Wall Street has already bent Bitcoin, and Loudmouth says crypto people should stop pretending otherwise. Speaking with Cryptopolitan at Consensus Miami, Adam Patterson, better known as Loudmouth, said institutions have already changed the way Bitcoin behaves in the market. Asked if big finance is taking away the trust, decentralization, and fixed supply culture that made
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has reportedly acquired REAP, an Asia-based stablecoin infrastructure provider, for $600 million. The deal, first reported by Unfolded, marks one of the larger acquisitions in the digital asset sector this year and signals Kraken’s strategic push into stablecoin technology and Asian markets. What the Deal Entails According to the report, Kraken’s acquisition
The tokenized real-world assets sector just crossed a major threshold. Total value locked in RWAs surpassed $31 billion in 2026, up nearly four times from $7.8 billion at the start of 2025. Market capitalization reached $19.3 billion by the end of Q1 2026. With a 256.7% increase in just fifteen months, according to CoinGecko’s RWA
Grayscale Investments, a crypto asset management company, announced changes to its DeFi Fund, a decentralized finance-focused investment fund, as part of a rebalancing process for the first quarter of 2026. The company removed the Aerodrome Finance (AERO) token from the fund and replaced it with the Ethena ($ENA) token. According to data shared by Grayscale,
Pantera says the tokenization market has grown to $321 billion, but remains structurally immature. Its Tokenization Progress Index found most tokenized assets still operate as wrappers around traditional financial products. Pantera says tokenization is growing fast, but not yet becoming the financial redesign many in crypto expected. Most tokenized assets are still wrappers The crypto
Japanese markets reopened after the Golden Week holidays to a powerful AI-driven rally on Thursday, with SoftBank stock soaring as investors rushed to catch up with gains already seen across global technology stocks. Shares in the Japanese investment group jumped 16.4% on Thursday, according to market commentary, after a long holiday stretch in which US
The cumulative net inflows of US-traded spot Bitcoin ETFs has reached roughly $59.7 billion, with BlackRock’s IBIT alone holding $66.7 billion in assets. Morgan Stanley and Charles Schwab are now pushing direct crypto trading into ordinary brokerage accounts. The driver is that both firms can already see demand within their own client base, with clients
Investors are getting ready to see if CRCL’s recent Agentic Economy narrative really translated into quantifiable growth, as the company prepares for one of its most significant earnings reports to date. The results of Circle’s upcoming May 11 earnings report could have a significant impact on USD Coin, the larger stablecoin market, and the stock