Oct 14, 20264m 22s
Solana's Alpenglow Upgrade Goes Live Oct. 21 With Faster Finality
Solana's Alpenglow consensus upgrade reaches mainnet-beta on Oct. 21, cutting transaction finality times. Here is what the change means for payments and DeFi.
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Narrated analysis on crypto policy, stablecoins, payments, and market structure.
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Oct 14, 20264m 26s
JPMorgan: $50 Billion Flowed Into Bitcoin and Digital Assets in 2026
JPMorgan analysts estimate about $50 billion has moved into Bitcoin and digital assets so far in 2026, a figure that frames how deep institutional money now runs.
Oct 14, 20265m 07s
Metaplanet's $329M Raise: Bitcoin Bet Backfires After 90% Crash
Metaplanet plans a $329M bond raise, with $149M to repay Bitcoin-backed debt and up to $179M for buybacks, after its stock fell nearly 90% from its peak.
Oct 14, 20264m 27s
Sberbank Joins Bank of Russia's Crypto Exchange Register
Sberbank, Russia's largest bank, has been added to the Bank of Russia's crypto exchange register, a signal that regulated digital-asset trading is moving mainstream.
Oct 13, 20265m 09s
BNY and Citadel Securities Settle a Financing Deal on Blockchain
BNY and Citadel Securities completed a blockchain-based financing transaction using tokenized U.S. Treasuries, a sign on-chain settlement is reaching Wall Street's core plumbing.
Oct 13, 20264m 27s
Bitwise Winds Down Its Dogecoin ETF as Form 25 Confirms Delisting
Bitwise filed SEC Form 25 to delist its Dogecoin ETF after assets fell from $2.5M to about $725K. Final trading is October 14, with cash payouts near October 22.
Oct 13, 20264m 48s
Starknet Launches Shadow Accounts: Private Trading on Public DeFi
Starknet's new Shadow Accounts let users transact on public DeFi with confidential links to their main wallets. The first integration goes live this week.
Oct 13, 20264m 43s
Hester Peirce Exits SEC, Thinning the Agency's Pro-Crypto Bench
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, the 'Crypto Mom' known for pushing clearer digital-asset rules, has departed, leaving the agency with two commissioners.
Oct 13, 20264m 10s
South Korea Blocks 27 Crypto Exchanges Including KuCoin and MEXC
South Korea's regulator has moved to block website access to 27 crypto exchanges, including KuCoin, MEXC and BingX, over unregistered operations.
Oct 13, 20264m 12s
Nexo Cuts BTC Entry for Zero-Interest Credit by 10x
Nexo dropped the Bitcoin collateral threshold for its zero-interest credit line by 10x, opening borrow-against-BTC to smaller holders. Details and the risks.