Brazilian presidential candidate Renan Santos has publicly proposed the creation of a national Bitcoin reserve, advocating for the allocation of approximately 5% of Brazil's foreign exchange reserves—equivalent to roughly $15–17 billion—to Bitcoin purchases.

The CEO and founder of Inversion recently admitted that he is more bullish on XRP than Ethereum, insisting that Ripple is a force to be reckoned with. During a recent episode of the Empire podcast, host Jason Yanowitz spoke with Santiago Roel Santos, founder and CEO of Inversion, and Rob Hadick,

Santiago Roel Santos warns that the integration of prediction markets in finance platforms like Robinhood may lead to increased user churn and financial instability. He advocates for prioritizing stable financial products to ensure long-term user retention.

Santiago Roel Santos warns that rapid integration of prediction markets into mainstream finance may create a gambling-like experience, leading users to leave platforms. He advocates for simplicity and sustainable growth over short-term gains, emphasizing go long-term value in financial management tools.

The rise of prediction markets has led financial platforms like Robinhood, Coinbase, and Gemini to successively add related trading features. However, Inversion Capital CEO Santiago Santos warns that this trend is actually eroding the foundation of the financial super app (Super App). He pointed out that while the prediction market can bring impressive income in the short term, its "casino-like" characteristics will accelerate user churn, causing the platform to lose long-term value in user retention. (Introduction to Polymarket Ecosystem: An Overview of 10 Major prediction market Tools to Assist Traders' Decisions) The prediction market's "gambling nature" has become a short-term highlight, but it also poses a long-term risk for financial applications. Santos emphasized that while he agrees with the core concept of prediction markets, the entry of prediction markets into financial applications is entirely different.

Finance platforms racing to add prediction markets are doing so at the cost of accelerated “casino-like” user churn, says venture capital firm Inversion Capital founder and CEO, Santiago Roel Santos. Santos argued in a blog post on Saturday that while he is a “believer in the underlying idea” of pr

Author: Santiago Roel Santos; Translation: Tim, PANews Price and Adoption Paradox Crypto adoption will continue, but market prices may not recover for a long time. This contradiction between accelerating real-world adoption and lagging market prices is not a flaw but a necessary feature of the current stage of crypto market evolution. If you view the crypto market from a ten-year perspective, its prospects are highly attractive. However, maintaining this long-term view can be psychologically challenging. You should be prepared for: witnessing adoption rates continuously expanding while prices stagnate or slowly decline; and being ready to see others profit in other fields (artificial intelligence, stocks, or the next hot trend) while the crypto space seems to be forgotten. This feeling can seem unfair, and the process may be agonizing. But the price lag is inevitable. Fundamentally, many of these...

The adoption of Crypto will continue to accelerate, but market prices may remain stagnant in the long term. This disconnect between price and application is not a flaw but an inevitable step toward market maturity, and investors need to be mentally prepared. This article is adapted from Santiago Roel Santos, founder of Inversion Ventures, in his article "The Most Uncomfortable Phase of Crypto Has Begun," published by PANews.

Author: Santiago Roel Santos Source: Retrospectively Translation: Shan Ouba, Golden Finance Price - The Application Paradox The pace of real-world application adoption will not slow down, but the cryptocurrency prices may struggle to recover for a long time. The contradiction between the accelerating popularization of practical applications and the sluggish market prices is not a "fault" in industry development, but a core characteristic of this round of crypto industry evolution. If you hold a long-term perspective of ten years on the crypto industry, current strategic positioning is quite attractive. However, maintaining this long-termism requires enduring significant psychological pressure. You need to be prepared: watching application scenarios continuously expand, yet prices remain stagnant or even decline; seeing others profit immensely from trending sectors like artificial intelligence and stocks, while the crypto field seems to have been completely forgotten by the market. This disparity can evoke feelings of injustice, and

Author: Zeke Faux, Max Abelson, Bloomberg Translation: Saoirse, Foresight News A few days before Donald Trump’s return to the White House, George Santos was walking up the steps of the nearby Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium. It was January 17, the start of the inauguration weekend, and the notorious former U.S. Congressman was about to enter a $2,500 “cryptocurrency ball.” Santos strode confidently past a row of men in tuxedos and entered the neoclassical building. Inside, House Speaker Mike Johnson was taking photos with influencers and lobbyists from the cryptocurrency space, while Donald Trump Jr. was filming.

