor, distinctive phrases, dramatic pauses, musical introductions, and a conversational delivery that made listeners feel they were participating in something rather than simply hearing a lecture. He understood something fundamental about radio. The audience might number in the millions, but each listener was usually hearing one voice through one speaker. In a car. At work. In a kitchen. At home. Radio was mass communication experienced as a remarkably personal conversation. And Rush knew how to use that intimacy. His program eventually reached hundreds of stations, and his success helped demonstrate that nationally syndicated talk programming could become one of the most powerful formats in American broadcasting. The shy boy from Missouri had become a broadcasting institution. But perhaps the most remarkable part of the story is not the size of the audience. It is the distance between the beginning and the destination. We often make the mistake of looking at successful people and assuming their eventual confidence was always present. We see the finished product. We don't see the years of practice. We don't see the rejected applications, the disappointing conversations, the unsuccessful attempts, or the moments when someone seriously considers abandoning a dream. And we sometimes confuse shyness with an inability to communicate. They are not the same thing. A person can be reserved in ordinary social situations yet become remarkably effective when speaking about something that matters deeply to them. A student who dreads delivering a classroom presentation might someday address a crowd without hesitation because the circumstances, responsibility, and purpose are entirely different. Confidence can grow through experience. It can develop in particular environments. And it doesn't necessarily erase every quiet or reserved part of a person's personality. Rush himself eventually became an accomplished public speaker, appearing before large audiences with the confidence and improvisational ability for which he was famous. But the boy who practiced announcing baseball games in Missouri came first. That boy matters. Because without his fascination with radio, without the hours spent experimenting with his voice, and without his willingness to keep trying after professional disappointments, the broadcaster America eventually came to know might never have existed. There is a temptation to define famous people entirely by their public reputations. Rush Limbaugh certainly had a public reputation. People formed strong opinions about him, and his influence extended well beyond the radio industry. But those debates are not the subject of this story. This story belongs to Rusty. The young boy who wanted to be an announcer. The teenager who found his way into a radio station. The young man who heard that he might never succeed. The employee who spent several years working in professional baseball. And the broadcaster who returned to the microphone and ultimately changed the medium he had loved since childhood. Rush died on February 17, 2021, at the age of seventy. By then, the boy who once practiced speaking to an imaginary audience had spent decades addressing a very real one. His voice had become instantly recognizable to millions. His program had influenced generations of broadcasters. And his career had demonstrated that one person's distinctive way of communicating could transform an entire industry. Yet the image that stays with me is not the famous broadcaster sitting before a professional microphone. It is the little boy turning down the television volume so he could announce a baseball game himself. He had no way of knowing what the future held. He simply loved what he was doing. And perhaps that is the lesson worth remembering. Not everyone discovers their abilities in a classroom. Not everyone develops confidence at the same age. Not everyone finds success on the first attempt, or the fifth, or even the tenth. Sometimes the talent is there long before the world recognizes it. Sometimes a dream survives years of disappointment. And sometimes the person who seems least likely to command an audience eventually discovers a way to reach millions. Rush Limbaugh changed radio. But long before he changed radio, radio had already changed the life of a shy little boy named Rusty. And somewhere today, another quiet child may be practicing a dream that nobody else quite understands. Perhaps we ought to listen. Because we never really know whose voice the world might hear next. The Daily Dispatch

“Over time, we in the West came to feel ashamed of the very things that made us exceptional” “In the process we opened our borders, and outsourced our industry, and allowed our militaries to wither and to decay.” “…we seemed to outsource more of our sovereignty, transferring our decisions to global bureaucracies far beyond the reach of our control.” “We will either choose to act now, or lose the choice to act at all.” “…there was nothing selfish or wrong about loyalty to your nation, nor anything selfish or wrong about fighting to defend its interests above all else.” “The story of our civilization is the greatest story ever known to man”

