Crypto has evolved from a speculative frontier into a functioning economic system with its own financial plumbing and capital markets. As this system matures, investors are being flooded with yield products of every variety: staking, re-staking, lending markets, stablecoin rewards, and increasingly complex managed strategies. But not all yield is created equal. These products rely
Imagine your company has enough money to pay a supplier, but the money is in its Singapore account and the bill must be paid from New York. If the transfer between those accounts has to wait until Monday, having enough cash overall doesn’t solve the immediate problem. Businesses work around this by moving money early
Ethereum, the second-biggest crypto, jumped as much as 8.3%, its biggest move in three weeks. Traders who bet against it got burned. Over a 24-hour period, shorts on Ether totaled more than $255 million being wiped out. Shorts on Bitcoin, over the same period, saw losses totaling $172 million. Usually, Bitcoin sees the bigger leverage
Crypto companies announced $151 million in disclosed financing across five deals from Sep. 5–11, 2026. The largest was Nasdaq Ventures’ agreement to invest $100 million in Kraken parent Payward; Latitude’s $35 million Series A ranked second. The total includes Nasdaq’s announced investment agreement, which the companies did not describe as a completed payment. It excludes
The Federal Reserve is heading toward a major policy test as markets now see an 87% chance of a rate hike at the September 15–16 meeting. The shift comes after August CPI kept inflation above the Fed’s 2% target. With Bitcoin near $77,256, traders are now watching how higher rates could affect the crypto market.
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev sharpened his defense of stock tokens late Friday, arguing that public companies should not be able to block third parties from creating blockchain-based products tied to their shares. The comments, posted on X, add another chapter to Tenev’s feud with AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron, who has demanded Robinhood stop offering
India’s Maharashtra state has begun preparing policies to tokenize up to 50% of selected electricity transmission assets to finance new power lines and solar energy storage facilities. Maharashtra considers tokens tied to power revenue Praveen Pardeshi, chief economic adviser to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and CEO of the Maharashtra Institution for Transformation, outlined the
The best-performing ETF in America isn’t in the crypto, AI, or any tech sector. It is, in fact, the Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF (BWET), up 5,100% over the past year. After a renewed war in Iran, military conflict in the straits of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb, and logistical threats such as this week’s attack on