Plus: Vietnam’s crypto trial is off to a slow start

GM. Crypto's been blending faster than a smoothie bar at 8 AM.

Grab a cup - here's what's in the mix:

🧃 A new Daily Squeeze feature!

🏢 Intercontinental Exchange is investing in Polymarket;

🍋 Revolut alternatives, Vietnam’s stalled crypto trial + more

🧃 Introducing "Sip by sip"

We're adding something fresh to your daily crypto read: a Squeeze Streak 🥳

Here's how it works:

🗓️ Open the Daily Squeeze and click the button inside to keep your streak alive - you've got 3 days after each send to check in.

🏅 The longer your streak, the higher your Tier.

Your streak isn't just a number - it's your proof of focus and consistency in an industry where most people only show up when things get loud.

(Oh, and maybe, just maybe... keeping your streak might come with some extra perks down the road 👀)

You'll see your Streak and Tier in every issue, right where this section is now.

Quick heads up, tho': if you open more than one newsletter on the same day, your streak won't update right away inside the email - but it'll be correct when the next one arrives.

Ready to start? 😏👇

#streak-section#

🏢 Intercontinental Exchange is investing in Polymarket

Today, the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) - the massive company that owns the New York Stock Exchange - announced it's investing up to $2B into Polymarket.

Now, if you don't know much about Polymarket and you're wondering why anyone cares - lemme explain.

It's basically a website where you can bet on real-world events - anything from stuff like "When will the government shutdown end?" to "Taylor Swift pregnant before marriage?"

(The latter's a real example, yes.)

(Traders are giving that about a 22% chance of happening, if you care.)

Anyways. The fun part: it's all built on the blockchain.

That means everything runs on smart contracts. You just connect your crypto wallet (like MetaMask), throw in some USDC, and the system does the rest.

👉 If the thing you bet on happens, the smart contract pays you automatically;

👉 If it doesn't, it closes the market and settles everything transparently on-chain.

It's fast, fair, and there's no human deciding who wins - in true decentralized fashion.

So yeah, that's Polymarket - a crypto-powered prediction market where opinions turn into tradable markets. Now, back to why ICE getting involved is such a big deal.

We're talking about a company that's basically the backbone of TradFi - it clears trades, manages bond data, and runs the world's largest stock exchange.

So when a dawg like that invests billions (with a B!) in a crypto platform, it's not because they're curious about Taylor Swift. They see Polymarket as a legit data source - something valuable and institutional.

ICE plans to take Polymarket's live odds and feed them to brokers, analysts, and trading terminals, the same way they distribute prices for oil, gold, or stock indexes.

So, the next time CNBC shows a "probability of a Fed rate cut," that number might come straight from Polymarket.

And for crypto peeps, it's something.

It means a protocol that started on-chain, powered by stablecoins and user-generated liquidity, is now being woven into the plumbing of Wall Street.

This is what "bridging the gap" actually looks like - a crypto-native idea being taken seriously by the institutions that once ignored it.

And it's... beautiful 🥹

🌎 Send your money smart

Ever tried sending money to a relative abroad and ended up lost in fees, rates, and processing times? Let's fix that 💪

BitDegree's new Mission, The Basics of International Money Transfers, makes it easy to get what's really going on.

You'll learn what to look for when choosing a transfer service and check out some of the top providers people actually use today.

🕓 Deadline: November 7, 2025.

🎁 Prize Pool: 1,500 Bits + 100 USDC.

Oh, and btw: the more Bits you earn, the bigger your slice of BitDegree's $15K Season 8 Airdrop! 😏

(To get your prizes, make sure you're on the Ogvio waitlist.)

Ready to make your next transfer work for you - not the other way around?

🥝 Memecoin harvest

The memecoins are cooking harder than your GPU right now 🔥

Data as of 10:05 AM EST.

Check out these memecoins and plenty more here.

🍋 News drops you can't miss

👋 Thinking of ditching Revolut? We've got a list of a few alternative apps you might actually wanna stick with.

💼 Vietnam's plan to test out a regulated system for crypto trading isn't exactly off to a roaring start. Even though the Ministry of Finance set up a five-year trial period, not a single company has bothered to apply yet.

💰 BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF made around $245M in fees over the past year. It brought in more revenue than any other BlackRock ETF.

💰 Senator Cynthia Lummis says the US could start funding its Strategic Bitcoin Reserve soon - but it's getting slowed down by all the usual legislative delays.

🧠 Elon Musk says xAI will launch an early beta of Grokipedia in two weeks. It's an AI-driven encyclopedia supposedly made to combat misinformation.

🍌 Juicy memes