Institutional / DeFi

AI crypto agents enter on-chain competition phase

AI crypto agents are entering a competitive phase where exchanges, startups and venture capital are racing to define the next layer of on-chain automation. Longer...

Stablecoin legitimacy war intensifies

The battle over stablecoin reserves is entering a new phase. This is about who verifies it, who custodies it, and which banking infrastructure stands...

Starknet launches STRKBTC, expanding bitcoin defi privacy on Layer 2

Bitcoin is gaining additional functionality through layered infrastructure. Starknet has introduced STRKBTC, a solution designed to enable bitcoin defi privacy by connecting BTC liquidity...

Institutional crypto infrastructure is being rebuilt

Price action feels muted but backend development does not. Institutional crypto infrastructure is being rebuilt, and not through headlines about token rallies, but through data...

Stablecoin volumes at Stripe quadrupled in 2025, and that shows traditional finance is already using stablecoins at scale

Bitcoin fell roughly 50% from its October peak last year. At the same time, one of the biggest payments companies on the planet watched...

Fintech heavyweights double down on stablecoin adoption, and regulated rails are coming fast

The crypto winter dragged on into early 2026, but stablecoin adoption and usage in real business kept climbing. Two fresh moves from established fintech...

The institutional pivot – why smart money is buying crypto infrastructure, not tokens

Institutional capital is flowing into crypto. But it's not buying what you think. The narrative has always been that institutions would eventually pile into Bitcoin...

Peter Thiel’s ETHZilla exit is a warning shot for the digital asset treasury model

When Peter Thiel's Founders Fund decides a crypto bet is no longer worth holding, the market pays attention. But when it dumps its entire...

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