At Consensus 2026 in Miami, executives from Two Prime, Ledn and Lygos Finance said institutional borrowers increasingly prioritize custody, transparency and standardized lending structures over complex DeFi products after the crypto credit collapses of 2022.
The Trump family-linked miner cut its cost per Bitcoin to roughly $36,200 from $46,900 in Q4 2025, putting it among the lowest-cost public mining operations at a moment when most of its peers are toning down business.
Bitcoin is showing a rare alignment across on-chain data, futures positioning, and options flows that points to further upside.
The Wall Street giant, which oversees $59 trillion in client assets, teamed up with Finstreet and ADI Foundation for digital asset infrastructure.
The pilot, run with Ondo Finance and Mastercard, processed the redemption of Ondo’s OUSG tokenized Treasury fund in under five seconds.
Crypto majors took a breather Thursday after a strong run, with bitcoin holding around $81,000 and ether slipping below $2,330 as global equities pushed to fresh records on hopes of a US-Iran deal.
Crypto and traditional finance are converging fast, with perpetual futures emerging as the strongest bridge between the two.
In a 30-page response filed Tuesday, attorneys for victims of three North Korea terrorism cases reframed the April 18 Aave hack as fraud rather than theft — a distinction that could give the attackers legal title to the borrowed crypto.
Price compression near $1.42 comes as analysts point to a repeating bull flag structure and thinning liquidity conditions.
Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor signalling a potential bitcoin sale to cover $1.5 billion in annual dividend obligations sent MSTR down 4% after hours and BTC briefly below $81,000.
Michael Saylor proposes using bitcoin sales to support dividends, as Strategy reported a $12.54 billion Q1 loss.
Speakers point to complexity, poor user experience and lack of transparency as key obstacles for mainstream users.