USDC dominates AI agent payments as Amazon expands stablecoin rails Amazon’s move into AI agent payments has put stablecoins back in focus, but the sharper signal is that USDC still dominates…
ETH staking queue hits 2-year high as futures traders capitulate Ethereum’s staking entry queue has climbed to its highest level since September 2023, with 860,369 ETH – worth about $3.7 billion…
Prediction markets hit $2B as sportsbooks pivot Prediction markets have moved into the same conversation as legacy sportsbooks, with activity around major sports contracts now large enough to draw direct comparisons…
Legacy sportsbooks chase prediction markets as volumes surge Legacy sportsbooks are moving into prediction markets as trading volumes in the category have accelerated sharply, with DraftKings reporting a $3.1 billion annualized…
Morpho Raises $175M as Stablecoin Supply Stalls Morpho’s $175 million fundraise this month is drawing attention because it landed as broader stablecoin supply stayed essentially flat, underscoring how crypto venture capital…
Ripple CEO cites $20 billion in CLARITY Act criticism Brad Garlinghouse has pushed back on criticism of the U.S. CLARITY Act, arguing that JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon’s objections are tied to…
Bitcoin mining difficulty drop points to miner capitulation, not a price bottom Bitcoin’s latest mining difficulty reset, one of the steepest since 2021, has been read by some market participants as…
LMAX CEO urges crypto to adopt centralization best practices LMAX Group CEO David Mercer said crypto’s next phase of growth will require the industry to borrow more from centralized market infrastructure,…
SpaceX IPO Tokenization Exposes Retail Access Gap SpaceX’s IPO has sharpened a split in how retail investors reach marquee listings: direct broker access to a limited share pool on one side,…
Nvidia tops $5 trillion as trillion-dollar club expands Nvidia’s market value has climbed to about $5 trillion, while a separate tally shows 16 public companies now exceed $1 trillion in valuation,…
Volkswagen confirms 19,000 job cuts in German restructuring drive Volkswagen confirmed it is on track to cut 19,000 jobs in Germany by the end of 2026 as CEO Oliver Blume pushes…
Crypto options lose geopolitical premium as traders pull back Crypto options are no longer pricing the kind of geopolitical shock premium seen during earlier risk-off episodes, even as traders continue to…
