Sam Altman's Worldcoin has announced a $5 million grants program and further decentralization plans. Who needs OpenAI when you can have WLD?
Crowned "CEO of the Year" by TIME magainze, Sam Altman has recently stolen headlines for unexpectedly stepping down as CEO of OpenAI, only to rejoin it days later. His profound contributions to AI have gone undisputed, with ChatGPT placing the power of AI into the palms of everyday internet users.
But we're not here to talk about AI. As always, our focus is on Web3, and whilst Altman's name might be synonymous with AI, his Worldcoin project is equally as deserving of the spotlight.
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.
