Payments
Bitcoin all the things — Square payments offer 0% bitcoin transaction fee
Block turned on BTC payments across its merchant network. Here’s how that could ripple through spreads, Lightning, and on-ramp demand.
Gino Matos 7 min read
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ETF
Solana continues to dump despite ETF inflows. Where’s the money going?
Where SOL ETF shares are landing, how spreads moved, and what that implies for price beta.
Macro
DC just turned the money hose back on — Here’s what it means for your Bitcoin bag
Senate stopgap ends data blackout, putting CPI, Treasury refunding, and real yields back at the center of Bitcoin liquidity.
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Crypto
US crypto token sales to explode this month – 7 yrs after ICOs shut down
Coinbase’s new regulated model promises wider allocations and a monthly cadence: here’s how it differs from Binance Launchpad and what it means for day-1 liquidity.
ETF
Here’s the real XRP ETF launch timeline as DTCC is misread again
DTCC records show plumbing prep, not XRP ETF approval - here’s how to track real S-1, listing, and launch dates.
Politics
No credible evidence US government hacked Chinese Bitcoin wallets to “steal” $13 billion BTC
Chinese security firm accuses the U.S. of hacking LuBian’s Bitcoin wallets, but open-source forensics and DOJ filings point to weak keys and murky attribution.
Politics
Trump’s urgent timeline to upgrade ‘ancient’ US financial system with crypto
Trump’s crypto rails are switching on, but the promised rework of America’s "ancient" legacy system is still missing.
Analysis
The $413k Bitcoin question: What happens to BTC when Washington reopens?
A government reopening lifted Bitcoin 290% in 2019, but that rally came off an 80% crash. In 2025, the asymmetry that made the last surge possible is mostly gone.
ETF
XRP jumps as 5 spot ETFs close in on debut: What changes when they actually launch?
Five spot XRP ETFs just surfaced on DTCC’s website, stirring speculation that the asset could follow Bitcoin and Ethereum into the ETF era.
