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Editorial graphic showing a $1.2 trillion Treasury basis trade balancing purchased bonds against sold futures atop overnight repo financing.

TradFi BTC +0.46%

Hedge funds built a $1.2 trillion Treasury trade on money they have to keep borrowing

The Treasury basis trade turns tiny pricing gaps into huge returns by borrowing almost all the money needed to buy the bonds.

Andjela Radmilac 6 min read 6 days ago

1. A holder stands between compliant and non-compliant stablecoin paths, with custody and transfer access open on only one side.

Stablecoins USDC +0.01% Bearish

ESMA proposes ending EU custody and transfer services for non-compliant stablecoins

Non-compliant tokens could lose licensed custody and transfer access if the proposal becomes law, with exit rules still unresolved.

6 min read 6 days ago

1. Six bank closures in 2026 are compared with five in 2023 alongside cash stacks and a $552.54 billion figure.

Banking

Six US banks have failed in 2026 but the numbers look nothing like 2023

Six failed banks sounds like the start of another crisis until you add up what they actually owned.

8 min read 6 days ago

Investor walks toward a Bitcoin-marked mountain as signs for shorts, longs, net short and open interest all point lower.

Derivatives Bearish

Leveraged funds’ Bitcoin futures shorts fall by 5,300 BTC-equivalent as longs shrink

The September 29 snapshot shows leveraged funds’ reported shorts fell about 5,300 BTC-equivalent across four products, while longs and open interest also declined.

3 min read 6 days ago

New Stylus WASM activations are stopped while existing apps, Solidity programs, and keepalive functions continue across Arbitrum One and Nova.

Layer-2 ETH -1.82%

Arbitrum pauses new Stylus activations over AI-assisted attack risks

Existing programs keep running, while a separate proof-conflict guard can delay unconfirmed withdrawals to Ethereum.

3 min read 6 days ago

Plunging GPU prices threaten AI hosts, and new hedges step in

A new derivatives market is emerging around one of AI’s biggest costs: the price of compute.

8 min read 6 days ago

Editorial collage showing a six-month timeline ending at a locked court file stamped “Case Closed” and “With Prejudice.”

Legal MELANIA -7.06% Bearish

US judge kills Milei’s LIBRA memecoin lawsuit, leaving investors stranded

A New York judge dismissed the LIBRA and M3M3 class action, closing investors’ district-court path to recovery.

3 min read 6 days ago

Editorial collage showing a $433,833 annual compliance burden around adviser-held crypto, favoring firms with larger custody infrastructure.

Regulation Bearish

New SEC crypto rules threaten small advisers, but big firms win

The SEC’s modeled $433,833 annual adviser cost subtotal excludes significant technology spending, raising questions about who can offer the fallback.

7 min read 7 days ago

Users leave a shuttered Blast terminal and move toward Ethereum Mainnet ahead of the Oct. 26 shutdown deadline.

Layer-2 BLAST -23.81% Bearish

Blast shuts down $20M layer-2 network, forcing Oct. 26 exit deadline

Blast plans to shut down its Ethereum layer-2 with a temporary withdrawal pause and an Oct. 26 deadline before moving to bridge contracts.

2 min read 7 days ago

Editorial graphic contrasting China’s roughly $600 billion Treasury holdings with stablecoin issuers’ nearly $200 billion in short-term bills.

Stablecoins USDT -0.01% Bullish

Stablecoin issuers have replaced 40% of China’s lost US Treasury demand

The San Francisco Fed says crypto firms are becoming a meaningful source of US debt demand as foreign official holdings retreat.

5 min read 7 days ago

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Hedge funds built a $1.2 trillion Treasury trade on money they have to keep borrowing

ESMA proposes ending EU custody and transfer services for non-compliant stablecoins

Six US banks have failed in 2026 but the numbers look nothing like 2023

Leveraged funds’ Bitcoin futures shorts fall by 5,300 BTC-equivalent as longs shrink

Arbitrum pauses new Stylus activations over AI-assisted attack risks

Plunging GPU prices threaten AI hosts, and new hedges step in

US judge kills Milei’s LIBRA memecoin lawsuit, leaving investors stranded

New SEC crypto rules threaten small advisers, but big firms win

Blast shuts down $20M layer-2 network, forcing Oct. 26 exit deadline

Stablecoin issuers have replaced 40% of China’s lost US Treasury demand

Crypto News

Hedge funds built a $1.2 trillion Treasury trade on money they have to keep borrowing

ESMA proposes ending EU custody and transfer services for non-compliant stablecoins

Six US banks have failed in 2026 but the numbers look nothing like 2023

Leveraged funds’ Bitcoin futures shorts fall by 5,300 BTC-equivalent as longs shrink

Arbitrum pauses new Stylus activations over AI-assisted attack risks

Plunging GPU prices threaten AI hosts, and new hedges step in

US judge kills Milei’s LIBRA memecoin lawsuit, leaving investors stranded

New SEC crypto rules threaten small advisers, but big firms win

Blast shuts down $20M layer-2 network, forcing Oct. 26 exit deadline

Stablecoin issuers have replaced 40% of China’s lost US Treasury demand

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