Crypto’s tokenized-stock boom risks creating a digital version of the “paper crisis” that brought Wall Street’s settlement machinery close to breaking point more than half a century ago, according to Joris Delanoue, CEO of onchain securities infrastructure provider Fairmint. In the late 1960s, booming U.S. stock trading overwhelmed a market reliant on clerks processing paper
Danish investment bank Saxo Bank said in a report released yesterday that Bitcoin is undergoing a revaluation as a scarce non-sovereign asset, potentially emerging as a hedge against currency debasement. The analysis, led by Neil Wilson, points to a convergence of technical momentum, regulatory progress, and macroeconomic tailwinds driving the shift. Macro Pressures and the
For years, companies like Coinbase and Solana Labs have ruminated about how to onboard the next billion users into crypto. Those users may soon arrive, but not in the form executives once expected. They won’t be underbanked people in the developing world, or people seeking a way to escape hyperinflation. In fact, the industry’s next
Crypto and blockchain companies announced approximately $1.298 billion across six disclosed transactions between Aug. 16 and Aug. 22, 2026. ZeroStack accounted for most of the total through a $1 billion noncash token contribution, while Ripple Prime completed a $275 million debt offering. The remaining disclosed rounds raised about $23 million across AI trading, privacy infrastructure,
A relatively small change in the U.S. government bond market helped set off one of bitcoin’s sharpest rallies in months this week, as falling long-term yields gave traders an excuse to unwind a record pile of bearish crypto bets. The U.S. Treasury said it would double the size of its buyback operations in the longest-dated
Raoul Pal, co-founder of Real Vision and a prominent macro investor, has highlighted that Bitcoin recently entered a deeply oversold zone relative to the Nasdaq, trading more than two standard deviations below its historical mean before staging a sharp rebound. Pal, who has long been a vocal advocate for digital assets, noted that while it
Texas-based Bitcoin mining infrastructure company Bitari Inc. has taken a significant step toward going public. The company announced that it filed an S-1 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on August 21, 2026, outlining plans for a $30 million initial public offering (IPO) on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker
Why Bitfinex Sees a Longer Runway Than a Squeeze Bitcoin’s climb to a multi-month high has left every buyer from the past five months sitting on a paper gain. The price peaked at $79,491 on Aug. 21, and analysts at crypto exchange Bitfinex said spot demand and short covering, not fresh leverage, carried the move.
Stellar has emerged as the leading public blockchain network for tokenizing non-US government debt, currently hosting approximately $490 million in such assets, according to the latest on-chain data. Since February, the Stellar network has outpaced competitors in this sector, signaling a significant shift for real-world asset (RWA) tokenization beyond the traditional US government debt and
Bitcoin has crossed the $79,000 threshold, trading at $79,080.09 on the Binance $USDT market as of the latest data. The move marks another step in the cryptocurrency’s recent upward momentum, though traders remain cautious about potential volatility. Market Context: Bitcoin’s Recent Price Action The latest price increase follows a period of consolidation above the $75,000–$78,000