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

Bitcoin and an oil pipeline valve positioned beside a central bank shadow, illustrating how easing oil market tensions shifted investor focus back to liquidity conditions and monetary policy as Bitcoin fell below $63,000.

Market Bearish

Why Bitcoin fell below $63K after the oil shock finally eased

Bitcoin’s drop below $63,000 shows traders are looking past Hormuz relief and pricing the Fed’s hawkish rate outlook back into risk assets.

1 month ago

Prediction market app displaying Bitcoin, economic, sports, and election contracts, illustrating the debate over whether Kalshi can expand leveraged Bitcoin products into a broad all-in-one trading marketplace amid CME's legal challenge.

Derivatives

CME lawsuit challenges whether Kalshi’s Bitcoin leverage push can become an everything-exchange

CME’s lawsuit against the CFTC over Kalshi’s Bitcoin perps shows how the fight over crypto derivatives is turning into a broader battle over who gets to build the next everything-exchange.

1 month ago

Modern payment terminal resting above hidden financial infrastructure and secure settlement rails, illustrating how institutional users may access DeFi-powered services through familiar payment experiences without interacting directly with blockchain technology.

Payments

DeFi’s next institutional wave may come from users who never see “behind the scenes” – CEO of Katana

Katana CEO Matt Fisher says DeFi’s next wave may come from products that hide the protocols underneath.

1 month ago

Market

Bitcoin just holds $64K after Fed revives hike risk, but one level still decides whether repair is real

Bitcoin fell with stocks after Fed projections revived rate-hike risk, leaving BTC under pressure near $64,000 as Glassnode data shows a market still repairing beneath the surface.

1 month ago

HYPE token with options market analytics and volatility curves, illustrating how Wall Street investors can now hedge Hyperliquid exposure through regulated options while weekend trading and perpetual futures create unique risk dynamics.

TradFi

Wall Street can now hedge Hyperliquid’s HYPE, but weekends carry a real risk

Options on Bitwise’s HYPE ETF give traders a new way to bet on Hyperliquid volatility, linking Wall Street ETF desks with crypto-native spot and perp markets.

1 month ago

World Cup prediction market dashboard showing favorite bets collapsing while contrarian wagers deliver outsized payouts, illustrating how Polymarket users are losing money on heavily backed favorites as underdog positions generate the biggest returns.

Trading

World Cup upsets turn Polymarket’s “safe” favorite bets into million-dollar losses

Polymarket whales are betting millions on World Cup favorites, and early upsets are already turning “safe” trades into seven-figure wins and losses.

1 month ago

Mining

Wall Street is paying up for Bitcoin miners’ AI infrastructure before most of it is built

VanEck says AI-linked miners are earning premium valuations before most leased capacity is delivered, leaving execution, dilution, debt, and tenant quality as the next market test.

1 month ago

Market

Prediction markets are drawing corporate hedgers, but payout disputes threaten trust

Event contracts let companies hedge specific risks like tariffs, oil shocks and regulatory rulings, but thin liquidity and oracle disputes could make the payout harder to trust.

1 month ago

Market

Bitcoin’s Iran rally enters a 60-day test as oil shock fears shift to the Fed

The MOU may ease immediate oil fears, but sanctions relief, nuclear terms, and durable energy-market normalization remain tied to a 60-day negotiation window.

1 month ago

Bitcoin tethered to a Japanese origami crane with Japan’s flag in the background, symbolizing the link between Bitcoin’s rally and Japan’s looming interest rate decision.

Macro

Bitcoin’s Iran rally faces Japan rate test as it weighs 31-year high

Bitcoin’s Iran relief rally now faces a BOJ test as Japan weighs a 31-year rate high and a bond-taper twist.

2 months ago

DeFi

Bitcoin is being packaged for income investors, but the yield comes with a trade-off

From DeFi vaults to BlackRock’s new income ETF and Metaplanet’s Japan push, finance is turning Bitcoin into a yield product, even though the yield still has to come from somewhere else.

2 months ago

HYPE token displayed outside a major financial district building, symbolizing growing Wall Street investment in Hyperliquid-focused ETFs and on-chain exchange infrastructure.

ETF

HYPE ETFs quietly pulled $161M in one month as Wall Street buys crypto’s on-chain exchange bet

HYPE ETFs have pulled in $161 million as investors bet on Hyperliquid’s onchain exchange model, not just another altcoin.

2 months ago

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

Gino Matos Recent Articles

Why Bitcoin fell below $63K after the oil shock finally eased

CME lawsuit challenges whether Kalshi’s Bitcoin leverage push can become an everything-exchange

DeFi’s next institutional wave may come from users who never see “behind the scenes” – CEO of Katana

Bitcoin just holds $64K after Fed revives hike risk, but one level still decides whether repair is real

Wall Street can now hedge Hyperliquid’s HYPE, but weekends carry a real risk

World Cup upsets turn Polymarket’s “safe” favorite bets into million-dollar losses

Wall Street is paying up for Bitcoin miners’ AI infrastructure before most of it is built

Prediction markets are drawing corporate hedgers, but payout disputes threaten trust

Bitcoin’s Iran rally enters a 60-day test as oil shock fears shift to the Fed

Bitcoin’s Iran rally faces Japan rate test as it weighs 31-year high

Bitcoin is being packaged for income investors, but the yield comes with a trade-off

HYPE ETFs quietly pulled $161M in one month as Wall Street buys crypto’s on-chain exchange bet

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