For over half a year, the price action of Robinhood Markets Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOD) acted as a near-perfect proxy for Bitcoin, the flagship cryptocurrency. However, recent market data shows that this lockstep might eventually come to an end, and the two assets have now diverged (as the graph below shows). Since October 2025, $HOOD and
Bitcoin ($BTC) remained under pressure on Wednesday, trading below the $63,000 mark after posting modest losses in the previous session. The world’s largest cryptocurrency continues to face strong technical resistance, suggesting the ongoing correction could extend in the near term. The broader weakness across the crypto market is also weighing on sentiment, with Ethereum (ETH)
Blackrock, Maple, and Figure Compete to Unlock Utility for $31 Billion in RWAs Institutions have moved more than $31 billion of real-world assets ( RWAs) onto blockchains. The problem is that most of it is barely moving. A new report from DWF Labs Research says less than 10% of tokenized real-world assets, or roughly $3
Strategy’s business model has come under a barrage of harsh criticism from experts. Well-known analyst Charles Edwards openly called Michael Saylor’s strategy a “ticking time bomb” that fully depends on the continuous growth of Bitcoin’s price and risks exploding during a prolonged market decline. Fresh financial data as of the end of June 2026 partly
For years, Michael Saylor’s Strategy was one of the market’s favorite ways to gain leveraged exposure to Bitcoin. But after a 72% decline in Strategy’s stock (MSTR) over the past year, Google search interest is cooling, and investors are increasingly debating whether Strategy’s aggressive fundraising model is still benefiting shareholders. MSTR Stock’s Biggest Problem May
Polygon gives developers a framework to build and launch their own blockchains that connect back to the Ethereum network. These chains are not forks or copies of Polygon itself. They are independent networks that projects control entirely, built using Polygon’s Chain Development Kit, known as the CDK. As of 2026, Polygon has repositioned CDK from
Morpho has successfully raised $175 million from prominent investors including Paradigm, a16z, and Ribbit Capital to enhance its on-chain credit infrastructure. This significant funding comes as the lending protocol reports $11 billion in deposits and counts major exchanges like Coinbase, Binance, and Kraken among its users. This information was shared in a recent tweet by
Bitcoin was described as a “Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System” in Satoshi’s whitepaper, one that “would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution.” Despite this clear core proposition, over the years many competing narratives have come to the fore. Perhaps the strongest being ‘digital gold’:
What Is Quant Network and How Does Overledger Work? Quant Network solves a specific problem: blockchains do not talk to each other. Bitcoin cannot send data to Ethereum. Hyperledger Fabric cannot read a Ripple transaction. Each network was built in isolation, with its own rules and no built-in path to communicate outside itself. Quant Network’s
Speaking on the Bloomberg Podcast, former SEC Chair Gary Gensler discussed Bitcoin, artificial intelligence, and regulation. He focused on how markets often move ahead of real fundamentals. In addition, he said investors should avoid getting influenced by hype around Bitcoin and overall digital assets. Instead, he encouraged people to pay attention to actual use cases