AI DATA CENTERS ARE POWERING THE FUTURE — BUT WHAT ARE THEY REALLY COSTING US? ⚡💧 AI may feel invisible, but behind every chatbot, image generator and powerful AI model is something very physical: enormous buildings filled with thousands of hot, power-hungry computer chips. And now NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang is pushing back against growing fears about these AI data centers. Huang argues that concerns about their environmental impact are being exaggerated. His bigger claim is even more interesting: the AI boom could actually help local communities by forcing investment into aging power grids, new electricity generation and cleaner energy sources such as solar and nuclear power. The idea is simple. If AI companies need huge amounts of electricity, someone has to build the infrastructure to supply it. That could mean stronger transmission lines, new power plants and upgraded grids that eventually benefit more than just the data centers. But then comes the question everyone keeps asking: What about the water? Traditional data centers can use large amounts of water for cooling. Newer AI facilities, however, are increasingly turning to closed-loop liquid cooling. Instead of constantly consuming fresh water, the coolant circulates through the system again and again. Meta, for example, says its newest AI-focused facilities use closed-loop cooling that requires very little ongoing water consumption. (Facebook) So is the water crisis around AI just a myth? Not quite that simple. The amount of water used can vary dramatically depending on where a data center is built, how it is cooled, and where its electricity comes from. Research published in 2026 also points out that AI’s water footprint extends beyond the building itself — including water associated with electricity generation and semiconductor manufacturing. (ScienceDirect) And that is where the story becomes much more complicated. A data center might use relatively little water at the facility level, while still creating pressure on a water-stressed region through its broader supply chain. Likewise, a company may pay for new power infrastructure, but communities can still debate who ultimately carries the costs and whether the benefits are fairly distributed. Americans themselves appear increasingly worried. A September 2026 AP-NORC/University of Chicago survey found that 53% of US adults were extremely or very concerned about AI’s environmental impact, up from 41% the previous year. Most respondents also expressed strong concern about the effect of data centers on local electricity prices and water supplies. So perhaps the real mystery isn’t whether AI data centers are simply “good” or “bad” for the environment. It is where they are built, how they are powered, how they are cooled, who pays for the infrastructure — and who receives the benefits. The AI revolution may end up building cleaner and stronger infrastructure that communities desperately need. But if that happens, it will depend on how responsibly the industry builds it. Source: Al Jazeera, “Poll shows Americans are increasingly alarmed by AI’s ecological footprint” (2026). (

Kojima Productions revealed new details for Death Stranding Isolations, the hand-drawn anime heading to Disney+ in 2027. Tow Ubukata is handling series composition and screenplay. The story is original, set in North America right after Sam reconnects the continent through the Chiral Network, and follows a young man and woman on an adventure. Director Takayuki Sano is leading the 2D work at E&H production, with Hideo Kojima as executive producer. The details dropped at the studio’s 10th anniversary event, BEYOND THE STRAND, in Tokyo.

robinhood:0x4eb990547bce4a982432ca88cf5fae7eed1a2d35 is one of the tokens I’ve been asked about the most today It ran from a small cap to over $50M MC, before correcting back to around $25–30M The narrative is genuinely interesting, but this move didn’t happen because of one single factor Let’s break down what’s actually behind robinhood:0x4eb990547bce4a982432ca88cf5fae7eed1a2d35 1. It all started with real research The first thing I like about robinhood:0x4eb990547bce4a982432ca88cf5fae7eed1a2d35 is simple : The narrative existed before the token On September 3, Google Research, HHMI Janelia, Cambridge, and other research groups published the connectome of the adult male fruit fly’s central nervous system The original scientific dataset contains roughly 166K neurons and ~125M synapses This is a real scientific milestone, not something the robinhood:0x4eb990547bce4a982432ca88cf5fae7eed1a2d35 team made up to create lore for a memecoin There’s one detail worth clarifying because CT has been mixing this up The simulation on the robinhood:0x4eb990547bce4a982432ca88cf5fae7eed1a2d35 site doesn’t run the entire ~125M synapses directly. After filtering out weaker connections with fewer than 3 synapses, the graph being used contains roughly 10.2M connections So the distinction is : ~125M synapses = the original scientific dataset ~10.2M connections = the filtered graph used in the simulation Things got more interesting after the research became public Developers