<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 05:19:17 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/speculation/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Vitality.Coffee and the REAL Cost of Side Hustles]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’m officially launching Vitality.Coffee, a premium coffee and tea company built for people who value quality, freshness, and intention. 👉 Vitality Coffee is a direct-to-consumer coffee and tea brand]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ecommerce/@branbello/vitalitycoffee-and-the-real-cost-of-side-hustles</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ecommerce/@branbello/vitalitycoffee-and-the-real-cost-of-side-hustles</guid><category><![CDATA[ecommerce]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[branbello]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/AmRc67RgYaWTamZtjiRVK9pxDgRdg2RtnXmG5dbeGuzK3WNfkBktwpfap6sZNa7Y4xBpiW9vDAyGYBhbiQQMTxHkVEsb2mhUwCpFz62Wqt1cUCf5yjkNCMihGekDZiw7T9qrtC4F7GwwtAJJJkSqcZTcjCtmGVtr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bulls and Bears          ...Finale               ...Risk/Benefit Ratio]]></title><description><![CDATA[There was something about her that drew me in like a siren calling to a sailor. Destructive, certainly, but so beautiful it would almost be worth it... Almost. ― A. Huang Siren My plan to escape the bulls]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/bulls-and-bears-finale-riskbenefit-ratio</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/bulls-and-bears-finale-riskbenefit-ratio</guid><category><![CDATA[splinterlands]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 14:09:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rh4pgvfSeFXTYUFApF9XPLU5PgxHyrGepkdNi9BSyLpdZZY5EuKEvP5hn23XfMR6vDmpy2uuzgE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bulls and Bears       …Part 2       …The Abyss of Shallowness]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am fond of them, of the inferior beings of the abyss, of those who are full of longing. Richard Wagner High Aspirations—Thompson Investments I spent the night with Evelyn at her condo—it’s high-end and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/bulls-and-bears-part-2-the-abyss-of-shallowness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/bulls-and-bears-part-2-the-abyss-of-shallowness</guid><category><![CDATA[splinterlands]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 14:30:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjW4PvRk9nXC1RsHWxNoWjhqsdMpcQqNmatakvxJ5Sws2rC52DnuZwu34iSQwv9VoVJ53rCa4JJRJ1NafEHpZmbPnM6CBMziWh6uNBuMQEUtN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bulls and Bears              …Part 1             …Playing the Market]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bulls and bears wage desperate battles in the market, but shorn lambs usually take the punishment. ― Samuel G. Freedman Evelyn Winters There’s no romance on Wall Street. I lasted five years at Goldman]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/bulls-and-bears-part-1-playing-the-market</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/bulls-and-bears-part-1-playing-the-market</guid><category><![CDATA[splinterlands]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 14:05:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm4Bw8fmw3Y3ebiYW61dkW16qTycFmMR7HyV1PmrZLrju7Eb5953cF2eGu1YSfJzA88rVkvNCqLYEPiqd3qYrcqP2Hhd1ZJRHunPvmRTqVJuAS9EYnqjvfghA1m6GV4a?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speculation Is (Not) Good]]></title><description><![CDATA[Good or bad? Who can tell really? Mountains turn into clouds, fishes merge with water and become indistinguishable from their surroundings. I think context is needed to make the argument on why or why]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@takhar/speculation-is-not-good-gka</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@takhar/speculation-is-not-good-gka</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[takhar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 23:47:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7DceLgR4szFxA5ybnyLZaX7U93VQZ3seAzAUMyWDQZ89qxnUM7HHqdoUt6J2RknBN4Cr6B9Twqq55skNfHZAW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silver, Stocks, and Surviving Economic Chaos]]></title><description><![CDATA[Early last year, I wrote two posts about money. A lot has changed since then. This is not a "gold bug" metals-obsessed rant, but I want to revisit those posts before I delve into wider topics.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-112018/@jacobtothe/silver-stocks-and-surviving-economic-chaos</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-112018/@jacobtothe/silver-stocks-and-surviving-economic-chaos</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-112018]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jacobtothe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:12:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e7SQsQm12rjK653PW973RNaS9qV4PbA9UoY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proof of Life! ]]></title><description><![CDATA[2026 has started off with a bang Tales of my demise may be exaggerated. Everyone in my household has been sick. Very sick actually. Not me I just have an annoying cold, but my girlfriend and roommate have]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/health/@edicted/proof-of-life</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/health/@edicted/proof-of-life</guid><category><![CDATA[health]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[edicted]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 16:10:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqZTU2GetDaJo5RTk7gECzTgCdEyQLYjcoVvKBGRtXFZZyVfH1cZt2Ju1nzTtMC4C93LYGRF4JpvyYc5iU6jAz2hptYxmmmpNKCGmrH9QKdKq2cv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Downtrend Defeated?