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A Bitcoin coin sits in front of a major U.S. financial building as volatile market candles rise behind it, reflecting debates over repo spikes, systemic risk, and crypto liquidity.

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Macro

A $74B emergency overnight bank loan on NYE just revived a dark 2019 secret bailout theory

Wall Street’s sudden demand for cash looks suspiciously like 2019, but the data tells a deeper story.

3 days ago

Asian currency symbols displayed as digital-style coins above a city skyline illustrate how regional economies are quietly developing alternatives to the dominant dollar stablecoin system.

Stablecoins

Asia is quietly building a counterweight to the dollar stablecoin empire, and the West isn’t ready

Asia's comprehensive stablecoin infrastructure may outpace Western efforts and reshape global economic narratives.

1 week ago

A Bitcoin coin sits on a snowy ledge overlooking Metaplanet’s Tokyo headquarters, highlighting the company’s stalled BTC purchases over the past three months.

Digital Asset Treasuries

Metaplanet stopped buying Bitcoin for months, concealing a ruthless arbitrage strategy that puts retail to shame

Institutional nods catalyze Metaplanet’s pivot to financial engineering for ambitious Bitcoin treasury growth.

2 weeks ago

A Bitcoin coin on a sunlit path under cherry blossoms near a historic Japanese building, symbolizing how Japan’s interest rate cut could influence Bitcoin’s market outlook.

Macro

Japan’s rate hike ends the ‘free money’ era and puts Bitcoin on notice

Japan's monetary shift scrutinizes yen's role in crypto trades, hinting at broader market challenges.

2 weeks ago

DeFi

Ripple and SBI are redefining XRP DeFi, targeting a billion-dollar yield stream that ignores on-chain mechanics

The alliance with Doppler Finance creates the first institutional-grade workaround for generating yield without the need for smart contract staking.

3 weeks ago

Golden Bitcoin coin and Robinhood trading app with rising candlestick chart in front of Indonesian temple at sunset, symbolizing Indonesia’s 19M investors and 17M crypto traders as the real growth test for Robinhood.

Regulation

US crypto exchange constructs “regional triangle” that unlocks the one thing US regulators won’t permit

Indonesia gives Robinhood something the US no longer can: a young, mobile market where stocks and tokens already live in the same feed.

3 weeks ago

Stacks of gold bars beside a gleaming Bitcoin coin in front of the Chinese flag, symbolizing how China’s record gold buying supports the store-of-value thesis for Bitcoin holders.

Macro

China’s massive gold spree inadvertently exposes a critical shift in how smart money escapes risk

China embrace of gold unintentional boosts Bitcoin's narrative as digital 'outside money'.

3 weeks ago

A locked chain-link fence with a padlock and the Belarus flag blocking a glowing Bitcoin symbol at sunset, illustrating how Bitcoin liquidity is drying up in certain regions under a restrictive “pay-to-exit” model.

Culture

Bitcoin liquidity is drying up in specific regions as a new “pay-to-exit” model quietly takes over

Belarus just activated a "stealth" crypto ban that traps local assets behind a rigorous new telecom wall.

3 weeks ago

Hacks

Binance CEO hacked by cell carrier exploit that likely leaves your own crypto exposed

While BNB remained flat, the heist exposes the "soft underbelly" of crypto market infrastructure: executive identities are becoming single points of failure.

4 weeks ago

A surveillance drone uses a thermal camera to track human heat signatures over farmland as a glowing Bitcoin symbol hovers in the stormy sky, illustrating Malaysia’s aerial hunt for crypto thieves who stole $1.1B using fake bird sounds.

Crypto

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

Authorities have flagged 13,827 illicit sites since 2020. We chart the losses and explain how tighter enforcement could shift hashrate and miner margins.

4 weeks ago

A hooded North Korean hacker works on a laptop displaying the North Korea flag as a tactical police officer approaches from behind in a dark cybercrime hideout filled with glowing code monitors.

Hacks

Secret laptop footage exposes North Korean spies infiltrating US companies

Researchers watched in real-time as the Famous Chollima division used this common remote work setup to bypass firewalls.

1 month ago

A glowing Bitcoin coin sits on cracked ground between massive rows of mining rigs, with heat and vapor rising under a bright blue sky.

Crypto

Bitcoin is redrawing where cities and data centers rise as it competes for wasted energy, not cheap labor

From flared gas to curtailed hydro, off-grid power is redrawing the hashrate map and miner margins.

1 month ago

Asia

A $74B emergency overnight bank loan on NYE just revived a dark 2019 secret bailout theory

Asia is quietly building a counterweight to the dollar stablecoin empire, and the West isn’t ready

Metaplanet stopped buying Bitcoin for months, concealing a ruthless arbitrage strategy that puts retail to shame

Japan’s rate hike ends the ‘free money’ era and puts Bitcoin on notice

Ripple and SBI are redefining XRP DeFi, targeting a billion-dollar yield stream that ignores on-chain mechanics

US crypto exchange constructs “regional triangle” that unlocks the one thing US regulators won’t permit

China’s massive gold spree inadvertently exposes a critical shift in how smart money escapes risk

Bitcoin liquidity is drying up in specific regions as a new “pay-to-exit” model quietly takes over

Binance CEO hacked by cell carrier exploit that likely leaves your own crypto exposed

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

Secret laptop footage exposes North Korean spies infiltrating US companies

Bitcoin is redrawing where cities and data centers rise as it competes for wasted energy, not cheap labor

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Terraform Labs caught moving $4.8M through shell company

Ripple’s XRP omitted from Hong Kong regulator’s approved list of cryptos

Axie Infinity players are turning their backs on the platform

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Asia

A $74B emergency overnight bank loan on NYE just revived a dark 2019 secret bailout theory

Asia is quietly building a counterweight to the dollar stablecoin empire, and the West isn’t ready

Metaplanet stopped buying Bitcoin for months, concealing a ruthless arbitrage strategy that puts retail to shame

Japan’s rate hike ends the ‘free money’ era and puts Bitcoin on notice

Ripple and SBI are redefining XRP DeFi, targeting a billion-dollar yield stream that ignores on-chain mechanics

US crypto exchange constructs “regional triangle” that unlocks the one thing US regulators won’t permit

China’s massive gold spree inadvertently exposes a critical shift in how smart money escapes risk

Bitcoin liquidity is drying up in specific regions as a new “pay-to-exit” model quietly takes over

Binance CEO hacked by cell carrier exploit that likely leaves your own crypto exposed

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

Secret laptop footage exposes North Korean spies infiltrating US companies

Bitcoin is redrawing where cities and data centers rise as it competes for wasted energy, not cheap labor

Terraform Labs caught moving $4.8M through shell company

Ripple’s XRP omitted from Hong Kong regulator’s approved list of cryptos

Axie Infinity players are turning their backs on the platform

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