Institutions are increasingly betting on bitcoin’s bullish moves and moving away from sophisticated ‘arbitrage’ bets.
Infrastructure, institutions and advisors are laying the groundwork for a structural shift in global finance.
Provisions addressing decentralized finance, SEC jurisdiction and authorities and — of course — stablecoin yield all alarmed industry participants.
From macro tailwinds to trillion-dollar rails, the 50T Funds founder sees real-world adoption reshaping the crypto landscape.
Users are actively trading in hopes of qualifying for future perks, with the platform hinting at an airdrop in 2026 and receiving a multi-8-figure investment from YZi Labs.
After stablecoins proved product-market fit, crypto founders and executives say 2026 is when banks and asset managers will push tokenized assets into mainstream markets.
The company says that accepting bitcoin payments has led to a “self-reinforcing cycle” where crypto revenue helps fund upgrades and improvements.
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The crypto market structure bill isn’t dead, but it took a blow.
Two independent miners mined full blocks and collected roughly 3.15 BTC each, an uncommon outcome in a network dominated by large pools.
The latest push to establish a comprehensive U.S. crypto market structure framework hit a snag this week, but leaders in DeFi don’t seem alarmed by the collapse.
In a letter on Thursday, lawmakers accused the SEC of enabling a “pay-to-play” dynamic after dropping cases against Binance, Coinbase, Kraken and Justin Sun.
The digital assets crowd has been complaining bitterly about bank-lobbyist tactics, but Senate lawmakers have a much longer relationship with their bankers.