🤖 Russia is becoming a hub for breakthrough AI developments

The AI Journey 2025 conference, hosted by Sber, showcased a range of releases that challenge the idea of Russia being cut off from modern technology.

Key announcements included:

➡️ New GigaChat models, Ultra-Preview and Lightning, focused on Russian-language tasks

➡️ Updated GigaAM-v3 speech recognition system

➡️ Kandinsky 5.0 image generation models

➡️ K-VAE 1.0 compression models, essential for training visual generation systems

Sber also committed to releasing these models open source, including the full weights needed to reproduce and adapt them. In AI, this marks the difference between a polished demo and a real building block.

By opening its models, Russia can embed itself into the workflows of developers seeking capable and accessible tools. If those tools are Russian, influence follows naturally. This creates a quiet, technical path to relevance at a time when traditional diplomatic channels are limited or strained.

For those expecting Russia to fade from the technology landscape, this comes as an unexpected development.

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📉 Worst performing Top 200 tokens of 2025

These are some of the biggest drawdowns this year among large caps:

➡️ $TIA from $7 to $0.5
➡️ $BEAM from $0.03 to $0.003
➡️ $JITO from $3.7 to $0.35
➡️ $EIGEN from $5 to $0.4
➡️ $BRETT from $0.17 to $0.015
➡️ $DYDX from $2.2 to $0.18
➡️ $W from $0.35 to $0.03
➡️ $RUNE from $6.4 to $0.6
➡️ $CORE from $1.3 to $0.14
➡️ $THETA from $2.7 to $0.32

A $1,000 basket of these tokens at the start of 2025 would be worth roughly $100 now.

This is what real drawdowns look like.

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⌚️ Base drops a limited-edition watch

Base has released a limited run of its “Time to create” watch.

The price on the official Base store was just $70, and the first batch sold out within minutes.

A small product drop, but a clear signal of how strong Base’s brand momentum has become.

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Most people think progress comes from setting better goals

Lose 10 kilos.
Make more money.
Build a business.
Change your life.

Goals feel serious. They give direction. They make you feel like you’re doing something.
But they’re not what actually changes outcomes.
What matters is the system you run every day.

James Clear explains this simply. Results rarely come from the goals you set. They come from the habits and processes you repeat. Two people can want the same thing and end up in completely different places. The difference isn’t desire. It’s what they do consistently when nobody is watching.

Think about it.

Every athlete wants to win.
Every founder wants success.
Every musician wants to improve.

The goal is identical. The systems are not.

That’s why focusing only on goals keeps people stuck. You hit the target once, feel good for a moment, and then slide back into the same behavior that created the problem in the first place. The room gets messy again. The weight comes back. The money disappears.

Nothing changed underneath.
Goals also mess with your head. They quietly tell you, “I’ll be happy once I get there.” Until then, life is on hold. And if you miss the goal, even by a little, it feels like failure. That’s a bad deal.
Systems work differently.

A system doesn’t promise happiness later. It gives you something solid today. If your process is running, you’re winning. Even before the result shows up.

That’s how long-term progress actually happens. Not through big moments, but through boring repetition. Showing up. Adjusting. Refining. Doing the same small things well, again and again.

In sports, staring at the scoreboard doesn’t help you win. You win by playing the next possession well. Money works the same way. Health works the same way. Skill works the same way.

Goals are fine for direction.
Systems are what move you forward.

If you want better results, stop obsessing over the finish line.
Fix what you do daily.

The rest tends to take care of itself.

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When the 12 month marketing campaign has finished and you have to finally launch.

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🚨 Base App drop: up to $2,000 per account with $5 cost

Base App has opened access to everyone. What used to be invite-only is now fully public.

To celebrate the launch, Base rolled out Base App Holiday Rewards with a $2M reward pool. With simple actions, users may qualify for rewards that can reach up to $2,000 per account, with very low capital requirements.

Entry costs are roughly $5, and those funds are not actually spent.

Base App is an all-in-one app combining content posting, trading, and portfolio tracking.

❓ How to participate

• Go to Base website, scan the QR code, and download the app
• Import an existing wallet or create a new one
• Open Base Verify and complete any verification
• Make a swap of $1+ inside the app
• Hold at least $5 on balance

🔖 Campaign deadline: December 21

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here we go again

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Getting rich is not about buying a lambo.

The great thing about wealth is that it gives you the freedom to choose what to work on and when to do it.

Money can buy happiness but only if you use it right.

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True?

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Real AF

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Are you buying dips?

Yes👍 or No👎 ?

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Being broke is hard.

Becoming rich is hard.

Choose your hard.

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❕ $IBIT sends a stronger signal than it looks

$IBIT, BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF, is the only ETF in the 2025 Flow Leaderboard with negative YTD performance.

But that’s not the real story.

Despite being down on the year, $IBIT ranked 6th by inflows. Investors kept allocating capital even through a weak performance period, effectively behaving in full HODL mode.

Even more telling:
Net inflows into $IBIT surpassed $GLD, despite gold being up 64% over the same period.

Why this matters 👇

➡️Capital is flowing in regardless of short-term returns

➡️Investors are positioning for the long term, not chasing momentum

➡️ If ~$25B came in during a “bad” year, inflows in a strong year could be multiples higher

This isn’t a performance signal.
It’s a conviction signal.

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📝 What 2025 taught us about markets and life

This year reinforced lessons that only experience delivers. Not about chasing excitement, but about structure, positioning, patience, and what truly compounds over time.

➡️ Table selection matters more than timing

Underperformance across asset classes is often the first warning sign. Relative strength versus other risk assets and gold matters more than nominal price moves. Sometimes the trade is simply being in the wrong market.

➡️ Entry is only half the trade

Markets are designed to shake participants out. A thesis can be correct and still lose money if the position cannot survive volatility. Only positions that can be held through time and drawdowns deserve capital.

➡️ AI is the biggest equalizer and still underused

APIs, automation, and custom tools are no longer optional edges. The fastest way to improve is to solve real problems directly and build around them. The gap is widening between those who use AI deeply and those who do not.

➡️ Most profits come from very few trades

Strong PnL curves are usually flat or frustrating for long periods, followed by one or two decisive moves. Good traders control downside, survive boredom, and press size only when the setup truly matters.

➡️ Progress is never linear

Results are delayed. Often by months or years. The real edge is persistence. Most participants quit before compounding ever has a chance to work.

➡️ Markets are games of positioning, not opinions

Every market is an ecosystem of incentives. Who is in profit. Who is trapped. Where leverage sits. How derivatives are skewed. Understanding positioning makes price action easier to interpret.

➡️ Real edge must be internal

Borrowed conviction is fragile. Decisions need to be owned. Losses only teach lessons when they come from an internal thesis, not someone else’s view or risk profile.

➡️ Money is not the final asset

Capital buys comfort and time, but it does not outlast life itself. What remains are memories and relationships. That perspective matters when making long term decisions.

➡️ Volatility and time matter as much as direction

Direction alone is incomplete. Volatility defines survivability. Time defines whether a move can actually play out. Ignoring either leads to poor outcomes.

➡️ Percent returns matter more than nominal numbers

Risk adjusted returns are the truth. Nominal PnL creates noise and emotion. Percentage gains relative to risk taken define the quality of a trade.

2025 rewarded discipline over excitement, structure over distraction, and patience over speed. These lessons compound quietly, but they compound for those who stay in the game long enough.

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Rough times reveal which projects are truly here to stay.

Remember that Hyperliquid, Uniswap, Solana, Arbitrum, AAVE, and many other highly successful projects were born in bear markets.

Now it's not the time to leave crypto.

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