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.
17 May 2026 6 minute read 1 comment RafiOnChain
Hey RafiOnChain here. And I want to talk about something that got buried under the CLARITY Act news and the Bitcoin bond yield crash this week. Because in the long run it might matter more than either of those stories. Saudi Arabia is systematically...
16 May 2026 5 minute read 1 comment RafiOnChain
Hey RafiOnChain here. And this one is a story I've been watching develop all week because it's more layered than the headlines are making it look. On May 5th during Strategy's Q1 2026 earnings call, Michael Saylor said something that broke the inte...
13 May 2026 6 minute read 0 comments RafiOnChain
Hey RafiOnChain here. And after everything that happened in Q1 I want to do something a little different today. I want to talk about what's coming. Not hopium. Not price targets pulled from thin air. I want to walk through the actual structural cat...
18 Apr 2026 4 minute read 0 comments RafiOnChain
Hey RafiOnChain here. And this one is about something most retail crypto people aren't paying close enough attention to. On April 17th Kraken's parent company Payward announced it agreed to acquire Bitnomial, a Chicago-based crypto derivatives platfo...
13 Apr 2026 7 minute read 0 comments RafiOnChain
RafiOnChain here. And I want to talk about something that most people in this space are too embarrassed to admit has happened to them. Because it's happened to almost everyone. Including me. You make a bad trade. Maybe you bought something at the wro...
11 Apr 2026 5 minute read 1 comment RafiOnChain
Hey RafiOnChain here. And I want to talk about the weirdest thing that happened in crypto during the worst quarter in eight years. While Bitcoin fell 22% in Q1 2026. While 38% of altcoins hit their all time lows. While the Fear and Greed Index spent...
8 Apr 2026 4 minute read 0 comments RafiOnChain
Hey RafiOnChain here. And this one I have to write fast because the news is still moving as I type this. Last night at around 8 PM Eastern, President Trump posted on Truth Social confirming a two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran. Jus...
7 Apr 2026 5 minute read 0 comments RafiOnChain
Hey RafiOnChain here. And I want to do something a little different today. Instead of covering one specific breaking story I want to step back and look at the full picture of what just happened to us in Q1 2026. Because I think most people are either...
7 Apr 2026 6 minute read 0 comments RafiOnChain
RafiOnChain here. And today I want to talk about something that has nothing to do with charts, nothing to do with on-chain data, nothing to do with technical analysis or fundamentals or any of the things we usually obsess over in this space. I want t...
3 Apr 2026 4 minute read 0 comments RafiOnChain
RafiOnChain here. And today I want to talk about something that’s been on my mind lately — not because of what’s happening right now, but because of what’s happened before. We get so caught up in the daily price action, the latest narrative, the next...
