Gino Matos Gino Matos has published within the past 30 days.

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Gino Matos is a law school graduate and a seasoned journalist with six years of experience in the crypto industry. His expertise primarily focuses on the Brazilian blockchain ecosystem and developments in decentralized finance (DeFi).

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Total Articles 1,751

Since Aug 2024

Last Active Jul 31, 2026

Primary Beat Bitcoin

Gino Matos Recent Articles

Macro

Bitcoin now has just 4 days before ceasefire deadline risks price reversal with Hormuz closed again

Only 8 tankers got through before Hormuz tightened again. Bitcoin now waits for the next count.

3 months ago

Security team monitors blockchain flows on large screens as a digital lock blocks stolen funds, reflecting crypto’s shift from censorship resistance to emergency intervention after hackers struck

Stablecoins

Crypto censorship resistance is questioned as major fight breaks out over who gets to freeze your digital dollars

Circle says freezes should follow lawful process. Tether is proving the appeal of fast intervention. After Drift and Rhea, stablecoin users may care more about stopping thieves than old crypto slogans.

4 months ago

Robotic arms sorting stablecoin tokens on an automated factory line, illustrating how crypto’s agent economy is largely powered by bot-driven stablecoin flows

Payments

Staggering $28 trillion flows through crypto’s ‘agent economy’ – but 76% of it is just bots shuffling stablecoins

A rising share of on-chain payments is machine-led, but DWF, BCG, and others show the so‑called agent economy still depends on centralized gateways.

4 months ago

Ripple symbol blocked at a red-lit security gate beside a bank icon with green access in a modern Japan-style office lobby, reflecting Ripple’s dollar stablecoin hitting resistance while megabanks hold trust

Stablecoins

Ripple’s dollar stablecoin hits a wall in Japan, one of XRP’s friendliest markets, as megabanks earn most of the trust

Nomura’s latest survey suggests Japanese institutions trust stablecoins issued by major financial institutions most, a potential hurdle for RLUSD even in a market where XRP has long enjoyed unusual traction.

4 months ago

Quantum

Bitcoin’s quantum migration plan forces the network to choose between frozen and stolen coins

BIP 361 forces a choice between freezing vulnerable Bitcoin and risking quantum theft, as Ethereum and Tron race to prove they have safer migration runbooks.

4 months ago

Regulation Bullish

Why the SEC just gave self custody crypto apps 5 years to get traditional broker licenses

A new SEC staff statement gives certain wallet-linked crypto trading interfaces a narrow way to operate without broker registration, while leaving most DeFi protocols and tokenized markets stuck waiting on Congress.

4 months ago

Bitcoin coin rolling uphill toward a low concrete overpass under dark storm clouds, symbolizing Bitcoin meeting a new ceiling as macro conditions grow tougher

Analysis

Bitcoin is squeezing into the $78k ‘True Market Mean’ with Fed and retail data set to decide next move

With Bitcoin around $74,700, hotter March inflation, steady jobs data, retail sales due Apr. 21, and the next Fed meeting on Apr. 28-29, the market is heading into resistance with macro no longer offering easy help.

4 months ago

Privacy

Zcash breaks away from Bitcoin as privacy coin rally finds a second driver

The move goes beyond risk-on relief, with traders leaning into Zcash’s institutional story while Dash behaves more like a squeeze.

4 months ago

Bitcoin stored in a concrete shelter as floodwaters surge outside, symbolizing capital protection during macro stress tied to Ray Dalio’s money thesis

People

Ray Dalio issues economic “war thesis” showing dollar-debasement against Bitcoin

Dalio’s latest essay is an interesting monetary piece addressing how investors may need to rethink what counts as safe money, which could bullish for Bitcoin.

4 months ago

Officials rushing through a secured building entrance past a security checkpoint, reflecting urgency around a critical Fed and Treasury cyber risk meeting

Fed, Treasury warn banks that Anthropic-class AI now poses a systemic cyber risk

The meeting signals U.S. officials see frontier AI as a live threat to shared financial infrastructure.

4 months ago

WLFI token anchoring a fragile cliffside bridge over a deep canyon, symbolizing a risky lending model where lenders bear the cost of failure

DeFi Bearish

How Trump-linked WLFI set up a lending model where lenders pay the price of failure

WLFI says it is only the interface. Dolomite runs the lending logic. That split may explain how a Trump-linked token ended up inside a structure that could leave outside lenders exposed.

4 months ago

Bear looking up at a bitcoin above a concrete stairwell, symbolizing a rally that remains a bear market bounce until a key level is reclaimed

Market Bearish

Bitcoin’s rally is still just a bear market bounce unless it reclaims this key level

Glassnode says bitcoin remains inside a bear-market value zone, with near-term support around $69,000-$71,500 but a more credible recovery only above $81,600.

4 months ago

Gino Matos Gino Matos has published within the past 30 days.

Gino Matos Recent Articles

Bitcoin now has just 4 days before ceasefire deadline risks price reversal with Hormuz closed again

Crypto censorship resistance is questioned as major fight breaks out over who gets to freeze your digital dollars

Staggering $28 trillion flows through crypto’s ‘agent economy’ – but 76% of it is just bots shuffling stablecoins

Ripple’s dollar stablecoin hits a wall in Japan, one of XRP’s friendliest markets, as megabanks earn most of the trust

Bitcoin’s quantum migration plan forces the network to choose between frozen and stolen coins

Why the SEC just gave self custody crypto apps 5 years to get traditional broker licenses

Bitcoin is squeezing into the $78k ‘True Market Mean’ with Fed and retail data set to decide next move

Zcash breaks away from Bitcoin as privacy coin rally finds a second driver

Ray Dalio issues economic “war thesis” showing dollar-debasement against Bitcoin

Fed, Treasury warn banks that Anthropic-class AI now poses a systemic cyber risk

How Trump-linked WLFI set up a lending model where lenders pay the price of failure

Bitcoin’s rally is still just a bear market bounce unless it reclaims this key level

Gino's Top Stories

Bitcoin reclaiming its $69,000 holder cost basis could open XRP’s path to $1.26

XRP is running a $2.4B debt trap that could wipe out spot buyers the second the Fed speaks

Lawsuit claims 3.8M dormant BTC using police lost-and-found rules as Congress races to stop it with CLARITY