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Michael Saylor says quantum will “harden” Bitcoin, but he’s ignoring the 1.7 million coins already at risk

Shor breaks ECDSA/Schnorr at scale, while Taproot pubkeys are already visible. NIST’s PQC path and an Optech draft show how Bitcoin could migrate without panic.

7 hours ago

Bitcoin and a US quarter on a rock overlooking Washington DC at sunrise, symbolizing new bank-issued crypto dollars and a looming 2026 surprise for BTC.

Banking

Washington has started the clock on bank-issued crypto dollars, and the timeline contains a 2026 Bitcoin surprise

Vanguard and BofA open wealth channels in January as the FDIC kicks off GENIUS Act rulemaking.

9 hours ago

RWA

Tokenized US Treasuries just broke DeFi’s most sacred rule, and the $9 billion consequence is irreversible

Tokenized US Treasuries grew from $2 billion to $9 billion in 18 months. BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, and Circle now offer on-chain T-bills as margin collateral, DeFi building blocks, and stablecoin alternatives.

1 day ago

Analysis

Bitcoin to Ethereum rotation narratives are lying to you unless they match this specific $480 billion signal

Real moves require CEX dominance shifts, ETF divergence, and derivatives confirmation, not bridge headlines.

1 day ago

Bitcoin coin half-frozen and melting in a blizzard on an empty road, symbolizing Bitcoin’s sharp price slide and nearly $600M in liquidations in 24 hours as the crypto market suddenly sells off.

Analysis

Bitcoin plummeted below $85,000 today, but $600M in liquidations hides a much scarier macro catalyst

Market reports linked the selloff to renewed fears that the BoJ will tighten monetary policy at its meeting this week, threatening the yen carry trade that funds risk assets.

2 days ago

Illustration of JPMorgan’s headquarters skyscrapers with Solana and USDC logos floating above and a hand holding a $50 dollar bill in the foreground, symbolizing questions around whether JPMorgan’s on-chain debt on Solana is real institutional adoption or just narrative-driven hype.

Debt

JPMorgan just crossed a dangerous line with Solana that major banks have strictly avoided until now

JPMorgan issued $50 million in commercial paper on Solana with USDC settlement, but most institutional tokenization remains proof-of-concept scale without displacing traditional workflows.

2 days ago

A giant golden Bitcoin coin stands towering among skyscrapers as smaller coins scatter below, symbolizing how Bitcoin ETFs enabled large institutions to dominate the top cryptocurrency asset.

Market

Digital assets have vanished from government “vulnerability” list, officially ending a three-year regulatory chokehold on US banks

FSOC dropped Bitcoin from its vulnerabilities list in 2025, coordinating with the GENIUS Act and OCC bank charters to normalize institutional access.

3 days ago

Large golden XRP coin stacked by the water under a suspension bridge with a dramatic splash, symbolizing XRP wrappers injecting $1.5 billion liquidity while adding hidden cross-chain bridge risk.

DeFi

XRP is flooding Ethereum and Solana, but this invisible layer exposes your wallet to a $1.5 billion risk

XRP wrappers launch the token across four chains, expanding reach and liquidity. Yet, they add new risks related to custodians and bridges that accounted for over 50% of crypto exploit losses in 2025's first half.

3 days ago

DeFi

Firedancer is live, but Solana is violating the one safety rule Ethereum treats as non-negotiable

Firedancer could start a new wave of adoption for Solana, especially from institutions that see a mitigated centralization risk from its validators.

3 days ago

Trading

Small-cap crypto tokens just hit a humiliating four-year low, proving the “Alt Season” thesis is officially dead

The S&P 500 gained 47% over 2024-2025 while broad alt baskets delivered negative Sharpe ratios with 0.9 correlation to large-cap crypto.

3 days ago

Golden Bitcoin coin standing firm beside an exploding circuit-covered sphere symbolizing an AI bubble bursting, illustrating the question of whether an AI market crash would hurt or benefit BTC.

Bitcoin just exposed a terrifying link to the AI bubble that guarantees it crashes first when tech breaks

Oracle's earnings miss and $80B market cap wipeout show how tightly Bitcoin now tracks AI-driven tech risk, but the policy response to a credit crunch could recreate the liquidity conditions.

