Stablecoins
Analysis
The Standard Chartered Effect: Is bank research becoming crypto’s new short-term catalyst?
Standard Chartered’s latest Arbitrum call adds to a growing pattern of sharp token moves following the bank’s digital asset research.
Analysis
XRP’s path back to $2 now hinges on whether the Senate passes the CLARITY Act
XRP’s six-month-to-two-year cohorts carry nearly 75% of realized capital as Binance sees heavy two-way flows before the Senate’s Sept. 15 CLARITY cloture test.
Market
Altcoins gained 21% and still lost ground to Bitcoin. What would finally turn the tables?
Bitcoin enters a decisive week as the Senate weighs CLARITY and the Fed sets the next rate path, with the outcome poised to shape crypto market leadership into Q4.
Market
Bitcoin’s $80,000 ceiling looks fragile after stocks shrugged off near-5% Treasury yields
With Bitcoin near $77,743 and weekend options volatility elevated, Wednesday’s Fed decision will test whether the gap persists.
DeFi
Your Bitcoin trade can now get liquidated because a stock crashed
Unified margin is connecting crypto, tokenized equities and other assets inside the same account, creating a second trigger for forced selling.
Staking
Crypto institutions are chasing a 3% return on Bitcoin, but the entire payout machine collapses if miners stop burning cash
Stacks replaces traditional lending exposure with miner-funded rewards, six-month lockups and dependence on protocol economics.
Legislation
CLARITY Act’s biggest Senate vote could happen before the bill is actually finished
Republicans are asking lawmakers to preserve the amendment process while major disputes over ethics, stablecoins and prediction markets remain open.
Memecoins
Memecoin degens are providing the spark for Wall Street to turn stock tokens into real capital
Memecoin speculative trading may seed inventory for lending and vaults, but the full adoption flywheel remains unproven.
Market
Bitcoin holds near $78K as markets confront the macro shocks they may have underpriced this week
Bitcoin is holding near key on-chain thresholds as CPI, the Fed, BOJ policy and Hormuz risks test the assumptions already embedded in rates, oil and market positioning.
Mining
Nearly a fifth of all Bitcoin mining power is sitting completely dark, and turning it back on could trigger a brutal margin trap
Bitcoin’s hashrate is rebounding from 850 EH/s as improving miner economics bring sidelined capacity back online.
Market
Bitcoin holds near $78,500 as a surging Japanese yen threatens global risk assets
Bitcoin faces a fresh liquidity test as the surging yen forces carry trades to unwind ahead of the BOJ decision.
Banking
Does becoming a federal bank protect crypto from Washington—or give Washington more control?
Silvergate's former CEO says political pressure, not a lack of liquidity, forced the crypto bank into liquidation, as a new generation of crypto companies moves directly under federal banking supervision.
