Banking
Brazil's Crypto Firewall: Regulators Draw Hard Lines on Settlement Rails
Brazil's central bank excludes digital assets from cross-border payment infrastructure, signalling a regulatory pivot toward walling off traditional rails.…
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Crypto
Visa's Stranglehold on Crypto Cards Signals Market Consolidation Risk
As crypto card spending explodes to $600M monthly, Visa's 90% market share raises questions about payment rail competition and fintech innovation.…
Crypto
Tokenized Gold Reshapes Digital Asset Markets Beyond Speculation
Tokenized precious metals exceeded annual volumes in a single quarter, signaling mainstream infrastructure demand for blockchain-native commodities.…
Banking
Tokenized Real Assets Transform Banking's Plumbing—But Rails Must Follow
A 420% surge in real-world asset tokenization since 2025 exposes a critical gap: blockchain enthusiasm has outpaced the banking infrastructure needed to settle, custody, and regulate these assets at scale.…
Crypto
Bitcoin's $77K Wall Exposes the Leverage Paradox in Unregulated Markets
As Bitcoin approaches $77,000, the absence of margin caps reveals a structural weakness in crypto derivatives—one that traditional finance solved decades ago.…
Crypto
Decentralized Exchanges Claim Ground as Crypto Market Contracts
DEX platforms gain market share despite a 26% volume collapse, signalling a structural shift in crypto trading infrastructure that carries implications for regulated finance.…
Crypto
When DeFi Contagion Spreads: The Carrot Protocol Collapse and Crypto Banking's Systemic Fragility
A $285 million exploit at Drift Protocol has triggered a cascade of failures across decentralised finance, exposing the architectural weaknesses that threaten crypto banking infrastructure.…
Bitcoin
Bitcoin's War on Misinformation: Why the Industry's New Evidence Base Matters
A peer-reviewed resource hub launched to combat Bitcoin misconceptions signals a maturing industry willing to defend itself with academic rigor rather than rhetoric.…
Crypto
The AI Arms Race in Blockchain: Why Attackers Win Twice Over
Binance Research reveals AI is twice as effective at exploiting smart contracts as detecting them—a structural imbalance that threatens the security foundations of decentralised finance.…
Crypto
Bakkt's Stablecoin Pivot Signals Crypto Payment Maturation—And Market Consolidation
Bakkt's completion of Distributed Technologies Research buyout marks a strategic turn toward regulated stablecoin payments—reshaping institutional crypto rails.…
Crypto
The Clarity Act's Summer Sprint: Why Crypto Regulation Matters to Banking Infrastructure
Senate Banking Committee advances landmark crypto legislation toward presidential signature. What it means for embedded finance and institutional payment rails.…
Crypto
Tokenization's Narrow Gate: Why Infrastructure, Not Hype, Will Separate Winners from Casualties
Grayscale's tokenization thesis ignores the unsexy reality: only platforms with robust payment rails, KYC-AML tooling, and regulatory alignment will capture enterprise adoption.…