Gino Matos Gino Matos has published within the past 30 days.

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Gino Matos is a law school graduate and a seasoned journalist with six years of experience in the crypto industry. His expertise primarily focuses on the Brazilian blockchain ecosystem and developments in decentralized finance (DeFi).

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Total Articles 1,708

Since Aug 2024

Last Active Jul 10, 2026

Primary Beat Bitcoin

Gino Matos Recent Articles

Ethereum bull and bear price paths as EthLabs expands institutional Ethereum treasury strategy

Governance

Ethereum is splitting into three power centers and ETH treasury firms are paying for two

Ethlabs gave Ethereum a treasury-backed R&D layer, and Ethereum Institutional now gives it a corporate front door.

1 week ago

MiCA crypto app interface illustrating Europe’s July 1 crypto user migration deadline under MiCA rules

Regulation

MiCA’s July 1 deadline is Europe’s first crypto user-migration test – OKX interview

MiCA can force unlicensed exchanges out of Europe on paper. OKX Europe’s CEO says the real test is whether offshore apps are still one tap away.

2 weeks ago

Bitcoin price testing $58,000 support with risk of falling to $53,000 if the ETF-era price floor disappears

Analysis Bearish

Bitcoin can still fall to $53,000 if the ETF-era floor disappears

Bitcoin’s $58,000 test is less about a chart line than a missing buyer. A slide toward $53,000 would show whether ETF-era demand still cushions BTC, or only works when Wall Street is already buying.

2 weeks ago

Open USD illustration showing DeFi liquidity vortex as stablecoin capital flows toward onchain yield opportunities

Stablecoins

Visa Mastercard and Coinbase join Open USD as partner-led stablecoin increases DeFi yield war

Open USD may turn stablecoin competition into a DeFi incentive war, with Plasma and other partners using shared economics to fight for user liquidity.

2 weeks ago

Trump crypto exposure tracker showing how the CLARITY Act legislative process affects President Trump's crypto holdings.

Regulation

Trump’s financial disclosure puts $1B crypto payday at center of CLARITY Act vote

Trump’s disclosure gives CLARITY supporters a compliance defense, but also puts his memecoin, stablecoin, BTC, ETH, and staking exposure at the center of Congress’ unresolved ethics fight.

2 weeks ago

Mining

Trump’s Bitcoin made in America push runs into a power problem the tax bill cannot fix

The Tax Clarity for Mining and Staking Act may remove a key penalty for U.S.-based validators, but miners say cheaper power and faster permitting still decide where the next megawatt gets built.

2 weeks ago

Cracked Bitcoin coin at the $60,000 level with falling price charts and options data in the background, illustrating market stress around key BTC support.

Market Bearish

Bitcoin’s $60,000 test is not over after Strategy’s $2.5B STRC backstop

Strategy eased the STRC scare, but Bitcoin’s $60,000 test still depends on ETF flows, exchange supply and inflation data.

2 weeks ago

LUNA2 coin with AI-themed background after price surge driven by name confusion hype

Culture

OpenAI’s Luna name turned Terra’s dead token into a YOLO leverage trade

OpenAI pitched GPT-5.6 as a new frontier model family built to challenge Mythos. Crypto traders saw Sol, Terra and Luna and turned a dead collapse-era token into a live bet on attention.

2 weeks ago

Illustration of a hand holding a glowing digital token with stock market charts representing crypto recovery shifting toward equity investments.

Investments

The next crypto recovery trade might be equities instead of tokens

Cathie Wood is buying crypto’s cash registers into weakness, betting on the public companies that could benefit if trading, stablecoins and retail flows come back.

2 weeks ago

Illustration of a DAO governance ballot box representing governance token cash out voting.

Governance Bearish

A $223M DAO vote could turn governance into a cash-out button

A GnosisDAO vote could give crypto activists a new playbook: buy discounted governance tokens, pressure DAOs to return treasury assets, and force the market to rethink what tokenholders actually own.

2 weeks ago

Bitcoin symbol amid red market graphics illustrating crypto liquidation-driven selloff and market reset.

Analysis

Bitcoin’s weekend test is whether the $58,000 drop was exhaustion or acceptance

With ETF trading paused and options expiry settling, Bitcoin’s weekend test is whether the move toward $58K was forced-selling exhaustion or the start of a lower range.

2 weeks ago

Illustration of RLUSD and USDC stablecoins racing toward adoption in Japan.

Stablecoins Bullish

Ripple got RLUSD into Japan, now the stablecoin race begins as Circle and Nomura join

Ripple finally got RLUSD into Japan, but Circle, Nomura, SBI and the country’s megabanks are turning its longtime stronghold into a crowded stablecoin battleground.

2 weeks ago

Gino Matos Gino Matos has published within the past 30 days.

Gino Matos Recent Articles

Ethereum is splitting into three power centers and ETH treasury firms are paying for two

MiCA’s July 1 deadline is Europe’s first crypto user-migration test – OKX interview

Bitcoin can still fall to $53,000 if the ETF-era floor disappears

Visa Mastercard and Coinbase join Open USD as partner-led stablecoin increases DeFi yield war

Trump’s financial disclosure puts $1B crypto payday at center of CLARITY Act vote

Trump’s Bitcoin made in America push runs into a power problem the tax bill cannot fix

Bitcoin’s $60,000 test is not over after Strategy’s $2.5B STRC backstop

OpenAI’s Luna name turned Terra’s dead token into a YOLO leverage trade

The next crypto recovery trade might be equities instead of tokens

A $223M DAO vote could turn governance into a cash-out button

Bitcoin’s weekend test is whether the $58,000 drop was exhaustion or acceptance

Ripple got RLUSD into Japan, now the stablecoin race begins as Circle and Nomura join

Gino's Top Stories

Arthur Hayes says AI rescue liquidity could send Bitcoin price to $1,000,000

Crypto finally has a CLARITY Act date – delivery now depends on seven Senate Democrats

Bitcoin’s weekend test is whether the $58,000 drop was exhaustion or acceptance