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Aave, Arbitrum, DAOs & Trouble Ahead
A hack turns into a courtroom stress test: when “decentralized” systems reveal their control points, long-settled property law – not crypto norms – decides who gets paid, and who gets exposed.
Licensed to Shill: Banks Aren't Here for Blockchain – Their Infrastructure Is Just Broken (Jeff Ko, CoinEx)
CoinEx's Jeff Ko joins the Licensed to Shill panel to discuss the current state of crypto, institutional adoption, cybersecurity, and infrastructural challenges.
Blockcast 87 | Licensed to Shill: The Future of Crypto Payments & Settlement Layers (Colin Goltra, Morph)
Morph CEO Colin Goltra joins the panel to map the emerging infrastructure for AI-driven payments — and asks a more fundamental question: can an agent exist without a human behind it?
Blockcast 86 | Licensed to Shill: Designing Decentralization: Governance, Power, and the Validator Problem
This episode digs into what actually happens after a protocol says it’s “decentralized.” Not the whitepaper version. The operational version.
Blockcast 85 | Licensed to Shill: How Energy & Geopolitics Are Building a Bitcoin-Driven World, ft. Bitcoin Arabia's Lara Eggimann & Jeff Gorman
The panel is joined by Bitcoin Arabia's co-founders to discuss Bitcoin's role in the Middle East.
Ghost Trades Gaming Bitcoin's Healthy Profit Signal?
A misleading 800,000 BTC wallet shuffle is distorting on-chain signals just as Bitcoin struggles below $80,000, leaving traders to parse real demand from accounting noise.
Bitcoin Swings But Bounces Back From Monthly Low
Bitcoin rebounds on easing US–Iran tensions, but ETF outflows and rate fears keep conviction fragile as capital rotates aggressively into AI and privacy-driven altcoins.
Bitcoin Keeps Finding New Believers; Ethereum Keeps Losing Old Ones
Three data points from the same week – SpaceX's IPO filing, Harvard's ETH exit, and the unravelling of Bankless – sketch out an institutional verdict the market is already pricing in.
HYPE Nears All-Time Highs as ETF Inflows Mount; Bitwise CIO Calls Token Mispriced
A 50% weekly surge has taken Hyperliquid's token back within reach of its September 2025 peak, backed by strong institutional ETF flows and a growing argument that the market is still underestimating what the platform has become.
AI Agents Could Close the Wealth Gap in Emerging Markets – Or Widen It
Crypto promised to democratise finance in Southeast Asia. The results were mixed. AI agents could be a second chance, but only if the infrastructure is built for everyone, not just those who can already afford a seat at the table, argues Morph CEO Colin Goltra.
The Retail vs. Institutional Divide: How Trading Patterns Reveal Two Completely Different Markets
As ETFs, corporate treasuries, and tokenized real-world assets absorb supply, the old four-year retail cycle is giving way to a macro-driven, institution-led regime where liquidity concentrates, volatility compresses, and value accrues to utility over hype.
Industry Inflection Point: How 2026 Will Define Enterprise Adoption of Crypto’s Fastest-Growing Asset Class
Bhau Kotecha, co-founder and head of Paxos Labs, explains why programmable stablecoins are becoming core financial infrastructure—and how institutions can capture value beyond payments.
Crypto Wasn’t on the Ballot in Japan, But the Mandate Will Shape It
Sota Watanabe, CEO of Startale Group and founder of Astar Foundation, discusses how Japan's snap election could affect crypto tax and regulatory reforms.
Mastercard Secures New York BitLicense in Stablecoin Infrastructure Push
Approval gives payments giant regulatory standing to operate digital asset services in one of the strictest US crypto jurisdictions
Indonesia Blocks Polymarket Over Bet on President Leaving Office
Indonesia's Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs classified Polymarket as illegal online gambling after a wager on President Prabowo's political survival drew $46,000 in volume and official scrutiny.
Kraken Wins Preliminary VARA Approval to Launch in Dubai
The approval, granted to Kraken parent Payward, will let UAE clients trade via a locally regulated entity with dirham funding – once the preliminary licence converts to a full one.
Hong Kong Grants 13th Crypto Exchange Licence as Bixin Operator NewBX Joins Approved List
The SFC's approval of NewBX Limited takes the city's licensed virtual asset trading platform count to 13, with six more applicants still working through the process.
NEAR Protocol Rallies as Arthur Hayes Declares It Part of Crypto's "Holy Trinity"
BitMEX co-founder's 'holy trinity' call sparks 30% token rally as NEAR outperforms Bitcoin and the broader altcoin market in the same stretch
Kraken Parent Payward Cuts 150 Jobs After AI Deployment, IPO Pushed to 2027
The Kraken parent has shed roughly 5% of its workforce as AI tools reduce headcount needs, while its public listing timeline slips further as co-CEO Arjun Sethi says the company is 80% ready to go public.
Dune Cuts 25% of Staff, Citing AI as the Reason It Needs Fewer People
The blockchain data firm’s cuts arrive as AI-driven restructuring becomes the dominant explanation for workforce reductions across crypto – and scepticism about that framing grows alongside it.
Bitcoin Miners Post Heavy Losses as AI Pivot Moves From Slide Deck to Construction Site
MARA and CleanSpark both reported Q1 and Q2 results yeasterday defined by mark-to-market losses on Bitcoin holdings. The more important story is what's being built with the proceeds.
Singapore Strips Bsquared Technology of Crypto Payment Licence Over 'Serious Breaches'
MAS found the firm provided false information to the regulator repeatedly – from its original licence application through to the regulator's own on-site inspection.
SuperAI 2026 Brings Global AI Heavyweights to Singapore as Geopolitical Fractures Reshape the Industry
The third edition of Asia's largest AI conference arrives at a moment when export controls, sovereign AI strategies, and fragmented compute access are making neutral-ground convening harder to find and more valuable.
Singapore Moves to Give Banks a Workable Crypto Capital Framework
MAS launched a landmark consultation on how Singapore banks must treat cryptoassets on public blockchains, proposing lower capital requirements for stablecoins and tokenised assets that meet risk standards.
Robinhood Receives MAS In-Principle Approval for Singapore Brokerage
The U.S. retail trading platform, which already operates its APAC headquarters in the city-state, is cleared to offer securities trading, custody, and derivatives services pending final licensing conditions.
Editors' Picks
Kelo, LayerZero, Arbitrum and DAO Custody
From a misconfigured bridge to seized assets on Arbitrum, the Kelp–LayerZero fallout lays bare how quickly “non-custodial” systems revert to human discretion under stress.
Accepting the Quote: Aave, FTX, Celsius & Being Real
Web3 keeps promising guardrails it can’t enforce, leaving users overconfident, underprepared, and ultimately more exposed when things go wrong.
Prediction Markets Are No Longer a One-Cycle Story
The $6.5 billion weekly volume record is the data point. The real story is what's changed about who's using these platforms, and why the infrastructure may finally match the demand.
Hong Kong's Stablecoin Revolution Will Be Whitelisted
The HKMA handed its first approvals to the banks that already print the Hong Kong dollar. That tells you everything about what these tokens are meant to be.
MEV: Not Suitable for Financial Markets
DRW founder Don Wilson's blunt critique of MEV cuts to a deeper flaw: blockchain market design has drifted into engineering complexity that extracts value without improving price discovery or capital allocation.
Dubai's Crypto Moment is Over – For Now
Binance is relocating staff from the UAE as the Iran war upends one of the industry's most important hubs. The question is where the talent goes next.