started experimenting with the fly connectome in environments like Minecraft, Doom, Mario, etc A fairly niche neuroscience topic suddenly became an internet meme that anyone could understand : “We mapped the wiring of a fly brain. What happens if we put it inside a computer and let it play games?” And robinhood:0x4eb990547bce4a982432ca88cf5fae7eed1a2d35 appeared right as this narrative started going viral 2. But what does a “fly brain living on the internet” actually mean? This is something I think people need to understand properly before getting bullish robinhood:0x4eb990547bce4a982432ca88cf5fae7eed1a2d35 is not a conscious fly living onchain, and it’s not an LLM-based AI Agent that can think for itself, read X, and decide what to trade A connectome is basically a wiring diagram of the nervous system The project uses that wiring to simulate neural activity, then maps different inputs and outputs into interactions with an environment For example, visual input from a browser can be converted into stimuli for the simulation, while certain descending neurons can be mapped to actions like moving forward, backward, left, right, or clicking Put simply : It doesn’t “read” a website the way we do. It reacts to inputs through a neural model built from a real connectome Some parts still require human/script assistance So if the narrative becomes : “A living fly brain is independently trading and launching memecoins” I think that goes further than what the project is actually doing But I don’t think that makes the idea less interesting If anything, the differentiator here is the real biological wiring The market already has countless projects taking an LLM, attaching a wallet to it, and calling it an AI Agent A simulation built around a real connectome naturally creates much more curiosity 3. From a science experiment to a stock meme This is where the crypto side gets interesting robinhood:0x4eb990547bce4a982432ca88cf5fae7eed1a2d35 was launched on Robinhood Chain through Pons and paired with GOOGL I think the way the narrative is packaged is pretty smart Google Research is directly connected to the original scientific story Robinhood Chain already has a stock/tokenized-stock meta And Pons allows memes to be paired with stock-linked assets So everything connects pretty naturally : Google => Fly Brain => GOOGL => Robinhood Chain => Stock Meme That makes robinhood:0x4eb990547bce4a982432ca88cf5fae7eed1a2d35 more than just another “fly meme” It sits right at the intersection of science, neuroscience/AI attention, internet memes, the stock meta, and Robinhood Chain I think that’s one of the main reasons it was able to expand so quickly 4. Where is all the attention coming from? This is where I think the narrative is quite different from a typical memecoin The attention is basically forming across three layers The first is science/mainstream The research is real, and names like Google Research, Janelia, and Cambridge are genuinely behind the original scientific work The biggest account pushing the underlying research that I found was @NewsFromGoogle, whose MaleCNS post reached around 13M views based on the data I checked Polymarket also posted about the milestone of mapping more than 166K neurons But this distinction matters : Google and Polymarket are talking about the research. They are not endorsing robinhood:0x4eb990547bce4a982432ca88cf5fae7eed1a2d35 I only see this as evidence that the underlying narrative has grown beyond the neuroscience community The second layer is internet virality Accounts like @evnschlr, @jbohnslav, @nftecchie_ and @sainimatic have posted fly-brain-related experiments/content that reached millions of views They are not shilling the token either But they are doing something important: repeatedly putting the “fly brain” concept back onto people’s timelines The final layer is crypto attention One major catalyst was Marc Andreessen following the project’s official account That’s obviously a meaningful signal for a new meme, but again, it needs to be framed correctly : pmarca followed the account. He did not tweet the ticker or endorse the token robinhood:0x4eb990547bce4a982432ca88cf5fae7eed1a2d35 has also started appearing on the timelines of crypto accounts such as @CryptoGorilla, @fuelkek, along with Chinese CT accounts and traders within the Robinhood ecosystem I don’t really care who bought early or how much anyone made What matters to me is that attention from the broader fly-brain narrative has started being funneled toward the actual robinhood:0x4eb990547bce4a982432ca88cf5fae7eed1a2d35 ticker The flow looks pretty clean : Science creates the narrative => the internet turns it into viral content => crypto starts capturing that attention into a ticker Google doesn’t need to tweet robinhood:0x4eb990547bce4a982432ca88cf5fae7eed1a2d35 As long as the internet keeps talking about fruit fly brains, and robinhood:0x4eb990547bce4a982432ca88cf5fae7eed1a2d35 remains the main token representing that story in crypto, it can still benefit from attention coming from outside the market With memes, I care more about who owns the narrative in the market’s mind than simply counting how many KOLs are shilling