The core tension in high-growth markets is sovereign control versus financial access, prompting exchanges to deploy decentralized infrastructure as a strategic defense against regulatory capture.
The fourth Bitcoin death cross in 18 months marks a potential market bottom as on-chain data and historical patterns suggest contrarian buying opportunity despite bearish technicals.
The a16z Crypto Report 2025 declares this the year crypto went mainstream, as stablecoins move trillions, institutions go on-chain, and blockchain infrastructure reaches industrial scale. Listen to the audio version of this article Your browser does not support the audio element. In Brief Crypto Report 2025 Marks the Shift From Speculative to Systemic At a […]
Bitcoin is frozen. Despite a U.S. jobs report that virtually guarantees a Federal Reserve rate cut, the world’s largest cryptocurrency is stuck around $110,000. What should have been rocket fuel turned into dead air. The old playbook—bad news for the economy equals good news for Bitcoin—just broke. ChainStreet’s Brief When Good News Isn’t Good Enough […]
One of Bitcoin’s earliest whales is unloading billions into Ethereum, sparking one of the largest asset rotations ever tracked on-chain. The wallet has already moved $3.8 billion in under two weeks—yet still holds 50,000 BTC.
A ghost from Bitcoin’s past jolts the market, unloading billions in BTC and instantly pivoting into Ethereum. The move erases nearly $400 million in leveraged bets, shakes Bitcoin’s recent rally, and signals a high-stakes rebalancing of crypto’s future. Key Focus Flash Crash Fallout On August 24, an on-chain analysis revealed that an OG whale—whose wallets […]
Ethereum’s architect is resetting the finish line for the networks built on top of it. As major rollups like Arbitrum and Optimism tout progress toward “Stage 1” decentralization, Vitalik Buterin is arguing that speed—specifically, cutting withdrawal times to under an hour—is now a higher priority than reaching the next decentralization milestone. In a new X […]
