Binance’s “VIP” clients were told about its $4.3 billion settlement two months before public knowledge over a private dinner at Singapore's exclusive 1880 members club.
Early access is an exclusive perk commonly afforded to VIPs but is not one usually offered to Binance VIPs... Until recently.
According to Binance, VIPs enjoy "exclusive benefits, such as reduced Spot and Futures trading fees, lower interest rates, higher borrowing limits, higher API order frequency, key account coverage services, sub-accounts, and access to the VIP Portal."
The trade that once let equity investors proxy Bitcoin exposure is breaking down. With treasury firms underperforming their underlying assets, the model is shifting from accumulation to debt management—and many DATCOs may not make it through the next phase.
Institutional inflows are transforming crypto from a retail-led market into a derivatives-driven asset class, with options now central to risk, liquidity, and price formation.
Crypto markets are set to be shaped less by single data prints and more by deeper forces – central bank credibility, AI-driven risk cycles, tariff-led inflation pressures, and dollar liquidity – creating a year defined by volatility, not clean trends.
With liquidity fading and demand still weak, Bitcoin’s repeated failure at $90,000 has traders bracing for continued range-bound action into the new year.
The trade that once let equity investors proxy Bitcoin exposure is breaking down. With treasury firms underperforming their underlying assets, the model is shifting from accumulation to debt management—and many DATCOs may not make it through the next phase.
Institutional inflows are transforming crypto from a retail-led market into a derivatives-driven asset class, with options now central to risk, liquidity, and price formation.
Crypto markets are set to be shaped less by single data prints and more by deeper forces – central bank credibility, AI-driven risk cycles, tariff-led inflation pressures, and dollar liquidity – creating a year defined by volatility, not clean trends.
Short-term charts point to weakness and fading momentum, even as long-term forecasts split sharply between institutional-driven upside and warnings of a deep mean reversion.
