Nobody can measure how much licensing pressure shaped the scope or speed of that rewrite, and the overhaul also pursued legitimate technical goals. The documented facts are narrower and still damning: a license change made to restrict competitors preceded a rushed replacement of battle-tested cryptographic… Read More
Volume, meanwhile, is dead simple as it measures the number of contracts that changed hands during a given period. Think of it as measuring how many times the front door of that exclusive club opened and closed over a given period, regardless of who stayed.… Read More
Earlier this month, as it became clear that the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act would not receive a vote prior to the Senate’s August recess, industry participants suggested that if Congress didn’t act, regulators could. It wouldn’t be exactly the same; regulators’ actions could be… Read More
Perpetual-futures volumes still run at a multiple of spot across most major tokens, while funding, positioning and liquidations set the tone intraday, he said Over the past 12 to 18 months, however, attention has moved from infrastructure toward applications and appchains that fit more familiar… Read More
Crypto mining was banned in Moscow, the surrounding Moscow Region and parts of Kursk, with the restrictions set to run through Dec. 31, 2032. The measure, established under government decree No. 936, also prohibits participation in crypto mining pools. The decree was signed on July… Read More
Banking giant UBS, with over $7 trillion in assets under management, has reported a more than 24-fold quarterly increase in call option exposure tied to BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) in the second quarter. That increase, which gives it the right to acquire IBIT shares… Read More
