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Crypto
Are miners about to sell more Bitcoin? MARA’s record quarter says maybe
We line up margins, CapEx, and exchange flows to gauge sell pressure.
Crypto
Solana ETFs are outperforming Bitcoin: Is SOL siphoning BTC liquidity?
A week of outflows from Bitcoin/Ethereum funds contrasts with steady Solana inflows. What changes if the pattern persists?
Digital Asset Treasuries
How Metaplanet’s $100M Bitcoin backed loan can rewrite the corporate treasury playbook
Tokyo firm Metaplanet taps Bitcoin-backed credit to expand holdings and fund ops, marking another data point for the corporate-treasury thesis.
DeFi
What’s happening to DeFi? $231M was just drained but $19M clawed back
Balancer's exploit met a rare win via StakeWise, while Stream's $93M loss and xUSD depeg expose the breaking points.
Crypto
Why Bitcoin lost the $100k floor: Everything that happened in crypto today
Dollar strength, equity weakness, institutional outflows, and derivatives liquidations converge to pressure Bitcoin.
Crypto
TradFi invests over $5B into crypto firms even while Bitcoin declines
October closed roughly 4% down for Bitcoin, yet venture funding hit $5.1B, the second-strongest month since 2022.
Mining
Bitcoin miner to AI landlord: Microsoft signs $9.7B deal with BTC miner IREN
The five-year, $9.7B contract and a separate $5.8B Dell equipment buy will stand up ~200MW of GB300 capacity in Texas, answering Microsoft’s compute crunch into mid-2026.
Crypto
Why Trump believes ‘China is big into crypto’ despite ban
From the mainland ban to Hong Kong's pro-crypto pivot and Beijing's CBDC push, here's the reality behind the sound bite.
Crypto
Over $1 billion in liquidations: Why is Bitcoin down today?
Macro headwinds from US data, a strong dollar, and cascading liquidations pressure Bitcoin price action.
Crime
Billions stolen, dozens arrested: Crypto crime is adapting
North Korea stole $2 billion in crypto in 2025. Interpol recovered $439 million. Are attackers hitting a ceiling, or just routing around checkpoints?
Crypto
SEC just gave crypto lawyers a new way to win in court
The SEC delayed equity market compliance deadlines until 2026, citing regulatory uncertainty and a funding lapse. Crypto exchanges fighting enforcement might cite the same logic.
DeFi
How the Ethereum vs Solana war ended quietly not with a bang but a whimper
Battle lines redrawn with Ethereum as a modular settlement layer and Solana as a unified execution layer.
