Check out @TheVladCostea Podcast.. I love his podcast.. About $BTC I love this video of @TheVladCostea so much and honestly, it captures exactly who he is. He built a community that he actually shows up for. Always teaching, always supporting, always putting people onto the right alphas.. If you’ve been around CT long enough, you know he’s really good at what he does. And i like $GOATED Scaling isn’t about doing more.. it’s about doing it right. @GOATRollup gets that: efficiency first.. noise last... Quiet builders > loud promises... Let's go

Name & Symbol: GOAT Network ($GOATED)
Address: 0x5d7909f951436d4e6974d841316057df3a622962

Privacy Coins Tier List Everyone talks about privacy. Almost no one builds it right. So we ranked the few that actually did. 🔴 S Tier : ZANO, XMR, ARRR, ZEC $ZANO : → Hybrid PoW/PoS, mandatory RingCT, confidential assets, stealth staking, and the Zarcanum protocol fusing zk-SNARKs with RingCT. → No transparent transactions ever. Confidential assets, privacy stablecoins, bridges. → The only chain delivering scalable, enterprise-ready privacy. #1 by design. $XMR : → Still the backbone of digital fungibility. → Ring signatures, stealth addresses, and Dandelion++ routing. → A decade of battle testing has made it the reference standard. $ARRR : → Pure zk-SNARK shielding. No optional privacy, no transparent layer. → Komodo dPoW security ensures censorship resistance. → Privacy maximalism embodied. $ZEC : → The academic origin of zk-SNARKs and the seed of modern privacy tech. → Despite optional shielding, over 30% of 2025 transactions use full privacy mode. → Regarded as the institutional face of zero-knowledge research. 🟠 A Tier: ANYONE, BDX $ANYONE : → A privacy operating system for Web3. → Combing private identity, soulbound reputation, and verifiable voting. → Positioned as the gateway between private computation and human identity. 2026 breakout candidate. $BDX : → Mandatory mixing, staking, and encrypted messaging. → Growing as a payments-layer alternative with consistent on-chain activity. → A steady, underrated performer in privacy infrastructure. 🟤 B Tier: SCRT, ERG, ROSE, FIRO, PIVX $SCRT : → Private smart contracts on Cosmos and EVM rails. → A leader in programmable privacy but with partial visibility trade-offs. $ERG : → Sigma protocols, local mixers, and Rosen bridge architecture. → An academic’s coin, but adoption remains niche. $ROSE : → Enterprise-grade zk enclaves for data privacy. → Used in institutional partnerships, less so by individual users. $FIRO : → Lelantus Spark technology and verified anonymity sets. → Solid research, weaker liquidity. $PIVX : → Governance-driven privacy through zPIV and masternodes. → Active, community-led, and historically resilient. 🟡 C Tier: ZEPH, DASH, NYM, DUSK, TORN $ZEPH : → Monero fork with an over-collateralized stablecoin. → Interesting experiment, still early and unproven. $DASH : → Fast, but PrivateSend is opt-in and traceable when skipped. $NYM : → Mixnet-level metadata privacy, not full transactional privacy. $DUSK : → Focuses on private securities and compliance frameworks, not personal anonymity. $TORN : → Once essential, now sanctioned and risky to interact with. Symbol of what happens when privacy meets regulation head-on. 🟢 D Tier : CCD, XEL, AZERO, ALEO, LITKEY, SENTINEL Ecosystems with limited recent activity or uncertain privacy focus. Innovation potential exists, but 2025 traction remains minimal. Still present in code, waiting for a second act. 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳 : 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯-𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘨𝘦. 𝘋𝘠𝘖𝘙, 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴. 𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳: 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦. 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘯.

Name & Symbol: Lit Protocol ($LITKEY)
Address: 0x0bbea6812fb3fcbca126edb558e551b3f1702026

