I Think the SEC Just Quietly Opened the Door to a Whole New Generation of Crypto ETFs
The SEC launched a 60-day comment period on ETF rules that could pave the way for crypto, event-contract, and single-stock ETFs to list more easily.
№ 062NewsI Think MetaMask Just Quietly Redefined What a Crypto Wallet Is Supposed to Do
MetaMask launched Money Account, letting users earn up to 4% yield on USD stablecoin while spending via a Mastercard-linked card, all in one wallet.
№ 063NewsBitcoin's Quiet Week Looks Calm. I Don't Think It Is.
Bitcoin's calm five-day range near $59K-$60K mirrors 2024, but forming below key moving averages in a falling market, analysts warn it could break to $40,000.
№ 064NewsThe UK Just Made Its Stablecoin Rules Lighter Than the EU's And I Think the Timing Says Everything
The FCA cut stablecoin issuer capital requirements to 1%, below the EU's 2% MiCA threshold, as the UK positions itself as a lighter-touch crypto hub.
№ 065NewsThe Money Leaving Crypto Is Going to AI Stocks. Here's Why, and What Reverses It.
The money leaving crypto is flowing into AI stocks. Why crypto is losing the competition for risk capital right now, and what would make those flows reverse.
№ 066NewsCrypto Has Gone Quiet, and That's Either Healthy or the Calm Before More Pain
Bitcoin's gone quiet around $59.8k after weeks of carnage. Low volatility after a crash is either a base forming or the calm before more pain. How to read the silence.
№ 067NewsRipple Wants Banks to Borrow Against Tokenized Assets Directly on XRPL
Ripple's proposed XRPL Lending Protocol lets institutions borrow against tokenized assets, with blockchain enforcing loan terms and humans making credit decisions.
№ 068NewsTuesday Is the Last Day for Thousands of Unlicensed European Crypto Firms, and Most Won't Make It
Over 3,000 pre-MiCA crypto firms in Europe face closure by July 1, only 244 hold MiCA licenses. Poland could lose nearly all of its 2,000 registered VASPs.
№ 069NewsBitMEX Just Cleared Out Its Entire Executive Team, and I Think I Know Why
BitMEX removed CEO Stephan Lutz, CFO Ina Steiner, and CGO Raphael Polansky as the exchange reportedly hunts for a buyer amid the crypto downturn.
№ 070NewsSouth Korea Just Committed $518 Billion to AI, and Bitcoin Is Feeling Every Dollar of It
Samsung and SK Hynix committed $518B to AI chip plants, accelerating by a decade. Bitcoin ETFs hit record outflows as risk capital keeps flowing into AI.
№ 071NewsCrypto's Regulation Limbo Is Quietly Making This Bear Market Worse
A delay to the CLARITY Act is the quiet weight on this bear market nobody's discussing. Why regulatory limbo keeps big money waiting, and why it'll eventually turn.
№ 072NewsBitcoin Just Lost $60k. Now Watch the $58k Floor.
Bitcoin slipped under $60k to around $59k, but buyers are absorbing near $58k. Why that floor is the only level that matters now, and what a break would mean.