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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 1,673

Since Aug 2024

Last Active Jun 26, 2026

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Gino Matos Recent Articles

DeFi tokens swirl into a neglected liquidity pool drain, illustrating how forgotten legacy smart contracts can become the source of the next major exploit.

DeFi Bearish

The next DeFi drain could come from legacy contracts everyone forgot

Raydium’s legacy exploit shows how legacy DeFi contracts can stay live, forgotten, and vulnerable after protocols move on.

2 weeks ago

SBI-branded bundle of Japanese yen with an XRP tag, symbolizing the bank’s use of XRP to address cross-border payment and settlement challenges in Japan.

Banking Bullish

Japan’s SBI is using XRP to solve a banking problem

SBI Shinsei’s crypto vouchers make XRP the visible hook while deposits, retention, and SBI VC Trade remain the real contest.

2 weeks ago

Bitcoin struggles to stay above the $60,000 support level as rising U.S. Treasury yields and a stronger dollar threaten demand for risk assets.

Macro

Bitcoin’s $60,000 support is still a bet on the dollar breaking

Glassnode says Bitcoin’s $60,000 support may need DXY below 99 or 10-year yields near 4.2% before recovery can firm.

2 weeks ago

Solana token slides alongside a falling market chart while ETF paperwork sits in the background, illustrating the disconnect between strong institutional inflows, growing network activity, and declining SOL price performance.

DeFi Bearish

Why is Solana falling despite ETF inflows and booming activity?

Solana ETF inflows and network activity are rising, but inflation, weak fee burn, and macro pressure still weigh on SOL.

2 weeks ago

Wall Street charging bull standing beside ENA and MORPHO tokens despite visible security cracks, illustrating renewed institutional demand for DeFi assets even as investors remain concerned about smart contract risks and protocol vulnerabilities.

DeFi

Wall Street is buying DeFi tokens again, even as everyone worries the code is unsafe

Big investors are buying DeFi tokens again, betting ENA and MORPHO can re-rate as institutional financial rails despite rising security fears.

2 weeks ago

Tokenized stocks rise as traditional equities move on-chain, illustrated by rejected crypto token listings being replaced with tokenized shares of Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla, highlighting the shift from speculative crypto assets toward regulated stock tokens and ETF-backed investments.

Exchanges

Crypto’s killer app may be selling stocks after its own tokens failed retail

Tokenized stocks may be crypto’s clearest product market fit yet, and a warning that users want blockchain rails more than new tokens.

2 weeks ago

CLARITY Act legislative calendar, Senate negotiations, and a slow-moving progress tracker, illustrating how disagreements over crypto ethics provisions and amendments are delaying momentum behind U.S. digital asset market structure legislation.

Regulation

CLARITY Act momentum slows to a crawl as lawmakers clash over crypto ethics rules

Democrats say Republicans and the White House are backing away from a crypto ethics enforcement deal, raising new doubts about the bill’s fragile path to a Senate floor vote.

2 weeks ago

Bitcoin displayed on the NYSE trading floor as banners for major AI and technology IPO candidates rise overhead, illustrating competition between crypto and AI listings for Wall Street capital.

Market

Bitcoin faces a Wall Street test as AI’s mega-IPO wave targets the same capital

A potential mega-IPO wave led by OpenAI, SpaceX, and other AI giants could reignite risk appetite across markets, while also testing whether Bitcoin still holds its role as Wall Street’s favorite high-beta trade.

3 weeks ago

CLARITY Act prediction market display showing low odds of passage, a stalled Senate chamber, and stacks of industry-backed policy proposals, illustrating uncertainty over whether U.S. crypto market structure legislation can advance despite broad support from major digital asset firms.

Legislation Bearish

Crypto’s CLARITY push heats up, but prediction markets aren’t buying the August deadline

Crypto groups and Senate allies are ramping up pressure for a CLARITY Act floor vote, while prediction markets are growing less convinced the bill can become law before August.

3 weeks ago

Bitcoin displayed between bull and bear market shadows on Wall Street, illustrating growing uncertainty over Bitcoin’s path to $100,000 as institutional forecasts remain bullish while market sentiment and price action turn more cautious.

Analysis

Wall Street still says Bitcoin can hit $100,000, the market is starting to doubt it

Wall Street analysts are sticking with year-end Bitcoin targets of $100,000 or higher, even after BTC briefly lost $60,000 and ETF outflows shook confidence in the bull case.

3 weeks ago

Bitcoin fed into a financial processing machine that outputs collateral, legal protections, and institutional investment products, symbolizing the transformation of Bitcoin into mainstream financial infrastructure.

Lending

Morgan Stanley’s Galaxy deal points to Bitcoin’s next institutional test: lending collateral

Morgan Stanley’s Galaxy deal shows the next phase of institutional crypto adoption is moving beyond ETF access and into collateral markets.

3 weeks ago

Crypto gambling chips and tokenized betting assets halted at a regulatory checkpoint, representing South Korea’s restrictions on crypto-linked betting and gambling activities.

Regulation

Crypto rails made prediction markets global, gambling laws may make them local again

South Korea’s reported probe into Polymarket users follows broader action against event-contract platforms.

3 weeks ago

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Gino Matos Recent Articles

The next DeFi drain could come from legacy contracts everyone forgot

Japan’s SBI is using XRP to solve a banking problem

Bitcoin’s $60,000 support is still a bet on the dollar breaking

Why is Solana falling despite ETF inflows and booming activity?

Wall Street is buying DeFi tokens again, even as everyone worries the code is unsafe

Crypto’s killer app may be selling stocks after its own tokens failed retail

CLARITY Act momentum slows to a crawl as lawmakers clash over crypto ethics rules

Bitcoin faces a Wall Street test as AI’s mega-IPO wave targets the same capital

Crypto’s CLARITY push heats up, but prediction markets aren’t buying the August deadline

Wall Street still says Bitcoin can hit $100,000, the market is starting to doubt it

Morgan Stanley’s Galaxy deal points to Bitcoin’s next institutional test: lending collateral

Crypto rails made prediction markets global, gambling laws may make them local again

Gino's Top Stories

Arthur Hayes says AI rescue liquidity could send Bitcoin price to $1,000,000

Trump’s crypto push hits the Senate vote math behind CLARITY Act’s July 4 target

Crypto finally has a CLARITY Act date – delivery now depends on seven Senate Democrats