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Privacy, Transparency & Coercion-Resistance
Another “hack” that wasn’t: the Kelp DAO incident shows how social engineering, self-custody, and privacy tools converge – protecting users on paper while quietly amplifying theft incentives and eroding accountability when governance itself is designed to resist oversight.
Licensed to Shill: DeFi's Third Phase is Tokenized Yield, and Institutions Are Already Buying In (Ben Nadareski, Solstice)
The Solana-based yield protocol has $500 million in liquidity and a delta-neutral strategy with four and a half years of trading history – but its CEO's bigger argument is about what most DeFi investors still fail to check before they deposit.
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.
Bitcoin's Rebound Faces Critical Test This Week
A weekend rebound, rising short-side liquidity, and a market that doesn’t quite believe it—Bitcoin’s next move hinges on whether $63.5K holds.
Fed's Warsh Makes His Intentions Clear
The new Fed chair held rates, dropped forward guidance, and delivered a dot plot that reset rate-hike expectations — and in doing so, reminded crypto markets that macro correlation isn't a solved problem.
Fed Holds Rates But Warsh's Hawkish Debut Sends Crypto Markets Lower
Bitcoin slipped toward $63,000 and ether fell 3.6% as Kevin Warsh's first FOMC meeting produced a dot plot that now projects rate hikes – not cuts – before the year is out.
Bitcoin's "Bottom" Problem: What Crypto's Smartest Money Is Actually Doing
Professional fund managers are sitting on near-record cash positions, explicitly hedging, and naming five specific catalysts before they commit. None of them have arrived.
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.
Oman Just Nationalized Its Bitcoin Hashrate; What's The Motive?
Oman’s new state-mandated mining pool turns hashrate routing from a market choice into a licensing requirement, marking the second real test of sovereign control over Bitcoin infrastructure.
Fidelity Launches Money Market Fund for Stablecoin Issuers Under GENIUS Act
The fund gives stablecoin issuers a regulated vehicle for holding the liquid assets required to back payment tokens, as asset managers race to capture reserve management mandates in a market forecast to reach $4 trillion.
Fed's Warsh Makes His Intentions Clear
The new Fed chair held rates, dropped forward guidance, and delivered a dot plot that reset rate-hike expectations — and in doing so, reminded crypto markets that macro correlation isn't a solved problem.
MAS Adds Bybit to Investor Alert List as Singapore Flags Unlicensed Exchange
The listing is not a ban or a finding of wrongdoing, but it signals that Singapore users dealing with Bybit have no regulatory recourse if something goes wrong.
Visa Lays Out Infrastructure Play for AI Agents, Programmable Money
With $7 billion in stablecoin settlement already flowing through its network and new tools for AI agent authentication, Visa is positioning itself as the trust layer for an increasingly autonomous commerce landscape — without requiring banks or merchants to replace their existing systems.
Tether Bets on Self-Custodial Financial Infrastructure for Autonomous Machines
Tether's investment in German cognitive robotics company Neura is the stablecoin issuer's most concrete move yet to embed payment and AI infrastructure directly into physical autonomous systems, making the case that machines, like humans, need financial rails.
MetaMask Launches Agentic Wallet
Agents get full DeFi access across EVM chains and Hyperliquid; every transaction passes through simulation, Blockaid threat scanning, and MEV protection before it lands.
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
MAS Adds Bybit to Investor Alert List as Singapore Flags Unlicensed Exchange
The listing is not a ban or a finding of wrongdoing, but it signals that Singapore users dealing with Bybit have no regulatory recourse if something goes wrong.
BitGo Hires MAS Insider to Chase APAC's Institutional Mandate
Angela Ang spent more than a decade at the MAS building the licensing regime that governs digital asset firms across Southeast Asia – her appointment signals that the next phase of institutional crypto competition in APAC will be decided on regulatory credibility.
DBS Moves Into Tokenized Gold, Betting on Retail Demand for Accessible Bullion
The bank has launched a product that lets retail customers own gram-level stakes in vaulted bullion.
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.
Editors' Picks
The Gemini-CFTC Feud Turned Love Fest
What started as a minor enforcement action now reads like a farce: hidden fee schemes, missing disclosures, and a CFTC that wants a do-over –minus the refund.
The Growing Link Between Stablecoins & U.S. Borrowing Costs
Updated BIS estimates show stablecoin demand materially compressing T-bill yields, raising the stakes for regulators as adoption accelerates.
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.
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.