
Morgan Stanley’s Galaxy deal points to Bitcoin’s next institutional test: lending collateral
Morgan Stanley’s Galaxy deal shows the next phase of institutional crypto adoption is moving beyond ETF access and into collateral markets.
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The Binance Life trade became a rare eight-figure win while the broader meme coin market shrank from a $150 billion peak to about $32 billion.

Rather than embracing crypto as an asset class, Wall Street is increasingly adopting battle-tested onchain infrastructure for settlement, payments, and tokenization.

The exchange is taking crypto futures and options 24/7, while trade dates, settlement and reporting stay tied to business days.

GEL₮ puts the lari on private stablecoin rails, but issuer approval, reserves, redemption rights, and payment access will decide whether it works.

Vitalik Buterin says the Ethereum Foundation should shrink, sell less ETH, and leave asset promotion to outside groups while ETH holders demand stronger execution.

David Schwartz says an XRP Ledger fork would be settled by UNLs, validator coordination, code defaults, and whether anyone is willing to keep the old rules alive.



