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The AZTEC Token Sale has successfully locked 12,500 $ETH and will commence its public sale today.

$BTC and #Ethereum have been showing strong momentum lately, and that got me fired up to trade. I just jumped into Phase 19 of Bitget’s Trading Club Championship and noticed the $BSU pool is super easy to climb. Top spot only needs $175k vs. $5M in the main pool, and even 50 BGB takes less than $20k in volume . I’m going for 300 $BGB any BSUwhales up for the challenge.

Watching Aztec flip the entire token sale playbook ↓ VCs typically get early access at low prices. Retail enters later at higher valuations. The usual playbook. Aztec's trying something different. Key context first: • Vitalik Buterin and Stani Kulechov (Aave founder) are angel investors • This is Vitalik's last public angel check that hasn't ICOed yet • $10M already committed before the sale even started - all from the Aztec community • Early bidding = advantage (price can only go up over time) The $AZTEC sale is live on @Uniswap, using a Continuous Clearing Auction (CCA). Aztec co-developed the CCA with Uniswap and is the first to launch using this model. Think of it this way: instead of a fixed price that insiders access early, everyone can bid, and the price adjusts in real time based on actual demand. Let me illustrate this with a comparison: > Traditional sale: Team sets price → VCs buy cheap → Retail buys high → Everyone dumps > CCA: Market sets price → Everyone sees the same data → One clearing price for all Mechanics: • Bids clear continuously every block • Supply curve is public and transparent • Price rises only if demand increases • Everyone who buys pays the same clearing price • No reason to snipe or rush - best bid wins By the numbers: • Starting floor: $350M FDV (75% cheaper than a16z's 2022 entry) • Community gets a better entry than VCs. 300K+ addresses whitelisted. • 25% of tokens reserved for contributors Day 1. • No airdrop - only actual participants become early supporters • Auction buyers: 100% unlocked at TGE. Insiders: gradual unlock years 2-3, no staking year 1. Completely flipped. Privacy-preserving compliance: Registration uses zkPassport (built on Aztec) - users prove they're not from sanctioned countries by scanning their passport NFC chip. Alternatively, complete KYC/KYB via Predicate. Zero data leaves your device - compliance is private and user-controlled. Why this matters for privacy: Aztec is well-positioned to win the privacy race and become the privacy chain/ecosystem utilized by major DeFi protocols and users. State of the product: Ignition Chain went live on Ethereum mainnet last week. First fully decentralized L2 sequencer set on Ethereum: • 555+ active sequencers coordinating block production • Anyone can stake and earn block rewards • 158% staking APY for early sequencers Worth noting: Aztec built

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