#Crypto

Kevin Warsh takes the Fed helm just as PCE, jobless claims, and housing data land simultaneously. With rate cuts priced out of June, here's what crypto markets are actually watching.

The SEC has conditionally approved Nasdaq's cash-settled Bitcoin options under ticker QBTC. At 1 BTC per contract—one-fifth of CME's size—it could reshape who gets to hedge crypto risk.

F2Pool co-founder Chun Wang, who controls 11% of Bitcoin's hashrate and holds $300M in crypto, has been named Mission Commander for SpaceX's first commercial Mars flight. What does it mean when crypto capital funds humanity's next frontier?

Iran's economy ministry is drafting a plan to collect shipping fees in bitcoin from vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz — a move that reframes sanctions evasion as financial infrastructure.

From the Hormuz blockade to K-pop's 12th Billboard week — seven days that rewrote the rules. Rare earth leverage, Anthropic's thaw, and a 46-minute DeFi heist point to the same shift.

Apr 20, 2026·

Jeong Jin Lee

ZeroLend's shutdown and a 40% TVL drop signal DeFi's consolidation phase. Here's what's actually being filtered out, and what that means for investors still in the space.

SpaceX swung from $8B profit to a $5B loss in 2025, yet kept its 8,285 BTC position untouched. With an IPO looming, what does that signal about corporate treasury strategy?

Solana Foundation reports 15 million on-chain payments by AI agents, positioning the network as infrastructure for a machine-driven internet economy. What happens when AI holds the wallet?

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink's annual letter argues tokenization could democratize investing. With $150B already in digital assets, this isn't just talk—but the questions it raises are bigger than the answers.

Jailed FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is publicly backing Trump's Iran strikes and crypto policies from behind bars. Is he angling for a pardon — and could it actually work?

Nasdaq has spent 18 months deploying AI agents across surveillance and compliance. Crypto.com, Block, and Messari are already cutting staff. The human checkpoint is shrinking.

Mastercard's $1.8B acquisition of BVNK signals that stablecoins are no longer a crypto experiment — they're becoming the backbone of global payments. Here's what it means for your money, your industry, and the future of finance.