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Oluwapelumi values Bitcoin's potential. He imparts insights on a range of topics like DeFi, hacks, mining and culture, underlining transformative power.

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Oluwapelumi Adejumo Recent Articles

Graphic comparing Polymarket World Cup favorites and longshot prediction market odds.

Trading

Polymarket’s $3.3B World Cup boom exposes the longshot trap inside prediction markets

Traders are pricing a possible rematch of the 2022 final, even as billions in historical volume remain scattered across longshot teams.

2 weeks ago

Illustration of the U.S. Capitol with "CLARITY Act" text and percentage figures beside a portrait of President Donald Trump.

Legislation

CLARITY Act chances of passage this year falls to 50% after Trump’s new demands

The CLARITY Act is losing momentum as lawmakers juggle housing, elections, defense and surveillance battles.

2 weeks ago

Exchanges

European crypto users are being paid to move before MiCA closes the door

OKX, Coinbase, Kraken and SwissBorg are using incentives to capture deposits from platforms facing MiCA restrictions.

2 weeks ago

Michael Saylor with Bitcoin imagery illustrating Strategy's STRC preferred stock decline and Bitcoin financing concerns.

Analysis Bearish

Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin machine hits $8 billion cash wall as STRC crashes 25% below par

Strategy's STRC slump has raised concerns about the financing model that helped turn the company into the world’s largest corporate Bitcoin holder.

2 weeks ago

Digital interpretation of crypto lobbyists walk toward the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C.

Legislation Bullish

Crypto firms race to lock in CLARITY Act rules before the Senate window closes

The crypto industry is widening its lobbying campaign as lawmakers confront a four-week window to settle enforcement and ethics disputes.

2 weeks ago

Gavel beside cryptocurrency tokens in front of the U.S. Capitol representing the CLARITY Act.

Market

These crypto tokens could be the biggest winners from the CLARITY Act

Hyperliquid, Aave, Uniswap and other revenue-generating protocols could benefit if clearer CLARITY Act rules bring more trading, lending and tokenized assets onto public blockchains.

2 weeks ago

Flooded Bitcoin vault with underwater safes symbolizing Strategy's underwater Bitcoin position

Digital Asset Treasuries Bearish

Strategy’s Bitcoin bet sinks $12 billion underwater as STRC traders brace for more pain

Strategy still holds more than $50 billion of Bitcoin, but weaker securities and rising funding costs are leaving it with fewer attractive ways to keep buying.

2 weeks ago

Executives reviewing a Bitcoin merger agreement in a boardroom, illustrating crypto media consolidation, dealmaking and market uncertainty.

TradFi Bearish

Bitcoin’s bear market struggle is killing crypto jobs but fueling a $10 billion Wall Street-backed M&A boom

BTC's market downturn has weakened hiring but created opportunities for traditional financial firms to buy crypto firms.

2 weeks ago

Cracked Bitcoin coin in front of the Federal Reserve and a falling market chart, illustrating Bitcoin's sharp price decline amid rising Treasury yields and tightening financial conditions.

Liquidations Bearish

Bitcoin crash below $60,000 triggers $1 billion loss as markets now price Fed rate hike by October

Spot selling led the decline before forced liquidations spread losses across Bitcoin, Ether and other major cryptocurrencies.

2 weeks ago

U.S. president Donald Trump beside a glowing digital dollar and the Capitol, representing digital currency regulation, stablecoin policy and federal crypto oversight.

Politics

Why anti-CBDC Trump refuses to sign bill banning a digital dollar through 2030

The president's opposition to a digital dollar remains intact, even as he delays signing the bill that would codify it.

2 weeks ago

Michael Saylor reviewing Strategy’s Bitcoin financing strategy amid a market downturn, illustrating the trade-off between raising capital for additional Bitcoin purchases and the potential dilution impact on existing shareholders.

Analysis

Saylor’s STRC Bitcoin machine is turning shareholders into its cash backstop – causing a dilution trade-off

The company is rebuilding a reserve depleted by a $1.5 billion debt repayment as rising preferred dividends shift more of the burden onto MSTR shareholders.

2 weeks ago

Bitcoin coin amid a downward market trend, with red candlestick chart, falling price action, and bearish sentiment imagery representing weakening U.S. demand and market pressure.

Liquidations Bearish

America’s Bitcoin buying turns negative as BTC drifts closer to the $57,300 liquidation trap

Bitcoin has lost 16% this month while ETF redemptions and weak US trading activity deepen pressure on the market.

2 weeks ago

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Oluwapelumi Adejumo Oluwapelumi Adejumo has published within the past 30 days.

Oluwapelumi Adejumo Recent Articles

Polymarket’s $3.3B World Cup boom exposes the longshot trap inside prediction markets

CLARITY Act chances of passage this year falls to 50% after Trump’s new demands

European crypto users are being paid to move before MiCA closes the door

Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin machine hits $8 billion cash wall as STRC crashes 25% below par

Crypto firms race to lock in CLARITY Act rules before the Senate window closes

These crypto tokens could be the biggest winners from the CLARITY Act

Strategy’s Bitcoin bet sinks $12 billion underwater as STRC traders brace for more pain

Bitcoin’s bear market struggle is killing crypto jobs but fueling a $10 billion Wall Street-backed M&A boom

Bitcoin crash below $60,000 triggers $1 billion loss as markets now price Fed rate hike by October

Why anti-CBDC Trump refuses to sign bill banning a digital dollar through 2030

Saylor’s STRC Bitcoin machine is turning shareholders into its cash backstop – causing a dilution trade-off

America’s Bitcoin buying turns negative as BTC drifts closer to the $57,300 liquidation trap

Oluwapelumi's Top Stories

XRP investors capitulate at fastest pace since the 2022 crypto crash amid slide to $1

Strategy bought $100 million more Bitcoin but critics say MSTR shareholders now own less of it

XRP just beat Ethereum, Solana and others in 90-Day RWA flows as traders pile back into the token