it 5. A good narrative still needs good token data At the end of the day, this is still a memecoin Based on the data I checked, supply is 1B, tax is 1/1, and the creator had already collected roughly $329K in fees at the time I checked Holders have grown to around 8K+, while 24H volume has reached tens of millions of dollars One thing I’m watching closely is that liquidity isn’t particularly deep relative to its volume and valuation That cuts both ways When attention is strong and capital keeps flowing in, price can expand extremely quickly But once attention flips, the downside can be just as violent So I don’t want to see $30M, $40M, or $50M in volume and automatically conclude that demand is strong For something like this, I want to look at : Volume + liquidity + holder growth + distribution + sell pressure The narrative determines whether people want to look at the token The structure determines whether I actually want to put money into it 6. The problem now is that a lot of catalysts are already priced in This is probably the most important part if you’re looking at robinhood:0x4eb990547bce4a982432ca88cf5fae7eed1a2d35 at its current valuation The paper is already public Google has already pushed the research to millions of people Fly-brain experiments have already gone viral pmarca has already followed Crypto KOLs and CT have already discovered the token And the chart has already expanded from a small cap to over $50M MC Copycats are starting to appear too So if your thesis for buying here is still : “Google mapped a fly brain + pmarca followed.” I think you’re a little late The market has already traded those catalysts At $1M or $3M, a strong narrative alone can sometimes create a great asymmetric bet At $25–30M, the question has to become : What hasn’t the market priced in yet? And that’s where I start looking at the next catalysts The first is the olfactory/smell feature The team is working toward expanding the simulation into olfaction. If they can turn that into a visually compelling demo, for example mapping tokens, markets, or environments into inputs the fly can “smell,” I think that could create another wave of content Not because it suddenly gives the token massive utility But because if a meme wants to stay alive, it needs a new reason for the market to talk about it again The second catalyst is more convincing web/onchain interaction The “fly launched its own coin” lore is great, but there is still human/script assistance involved If the team can push the experiment further, show clearer live logs, and have the fly browse, click, or interact with an onchain environment in a more convincing way, I’d value that catalyst much more than another KOL follow The third is a second science/media wave This research is still fresh If Google, Janelia, the neuroscience community, gaming community, or mainstream media continue producing new experiments around it, robinhood:0x4eb990547bce4a982432ca88cf5fae7eed1a2d35 can keep benefiting from indirect attention without any of them mentioning the token But the biggest catalyst for me is much simpler : Can robinhood:0x4eb990547bce4a982432ca88cf5fae7eed1a2d35 become the default ticker for the entire fly-brain narrative? If dozens of copycats appear but people still think of robinhood:0x4eb990547bce4a982432ca88cf5fae7eed1a2d35 first whenever someone says “fly brain coin,” then it has built a form of attention moat At that point, copycats can almost become free marketing for the original That’s what could turn this from a runner that lasts a few days into a narrative with a much longer lifespan 7. What does the risk/reward look like here? This is where I start getting more cautious The narrative is strong, but the narrative premium is no longer cheap At $25–30M, the market has already priced in the research, viral clips, the pmarca follow, and some expectation that robinhood:0x4eb990547bce4a982432ca88cf5fae7eed1a2d35 will become the main runner of this narrative At the same time, the token doesn’t yet have enough utility/value accrual to create a clear valuation floor, liquidity still needs to be watched, copycats are appearing, and attention on Robinhood Chain rotates extremely quickly There’s another risk that I think could easily become FUD later : A connectome is not the same thing as a conscious brain If the market starts telling the story as “a living fly brain autonomously launching and trading coins,” expectations will move far beyond what the product actually does When the chart is green, nobody cares When the chart gets weak, things like human assistance, scripting, and the limitations of the simulation can quickly get turned into FUD So from here, I want to see whether the team keeps shipping real experiments or just keeps recycling Google + pmarca to maintain attention 8. My chart view and plan On the chart, robinhood:0x4eb990547bce4a982432ca88cf5fae7eed1a2d35 made an almost vertical expansion to over $50M MC, before correcting roughly 40–50% back into the mid-$20M range Personally, I don’t like chasing around $25–30M after a move like that If buyers continue absorbing supply, volume resets, and price reclaims $30M+, I’d view the structure as