Bitcoin turns negative for 2026 as Trump’s calming Greenland remarks fail to reverse slide
There was a modest bounce after the president said the U.S. had no intention of taking Greenland by force, but prices quickly resumed their...
Crypto Long & Short: 2026 Marks the Inflection Point for 24/7 Capital Markets
In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, David Mercer of LMAX Group writes on tokenization and capital markets that won’t sleep. Then, Andy...
Trump vows to make U.S. the crypto capital of the world to beat China
U.S. President Donald Trump said he supported efforts to legislate crypto because of the political support he received for doing so.
Want TradFi to embrace tokenization? Crypto’s distribution strategy must mature
The crypto industry assumes institutions discover products the way retail traders do: stumbling across them on Twitter, experimenting quickly, and iterating in public. But...
Trump’s AI and crypto czar says crypto and traditional banks will become ‘one industry’
Sacks believes the divide between banking and crypto industries will disappear, with banks potentially seeing stablecoin issuance as a way to enter the market.
BlackRock names crypto and tokenization as ‘themes driving markets’ in 2026
The $10 trillion asset manager includes bitcoin, ether and stablecoins in its 2026 outlook, spotlighting blockchain as a rising force in modern finance.
Fast-food chain Steak n Shake to pay hourly workers a bitcoin bonus
This follows news from a few days ago that the company added $10 million worth of bitcoin to its corporate treasury.
Vitalik Buterin proposes simpler ‘distributed validator’ staking for Ethereum
The aim is to make staking more resilient while dramatically reducing technical complexity for large ETH holders.
Bitcoin utility blockchain VerifiedX debuts ‘Venmo-for crypto’ payment app Butterfly
The Butterfly app goes live in partnership with Crypto.com, Moonpay and Blockdaemon.