Institutional Adoption
Crypto Long & Short: Protecting the people building DeFi infrastructure
In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Jennifer Rosenthal writes on the need to protect the people actually building DeFi infrastructure. Then, Alexis Sirkia comments on how Ethereum's L2 strategy is failing due to a fundamental design flaw.
U.S. crypto adoption is rebounding, bitcoin still dominates, Deutsche Bank says
Retail participation in the U.S. has bounced back to mid-2025 levels even as most consumers expect lower bitcoin prices ahead, the bank said.
Crypto Long & Short: Fighting fraud in the digital age: why state-led identity is the future
In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Tricia Gallagher writes how the fix for broken digital identity systems will need to be state-led and user-controlled.
XRP Ledger adds zero-knowledge proofs targeting institutional privacy gap
The Boundless integration enables private transaction execution on XRPL while maintaining compliance, addressing what the company calls the "transparency tax" that has held back institutional adoption of public blockchains.
Crypto Long & Short: Asia’s digital asset crackdown: accountability gets personal
In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Bob Williams covers how stricter crypto regulations in Asia are putting more personal responsibility on senior leaders, making strong governance and D&O insurance essential. Then, the TBI’s Haidy Grigsby writes on how crypto scams are increasingly targeting experienced investors by building trust and tricking them into making larger deposits until their money is gone.
Crypto for Advisors: Crypto custody’s evolution
Beyond simple storage, the next era of institutional crypto will be defined by the real-time connectivity and mobility of digital assets across a fragmented market.
Crypto Long & Short: Governance is the real Layer 1
In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Nilmini Rubin writes on the challenge facing crypto and traditional markets to create a hybrid, shared governance structure. Then, Meredith Fitzpatrick covers how financial institutions must fundamentally rethink AML risk as crypto and TradFi converge.
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.
Why big banks are snubbing open ledgers to build their own private blockchains
DRW founder Don Wilson says public blockchains conflict with how institutions trade and manage risk, limiting adoption.
The NYSE wants to bring blockchain to Wall Street without breaking the existing system
The exchange's chief of product development, Jon Herrick, said blockchain technology will be layered into current systems rather than replace them.
