Japan crypto licensing moves toward financial product oversight
The Financial Services Agency is transitioning crypto asset regulation to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act to curb insider trading. While bitFlyer relaunches…
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Bitcoin
Fidelity’s crypto expansion and political pushback
Fidelity allows 401(k) participants to allocate up to 20% of holdings to Bitcoin despite political concerns from Senators Elizabeth Warren and Richard Durbin. Major…
Charts & flows
Markets & Analysis
CryptoQuant’s analytical evolution from Kimchi premiums to ETF flows
CryptoQuant tracks market volatility through exchange flows and whale activity, evolving from monitoring the 16% Kimchi premium to analyzing the 46,000 BTC accumulation…
Open finance
DeFi
JitoSOL dominance and MEV volatility
JitoSOL holds $1.003b in holdings as of September 16, 2026, while Marinade offers a 4.89% average supply APY for mSOL. Liquid staking risks include Sanctum liquidity…
Ownership online
NFT & Web3
Policy & law
Regulation
EBA supervision shifts to USDC as MiCA rules reshape stablecoin market
The European Banking Authority designated USDC as the first significant e-money token on October 14, 2026, shifting direct supervision from France's ACPR.
Tether reserve risks and regulatory displacement
Tether faces liquidity concerns following the termination of its Bahamas Deltec banking relationship and the Cantor Fitzgerald acquisition disclosure. While Tether…
The OCC’s regulatory pivot and the crypto custody market
The OCC's amendment to 12 CFR 5.20 shifts regulatory focus toward infrastructure providers, granting at least 12 conditional approvals in 2026.
South Korea’s bank renewals and the reality of delisting
Upbit and K Bank have extended their real-name account partnership through October 2027 following regulatory reviews. South Korean exchanges coordinate token removals…
Under the hood
Blockchain Tech
Monad testnet performance and parallel execution comparison
Monad targets 10,000 transactions per second using parallel execution and pipelining to optimize state storage. This architecture compares performance against Sei v2…
Data availability competition in the modular blockchain landscape
Celestia faces intense competition from EigenLayer's security marketplace and NEAR's Nightshade sharding as the modular ecosystem evolves. While Celestia's Eden chain…
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