Inner Chain: Issue 20

🚀 Editor's Note

Welcome to the 20th edition of Inner Chain Crypto your weekly no-hype, straight-talking guide to what’s really happening in Crypto and Web 3, from a passionate squad of crypto enthusiasts from Brooklyn to Accra.

Biggest news this week is the impending Fed interest rates cut tomorrow, which is good for crypto. Bitcoin takes the main stage on Wall street as SEC approves ETFs for listings on Major US Exchanges like the NASDAQ and NYSE! U.S. Lawmakers to host a Roundtable on a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.  XRP ETF launches this week. Coinbase announced it is exploring the launch of a native BASE token for its layer-2 blockchain network, this could be one of the biggest launches crypto has seen in a very long time. All eyes on the Base App, and Solana DeFi Ecosystem sees record growth outperforming Ethereum in DEX volume.

Overall, crypto market sentiment remains positive, buoyed by regulatory clarity, ETF launches, major tokens exploring new narratives, and large-scale events in DeFi and RWA sectors.

Don’t get sidelined. Lock In 🔒️ 

🚀 Market Watch - Trending Coins

🟢 The Next Infrastructure Play: Why Tairon Could Be Crypto's AI Breakthrough

Chainlink unlocked DeFi by solving price feeds. Tairon aims to unlock AI x Crypto by solving everything else.

The Problem: On-chain data is exploding - NFT trades, DEX liquidity, governance votes, DeFi yields - but 99% remains locked away from AI systems due to fragmented APIs and zero standardization.

Tairon's Solution: The MCP Supergraph launched September 2nd - is the first on-chain registry that transforms siloed blockchain data into AI-ready intelligence. Think of it as the universal translator between blockchains and AI agents.

Why This Matters Now:

• AI agents are coming: Autonomous trading bots need real-time, structured data beyond just prices

• Chain-agnostic: Works across Ethereum, Base, Polygon and every major blockchain

• Verifiable provenance: AI systems can track exactly where data originates, solving the trust problem

The Vision: Enable sophisticated dApps like on-chain hedge funds, risk assessment protocols, and intent-based trading agents that can actually "see" and process the full blockchain landscape.

Market Position: $TAIRO sits at $0.176 (down 2.5% today) with $8.8M market cap, still early for what could become the data backbone of AI x Crypto.

Bottom Line: If Chainlink's $7B+ valuation came from connecting price data to smart contracts, what's the ceiling for connecting all blockchain data to AI systems?

The infrastructure play that makes AI agents actually useful in crypto just launched. Watch this space.

💫 What is Alt Season?

Alt Season” (short for Altcoin Season) is when altcoins - basically any cryptocurrency that isn’t Bitcoin, starts outperforming Bitcoin in price and returns.

• In most market cycles, Bitcoin moves first. It grabs the spotlight, rallies hard, and attracts fresh money into crypto.

• Once Bitcoin stabilizes (or slows down), investors often rotate into altcoins looking for bigger gains.

• During Alt Season, coins like Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche, Sui, BNB and even smaller tokens see massive rallies, sometimes way outpacing Bitcoin’s growth.

Many traders patiently wait for the proverbial Alt Coin season every bull run by tracking the Alt Season Index, a measure of how many altcoins are beating Bitcoin. A higher number = stronger alt season vibes.

But you still need to pick the winners!

🔥 Inner Watchlist

• $USELESS

• $BAGWORK

• $GRT

• $AVNT

• $AVAX

• $SAROS

• $KASPA

• $DAM

• $TAIRO

🗞️ News

• Solana volume on DEXES surpasses Ethereum

• Pump fun trading volume tops $1B as memecoins surge

• El Salvador to launch world’s first BITCOIN investment bank

• U.S. Lawmakers meet with Crypto Execs to discuss Bitcoin Strategic Reserve Act

• The importance of Digital Asset Treasuries

• American Express launches blockchain based ‘travel stamps’ on base

🧑‍💻 Who We Are

We’re a small squad of crypto natives - traders, builders, and research freaks who are deep in the trenches with a wealth of knowledge of the crypto market. We use AI tools, real-time data and community intel to stay ahead.

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