Will a supply wave hit BTC?
Mt.Gox’s trustees have an October 31st deadline to complete basic, early lump sum, and interim repayments to Bitcoin creditors (BTC), and as the clock ticks, approximately 34,689 BTC still remains…
Stablecoins Are Just CBDCs in Privately-Issued Wrapper: VC
Investors need to use “discernment” when considering privately issued stablecoins, said Jeremy Krantz, founder and managing partner of venture capital firm Sentinel Global. Stablecoins come with all the risks of…
How to Square Decentralized Finance With Regulatory Compliance
Last week at DC Fintech Week in Washington, DC, I moderated a conversation about how decentralized finance (DeFi) projects can comply with various regulations. You’re reading State of Crypto, a…
How crypto-native leverage drove Bitcoin sell-off while ETFs barely flinched
JPMorgan attributes the recent declines in Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) to crypto-native leverage rather than institutional exits, noting that while spot ETFs and CME futures have absorbed minimal forced…
L1 Is The New Battleground, And The Playing Field Isn’t Even
Opinion: Ray Song, aPriori Founder If you’re in the market long enough, you’ll start to see patterns. The tools we trade and the rails we build are never static. One…
Bitcoin Slides Below $107,000 as Crypto Market Hits Four-Day Losing Streak
BTC and ETH fell again on Friday amid global tensions and macroeconomic uncertainty. Cryptocurrency markets fell again on Friday, extending their losing streak to a fourth day as investors grappled…
Ondo Finance Urges SEC to Delay Nasdaq Tokenization Plan Over Transparency Concerns
DeFi companies have warned that key details about tokenized payments remain private, raising questions about the fairness of the market. Ondo Finance has published an open letter to the U.S.…
BTC, Altcoins Plunge as Liquidity Tightens and Safe-Haven Demand Soars
The crypto market is a sea of red as prolonged trade tensions and tight liquidity in the U.S. financial system increase demand for safe-haven Treasury securities. Bitcoin BTC$105,663.40 is below…
Bitcoin tumbles as $1.18 billion in crypto liquidations hit markets
Bitcoin extended its week-long decline, falling to its lowest level since July, as renewed U.S.-China trade tensions and large capital outflows triggered another wave of liquidations across the cryptocurrency market.…
Ripple’s $1 billion purchase creates RLUSD pathway into Fortune 500 treasuries
Ripple’s $1 billion acquisition of GTreasury is another step in the company’s expansion and represents a direct challenge to the stablecoin distribution problem. Ripple USD (RLUSD) has grown an impressive…