While the biggest names in crypto burned capital building derivatives, a prediction market platform quietly secured the licences, the users, and the moment. Coinbase spent $2.9 billion acquiring derivatives giant
The banks that once called Bitcoin a fraud are now its most powerful distributors. For years the question was whether Wall Street would ever take crypto seriously. That question has
Hackers took $293 million from Aave’s lending pools. The industry responded with $300 million in pledges. A governance vote will decide what happens next. On April 18, attackers exploited a
The world’s largest financial institutions have moved from resistance to infrastructure. Here is what that shift looks like in practice. 60% of top 25 US banks now offering, developing or exploring
The crypto billionaire is calling 2026 a “transition year” — and betting his firm’s future on data centers, not Bitcoin’s price. –$216M Galaxy Q1 2026 net loss $100M New long/short hedge fund, just
Institutional funds are generating returns by taking equity stakes in exchanges and infrastructure companies businesses that profit from trading activity regardless of which direction prices move. When Bitcoin moves, headlines
The old rivalry is over. In 2026, the question isn’t which technology wins. It’s who controls the infrastructure when they merge. The Capital Shift : By The Numbers VC Into
Brian Armstrong walked into Tuesday with a decision already made. By the time markets opened, 700 Coinbase employees were out. No crisis. No scandal. Just a CEO who looked at
One of crypto’s sharpest minds just walked. The industry’s biggest fund just doubled down. The gap between those two moves is the most interesting story in venture right now. Before
Two deals, one day, one unified thesis — the firms that built traditional finance are now funding the infrastructure layer underneath crypto. On 11 May 2026, Circle closed a $222
