Payments
Why Binance’s reported $2B Mesh investment could decide who controls stablecoin payments
The signal is about who controls the wallet-to-merchant path that makes tokenized dollars spendable.
Liam 'Akiba' Wright 7 min read
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The death of the crypto startup: RIP 2017 – 2026
The industry is shifting from scrappy startups toward institutional consolidation.
Mining
Reported Riot 500 BTC custody transfer exposes Bitcoin miners’ AI funding pressure
The transfer is not confirmed as a sale, but it points to a harder funding question for public miners.
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Venice’s $65M raise makes VVV holders ask how much of Venice’s growth reaches the token
Venice sold equity without selling VVV. Now the debate is whether token holders and shareholders are aligned, or sitting in different classes of the same growth story.
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The next crypto recovery trade might be equities instead of tokens
Cathie Wood is buying crypto’s cash registers into weakness, betting on the public companies that could benefit if trading, stablecoins and retail flows come back.
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Metaplanet bets Bitcoin treasury firms can survive by packaging Bitcoin income
Regulated securities rails could give BTC treasury firms a new engine, if product demand and mNAV math hold up.
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UK bond fund ownership records move onto Ethereum and Solana accessible 24/7
BAGEY turns tokenization into a legal-record test, but transfer, collateral, and custody mechanics still have to prove the model.
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Bitplanet’s Antalpha mining deal tests whether Bitcoin treasuries can grow without constant buying
The MOU points to mined-BTC revenue, but the real test is power cost, uptime, and coin retention.
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Goldfinch wind-down raises a hard question – can DeFi RWA survive real-world debt?
As institutions take over tokenized assets, Goldfinch asks what is left for DeFi RWA.
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