Wintermute Launches US Broker-Dealer: Crypto Market Maker Expands
Wintermute's US broker-dealer launch brings TradFi and crypto closer Wintermute's US arm has registered as a broker-dealer, moving the crypto trading firm into traditional financial services. That gives Wintermute a working foothold in both markets. My take: the registr ...
Security Analyst Calls Out Exploit Window in Tether Freeze
Tether's Freeze Exploit Window: A New Headache for Stablecoin Security A security analyst has uncovered a delay in Tether's on-chain freeze process that gives targeted wallets time to move their funds. In several cases, money left before Tether completed the freeze. That is hard to ignor ...
Watch Out: Hundreds of Millions of New Tokens Are Coming!
Optimism (OP) Token Unlock: 343M New Tokens Could Put Pressure on Price Optimism's scheduled unlock will release 343 million restricted OP tokens into circulation. Does that guarantee a price drop? No. But if demand fails to rise alongside supply, sellers could push the price down. Simpl ...
Cosmos Labs Partners With Zeeve: Revolutionizing Web3 Infrastructure
Cosmos Labs and Zeeve Bet on Institutional DeFi Cosmos Labs and Zeeve are working together to bring banks and other financial institutions into crypto. The Cosmos ecosystem will supply much of the underlying technology. My take: the plumbing matters more than the partnership headline. ...
XRP Whales Keep Buying Dip, Ether Capitulates: What It Means
XRP Whales Keep Buying While Ether Holders Feel the Squeeze Large XRP holders keep buying into the decline from $2.40 in January to the current $1.00 to $1.20 range. No rally followed. CryptoQuant calls it "quiet absorption." My take: that phrase fits. The whales are absorbing supply, bu ...
Assessing Ethereum’s Scarcity: Breakout Above $2,000?
Ethereum's Scarcity Case Fades as $2,000 Resistance Holds Ethereum [$ETH] still cannot clear $2,000. It touched that psychologically important level briefly in May. Then sellers returned—again. Even the recent streak of ETF inflows has failed to push the pric ...
Bitcoin Whales Move $99.4M Off Exchanges: What It Signals
Bitcoin whales move $99.4M off exchanges: What it could mean Four new anonymous wallets withdrew 1,540 Bitcoin from Galaxy Digital and BitGo, according to Lookonchain. The BTC was worth about $99.4 million at the time. My first read? This looks like a long-term storage move. But that is ...
Mysten Labs Tech Chief Joins Anthropic for AI Security
Mysten Labs CTO Joins Anthropic as AI Threats Test Blockchain Defenses Sam Blackshear is leaving his job as Mysten Labs CTO to work on AI security at Anthropic, and blockchain infrastructure is part of the problem he wants to tackle. The Mysten Labs co-founder is steppi ...
Coinbase Suspends 6 Trading Pairs Aug 6: MINA-EUR, CHZ-USDT & More
Coinbase Cuts Six Pairs as Altcoin Liquidity and Regulatory Pressure Bite Coinbase will suspend trading for six spot pairs on August 6, 2026, including MINA-EUR and CHZ-USDT. The issue is familiar: outside the main USD markets, some altcoin pairs simply cannot attract enough buyers and s ...
Altcoin Shut Down: Founder Explains Price Drop!
ElizaOS Founder Pulls Plug: Altcoin Shuts Down, Price Falls "The Eliza token project is closed, and its founder says the foundation behind the altcoin is finished." ELIZA's price dropped sharply after the announcement. I'll be honest: the speed matters almost as much as ...