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⚠️ Altcoin euphoria meets Its first warning signs
On-chain data suggests altcoins may be entering a more critical phase.
Altcoins have recently attracted a significant share of capital. Since June 2026, Total2, which represents altcoin market cap (ETH included), has absorbed over $371B in inflows, a 45% increase over just a few months.
This sudden appetite for altcoins is also reflected in the number of altcoins listed on Binance now trading above their 200-day moving average, a key trend indicator.
While 80% of altcoins on Binance were trading below this level back in August, only 13% remain below it today.
This means 87% of altcoins on the platform have reversed their prior trend and entered bullish momentum.
This shift points to a form of euphoria taking hold across altcoins. Historically, however, this kind of dynamic isn't sustainable and eventually runs out of steam.
Lo peor que puede hacer un carpintero es dar lecciones de cómo plantar tomates :tomato:
Jose Luis Cava @jluiscava se comió el TOP en $126K, y este ha dejado fuera de las mejores zonas de compra al 90% de inversiones retail que venía de la bolsa.
It is him.
The ECB has switched on Pontes, the bridge solution until Appia shows up, to give wholesale settlement to European tokenised markets.
Before we jump in, just my two cents:
For now that tokenised CeBM sits in an intraday silo:
-no interest
- does not count toward minimum reserves
- cannot be used for the rest of TARGET
Banks have to on-ramp and off-ramp depending on whether they need the liquidity inside the DLT or back in T2
That is what worries me most. If it is not 24/7, it still runs on normal TARGET hours and those balances pay nothing.
Even if funding/defunding is efficient, token mode creates a silo: you gain DLT efficiency, but you split treasury across two boxes and you may need a bigger buffer for day-to-day T2 activity
Trigger mode avoids that silo (the payment goes DCA to DCA), but then there is no cash on-chain. The bank picks per trade.
I am struggling a bit to see the incentives for banks and the industry to actually use this, to be honest.
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I am not going to go into every detail, but the infra is 3 technical layers:
1. EII (Extended Interoperability Interface)
Access interface: API + GUI.
- Authenticates
- Authorises
- Applies 4-eyes when needed (basically two users at the same bank: one starts the instruction, the other approves it)
- Routes each request to the participant's NCB node (NCB = National Central Bank)
- On DvP/PvP it acts as the Hash-Link oracle: it generates, holds and releases the Execution/Cancellation Keys
2. ESY DLT
Private Eurosystem DLT built on Hyperledger Fabric.
Wallets:
- Each bank's DCW: Dedicated Cash Wallet. The participating bank's wallet on the ESY DLT. That is where it holds the intraday cash tokens.
- ECB Token Issuance Wallet: technical wallet, the DLT counterpart of the Token Issuance Account. On mint it is debited and the bank's DCW is credited; on burn, the other way around
Nodes:
- NCB node (one per country): serves its local participating banks
- Operator node: opens/closes the day and sweeps the wallets
- ECB node: mints and burns the cash tokens
3. T2 Interface + Trigger Backend
The engine that connects Pontes to TARGET.
- Translates instructions into T2 messages (pacs.009, pacs.010, pacs.002, etc.)
- Runs the RTGS movements for funding, defunding and trigger mode
Mint/burn is done by the ECB issuer node on the ESY DLT. The Trigger only moves cash in T2.
Order:
- Funding: T2 confirms first, then the tokens are minted
- Defunding: burn first, then T2 sends the euro back
You can also settle the cash leg with no tokens: trigger mode, DCA to DCA via T2.