Inversion founder Santiago Santos and Dragonfly managing partner Haseeb Qureshi engaged in a heated debate over L1 valuations. Santiago claimed that L1s are overvalued, noting that Ethereum's market cap of $380 billion is far less impressive than Amazon's during the dotcom bubble of the 1990s. Haseeb countered that Ethereum is not a company, but rather a nation-level infrastructure.

Inversion founder Santiago Santos and Dragonfly managing partner Haseeb Qureshi recently got into a heated argument on X regarding L1 valuations. The former bluntly claimed, "Most L1s are severely overvalued, and ETH may never return to its ATH," while the latter fired back, "These aren't companies, they're nation-level infrastructure—you are underestimating long-term exponential growth." Now, the two have participated in a live debate lasting over an hour, moderated by crypto KOL Threadguy, delivering an intense and in-depth exchange on the topic of "How should L1s actually be priced?" L1 Value Bubble? Santiago: Valuations are out of touch with reality, demand isn't there Before the debate even began, Santiago got straight to the point: "In the past ten years, over a hundred

According to data from Token Unlocks, tokens such as SUI, ENA, and SANTOS will be significantly unlocked next week. Among them:

Santiago Roel Santos, founder and CEO of crypto investment company Inversion Capital, said cryptocurrencies are not subject to positive network effects, but other experts disagree. In a recent Substack post, Santos wrote that “crypto is priced for network effects it doesn’t have.” He also pointed t

According to Mars Finance, Binance Spot data shows that the market has experienced significant fluctuations. LAYER has fallen by 27.47% in the past 24 hours, while NXPC has risen by 16% and reached a new high for today. Additionally, AUDIO and SANTOS have both shown a "high pullback" state, with 24-hour declines of 9.31% and 12.7%, respectively. HIGH has also experienced a "small drop in 2 hours" with a decline of 10.49%. The remaining tokens DUSK and BICO have reached new lows for today and shown a "high pullback" state, with declines of 5.48% and 6.5%. Meanwhile, ALLO has risen by 5.71% in the past 24 hours and shown a "bottoming rebound" state, while XVS has slightly increased by 5.09% within 5 minutes.

Original Title: Why Your Coin Isn’t Pumping Original author: Santiago R Santos Original source: Reprint: Daisy, Mars Finance Why hasn't your coin gone up? "Dear LPs, our performance has surpassed ETH - but the fund is still down 80%."

Written by: Santiago R Santos Compiled by: Luffy, Foresight News Right now, everyone in the crypto industry is focused on the same headline: Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) are now live. Physical enterprises are integrating stablecoins. Regulatory agencies are becoming increasingly friendly. Aren't these exactly everything we have been dreaming of? But why are the prices still sluggish? Why has Bitcoin been fluctuating and giving back its gains throughout the year, while the US stock market has risen by 15%-20%? Why, even though "cryptocurrency is no longer a scam" has become mainstream consensus, are the altcoins you are optimistic about still in a state of loss? Let's have a good talk about this issue. Adoption rate ≠ price increase There is a deep-rooted assumption in cryptocurrency Twitter: "Once institutions enter, regulations are clear, and JPMorgan issues tokens... we will soar to the sky." Now, institutions have arrived.

The JP Morgan GDP forecast Analysis reveals the economy is heading toward slower growth, and that’s raising serious questions about market stability right now. Gabriela Santos, chief market strategist for the Americas at JP Morgan Asset Management, recently addressed these concerns and pointed out t

Santiago transitioned from JPMorgan to investing in over 70 Web3 startups after leaving Parafi Capital. He now leads Inversion, aiming to reshape how traditional businesses engage with Web3 infrastructure. --- Santiago R. Santos is not the typical investor who only shows up when the market is ho

Bitcoin Magazine Gen Z’s Bitcoin Bet and the Largest Wealth Transfer in History | Bitcoin Backstage w/ Dylan LeClair Summary of the Episode In this latest episode of Bitcoin Backstage, Isabella Santos delves into the impending $84 TRILLION inheritance that the Baby Boomers are poised to pass on t