VanEck HODL and Valkyrie BRRR in a shifting ETF market
Bitcoin ETFs saw over $1.2 billion in inflows during the first two trading days of 2026 as VanEck's HODL and Valkyrie's BRRR compete in a market shaped by SEC…
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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
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…
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
Firedancer rollout and Solana concentration risks
Jump Crypto's Firedancer client achieved a 1 million TPS testnet milestone, yet Solana faces significant risks from Agave code dependency and Jito Labs MEV…
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…
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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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