Analysis
Crypto wanted to replace Wall Street – Instead, Wall Street took over crypto
Crypto set out to remove financial intermediaries, but the industry's most successful products now depend on them.
Sentiment: Neutral
Latest stories
Analysis
Crypto exchanges are selling stock options and tokenized stocks but users may not own what they think
A crypto exchange is now offering the same call and put contracts that traded 15.2 billion times on US markets last year, and it's selling them right next to 500 tokenized stocks that are nothing alike.
People
The fight over the UK’s digital pound has become a battle over crypto’s political influence
A standards complaint against Reform leader Nigel Farage pushes the digital-pound debate toward disclosure, political finance, and who gets access while payment rules are still open.
Analysis
Bitcoin whales send 49,000 BTC to exchanges as $60K rebound shows signs of weakness
Whale-sized deposits rose as Bitcoin tried to hold $60,000, raising the risk that fresh exchange supply could cap the recovery.
Governance
Solana stakers get a new way to force the next SOL inflation fight
Solana’s new governance system could give stakers a way to challenge validator power in future votes over SOL inflation, reopening one of the network’s biggest tokenomics debates.
Market
Bitcoin rally hinges on whether the Fed buys into the weak jobs report after bad miss
Bitcoin’s move back above $60,000 puts the market’s liquidity thesis on trial after a soft payrolls print, as traders weigh rate-cut odds, real yields, and holiday-thinned momentum into the long weekend.
Regulation
GENIUS made stablecoins legal, July 18 decides which stablecoins stay competitive
GENIUS may make stablecoins safer, but tx and Plasma warn the compliance bill could turn the market into a scale game only giants can afford.
Tokenization
How tokenized stocks fail as collateral even when the stock price does not move
Edel’s exploit was small, but it hit the next frontier for tokenized equities: credit markets, where 1:1 backing is not enough if wrappers, vaults and exchange rates can be gamed.
Privacy
Tether freezes 134 wallets as stablecoins now sit inside the sanctions machine
The 134-address action exposes how public-chain intelligence and issuer controls are becoming real-time enforcement infrastructure.
Legal
Mystery owner challenges the $200B ‘lost’ Satoshi Bitcoin claim in New York court
A respondent has appeared in court to argue that wallet inactivity does not erase the rights of real owners.
Analysis
Wall Street is selling Bitcoin but the old holders are now buying it back
ETF sellers are leaving Bitcoin, but long-term holders are absorbing the exit, turning the selloff into an ownership reset.
Investments
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.