much healthier If it corrects further, $18–22M is the first area where I’d start watching closely The $12–15M range becomes more attractive from a risk/reward perspective if the narrative is still alive and robinhood:0x4eb990547bce4a982432ca88cf5fae7eed1a2d35 remains the main runner But I’m not trading an entry based on MC alone If it’s at $15M but volume is dead, the official account stops shipping, and attention has moved somewhere else, then $15M is still expensive On the other hand, if the team ships a strong new catalyst and the market reclaims structure, I don’t necessarily need to wait for an exact number either What I’m watching is : Price + volume + attention + what the team is actually shipping If volume collapses, holder growth stalls, the team stops building, robinhood:0x4eb990547bce4a982432ca88cf5fae7eed1a2d35 loses its main-runner position to a copycat, or the entire Robinhood meta rotates elsewhere, my thesis changes very quickly 9. Final thoughts If I’m rating the idea/narrative alone, I’d rate robinhood:0x4eb990547bce4a982432ca88cf5fae7eed1a2d35 pretty highly Not simply because “AI + crypto” sounds good The sequence is what makes it interesting : Science happened first => the internet made it viral => the token appeared afterward to capture the attention I like that structure much more than launching a token first and then paying KOLs to manufacture lore around it But robinhood:0x4eb990547bce4a982432ca88cf5fae7eed1a2d35 is not a hidden gem anymore It has already made a huge move, ATH was above $50M, CT has discovered it, and most of the obvious catalysts have already happened So the bull case from here has to come from something new That could be the olfactory feature, a new demo, more convincing web/onchain interactions, another science/media wave, or ideally robinhood:0x4eb990547bce4a982432ca88cf5fae7eed1a2d35 establishing itself as the default ticker for the fly-brain narrative If those things continue getting validated, I think a second leg is absolutely possible But if the team stops shipping and the official account just keeps recycling the Google + pmarca story while volume starts bleeding, I’m not going to marry the bag just because the original idea was good TL;DR : I’m bullish on the robinhood:0x4eb990547bce4a982432ca88cf5fae7eed1a2d35 narrative, but at the current valuation I’m not interested in FOMO it From here, I’m not watching the catalysts that already pumped the chart I’m watching what the team ships next that gives the market a reason to talk about robinhood:0x4eb990547bce4a982432ca88cf5fae7eed1a2d35 all over again 0x4Eb990547BCe4a982432CA88Cf5fae7EED1A2d35

🙏 LBankers, this is my way of keeping you updated on a weekly basis. The market never stands still, and neither should we. This week was about turning momentum into real product growth, stronger market share, and broader recognition beyond crypto. Here is what we achieved: 1️⃣ PENGU Momentum Reaches Mainstream Finance 🐧 Our $500,000 Pudgy Penguins campaign continued gaining attention, with @beincrypto highlighting it as one of the key catalysts behind $PENGU’s recent surge. The story was then picked up by Yahoo Finance, bringing the LBank and Pudgy Penguins narrative in front of a much broader financial audience. For me, this is another strong signal that culture, community, and trading activity are becoming increasingly connected. 2️⃣ LBank Physical Visa Card Is Live 💳 A major product milestone this week. The LBank Physical Visa Card officially launched, allowing users to spend directly from their spot balance across the global Visa network, with Apple Pay and Google Pay support, cashback benefits, and no monthly, top-up, or FX fees. The launch also reached the front pages of both @CoinDesk and @Cointelegraph Crypto should be useful beyond the trading screen. This is another important step in that direction. 3️⃣ Market Share Grew While the Market Contracted 📈 @CryptoRank_io’s July data showed approximately $24B in LBank spot volume, with our market share increasing from 2.97% to 3.4%. That is a 14.47% increase at a time when overall spot CEX volume was sitting near a two-year low. Growing when the broader market is expanding is good. Growing share when the market contracts tells you something more. 4️⃣ Pudgy Penguins Keeps Moving Across Culture and Markets 🌍 The campaign continued through new cultural activations, including La Tomatina, while regional asset initiatives around PENGU, XRP, and TRX helped us connect content with what users are actually trading. We want these collaborations to live beyond a single announcement. The goal is to keep turning cultural attention into participation. 5️⃣ LBank Leads $NVDA Spot Market Share 🟢 Ahead of NVIDIA earnings, we expanded our NVDA trading narrative across spot and futures. According to @coingecko data, LBank held a 3.59% share of NVDA spot trading volume, ranking #1# among the major exchanges included in the comparison. TradFi on crypto rails continues to be an area we believe has significant room to grow. Another week of building. Products, market share, culture, and real-world utility are all moving forward together. Thank you to every LBanker building with us. 💛