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Okay so I really need to start blogging once a day again because clearly I've fallen off the wagon a bit as of late. Problem is I usually blog about what's on my mind at the time and I've been doing a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/speculation/@edicted/downtrend-defeated</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/speculation/@edicted/downtrend-defeated</guid><category><![CDATA[speculation]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[edicted]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:18:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqZTU2GetDaJo5RSYitg7NQ6Y3x6kHiPAqDUTBUrVS4FA4qub155pccb5tj79LwjDZXW52g2SAsjv5JCv3xaV2HwCuuyJPR8nsDWhffL96QMifkA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[December Dreadnaught]]></title><description><![CDATA[What a weird cycle... We started 2025 at $93k and here we are near the end of the year still at $93k. Q4 uncharacteristically in the red during the 4th year of the cycle. October underperformed and November]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/speculation/@edicted/december-dreadnaught</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/speculation/@edicted/december-dreadnaught</guid><category><![CDATA[speculation]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[edicted]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 16:11:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqZTU2GetDaJo5RSm8FFE41JUsbJnMQUouTzeYRhX3fNqpEULt5yWWGkBjBQ441c4xJWS5GFoPzJhfsMKg54Nq7JQHWioVgNnHxGYtSMxVxtmGni?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[McRib fail!  Key Support $85k.  Hive Hardforks to 28.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Current market sentiment is insane. It's crazy to think that we are seeing similar levels of fear right now as we saw way back during the FTX collapse at $16k. Meanwhile Bitcoin has been crabbing in the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/analysis/@edicted/mcrib-fail-key-support-dollar85k-hive-hardforks-to-28</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/analysis/@edicted/mcrib-fail-key-support-dollar85k-hive-hardforks-to-28</guid><category><![CDATA[analysis]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[edicted]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 17:39:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqZTU2GetDaJo5RSb72sRsuP9xv22Udynqw1GyJaoEiGvBzoQzRefrykM8vgigLkBa9MToKumqbuhMdJqBWk7iKZSEV49G7CSFE3nJtyPd1rGK7U?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Looking at the blue sky for five minutes [En-Es] Mirando el azul cielo por cinco minutos ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yesterday's clear sky didn't foreshadow today's torrential rain. Like every morning, a quick glance at X, in case what we expect to happen has happened, but no. It doesn't. Meanwhile, like small spoilers]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@felixmarranz/looking-at-the-blue-sky</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@felixmarranz/looking-at-the-blue-sky</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[felixmarranz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2025 12:20:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvGBHDnRaj2z6FsL6XEQR3pnqa26GnUyU14kmZ1HkvquE6s3jQY7VcDDy6xJtXe5aM8nBW9oqhY5bfKfwRDH6ove7utHpknjWmdjBQcE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bitcoin Flashes FIRST Potentially Bearish Signal: Timeline on Fire]]></title><description><![CDATA[So where are we in the emotional chart? The emotions I've seen on a daily basis for months now are nothing but 'anxiety' and 'panic', with some sprinkles of 'belief' for the bulls who remain convinced]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/speculation/@edicted/bitcoin-flashes-first-potentially-bearish-signal-timeline-on-fire</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/speculation/@edicted/bitcoin-flashes-first-potentially-bearish-signal-timeline-on-fire</guid><category><![CDATA[speculation]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[edicted]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 16:02:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqZTU2GetDaJo5RSZxqRy8erA8VxbTbTRpRvK5fYaS6zkwnwPWvxqCDgVpWv732FLf8uBsQX9uoSuAFuAf19UVJ9sfAbM5R2M5sPaudJAZ3hPFtr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Please: Don't Use Stop-Losses]]></title><description><![CDATA[Degens lose everything again! Surprise! If there's one thing we should have learned this week it's that there are a lot of "blue chip" cryptos out there that have a lot less liquidity than we]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@edicted/please-dont-use-stop-losses</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@edicted/please-dont-use-stop-losses</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[edicted]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 19:52:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqZTU2GetDaJo5RSm7o9HWL59PxHrYQzECU9w4j2dbLX3iwFAfRpK2uUSJxWJZjs5kLR11NPoLSNE1wFhnufcCkhghmYPfQwPJrBnbEsxjaQ5QRC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wake me up when September Ends]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome to Uptober. After all that bellyaching and doom and gloom nonsense over the