Latest from Francisco Rodrigues
Kalshi secures license to offer margin trading to institutional investors
Margin feature is a departure from traditional prediction markets, which typically require fully collateralized positions, and comes as the industry sees growing trading volumes and investment.
Why bitcoin's 'compressed' valuation offers reduced downside risk versus stocks
The recent surge in oil and gas prices has driven up inflation expectations, causing markets to adjust their bets on Federal Reserve rate cuts, with traders now pricing in a near 40% chance of no rate cuts this year.
Ondo, Canton sidestep macro concerns with institutional deals as bitcoin, ether slide
Your day-ahead look for March 27, 2026
Anchorage Digital adds Tron custody, opens U.S. institutional access to TRX trading
The integration provides institutions with a compliant way to hold TRX and will be expanded to include TRC-20 assets and native TRX staking.
Brazil passes law turning seized crypto into public-security war chest
The law lets authorities use crypto seized during investigations and expands their power to freeze, block or seize funds in a bid to crack down on criminal organizations.
Everyone's calling bitcoin resilient, may be it's just complacent
Your day-ahead look for March 26, 2026
Crypto Long & Short: Prediction Markets Don’t Just Forecast Power - They Reshape It
In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Ryan Kirkley writes on how crypto prediction markets can risk incentivizing manipulation and amplify misinformation at scale.
SBI, Sony back Startale’s $63 million push to expand Japan’s tokenized finance stack
The Singapore-based company builds blockchain tools for financial firms and retail users, including a blockchain for tokenized securities, stablecoins, and a consumer app.
Binance tightens market maker rules, tells token issuers they must disclose partners
The guidelines ban profit-sharing and guaranteed return arrangements, aiming to prevent conflicts of interest and manipulative trading.
Monument Bank to tokenize 250 million pounds of retail deposits in UK first
The deposits will remain interest-bearing, fully backed, and protected by the country's Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
