Kraken scales institutional volume with $8 billion monthly block trades
Kraken manages $8 billion in monthly block trade volume and has integrated CF Benchmarks indices. Meanwhile, Gemini faces fee compression and regional exits, while…
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Bitcoin
Institutional dominance reshapes Bitcoin derivatives
CME Bitcoin futures open interest reached $21.3 billion as institutional demand drives a shift toward long-dated call options on IBIT. This market evolution sees IBIT…
Charts & flows
Markets & Analysis
Decentralized orderbooks and liquidity risks
dYdX operates a decentralized orderbook on its Cosmos-based L1 with 188 markets, while GMX v2 utilizes multi-collateral isolated GM pools on Arbitrum. Trading risks…
Open finance
DeFi
Morpho Labs takes the yield lead as Compound and Aave struggle
Morpho Labs achieves 10% to 20% APY through specialized MetaMorpho vault aggregators, outperforming Aave and Compound. While Aave targets $6 billion in idle capital…
Ownership online
NFT & Web3
Policy & law
Regulation
Stablecoin licensing and institutional shifts in Hong Kong
HKMA issued stablecoin licenses to Anchorpoint Financial and HSBC requiring HKD 25,000,000 in minimum capital. While HashKey scales following its HK$18.5 billion…
MAS amends crypto custody rules and expands digital asset oversight
The Monetary Authority of Singapore amended the Payment Services Act to include new digital asset custody guidelines. This regulatory shift follows DBS Digital Exchange…
The MiCA transition and stablecoin divergence
Circle secured EU-wide approval for USDC and EURC in 2024, while Tether's EURT market cap fell to $27 million following its decision to focus on non-MiCA compliant…
Japan’s FSA 2026 regulatory push for stablecoin issuers
The Financial Services Agency prioritizes on-chain finance for 2026, driving initiatives like JPYC's plan to issue 1 trillion yen in stablecoins. Major banks including…
Under the hood
Blockchain Tech
Securitize and Hedera Drive Tokenization Expansion
Securitize launched 12 U.S. equities on Solana while RedSwan utilizes the Hedera network to tokenize over $5 billion in institutional-grade properties. These…
Polygon leads in stablecoin volume as interoperability competition grows
Polygon dominates stablecoin settlement with $2.4 trillion in total transfer volume and 12 million daily USDC transactions. While the AggLayer unifies liquidity across…
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