This is a segment from The Drop newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. You’ve probably heard about superhero fatigue — the oft-written-about concern that moviegoing audiences are burnt out on superhero movies as a genre because studios like Marvel and Warner Bros. have been churning out so many for over a decade now. Some believe
This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. A Monday Nasdaq filing seems to affirm what many of you may have read previously: Tokenization could transform finance sooner than many think. In a proposal to the SEC, the exchange seeks to let firms and investors tokenize the equity securities
Wall Street giant Cantor Fitzgerald debuted a new fund Monday that aims to give investors exposure to Bitcoin’s gains and downside protection with gold. The fund, the Cantor Fitzgerald Gold Protected Bitcoin Fund, which was announced in May at the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, aims to address the concerns of investors scared
Key Takeaways A Putin advisor alleges the US is using crypto markets to address its $35 trillion debt. He frames gold and crypto as alternatives to the US dollar, which are gaining traction globally. A senior advisor to Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed that the US is attempting to use crypto, in particular stablecoins,
Orochi Network, a verifiable data layer for Web3, has led the charge in the race toward verifiable privacy-preserving data infrastructure. zkDatabase is ready for its highly anticipated mainnet debt, allowing the project to announce the launch of zkDatabase Alliance. zkDatabase Alliance can be defined as a powerful consortium of leading teams of AI, tokenization, DePIN,
Bitcoin made small gains on Monday morning, but stocks took center stage as the Nasdaq put up another record high during intraday trading. Record Stocks Paired With Rising Bitcoin on Monday The Nasdaq Composite posted a fresh all-time high of 21,885.62 during intraday trading on Monday, marking another strong performance for tech stocks this year.
Doha, Qatar — The Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) has unveiled a groundbreaking proof of concept (POC) through its Digital Asset Lab, designed to bring blockchain-powered innovation into Islamic finance. Developed with a consortium of partners—Hashgraph, AlRayan Bank, and Blade Labs—the initiative demonstrates how advanced digital infrastructure can drive transparency, compliance, and efficiency across Shariah-compliant financial
Taipei — The Kaia DLT Foundation (Kaia) and Taiwan Mobile, one of Taiwan’s leading telecommunications providers, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to expand the country’s Web3 ecosystem. The partnership combines Taiwan Mobile’s strong local presence with Kaia’s advanced blockchain technology, aiming to lower barriers to entry, foster regulatory-compliant DeFi infrastructure, and accelerate adoption
Last week, Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) executives were tapping the company’s at-the-market (ATM) to sell MSTR and dilute shareholders ahead of its highly anticipated and ultimately disappointing S&P 500 decision. On Friday — after the company had sold over $200 million worth of MSTR in a week — S&P Dow Jones Indices’ US Index Committee declined