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Trading of the SSK ETF kicked off today on CBOE.
It's essentially a Solana ETF with built-in staking rewards, assembled by BlackRock through a clever legal workaround that sidesteps SEC requirements. Trading volumes are off the charts - over $8 million in the first hour alone. And honestly, that’s very much in the spirit of crypto itself. After all, cryptocurrencies were designed to bypass financial regulations - not by breaking the...
Two Kinds of Stable: Choose Wisely
The popular NFT marketplace Magic Eden has announced support for a new stablecoin called USDB. The coin - which hasn’t launched yet - will be integrated across all of Magic Eden’s apps and services. These days, everyone seems to be rolling out their own stablecoin, each trying to offer something unique. In the case of USDB, the twist is that it’s...
Wrong LayerZero, Right Price Pump
Funny thing happened today with the ZRO token. Reuters reported that Advent International, one of the world’s largest private equity firms, invested $1 billion in LayerZero Power Systems to support data center expansion. Crypto traders immediately rushed to buy the token of the omnichain protocol LayerZero, pushing its price up by 6%. Now, the ZRO token isn’t some random hype coin...
Can a Digital ID Truly Prove Who You Are?
Humanity has already figured out how to create decentralized digital money — and it works. But lately, more and more attention is turning to another deeply centralized domain: identity. It seems like the days of carrying around a paper document with your photo are coming to an end. Enter the next wave: World ID, Humanity Protocol, Proof of Humanity, BrightID — all promising a...
One click. Nine years. Gone.
The YouTube team has admitted that the popular Bitcoin education channel BTC Sessions was mistakenly taken down - after running for nine years. Here’s what happened: * First, the channel’s creator announced on X that his nine-year project had been wiped out: YouTube terminated the channel, froze his account, and made all videos inaccessible. * Then he shared YouTube’s response, which claimed...
Bolivia is quietly turning to crypto
Not long ago, Paolo Ardoino shared some photos on X showing product price tags in Bolivia labeled in USDT. At the time, many assumed these were just airport shops (where travelers might not have local currency or know the exchange rate), and the prices seemed absurdly high. But now Reuters has dug deeper and revealed something bigger: this isn't limited to...
CBOE Files for Pudgy Penguins ETF. The Meme Just Got Institutional.
What started as a joke has officially spiraled out of control. Why call it a joke? Because even the creators of Pudgy Penguins never pretended these tokens were some kind of financial innovation. It’s a collection of goofy penguin-themed NFTs that blew up in the NFT mania era. That’s it. But now the meme is knocking on the door of institutional finance: *...
Stablecoins: Rejected for All the Wrong Reasons
The latest report from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) makes a few surprisingly bold claims about why stablecoins fail the key tests that define what qualifies as “money.” First, stablecoins supposedly lack the price stability required to serve as real money. But let’s be honest - do central bank currencies always deliver that kind of stability? Plenty...
BTC Pricing Just Got Way Too Easy to Ignore
A new browser extension called Opportunity Cost has been making the rounds online. It automatically shows you the Bitcoin equivalent of any fiat amount you see on websites. Many people see it as a reminder of opportunity cost. Sure, you could buy that house for a million dollars… but hey, that’s nearly 10 BTC! But I think this tool highlights something more important. For years...
M2 leads, BTC follows - with a perfect 10-week delay
In 2024 and 2025, the correlation between global money supply (M2) and Bitcoin’s price has been almost perfect – with a 10-week delay. If you shift the M2 chart 10 weeks forward and overlay it with the BTC price, the alignment is uncanny. Every surge in M2 is followed by a Bitcoin rally exactly 10 weeks later. Every pause in M2 growth? Bitcoin also stalls – again, after 10 weeks. This pattern...
