15 Altcoins See a Surge in Trading Volume in South Korea—XRP Loses the Top Spot
Upbit and Bithumb, two of South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, have seen remarkable trading volumes in some altcoins over the…
From Hawala to Swift: Inside the 1,000-year battle to move money safely
Finance has spent a thousand years trying to move wealth virtually. But every time innovators engineer a faster, more secure…
Coinbase’s $104M US500 trading spike hits an early reality check
Coinbase US500 futures reached a $100 million milestone, giving the exchange an early test of whether a crypto-native trading mechanism…
The next shadow-banking problem comes from insurance companies, where nobody was looking for a bank run
Delaware Life Insurance Company’s 2025 balance sheet took on a startling new shape when the insurer corrected its annual filing:…
Crypto stock tokens barely move over weekend, revealing markets become illiquid when Wall Street goes offline
Coinbase’s new B20 stock tokens on Base place Apple, Alphabet, Meta and Nvidia-linked exposure on a blockchain that keeps trading…
How $739B in new US debt could absorb crypto’s liquidity before buybacks even reach Bitcoin
The US Treasury expects to borrow $739 billion from July through September while paying investors to hand back some of…
US treasury relies on stablecoins to fund short-term debt, but they can’t fix its $28B long-bond problem
Stablecoin demand is becoming consequential in the U.S. government debt market, but the maturity of that demand matters more than…
Fedwatch Turns Hawkish With 57% Odds of September Rate Increase
The real action is now centered on the Fed’s Sept. 16 federal funds rate decision. CME’s Fedwatch Tool, which turns…