
The death of the crypto startup: RIP 2017 – 2026
The industry is shifting from scrappy startups toward institutional consolidation.
Read sharp crypto market analysis, expert breakdowns, and on-chain insights covering Bitcoin, Ethereum, altcoins, and macro trends.

Crypto set out to remove financial intermediaries, but the industry's most successful products now depend on them.

BGeometrics data show BIP-110 miner signaling at 0.42% since May 1, while Farside's alerts make the August lock-in window harder for exchanges, wallets, pools, and node operators to ignore.

A crypto exchange is now offering the same call and put contracts that traded 15.2 billion times on US markets last year, and it's selling them right next to 500 tokenized stocks that are nothing alike.

Strategy may not become a major seller, but its ability to keep driving Bitcoin demand is under fresh scrutiny.

A $223 million inflow into spot Bitcoin funds offered relief to crypto markets after softer labor data reduced immediate pressure from rate expectations.

Whale-sized deposits rose as Bitcoin tried to hold $60,000, raising the risk that fresh exchange supply could cap the recovery.



