Credit
BTC ETFs bled $4B in worst month ever, Strategy's plan forward and an institutional super cycle for ETH?
On this episode of CoinDesk's Public Keys from the New York Stock Exchange, host Jennifer Sanasie is joined by CoinDesk Indices and Data to break down nearly $1.8 billion in weekly Bitcoin ETF outflows, Strategy's new capital plan, and whether the digital asset treasury narrative is back. SharpLink CEO Joseph Chalom joins to unpack the Ethereum Foundation's funding crisis, the launch of ETHlabs, and the company's $75 million raise, as he makes the case for an institutional supercycle in ETH. In this week's 10X, Kaizen founder Brian Jung breaks down his MicroStrategy short. Moody's Ratings Managing Director and Global Head of Digital Economy Fabian Astic explains how the firm is embedding credit ratings into tokenized securities on Solana and unveils the first-ever credit rating methodology for stablecoins. Plus, Midnight Foundation President Fahmi Syed details the partnership with Bank of England-regulated Monument Bank and why privacy is becoming the missing piece for institutional adoption.
Strategy's STRC hits record low as Wall Street races to tokenize everything
On this episode of CoinDesk’s Public Keys at the New York Stock Exchange, host Jennifer Sanasie sits down with Digital Assets Council of Financial Professionals founder Ric Edelman to discuss the disconnect between declining crypto sentiment and Wall Street’s rapid investment in digital asset infrastructure. Their conversation covers the CLARITY Act, the fight over crypto in 401(k) plans, tokenization, and Edelman’s long-term outlook for Bitcoin. In this week’s 10X Trade, Maelstrom CIO Arthur Hayes shares his highest-conviction trade. Strive Chief Risk Officer Jeff Walton examines the future of digital credit following the sharp declines of STRC and SATA, arguing that digital credit could represent the next $300 trillion opportunity for Bitcoin. Also on the show, BlackRock Global Head of Digital Assets Robbie Mitchnick discusses BITA, the iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF, while 21Shares Co-Founder Ophelia Snyder explains why today’s financial infrastructure may be fundamentally incompatible with the tokenized future Wall Street is working to build.
eBay rejects GameStop's $56B bid
eBay's board rejected GameStop's $56 billion takeover bid, calling it "neither credible nor attractive." Now questions are growing over whether CEO Ryan Cohen will sell the company's $368 million bitcoin position to make the deal look more credible. CoinDesk's Sam Ewen hosts "CoinDesk Daily."
"We're the biggest buyer of bitcoin in the world": Michael Saylor's infinite vision
In a CoinDesk interview following Consensus Miami 2026, Strategy Founder, Michael Saylor, discusses being the world’s largest bitcoin buyer with $62B purchased. In this interview, Saylor describes the convergence of TradFi and DeFi via their digital credit product Stretch (STRC), which has rapidly grown and helps fund bitcoin accumulation.
La società di infrastrutture AI ottiene un prestito onchain fino a 500 milioni di dollari evitando le banche
La linea di credito utilizzava hardware GPU come garanzia tokenizzata, consentendo un accesso al capitale più rapido senza i tradizionali controlli creditizi.
Il credito privato potrebbe essere il caso d'uso dirompente per la tokenizzazione: Sidney Powell di Maple
Il CEO di Maple Finance, Sidney Powell, ha dichiarato che la più grande opportunità della blockchain non risiede nei buoni del Tesoro tokenizzati o nei fondi, ma piuttosto nell’portare sui registri digitali i mercati del credito privato opachi e illiquidi.
Il credito crypto inizia a somigliare ai conti di risparmio in contanti: Asia Morning Briefing
Flowdesk afferma che la domanda record ha incontrato una liquidità ancora più profonda, riducendo la volatilità nel settore dello staking e del prestito in stablecoin, facendo sì che i mercati del credito crypto assomiglino sempre di più all’infrastruttura del denaro tradizionale.
ETHZilla acquista il 20% della piattaforma di prestito AI Karus in un accordo da 10 milioni di dollari per la tokenizzazione dei prestiti auto
Le aziende prevedono di tokenizzare i prestiti auto, con i primi portafogli che dovrebbero essere disponibili entro l'inizio del 2026.
Market Maker Flowdesk afferma che il credito crypto sta trovando un equilibrio fragile
I prestatori DeFi stanno riducendo la leva finanziaria ma non si ritirano, con una domanda di prestito stabile per i principali asset come SOL e BTC e un compressione dei rendimenti su Maple e JitoSOL.
Avanzare il Credito Privato con le Infrastrutture On-Chain
Il credito privato — in particolare la finanza garantita da asset — è afflitto da inefficienze, ma la blockchain e il denaro programmabile stanno ora consentendo soluzioni più rapide, economiche e scalabili che potrebbero democratizzare l’accesso e sconvolgere gli attori tradizionali, scrive Morgan Krupetsky di Ava Labs.