last month we end September 5% in the GREEN, which is something that almost never happens. Checking the actual analysis]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/analysis/@edicted/wake-me-up-when-september-ends</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/analysis/@edicted/wake-me-up-when-september-ends</guid><category><![CDATA[analysis]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[edicted]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 23:02:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eM9jqSJhFd9DF4NnCwxoimfRNqdxVYH3WYW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apocalypse Tuesday]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chronically online girlfriend discovers RaptureTok. So apparently the Rapture has gone viral. The world is ending tomorrow by the way. Well... not ending, but the beginning of the end, you know? Because]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@edicted/apocalypse-tuesday</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@edicted/apocalypse-tuesday</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[edicted]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2025 13:52:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqZTU2GetDaJo5RTAaqXwW1eNFdhQgyGvWRVsEhYoYc77DmHc8bSy529ByixMGh4woGGskDDKshxuu9WNNaCirmSNMptNUfYe1atLnkaLMPYvN9k?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pi Coin Poised for Breakout as Whale Accumulation and Technical Indicators Align]]></title><description><![CDATA[Someone is silently accumulating Pi Coin. So far, this mysterious buyer has already accumulated $136 million worth of Pi. This whale action triggers speculation that a potential breakout is at hand. Moreover,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/someeofficial/@donyabhuding12/pi-coin-poised-for-breakout-as-whale-accumulation-and-technical-indicators-align</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/someeofficial/@donyabhuding12/pi-coin-poised-for-breakout-as-whale-accumulation-and-technical-indicators-align</guid><category><![CDATA[someeofficial]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[donyabhuding12]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2025 06:53:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Study of directed Panspermia, life on earth was deliberately seeded.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Study of directed Panspermia, life on earth was deliberately seeded. A recently published study proposes the possibility of directed panspermia, this study is by Robert Endres, who is a physicist and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-111030/@jorgebgt/study-of-directed-panspermia-life</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-111030/@jorgebgt/study-of-directed-panspermia-life</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-111030]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jorgebgt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2025 03:59:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pEPvDbJDzhdNXM7mjt1tbr2kM3X28F6SraZgwMbWMxAMtbuAfswwu4ej9bDSr5uCWJQU8uho7esErXfpRwobZLvmAGYqtBp3jHCDoMhoH7zZEn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[September Slog]]></title><description><![CDATA[Slug + Dog = Slog? September is always a bit of a cursed month for financial markets but this year seems particularly sour. Bitcoiners are still doomsaying a minor tertiary protocol change. Terrorism charges]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@edicted/september-slog</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@edicted/september-slog</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[edicted]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 14:19:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVecs4xkhd5EvhidWEEBnn9tCVDBkBhQpUFvab78MhbU1VsqZ9hZaSQFkeUY2PuneiX3xzCeSUpbd4zu9ufGVpLEGepeJLwpXJeGp3PtCQiknbrPim5XoRABuQ1QfvrQSYfcRw4g7D7K387LGs4LQ2xA4n?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speculating on a Bitcoin Centimillionaire’s Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source There is no way for me to verify the veracity of the story behind the Reddit post above. From my perspective, it requires an extraordinary tenacity and discipline to resist the temptation to sell]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/someeofficial/@silent-aurora/speculating-on-a-bitcoin-centimillionaire-s-story</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/someeofficial/@silent-aurora/speculating-on-a-bitcoin-centimillionaire-s-story</guid><category><![CDATA[someeofficial]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[silent-aurora]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2025 13:05:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJQonvFkRsaKAi9fqQ1Q2oBjHpzftMHrd6gEUNhtNxqij36EV4GzpDBDY7zZn61fcaXqDepUrwnq4h485jTp7PRzPXHd7huvzALc85LVDJdc9hwNiqW8g6Vt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[$LSTR Payouts For $SURGE Holders]]></title><description><![CDATA[The payouts for $SURGE keep coming. Over the last month or so, since the release of SURGE, I acquired a number of these tokens. Each week, there is a payout in either HBD or LSTR. Personally, I chose the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@taskmaster4450le/lstr-payouts-for-surge-holders-4jx</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@taskmaster4450le/lstr-payouts-for-surge-holders-4jx</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[taskmaster4450le]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 21:52:54 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>