Jul 28, 20263m 56s
Bitcoin Whales Absorb 19,700 BTC in 8 Days as Retail Buyers Retreat
Whale and shark wallets accumulated nearly 19,700 BTC in eight days while retail dip-buying cooled, with Bitcoin at $63,494 and Fear & Greed at 34.
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Narrated analysis on crypto policy, stablecoins, payments, and market structure.
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Jul 28, 20263m 57s
Robinhood Chain TVL Crosses $600M, Up 50% in a Week
Assets deposited into Robinhood Chain apps topped $600M, a roughly 50% jump in a week per Token Terminal, as capital rotates into the retail broker's L2.
Jul 28, 20262m 47s
KuCoin Hits 45M Users as Payment Volume Triples in H1 2026
KuCoin's H1 2026 review reports 45 million users, tripled off-chain payment volume, and a Web3 wallet now offering perpetuals and 260+ tokenized US stocks.
Jul 28, 20264m 27s
HYPE ETF Inflows Are Outpacing Bitcoin and Ethereum, Grayscale Says
Grayscale data shows Hyperliquid's HYPE ETF is pulling in inflows faster than BTC, ETH, SOL, and XRP did at the same point in their ETF lifecycles.
Jul 28, 20264m 12s
Senator Husted Backs CLARITY Act, Vows to Pass It Soon
Senator Jon Husted has thrown his support behind the CLARITY Act, pledging to help pass the crypto market structure bill as soon as possible. Here is what it means.
Jul 27, 20264m 25s
CLARITY Act Merged Draft Adds First-Ever Crypto Ethics Provision
The Senate released a merged CLARITY Act draft combining the Banking and Agriculture Committee versions and adding an ethics provision for the first time.
Jul 27, 20264m 42s
Gen Z Traders Aren't Gambling: 94% Avoid Leveraged Bets
Binance data shows only 5.9% of Gen Z trading volume touches leveraged ETFs, undercutting the reckless-youth-investor stereotype. Here is what the numbers say.
Jul 27, 20264m 31s
Stablecoin Processor Triple-A Confirms $11.8M Treasury Breach
Triple-A says its corporate treasury wallet was drained of $11.8M in a security breach. The payments firm confirmed client funds were untouched and it will absorb the loss.
Jul 27, 20264m 44s
BitMart Wallets Fall to $69M as Users Report Withdrawal Freezes
BitMart wallets dropped to about $69M on Monday from $102M on July 6 as users reported withdrawal delays and on-chain freeze notices during its wind-down.
Jul 27, 20265 min
Crypto ETFs Are Undercutting Exchanges With 1-3bps Trading Fees
Bloomberg's Eric Balchunas says crypto ETFs let traders buy coins for 1-3 basis points, squeezing exchange trading fees. What it means for how you buy crypto.