Derivatives
From Bitcoin to oil, perpetual contracts are breaking into American financial markets
Kalshi, Coinbase and Bitnomial are pushing crypto’s dominant derivatives format deeper into regulated US markets.
Gino Matos 6 min read
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Bitcoin’s volatility ratio against gold collapses to 6-year low as traditional safe haven turbulence surges
Their 90-day correlation has climbed to 0.55 while Bitcoin is now just 1.43 times as volatile as gold.
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This Japanese company made money on Ethereum, Solana, and XRP, but sold them anyway to keep its $121 million Bitcoin holdings
ETH, SOL and XRP sales produced gains while DOGE posted a loss, leaving roughly 1,506 BTC behind.
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BTC Halving
Bitcoin may be leaving its 4-year cycle behind for a 6-to-8-year Wall Street rhythm
Willy Woo says BTC could be shifting toward a 6-to-8-year rhythm as institutional holdings dwarf annual miner issuance.
Investments
Coinbase co-founder joins rush for Venezuelan oil assets under new US-backed framework
Coinbase co-founder's firm Primavera is reportedly negotiating for three fields, but no signed agreement or transfer has been announced.
Derivatives
Binance deepens TradFi push with physically settled options on over 1,000 US equities
Eligible users trade physically settled contracts through Binance while Nest routes orders and Alpaca executes, settles and custodies the shares.
Regulation
UK is hunting the $86 billion Russia-linked crypto pipeline as it moves to double sanctions fines
Banks and crypto firms could face penalties equal to 100% of breach value under the proposed enforcement overhaul.
Digital Asset Treasuries
Strategy splits $603 million share sale between Bitcoin purchases and STRC support
One week of common-stock sales funded a $369.7 million Bitcoin purchase, $202.5 million of STRC buybacks and dividends, and a $30 million cash increase.
Trading
XRP’s next rally could put this 115 million-token short under pressure
Leveraged funds doubled their net short even as CME open interest climbed almost 40% and XRP recovered from $1.
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Macro
How $739B in new US debt could absorb crypto’s liquidity before buybacks even reach Bitcoin
Banking
The next shadow-banking problem comes from insurance companies, where nobody was looking for a bank run
ETF
Bitcoin ETF inflows snap after $3 billion streak as ETH, XRP and Solana keep buying
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