Talk around stablecoins, tokenization picking up
This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Felix noted he came out of the Digital Asset Summit “incredibly bullish” on stablecoins. He’s not…
BRICS Watch: Russian Finance Minister Highlights Digital Assets' Role for Bloc's Future
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov specified that digital financial assets were among the options that BRICS was considering for securing independence from third-party nations in the economic trade arena. BRICS…
FTX Set to Begin Paying Major Creditors by End of May: Bloomberg
FTX, the once-prominent cryptocurrency firm, is ready to start paying back its major creditors by the end of May. After gathering a massive $11.4 billion since its collapse, the cryptocurrency…
Protocols must prove demand as stablecoin liquidity per token falls 99%
The average stablecoin liquidity per token declined from $1.8 million in 2021 to just $5,500 in March 2025, a 99.7% drop, forcing protocols to demonstrate sound reasons for investors to…
Crypto fundraising recovers in Q1, with up to $7.3B from 550 funding rounds
Crypto funding is on track to finish a highly active Q1, with up to $7.3 billion in funding rounds. According to Messari, 550 deals were wrapped up in the past…
Public Keys: GameStop Wants Bitcoin, Miners Face Shrinkage, Robinhood Gets a Time Out
Public Keys is a weekly roundup from Decrypt that tracks the key publicly traded crypto companies. This week: GameStop makes a big splash with its Bitcoin announcement, then fumbles with…
CoreWeave Stock Debuts at $39 After Selling Shares for $40 A Piece
Shares of CoreWeave (CRWV) opened at $39 apiece during the company’s debut on Nasdaq on Friday afternoon, just under its initial public offering which closed Thursday evening. The cloud computing…
‘Turning the page’: FDIC clarifies says banks can engage in crypto-related activities
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has issued new guidance allowing FDIC-supervised institutions to engage in permissible crypto-related activities without prior agency approval. This marks a reversal from previous policies that…
How Silk Road carved the fault line that separates ‘bitcoin’ and ‘crypto’
This is a segment from the Supply Shock newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Greetings, and happy 41st birthday to Ross Ulbricht! By now, rehashing the Silk Road timeline —…
$1.5 Billion: BlackRock Celebrates New Crypto Milestone, And It's Not Bitcoin
BlackRock, already a $10 trillion force in traditional finance, continues to expand its presence in the digital asset space. This time, it is the BUIDL fund - a tokenized investment…