As a London-bred data poet with Nigerian roots, I watched the markets not through spreadsheets—but through silence. On June 27, Arbitrum’s Layer 2 ecosystem woke up to a $400M funding wave, while $DOG’s meme-driven liquidity turned despair into dignity. This isn’t finance. It’s faith in code. I didn’t chase returns. I chased meaning—and found it in the cold glow of blockchain’s midnight.