What happened in crypto, why it matters, and what to watch next. Every story links its sources.
A stacked week of global rate decisions, Galaxy Digital earnings, and a community-rattling proposal to redistribute Satoshi's coins puts Bitcoin investors on watch.
Bitcoin is climbing, institutions are piling into regulated derivatives, and retail isn't buying it — that gap is the most important signal in crypto right now.
Alchemy's CEO argues that crypto's notorious complexity isn't a design failure — it's exactly what AI agents need to operate at machine scale.
Self-custody is the gold standard in theory, but the real world is messier — here's how to think through the custody decision before something goes wrong.
When regulated U.S. crypto derivatives overtake an offshore exchange in open interest, it marks a structural shift in how institutions are gaining exposure — not just a trading milestone.
IBIT's options open interest topping Deribit's for the first time marks a structural shift in where serious crypto derivatives volume is settling — inside regulated US markets, not offshore.
A federal-versus-state showdown over prediction market oversight is forcing a long-overdue answer to a foundational question: who actually has authority over event-based contracts in the United States?
Global stablecoin volume hit $33 trillion in 2025, surpassing credit card networks — and the shift in how that money moves has direct implications for American businesses, remittance senders, and everyday payment rails.
Global stablecoin transaction volume surpassed credit cards last year, and the institutions moving that money aren't betting on a single asset — they're building multi-rail infrastructure that looks nothing like what crypto enthusiasts imagined.
The Ethereum Foundation has formally outlined how Layer 1 and Layer 2 must work together as a unified system — and the argument matters more now than ever.
Bitcoin is up over 13% in April, and the drivers behind the rally — stablecoin liquidity, whale accumulation, and sustained ETF inflows — tell a more interesting story than the price alone.
The CFTC is suing states to stop them from blocking prediction markets, and the legal outcome could redraw how decentralized financial platforms are regulated across the entire country.
When tax data leaks expose who owns crypto, the threat moves from digital to physical — and your operational security habits need to catch up.
Aave's proposal to backstop losses from the Kelp DAO exploit with 25,000 ETH raises a question the industry keeps deferring — when big protocols bail out failed ones, who actually pays, and what behavior does it encourage?
A sustained ETF inflow streak and surging USDT liquidity reveal that Bitcoin's institutional access layer is functioning exactly as designed — even under pressure.
Spot Bitcoin ETFs absorbed $2.12 billion in nine consecutive days of inflows as on-chain data shows large holders buying aggressively — a combination that historically precedes sustained moves higher.
The CFTC is now suing New York to block state-level crackdowns on prediction markets, escalating a federal-versus-state jurisdictional fight that could reshape who governs crypto-adjacent financial products.
With $33 trillion in stablecoin volume clearing in 2025 and crypto debit cards landing in new markets, the question is no longer whether stablecoins can move money — it's whether traditional payment infrastructure can keep up.
The Ethereum Foundation sold 10,000 ETH directly to Bitmine Immersion Technologies in an OTC deal worth roughly $23.9 million, exposing how the nonprofit funds itself — and who's accumulating on the other side.
A 13% April gain, $2.1 billion in ETF inflows, and aggressive whale accumulation are converging into one of Bitcoin's cleanest setups in recent memory — but the retail crowd is sitting it out.