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2 Jun 2025 3 minute read 1 comment mercurial9
With Conclave Arcana dropping, it introduced eleven new abilities. I don’t have or own any Conclave Arcana cards, but that doesn’t matter as Training Mode exists. I have been enjoying testing out the new abilities and at the same time watching some o...
2 Jun 2025 2 minute read 2 comments mercurial9
This week has tested my patience and as a result I’ve been glued to charts, tracking the Trump tariff saga and its effects on crypto markets. As I noted in my SPS technical analysis blog last Friday, Trump’s latest tariff threats came right after BTC...
30 May 2025 2 minute read 0 comments mercurial9
Bitcoin touched $112K, fake-breaked, and went back down to $109K on renewed tariff threats. Trump wants a 50% EU import tax and dropped a $2.5B BTC treasury buy. Combine that with low ETF inflows, and the next few weeks will be crucial to determine w...
26 May 2025 3 minute read 0 comments mercurial9
It is official, with the impending release of Yaba’s Pickle, splinterlands will be entering meme territory, and I am here for it. This is not just a novelty card drop, but also tapping into meme hype while using the community to build engagement. So...
25 May 2025 2 minute read 0 comments mercurial9
ETH and SOL played a game of in-and-out with my CLP ranges, breaking above $2.6K and $180, respectively, before dipping back down over the last two days and coming within my CLP ranges. That left me farming yields intermittently. Meanwhile, I’m keepi...
23 May 2025 2 minute read 0 comments mercurial9
BTC smashed through a new all-time high, hitting $111814 before settling around $111k, fuelled again by growing institutional interest and corporate adoption. ETH jumped 3.8% to $2.65k and continues riding the wave of momentum, while SOL also followe...
19 May 2025 2 minute read 0 comments mercurial9
With Conclave Arcana officially live and the new season is a few days old, I’ve had the chance to run my alt account in Wild. And with Chaos Legion and Riftwatchers moving out of Modern and into Wild, there’s a ton of experimental lineups being playe...
18 May 2025 2 minute read 1 comment mercurial9
My DeFi portfolio hit a rough patch this week, with harvested yields dropping nearly $9 from last week’s 2-month high. ETH has been hovering above my upper bound CLP positions of $2.5K, leaving me farming yields for only half the week while it choppe...
16 May 2025 2 minute read 0 comments mercurial9
It's fair to say that the bull market is back, with many of crypto coins showing major moves up. BTC briefly touched $104.8k, showing strong support despite mixed signals from a U.S.-China tariff deal, which may have eased trade tensions. ETH stole t...
12 May 2025 2 minute read 0 comments mercurial9
Let’s be clear: the splinterlands Conclave Arcana presale was a success by any metric. The presale is officially behind us, and over 2.4 billion DEC/Credits were spent, and there was a literal war being had on the leaderboard where it came down to th...
