Latest from Sam Reynolds
India pushes e-rupee through welfare pilots as BRICS digital currency plan takes shape
Farmers and food programs anchor 10 pilots aimed at boosting usage, while New Delhi eyes BRICS CBDC link ahead of 2026 summit

Bitcoin-holder Metaplanet raises $50 million to buy more BTC
Metaplanet has issued 8 billion yen, or about $50 million, in zero-interest bonds to fund additional bitcoin purchases.

Morgan Stanley is positioning itself as the reserve manager for the stablecoin industry
The Wall Street giant has announced a fund build specifically for stablecoin issuers. Here is what it does and means for the market.

Bitcoin ETFs just pulled in $2 billion in 8 days while short-term holders quietly started selling
Spot bitcoin ETFs logged their first 8-day inflow streak since October, but on-chain profit-taking is already running at 3x the rate that has marked every local top this year.

Bitcoin rally is stalling as Japanese inflation adds to Iran war–driven market jitters
Crypto markets weaken amid rising Japan inflation, Iran war oil disruptions, and expectations of a hawkish Bank of Japan.

Wisconsin joins prediction market fight, suing Kalshi, Coinbase, Polymarket, Robinhood and Crypto.com
The state's complaint highlights language used by prediction market platforms as language for gambling, not investing.

More than 90% of Web3 games failed after $15 billion boom as gamers never showed up: Caladan
Gaming took 63% of all Web3 venture funding in 2022, but by 2025 its share had fallen to single digits as capital rotated into AI, real-world assets and layer-2 infrastructure.

Bitcoin's bull score index just left bear territory. There's a warning attached.
The index has returned to neutral territory, a rare milestone that has historically marked market turning points, but not always correctly.

FTX sold its Cursor stake for $200,000 in 2023. It would be worth $3 billion today
SpaceX's agreement to acquire AI coding startup Cursor at a $60 billion valuation has retroactively turned a routine bankruptcy asset sale by FTX's estate into one of the largest missed recoveries in crypto history.

World Liberty accuses Justin Sun of 'misconduct' in response to Tron founder's defamation claims
Co-founder Eric Trump went further, saying the only thing more 'ridiculous' than Sun's lawsuit is a $6 million banana duct-taped to a wall.

