Analysis
Telegram’s Pivot to TON Payments for Ads Boosts Toncoin
The messaging app’s switch to TON creates a circular economy for the closely-linked crypto.
Who Will Trump Pick for Veep? Polymarket Gives Tim Scott Best Odds: Prediction Markets
Plus: Free money? “Democrat wins New York” contract trades at 90 cents on the dollar.
What Happens Next in COPA vs Craig Wright Trial is Down to the Judge
The Crypto Open Patent Alliance is seeking several court injunctions from Wright.
Coinbase Gets Another Upgrade, This Time at Raymond James, as Bears Capitulate
The brokerage firm lifted its rating on the crypto exchange’s shares to market perform from underperform.
Solana DeFi’s KMNO Airdrop Sparked Outrage. Kamino Responded With Changes
Kamino is trying to quell days of angst after it revealed key details for April’s KMNO airdrop.
S&P Global Just Made Ethereum’s Centralization Risk a TradFi Concern
Institutional interest in digital assets means that crypto terms such as ‘Nakamoto Coefficient’ are now mainstream issues.
Gold Funds See Big Outflows Alongside Rush of Money Into Bitcoin ETFs
While the new spot bitcoin ETFs have received billions in net inflows since opening for business on Jan. 11, a sizable amount of money has been exiting gold ETFs.
Solana’s SOL Futures Rack Up $1B in Record Bullish Bets
The present bias towards long positions means potential for a long squeeze, where investors who hold long positions feel the need to sell into a falling market to cut their losses.
Bitcoin ETF First Month Is in the Books: How It Went and What Comes Next
Excitement was high about one month ago, when TradFi once again got the regulatory go-ahead to launch an entirely new investment vehicle for crypto. The process of bringing to the U.S. market a spot bitcoin ETF took more than a decade, but on Jan. 11, 10 such products finally began trading. It’s been a hell of a ride since.