Gemini’s Retrenchment Strategy: Can Cost Discipline and Prediction Markets Reset the Exchange’s Economics?
Gemini’s Retrenchment Strategy: Can Cost Discipline and Prediction Markets Reset the Exchange’s Economics? Gemini’s decision to exit multiple overseas markets and reduce headcount marks one of the clearest strategic resets…
Bitcoin’s Most Misunderstood Catalyst: Why Rising Interest Rates May Matter More Than Rate Cuts
For more than a decade, Bitcoin has been boxed into a clean, almost lazy macro story. Easy money? Bullish. Tight money? Bad news. Quantitative easing, falling rates, expanding balance sheets…
Binance, FUD Cycles, and Onchain Reality: What the Data Say Amid “New FTX” Claims
Whenever crypto markets get shaky, the same loop kicks in. Prices slide. Nerves fray. X fills up with screenshots, half-remembered anecdotes, and ominous threads that all point to the same…
Inside Tether’s Investment Strategy: From Stablecoin Issuer to Capital Allocator
For most of its existence, Tether has been viewed almost exclusively through a single lens: the issuer of USDT, the world’s most widely used stablecoin. That framing is now incomplete.…
Dubai Draws a Regulatory Line on Privacy Coins as Regulated Crypto Moves Toward Full Transparency
Dubai hasn’t banned privacy coins. That’s the part a lot of headlines missed. What it has done is arguably more important: it’s cut them out of the regulated financial system.…
DeFi Fees, Incentives, and the Search for Sustainable Cost Models
Decentralized finance didn’t start as a gimmick. It wasn’t chasing novelty points or trying to out-engineer Wall Street for fun. It came out of irritation. Real irritation. Frustration with opaque…
Polymarket Traders See Gold Volatility Rising, But No February Breakout Yet
Market Overview Platform: Polymarket Question: “What will Gold (GC) hit by end of February?” Resolution date: February 28, 2026 Total volume: ~$3.1M Structure: Price ladder (multiple mutually exclusive ranges) This…
India’s E-Rupee Goes Global: From Domestic CBDC Pilot to Cross-Border Strategic Tool
India’s e-rupee has slipped past a line most people missed. Quietly.Almost politely. What started as a cautious, domestic CBDC sandbox is now being repositioned as something bigger: a tool for…
Peanut the Squirrel (Pnut): Structural Analysis of a Legacy Memecoin in Terminal Decay
Token Snapshot (From Screenshot) Token: Peanut the Squirrel (Pnut) Platform: pump.fun Chain: Solana Age: Mature (months) Market Cap: ~$57.1M ATH: ~$2.5B 24h Change: Flat 24h Volume: ~$6.6M Bonding Curve: 100%…
CySEC Fines FP Markets €120,000 Over Authorization and Inspection Issues
What Did CySEC Decide? The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission has reached a €120,000 settlement with Zorivo Ltd following an investigation into the firm’s regulatory compliance, according to a board…