T2 accounts:
Participant RTGS DCA
- Operational TARGET account
- Source of funding and destination of defunding
- In trigger mode it is also the source and destination of the payment
Technical Interim Account
- A single RTGS DCA for the whole Eurosystem. Legal owner: ECB
- Operated by the 4CB (Bundesbank, Banque de France, Banca d’Italia, Banco de España)
- One-booking bridge account: splits euro in transit from the stock that already backs tokens
Pattern: origin → Interim → destination
Token Issuance Account
- Aggregate T2 escrow of every live cash token on the DLT
- That is where the CeBM backing the tokens is booked
- ECB omnibus
DLT wallets:
DCW (Dedicated Cash Wallet)
- Participant wallet on the ESY DLT
- 1:1 mapped to a single RTGS DCA
- Intraday tokenize reserves live here
- Segregation between banks is in the DCWs, not in the Token Issuance Account
Token Issuance Wallet
- A single ECB technical wallet on the issuer node
- Funding: this wallet is debited and the DCW is credited
- Defunding: the token comes back here and is burned
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Funding
Starting state:
Deutsche Bank DCA: 50,000,000
Technical Interim: 0
Token Issuance Account: 0
Token Issuance Wallet: 0
Deutsche Bank DCW: 0
1. Instruction
Deutsche Bank User 1 sends: fund 10,000,000 into DCW-Deutsche Bank
If 4-eyes is on, User 2 approves
If the second eye is required and missing, the request stays in draft and never hits T2
2. EII routes
Authenticates, authorises and sends the request to the Bundesbank node
3. NCB node checks
The participant is active
-The DCW is open and not blocked
-The DCW belongs to that participant
-DCW → DCA mapping exists
-The DCA exists and can be debited
4. The Trigger talks to T2
Two hops, always through Interim.
Hop 1: take it out of DBK:
Deutsche Bank DCA: 50,000,000 → 40,000,000
Interim: 0 → 10,000,000
Typical message: pacs.010 (debit the participant DCA to the Interim)
Hop 2: put it in the pot:
Interim: 10,000,000 → 0
Token Issuance Account: 0 → 10,000,000
Typical message: pacs.009 (credit from Interim to the Token Issuance Account)
5. T2 replies
Positive pacs.002 = T2 settled
6. Only then mint
The ECB issuer node books it on the DLT:
Token Issuance Wallet: −10,000,000
Deutsche Bank DCW: +10,000,000
End state:
- Deutsche Bank DCA: 40,000,000
- Technical Interim: 0
- Token Issuance Account: 10,000,000
- Token Issuance Wallet: −10,000,000
- Deutsche Bank DCW: 10,000,000
- Tie-out: 10M in the DCW = 10M in the T2 pot. The Token Issuance Wallet is the DLT counterpart of that pot.
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DvP E2E Use Case
Deutsche Bank buys a 2,500,000 € tokenised bond from BNP. The bond lives on the market DLT (Clearstream, SWIAT, Cashlink or Axiology):
0. Before
Deutsche Bank already funded. It has 10,000,000 in its DCW
BNP holds the bond on the Market DLT
That DLT operator (Clearstream, SWIAT, Cashlink or Axiology) is onboarded and whitelisted against those banks
1. Seller opens the DvP
BNP or its Market DLT Operator sends the EII a DvP Initialisation Request: BICs, 2,500,000 EUR, bond ISIN/DTI, platform, operator
The EII creates two secrets only it holds: Execution Key (to deliver the bond) and Cancellation Key (to return it)
It sends back the hashes of those keys, an ID and a timeout: now + 30 minutes
2. The bond is locked
The Hash-Link Contract is deployed on the Market DLT with those hashes
The bond leaves BNP's free wallet and sits locked in the contract
The contract only releases the asset if someone presents the Execution Key, the Cancellation Key, or both parties close it cooperatively
3. Buyer pays
Inside those 30 minutes, Deutsche Bank or the operator sends the Payment Request to the EII
The NCB node looks at Deutsche Bank's DCW
Deutsche Bank DCW: 10,000,000 → 7,500,000
BNP DCW: 0 → 2,500,000
Payment status: SETTLED
If there is no balance: UNSETTLED.
If time runs out with no payment: BURNED.
4. The EII releases one key only
SETTLED -> Execution Key to the buyer (or its operator)
UNSETTLED or BURNED -> Cancellation Key to the seller (or its operator)
5. After
- BNP can leave the 2,500,000 in its DCW for another DvP today
- or defund (off-ramp) and get it back on its T2 DCA
- or do nothing and at close the operator node sweeps every DCW back to T2
Mis bolsas están en ATH
Y los futuros de BTC no van mal
En pleno mercado bajista
Corto en Oro largo en Shitcoins. O cómo era eso?
Todos los ciclos es igual
La peña se queda atrapada en el top por FOMO
La peña se queda sin comprar por FUD
#Bitcoin
La IA eligirá a Bitcoin como el mejor transmisor de valor en el tiempo y en el espacio.
¿Por qué escogerían las máquinas a la moneda Fiat para intercambiar bienes y servicios?