6 days ago

Two institutional investors walk toward BlackRock’s headquarters as a glowing Ethereum coin hovers in front of the building, symbolizing BlackRock’s staking filing quietly splitting Ethereum validators into institutional-grade players and everyone else.

Staking

BlackRock’s move into Ethereum staking signals a brutal new fee regime that mid-tier operators won’t survive

BlackRock’s filing raises questions on slashing risk, custody waterfalls and yield passthrough. We chart three scenarios for fees and liquidity.

6 days ago

Bitcoin just flashed a rare capitulation signal that historically triggers a violent rally

JP Morgan’s move to Ethereum proves Wall Street is quietly hijacking the digital dollar from crypto natives

YouTube is now paying creators in crypto, offering a $100B path to finally exit banks

Bitcoin ETFs are 60% underwater, creating a $100 billion distressed house of cards

Crypto investors gain critical protection in bankruptcy, even as a “conservative” rule threatens liquidity

Over $17 trillion missing when on-chain “proof of reserve” standards are applied to Trump’s tariff data

Hyperliquid is erasing $1 billion in token supply, but the market is still punishing the wrong metric

Tokenized US Treasuries just broke DeFi’s most sacred rule, and the $9 billion consequence is irreversible

X claims the right to share your private AI chats with everyone under new rules – no opt out

Gino Matos

Michael Saylor says quantum will “harden” Bitcoin, but he’s ignoring the 1.7 million coins already at risk

Washington has started the clock on bank-issued crypto dollars, and the timeline contains a 2026 Bitcoin surprise

Tokenized US Treasuries just broke DeFi’s most sacred rule, and the $9 billion consequence is irreversible

Bitcoin to Ethereum rotation narratives are lying to you unless they match this specific $480 billion signal

Bitcoin plummeted below $85,000 today, but $600M in liquidations hides a much scarier macro catalyst

JPMorgan just crossed a dangerous line with Solana that major banks have strictly avoided until now

Digital assets have vanished from government “vulnerability” list, officially ending a three-year regulatory chokehold on US banks

XRP is flooding Ethereum and Solana, but this invisible layer exposes your wallet to a $1.5 billion risk

Firedancer is live, but Solana is violating the one safety rule Ethereum treats as non-negotiable

Small-cap crypto tokens just hit a humiliating four-year low, proving the “Alt Season” thesis is officially dead

Bitcoin just exposed a terrifying link to the AI bubble that guarantees it crashes first when tech breaks

BlackRock’s move into Ethereum staking signals a brutal new fee regime that mid-tier operators won’t survive

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Gino Matos

Michael Saylor says quantum will “harden” Bitcoin, but he’s ignoring the 1.7 million coins already at risk

Washington has started the clock on bank-issued crypto dollars, and the timeline contains a 2026 Bitcoin surprise

Tokenized US Treasuries just broke DeFi’s most sacred rule, and the $9 billion consequence is irreversible

Bitcoin to Ethereum rotation narratives are lying to you unless they match this specific $480 billion signal

Bitcoin plummeted below $85,000 today, but $600M in liquidations hides a much scarier macro catalyst

JPMorgan just crossed a dangerous line with Solana that major banks have strictly avoided until now

Digital assets have vanished from government “vulnerability” list, officially ending a three-year regulatory chokehold on US banks

XRP is flooding Ethereum and Solana, but this invisible layer exposes your wallet to a $1.5 billion risk

Firedancer is live, but Solana is violating the one safety rule Ethereum treats as non-negotiable

Small-cap crypto tokens just hit a humiliating four-year low, proving the “Alt Season” thesis is officially dead

Bitcoin just exposed a terrifying link to the AI bubble that guarantees it crashes first when tech breaks

BlackRock’s move into Ethereum staking signals a brutal new fee regime that mid-tier operators won’t survive

China’s $71 billion Treasury dump exposes a critical gap between Bitcoin’s narrative and central bank reality

JPMorgan just crossed a dangerous line with Solana that major banks have strictly avoided until now

Bitcoin thieves stole $1.1B using fake bird noises: Now Malaysia hunts heat signatures from the sky

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