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Analysis

Inflation to set up Bitcoin melt-up as rates to fall to 2.75% by next October

Flow pulses plus a path to ~3% fed funds create convexity for Bitcoin, unless sticky core inflation keeps real yields high.

6 months ago

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Tokenization

How retail altcoin traders lost $800 billion betting against Bitcoin

As institutional dynamics evolve, retail traders see diminishing returns on altcoin positions.

6 months ago

Changpeng Zhao and Peter Schiff across a vault of gleaming gold bars and a glowing Bitcoin network backdrop, with electric-blue “on-chain” lines contrasting warm gold to dramatize the debate over tokenized gold versus native BTC settlement.

Analysis

If tokenized gold is just a “trust-me-bro” IOU, what’s really on-chain?

We run 5 trust tests, settlement, redemption, admin-keys, proofs, custody, to stack gold tokens vs in-kind BTC ETFs and native BTC.

6 months ago

TradFi

Is Solana ready for institutions? $700M real world assets and no downtime

Real-world assets, validator shifts, and resilience point to a new phase.

6 months ago

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Adoption

On-chain dollars hit 2.3% of global payments: Why Bitcoiners should care

Inflection point reached? $46T settled on-chain this year in USD.

6 months ago

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Analysis

$8.3B real world assets now on-chain: Can tokenization make banks top crypto custodians?

Banks once shunned crypto custody; now they’re racing to tokenize trillions in cash and securities. The quiet rebuild is underway, and it’s happening inside the balance sheets of Goldman, Citi, and BlackRock.

6 months ago

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Analysis

Bitcoin vs. Gold: Does October’s near zero correlation shatter ‘digital gold’ myth?

Bitcoin and gold told two different stories in October, and neither matched what traders expected.

6 months ago

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Staking

Bitcoin now pays interest: How to earn money on your BTC while pumping the price

Bitcoin’s invisible yield curve, how timelocks and staking are rewriting UTXO liquidity.

6 months ago

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Crypto

Bitcoin awaits critical US CPI data for jump over $120,000 or decline to $100,000

Traders position for softer CPI reading to boost Bitcoin, while a surprise inflation rise could trigger rate-hike fears.

6 months ago

BlackRock’s $40B IBIT options: Is Bitcoin’s volatility now the market’s favorite income play?

Analysis 6 months ago

OpenAI’s $300B bubble: The AI circular economy rewiring Wall Street finance

AI 6 months ago

$1.2B exits US Bitcoin ETFs just as London makes crypto comeback

ETF 6 months ago

Altcoin season is cancelled this year: Alts fail to match last cycle $1.6 trillion ceiling

Analysis 6 months ago

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Analysis news today

Inflation to set up Bitcoin melt-up as rates to fall to 2.75% by next October

How retail altcoin traders lost $800 billion betting against Bitcoin

If tokenized gold is just a “trust-me-bro” IOU, what’s really on-chain?

Is Solana ready for institutions? $700M real world assets and no downtime

On-chain dollars hit 2.3% of global payments: Why Bitcoiners should care

$8.3B real world assets now on-chain: Can tokenization make banks top crypto custodians?

Bitcoin vs. Gold: Does October’s near zero correlation shatter ‘digital gold’ myth?

Bitcoin now pays interest: How to earn money on your BTC while pumping the price

Bitcoin awaits critical US CPI data for jump over $120,000 or decline to $100,000

BlackRock’s $40B IBIT options: Is Bitcoin’s volatility now the market’s favorite income play?

OpenAI’s $300B bubble: The AI circular economy rewiring Wall Street finance

$1.2B exits US Bitcoin ETFs just as London makes crypto comeback

Altcoin season is cancelled this year: Alts fail to match last cycle $1.6 trillion ceiling