Retail investors are walking into 2026 with blindfolds on. More products tied to crypto and private credit are about to be offered to everyday people in the United States as the Trump administration and Paul Atkins’ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) push for wider market access. The problem is that regular investors could be left
ETF money flooded US markets in 2025 at a pace never seen before. With about a week left on the calendar, the numbers are already locked in. The $13 trillion ETF industry smashed records across flows, product launches, and trading activity. Inflows alone hit $1.4 trillion, beating last year’s all-time high. New funds crossed 1,000
Network News AAVE COMMUNITY SPLIT: Aave’s community members and participants have become sharply divided in recent weeks over control of the protocol’s brand and related assets, intensifying an ongoing dispute over the relationship between the decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) and Aave Labs, the centralized developer firm that builds much of Aave’s technology. The debate has
Data center developer WhiteFiber’s (WYFI) first long-term colocation deal at its flagship NC-1 campus with Nscale Global supports management’s execution and its original deployment timeline, investment bank B. Riley said in a report Tuesday. “We believe WYFI’s reaffirmation of its original deployment timeline demonstrates its execution capability and the benefit of the company’s retrofit model,”
The crypto industry is closing out the year with a record $8.6 billion in mergers and acquisitions, according to the FT, up sharply from $2.17 billion the year prior. The deal surge comes amid a major policy shift in Washington, where the Trump administration has backed the sector with a string of regulatory developments that
A potential initial public offering (IPO) next year by cryptocurrency exchange Kraken may attract fresh capital from traditional finance (TradFi) investors. Bitcoin recorded an all-time high price above $126,000 on Oct. 6, but hasn’t recovered from a $19 billion liquidation event that hit the industry a few days later. At the time of writing, the
Crypto companies went full circle in 2025, seeking financing through official initial public offerings. The public launches are expected to continue in 2026. Crypto companies are no longer raising funds through token sales. Instead, in 2025, a new trend emerged, where major entities completed initial public offerings. Some of the companies even had previous token
Several blockchain startups once valued near $1 billion now have market capitalizations that are only a fraction of those figures, as tighter liquidity forces valuation resets. This is evident across several high profile projects, according to data compiled by CryptoRank. Humanity Protocol, which carried a venture valuation of around $1 billion, now has a market