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Crypto’s wealthy investors and industry leaders see IPO hype waning in 2026
Despite expectations for some IPO and venture activity in 2026, fewer investors feel as confident as they did last year, according to the latest CfC St. Moritz report.
DeFi doyen Stani Kulechov buys $30 million mansion in London’s Notting Hill: Bloomberg
Kulechov, the founder of decentralized lending platform Aave, bought the luxury property in November, Bloomberg reported.
Family offices shun crypto despite hype, with 89% holding no digital assets: JPMorgan Private Bank
The appetite for traditional and emerging hedges remains limited among wealthy families, according to JPMorgan Private Bank’s 2026 Global Family Office Report.
The era of ‘suitcase money’ is over: Why your offshore crypto is no longer safe from the taxman
Holders with large troves of unreported crypto held offshore are rightly getting nervous about new and invasive tax-reporting regimes.
Millions in crypto wealth at risk of vanishing when holders die. Here's how to protect it
Without proper planning, inherited crypto can easily be lost to delays, missing keys or fiduciaries unfamiliar with the asset class, experts warn.
How the ultra-wealthy are using bitcoin to fund their yacht upgrades and Cannes trips
Cometh founder Jerome de Tychey is applying DeFi lending and borrowing on platforms like Aave, Morpho, and Uniswap to structures that help the ultra-wealthy secure loans against their massive crypto fortunes.
NFTs are not dead: Wealthy crypto collectors are still driving the market, says Animoca Brands' Yat Siu
The Animoca Brands co-founder, who is also an avid NFT collector, said there's a community of owners who bought to own, not sell.
A crypto trader turned $285 into $627,000 in one day, but some say the game was rigged
A wallet linked to a pump.fun memecoin turned $285 into a small fortune on Monday, reviving concerns about insider activity during the latest memecoin surge.
Miami’s crypto-settled real estate record broken by $14 million USDT transaction
The transaction was done with the help of tokenization specialist Propy and involving property firms Ciprés and Rilea Group.
Hundreds of wealthy investors are using crypto to buy real estate in Europe
Brighty co-founder Nikolay Denisenko, a former lead backend engineer at Revolut, says his startup has brokered over 100 deals for HNWIs to buy apartments in Europe.
