Crypto and DeFi

Coinbase offers stronger crypto beta, while Robinhood has broader revenue and positive earnings. Here is the better stock as Bitcoin slips.

XRP fell 9.3% in 24 hours, more than three times bitcoin's drop, after the Senate blocked the CLARITY Act 49-50. Why the tokens the bill would have defined fell hardest.

Coinbase fell 10% and Circle 11.5% after the Senate blocked the CLARITY Act 49-50. Their filings show stablecoin income runs on rates, and the Fed may hike Wednesday.

Senate GOP released the final Clarity Act text after Trump took most of the Tillis-Gallego ethics deal. Cloture needs 60 votes Tuesday; Bernstein: a pass isn't priced in.

What Ethereum is, what ETH futures are, and why the curve now pays about the Treasury yield — while staking pays less. Data from Deribit and Binance.

Zcash’s rally puts its NU7 vote in focus. TECHi examines the proposed changes to coin issuance, the supply math and the limits of the ETF-demand thesis.

Bitcoin’s latest golden cross arrives ahead of the September 15–16 Fed meeting. TECHi examines rate-hike risk and the limits of historical cycle signals.

Ether bottomed at $1,505 in June and trades near $1,911 on August 19, 2026 — a 27% recovery that still has not closed above $2,000, on half the volume.

U.S. sanctions target Shelbit and Aban Tether over separate Iran-linked crypto risks after Dubai VARA’s earlier action against Shelbit General Trading.

Akash set a $5M compute-spend record and routes 1.7B AI tokens a day, yet AKT sits ~94% below its high. Inside crypto's AI-compute value-capture problem.

Grayscale's amended TAO filing bars the trust from staking. Under dTAO, emissions follow staked TAO into subnet pools — so a spot wrapper sits outside the loop.

Coinbase Business can now accept USDC from AI agents over x402. The on-chain record shows a crypto-native payer cohort, not commercial demand.

Strategy sold 4.82 million MSTR shares for $466.7 million, bought no bitcoin and lifted its USD reserve to $3 billion. What common holders should watch.

Worldcoin will cut daily WLD unlocks 43% on July 24, 2026. Here is what the scheduled supply change does—and does not—mean for WLD.

The platform you trade on shapes your returns more than most beginners realize. Here's what separates a serious crypto trading venue from a glorified casino.

Roblox isn't just a game - it's one of the largest virtual economies on earth, and its rarest Limiteds trade like real assets. Here's how the market works.

Bitcoin's drop below $66K is an ETF-flow, leverage and macro story. See how Ethereum, Solana, XRP and stronger altcoins are holding up.

Bitcoin near $77K is no longer just a crypto trade. ETFs, leverage, treasuries and government reserve language are spreading fear wider.

FET crypto price analysis for May 14, 2026: live ASI token levels, AI-agent payment thesis, risks, and what must happen for a real rebound.

Polygon POL price analysis using live CoinGecko data, Visa and Modern Treasury integrations, sPOL staking, market-cap scenarios and key token risks.

Solana and Google Cloud launched Pay.sh for AI agent payments. Here is how x402, stablecoins and API micropayments could reshape the web.

Strategy (MSTR) bought 34,164 BTC for $2.54B at $74,395 avg. Total 815,061 BTC — now larger than BlackRock IBIT. Mechanics, STRC, BTC Yield.

XRP tapped $1.50 on April 17 then pulled back 4%. Inside Rakuten's 44M wallets, six spot ETFs, and the bear case most analysts miss.

MSTR ran 29.5% while BTC moved 5.7%. Inside Strategy's 780,897 BTC treasury, the mNAV premium, and why the leverage math works both ways.