Crypto Long & Short: With MSTR concerns assuaged, look to traditional signals around BTC
In this week’s Crypto Long & Short, FalconX’s Gaspar Martin writes that BTC is reaching a market bottom and is poised for a turnaround.
Institutional Adoption
Bitcoin lending is entering a new institutional era, according to Silicon Valley Bank
The bank said bitcoin lending has emerged from the 2022 crypto credit collapse with stronger risk controls, growing institutional participation and a path toward lower borrowing costs.
Crypto Long & Short: The measure of a maturing market
In this week’s Crypto Long & Short, trusted indexes turn fragmented digital assets into a mature market that big institutions can confidently invest in, writes Kirsten Wegner. Then, the division between traditional finance (TradFi) and crypto is disappearing, says Dave LaValle, President of CoinDesk Data & Indices.
Crypto Long & Short: What about the American consumer?
In this week’s Crypto Long & Short, Alex Tapscott on the stalling of the CLARITY Act and how it’s impacting the average American consumer. Then, Aisha Hunt writes that crypto will grow by upgrading Wall Street’s trusted products rather than replacing them.
Coinbase does not fear competition from Wall Street, says exchange executive
A Coinbase executive called on regulators to implement sensible crypto regulation, while announcing the Stand With Crypto event taking place in over 500 locations worldwide.
Crypto Long & Short: Bitcoin-backed loans belong in the cost-of-capital conversation
In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Alec Beckman on why BTC-backed lending is not a crypto story, but a capital efficiency story. Then, Serena Sebastiani on how stablecoins aren’t a crypto product; they’re becoming the settlement infrastructure global finance forgot.
Crypto for Advisors: Crypto custody’s evolution
Beyond simple storage, the next era of institutional crypto will be defined by the real-time connectivity and mobility of digital assets across a fragmented market.
Anchorage Digital adds Tron custody, opens U.S. institutional access to TRX trading
The integration provides institutions with a compliant way to hold TRX and will be expanded to include TRC-20 assets and native TRX staking.
Crypto Long & Short: Prediction Markets Don’t Just Forecast Power – They Reshape It
In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Ryan Kirkley writes on how crypto prediction markets can risk incentivizing manipulation and amplify misinformation at scale.
Market maker IMC Trading hires Alex Casimo as chief commercial officer for its crypto business
Casimo will be responsible for growing the Dutch market maker’s institutional crypto offering.