Politics
Bitcoin enters the war as Iran wants ships to pay in BTC to get through Hormuz
The move would push Bitcoin into a live trade chokepoint where sanctions, shipping delays, and market risk collide.
Liam 'Akiba' Wright 8 min read
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Culture
Crypto apps are shutting down as capital floods into Bitcoin ETFs and stablecoins
Crypto money is concentrating in regulated rails, leaving wallets, NFT apps, and DeFi platforms under pressure.
Adoption
Why global interest in Bitcoin is still way below 2017 peak even after winning over Wall Street
ETFs and treasury buying pushed Bitcoin deeper into finance, but worldwide search interest still signals a weaker public return.
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Analysis
Bitcoin treasury trade faces a stress test as debt pressure triggers selling
Corporate and sovereign BTC holders are selling into stress, raising fresh doubts about how durable treasury demand really is.
TradFi
XRP’s longest slump in a decade collides with Ripple’s $13 trillion institutional push
Ripple is embedding XRP into corporate finance systems, but markets have yet to price in the shift.
Adoption
Homebuyers can now borrow against Bitcoin to get a mortgage without selling or liquidation risk
Coinbase targets first-time homebuyers with Bitcoin-backed mortgages amidst tight housing market and high borrowing costs.
TradFi
BlackRock says your crypto wallet can’t hold real investments — and plans to change that
Larry Fink says there is still “very little access” to traditional investment products in digital wallets, and BlackRock plans to change that.
Culture
Vanity Fair “bathrobe-gate” proves $135 million bought the crypto industry leverage but not respect
Hayden Adams walked, others didn’t, and the backlash exposed how shaky crypto’s “official representatives” really are.
Macro
Retail is rushing into gold, but institutions are buying Bitcoin again – so why the split?
Gold and Bitcoin are no longer rivals — and the split could catch investors off guard.
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Regulation
SEC makes huge U-turn, declares crypto tokens are ‘digital commodities’ after years of legal battles
Regulation
Cardano spent years looking slow. Now that may help it win in crypto’s rule-heavy era
AI
AI is hiring more senior developers while quietly erasing the jobs that create them
Technology
