Key takeaways Grayscale has bridged traditional finance and decentralized crypto by launching the first publicly traded staking investment vehicle. Its staking-enabled ETPs allow investors to earn blockchain rewards without running validator nodes or managing complex technical and custody risks. Grayscale’s Ether and Solana ETPs are the first in the US to combine spot crypto exposure…
A co-founder of Bitcoin infrastructure company, Babylon Labs, claims to have built a system that allows for native Bitcoin to be used as trustless collateral to borrow on the Ethereum blockchain. In a Wednesday X post, Babylon Labs co-founder and Stanford University professor David Tse claimed Babylon built a proof-of-concept allowing for native Bitcoin (BTC)…
Opinion by: Anthony Agoshkov, co-founder of Marvel Capital The world is witnessing the largest wealth handoff in modern history. Over the next 20 years, Millennials and Gen Z will inherit around $83 trillion, and some bullish forecasts suggest as much as $4 trillion of that could be tokenized onchain by 2030. The bigger story isn’t…
One of the core tenets of blockchain protocols has been the provision of privacy for users, even if the chains are publicly verifiable and relatively transparent. This is becoming increasingly important as personal privacy rights seem to be eroding, evidenced by the European Union’s recent push for a chat control law that would allow mass…
Australia’s national financial intelligence agency would receive powers to restrict or ban crypto ATMs under new draft legislation in the works from the country’s minister for cybersecurity and home affairs, Tony Burke. Burke said during a speech at the National Press Club on Thursday that the draft legislation will give the Australian Transaction Reports and…
Paxos’ accidental minting of $300 trillion PYUSD on Wednesday, while undoubtedly concerning, serves as a case study as to why blockchain could shine in traditional banking. On Wednesday, Paxos mistakenly minted $300 trillion worth of the PayPal USD (PYUSD) stablecoin, describing it as an “internal technical error.” What’s important, however, is that the blockchain allowed…
Bank of England Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden has clarified that the central bank’s plan to restrict stablecoin holdings and transaction size will only be a temporary measure to ensure stability in the financial system. The proposed limits on stablecoins were first floated in a November 2023 discussion paper as a means to ensure financial stability….
Omnichain versions of Tether’s stablecoin USDt (USDT) and Tether Gold (XAUT) are now available on Solana through Legacy Mesh, an interoperability network built on LayerZero that connects native stablecoin liquidity across multiple blockchains; this could position Solana as a competitive settlement layer for onchain finance and real-world assets (RWAs). The deployment of USDT0 and XAUT0…
What does ETH at $100,000 look like? If ETH hits $100,000, Ethereum will become a multitrillion-dollar economy with outsized knock-on effects. At $100,000 per Ether (ETH), today’s circulating supply of 121.1 million would imply a market value of around $12.1 trillion. That’s about 3.2 times Apple’s market cap and roughly 44% of gold’s estimated total…
Key takeaways Crypto charts display open-high-low-close (OHLC) data. OHLC data helps traders track price movements, analyze volatility and identify trading opportunities. The X-axis represents timeframes, while the Y-axis shows price levels, either on a linear or logarithmic scale. Volume bars below the chart help confirm market participation. Candlestick charts remain the most popular for their…