Welcome to Tales From the Chain — a space where crypto meets creativity. I’m Rafi, sharing original stories, thoughts, and insights inspired by Web3, blockchain, and the digital world. No fluff, no hype—just raw ideas straight from the ledger.
16 Jun 2026 4 minute read 0 comments RafiOnChain
Hey RafiOnChain here. And we need to talk about how fast the macro landscape just inverted, because the velocity of this shift is catching a lot of over-leveraged traders completely flat-footed. Exactly two weeks ago, the tape looked absolutely disas...
5 Jun 2026 6 minute read 0 comments RafiOnChain
Hey RafiOnChain here. And I want to talk about something that happened on June 1st that got completely buried under the Bitcoin crash headlines and deserves a proper look. While everyone was watching Bitcoin fall to $61,655 and Strategy sell 32 coins...
4 Jun 2026 7 minute read 2 comments RafiOnChain
Hey RafiOnChain here. And I want to walk you through exactly what just happened because this morning is one of those moments where everything broke at the same time and the full picture is more important than any single headline. Bitcoin briefly fell...
1 Jun 2026 7 minute read 0 comments RafiOnChain
Hey RafiOnChain here. And I want to give you the most honest read I can on what is happening in markets right now because the data this morning is genuinely striking. Global equities hit fresh all-time records overnight. The Nasdaq 100 pushed higher...
30 May 2026 8 minute read 1 comment RafiOnChain
Hey RafiOnChain here. And I want to tackle something that dropped this week that I think deserves a proper breakdown rather than the usual crypto Twitter pile-on. On May 26th the Wall Street Journal published a piece by Greg Ip, their chief economics...
26 May 2026 7 minute read 0 comments RafiOnChain
Hey RafiOnChain here. And I want to give you an honest read on what is actually happening in this market today because the headline number and three different underlying stories are all telling you something different simultaneously. Bitcoin is tradi...
25 May 2026 7 minute read 0 comments RafiOnChain
Hey RafiOnChain here. And I have been sitting on this story for weeks waiting for the right moment to write it properly because the full picture is genuinely wild and it deserves more than a quick headline post. Most people in crypto know Michael Say...
23 May 2026 6 minute read 0 comments RafiOnChain
Hey RafiOnChain here. And this one connects directly to a story I covered a few weeks ago about Kraken buying Bitnomial for $550 million and building a derivatives empire. Because the exchange wars I wrote about then just got a new player. On May 21s...
22 May 2026 6 minute read 0 comments RafiOnChain
Hey RafiOnChain here. And I want to talk about something that happened on May 4th that I think is going to matter a lot more over the next 12 months than it did in the headlines that week. CME Group, the world's largest derivatives marketplace, offic...
21 May 2026 5 minute read 0 comments RafiOnChain
Hey RafiOnChain here. And I want to talk about a number that I think deserves way more attention than it's getting. In the nine trading days from April 14th to April 23rd 2026, US spot Bitcoin ETFs absorbed approximately 19,000 BTC in net inflows. Du...
