Top 5 Crypto Stories This Week: From Bitcoin $50K to Ether Rock $600K
Blockhead presents our favorite stories this week, Bitcoin's return to $50K, Ether Rock's potential $600K sale, Coinbase's return to profit, Crypto.com's Hong Kong license application, and Franklin Templeton's ETH ETF race
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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.
Oil Shock Puts $70,500 Support in Focus as Bitcoin Struggles to Reclaim $72,000
Geopolitical pressure from the Strait of Hormuz standoff continues to weigh on BTC, which has failed to sustain gains above $72,500 even as whale selling dries up and leveraged shorts accumulate.
Bitcoin Slides as Trump Orders Strait of Hormuz Blockade, Wiping Weekend Gains
BTC retreated from a weekend high near $73,000 after the U.S. announced naval interdiction of vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, compounding an already fragile market structure.
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.