Privacy Coins Tier List Everyone talks about privacy. Almost no one builds it right. So we ranked the few that actually did. 🔴 S Tier : ZANO, XMR, ARRR, ZEC $ZANO : → Hybrid PoW/PoS, mandatory RingCT, confidential assets, stealth staking, and the Zarcanum protocol fusing zk-SNARKs with RingCT. → No transparent transactions ever. Confidential assets, privacy stablecoins, bridges. → The only chain delivering scalable, enterprise-ready privacy. #1 by design. $XMR : → Still the backbone of digital fungibility. → Ring signatures, stealth addresses, and Dandelion++ routing. → A decade of battle testing has made it the reference standard. $ARRR : → Pure zk-SNARK shielding. No optional privacy, no transparent layer. → Komodo dPoW security ensures censorship resistance. → Privacy maximalism embodied. $ZEC : → The academic origin of zk-SNARKs and the seed of modern privacy tech. → Despite optional shielding, over 30% of 2025 transactions use full privacy mode. → Regarded as the institutional face of zero-knowledge research. 🟠 A Tier: ANYONE, BDX $ANYONE : → A privacy operating system for Web3. → Combing private identity, soulbound reputation, and verifiable voting. → Positioned as the gateway between private computation and human identity. 2026 breakout candidate. $BDX : → Mandatory mixing, staking, and encrypted messaging. → Growing as a payments-layer alternative with consistent on-chain activity. → A steady, underrated performer in privacy infrastructure. 🟤 B Tier: SCRT, ERG, ROSE, FIRO, PIVX $SCRT : → Private smart contracts on Cosmos and EVM rails. → A leader in programmable privacy but with partial visibility trade-offs. $ERG : → Sigma protocols, local mixers, and Rosen bridge architecture. → An academic’s coin, but adoption remains niche. $ROSE : → Enterprise-grade zk enclaves for data privacy. → Used in institutional partnerships, less so by individual users. $FIRO : → Lelantus Spark technology and verified anonymity sets. → Solid research, weaker liquidity. $PIVX : → Governance-driven privacy through zPIV and masternodes. → Active, community-led, and historically resilient. 🟡 C Tier: ZEPH, DASH, NYM, DUSK, TORN $ZEPH : → Monero fork with an over-collateralized stablecoin. → Interesting experiment, still early and unproven. $DASH : → Fast, but PrivateSend is opt-in and traceable when skipped. $NYM : → Mixnet-level metadata privacy, not full transactional privacy. $DUSK : → Focuses on private securities and compliance frameworks, not personal anonymity. $TORN : → Once essential, now sanctioned and risky to interact with. Symbol of what happens when privacy meets regulation head-on. 🟢 D Tier : CCD, XEL, AZERO, ALEO, LITKEY, SENTINEL Ecosystems with limited recent activity or uncertain privacy focus. Innovation potential exists, but 2025 traction remains minimal. Still present in code, waiting for a second act. 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳 : 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯-𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘨𝘦. 𝘋𝘠𝘖𝘙, 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴. 𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳: 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦. 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘯.

Name & Symbol: Aleo ($ALEO)
Address: 0x6cfffa5bfd4277a04d83307feedfe2d18d944dd2

Some stories in the crypto world are just worth listening to. I just spent over 4 Hour 20 minute diving into the latest Bitcoin Takeover Podcast. ➜ In this episode, @TheVladCostea and @xenumonero explore topics that most hosts rarely touch. ➥ Vlad’s research is deep, his perspective neutral, and his curiosity genuinely impressive. It’s like stepping into a world of NOVASTRO and INFINIT where every discussion uncovers something new. ➤ The Zcash vs Monero debates often turn into memes elsewhere, but here Vlad focuses on documenting history and sharing real insights. ➜ Quick question for @TheVladCostea what topic in crypto do you think deserves more attention but often gets overlooked?

Name & Symbol: INFINIT ($IN)
Address: 0x61fac5f038515572d6f42d4bcb6b581642753d50

Since April, Others gave you this: - filters talk, wasted your valuable time - zero progress on Covenants - LN still doesn't work - Bitcoin Treasury companies, also a waste of your valuable time - you learned that Core is not universally popular, and possibly unreliable Meanwhile, L2L did this: - bip300 with no code changes to Core - we launched, and finished, a hackathon scaling L2 throughput to billions of users - zSide privacy L2 - testing on: - - signet (300k+ blocks) - - mainnet clone (920,000 block sha256d testnet) - BitNames (digital ID L2) & BitAssets (degen L2) - easy install UX, on all 3 desktop OS If you are a real Bitcoiner, then test our software, and hang out in our telegram We are the future!

Name & Symbol: Lnfi Network ($LN)
Address: 0x6d2ebdf6d551d8408e7d896e9a1ec6f84806e193

Just listened to @TheVladCostea’s Bitcoin Takeover with Andrew Cooks, and it’s packed with insights on where Bitcoin is headed. ARC, Andrew’s new layer 2, introduces virtual UTXOs that allow near-instant, low-fee offchain transactions while keeping Bitcoin’s security and scripting intact. Unlike Lightning, ARC doesn’t need sender and receiver to be online at the same time, and both systems can actually interoperate complementing each other rather than competing. What I really liked is the focus on usability and freedom of choice. Through BTC Pay Server’s plugin system and ARC’s flexible design, developers can build real tools without gatekeeping, helping Bitcoin payments become practical again. The message was clear: Bitcoin is still a work in progress, but progress is happening incrementally, realistically, and with a vision for usability, privacy, and adoption.

Name & Symbol: AI Rig Complex ($arc)
Address: 61V8vBaqAGMpgDQi4JcAwo1dmBGHsyhzodcPqnEVpump

Today's featured episode S15 E70 has @TheVladCostea talking to @jgarzik, worked on early Linux Kernel and one of the first experienced open source developers to join Bitcoin. More recently, Mr. Garzik started working on Hemi: a bridge between Bitcoin and Ethereum. Self described network plumber @hemi_xyz. They also discuss Bitcoin scaling, the importance of open-source software, and the need for enhanced privacy in cryptocurrency transactions. https://t.co/tnXAZcECXg

Name & Symbol: Hemi ($HEMI)
Address: 0x5ffd0eadc186af9512542d0d5e5eafc65d5afc5b