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Social•Dec 18, 2025
Solana’s Nasdaq Ambition Hinges on Derivatives, Liquidity
Solana wants to be the decentralized Nasdaq. On @bitsandbips, @perkinscr97 explains why speed and throughput are necessary — but why derivatives, liquidity, and market depth are the real test 👇 https://t.co/N4Wp2mDfrj
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 18, 2025
Bitcoin, Ether Treasuries Seem Cheap, Yet Stuck Without Redemption
Bitcoin and ether treasuries look cheap on paper, but without a redemption mechanism, “cheap” can stay cheap for a long time. Steven Ehrlich investigates https://lnkd.in/e5Pfm8H2
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 18, 2025
Loan Data Secured on Immutable Blockchain, Says Figure CEO
"We ingest the data from the loan - so credit, title, property, income - directly into the blockchain... The importance here is that the blockchain is immutable." - Mike Cagney, CEO of Figure Technology Solutions
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 18, 2025
Investors Value Companies Below Their Crypto Holdings
"Where mNAVs across the board are less than 1. What that means is investors are now valuing these companies even less than the value of their crypto holdings." - Steve Ehrlich, Executive Editor @Unchained_pod, discussing the drop in DATs' market prices.
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 18, 2025
DATs at 50% Discount: Potential Trap or Opportunity
Most DATs are trading at 50% discount. Is this a trap or a unique opportunity? 🧐 Catch the full conversation here:
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 18, 2025
Crypto Teams Can Finally Deliver Real Products Efficiently
"The big thing I have taken away from this 'cycle' is that I have seen teams be able to actually put products in people's hands in better ways than I have ever seen in crypto. That's where I was like,...
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 18, 2025
Author Surprised by Mild Backlash to “Crypto Is Dead”
"I was expecting to get a lot more pushback than I got, and I certainly did not expect the reception this article got." - Dougie Deluca (@DougieDeLuca ), General Partner @ Figment Capital, on his "Crypto Is Dead" article.
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 18, 2025
Crypto Slump Sparks DATs Buying Opportunity Amid Market Turmoil
Crypto 'Is Dead' - DATs: A Buying Opportunity? Plus: Figure's IPO & Trump's WLFI in Trouble https://t.co/jnyauXCNud
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 18, 2025
Campbell Austin Exposes SEC’s Questionable Protection Motives
After this week’s controversial NYT article… @CampbellJAustin doesn’t mince words on Gensler, and runs through the receipts on @bitsandbips📋😯 Who was the SEC actually protecting? 🤨 https://t.co/88zHVNGGOK
By Laura Shin
Blog•Dec 18, 2025
Bitcoin Remains Trapped in ‘Fragile Range’: Glassnode
Bitcoin has slipped 13% year‑to‑date, wiping out the gains it posted earlier in 2025. Glassnode’s on‑chain analysis says the cryptocurrency is trapped in a “structurally fragile” range, with persistent overhead supply and rising loss realization weighing on price. The asset...
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 17, 2025
New Crypto Bills Push WLFI Into Regulated Territory, Challenging Trump
Coming crypto bills draw a bright line between real DeFi and intermediaries, but WLFI appears to fall squarely on the regulated side, raising tough questions for Trump’s agenda. @RegulatoryJason writes https://t.co/3axJdp5vKt
By Laura Shin
Blog•Dec 17, 2025
How the Crypto Market Structure Law Would Expose that Trump’s WLFI Isn’t DeFi
Since September 2024, Donald Trump’s sons and the Witkoff brothers have launched WLFI, a DeFi‑branded platform backed by the $3.52 billion WLFI token and the $2.7 billion USD1 stablecoin. The USD1 stablecoin was used to settle a $2 billion Abu Dhabi MGX investment into Binance,...
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 17, 2025
MetaMask’s Monahan Questions Possible Move BEC Scam
"I saw a couple of documents, and I was like 'Wait, did someone at Move just get a business email compromise scam? Or were they intending to do this deal?'" - Taylor Monahan, Security @ MetaMask
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 17, 2025
Circle's Axelar Deal Sparks Regulatory and Market Debate
Discussing the controversial Circle/Axelar acquisition 👀
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 17, 2025
DAOs Prove Inefficient, Yet Holders Demand Participation
"DAOs are extremely inefficient. I remember after I bought Pudgy Penguins, some big holders wanted me to put everything into a DAO..." - Luca Netz
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 17, 2025
Solana Upgrade, Aave Feud Highlight Token Valuation Woes
Solana’s Big Upgrade, Aave’s Civil War & the Problem With Token Value: Uneasy Money https://t.co/5kF0KLNGWg
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 16, 2025
JPMorgan’s Ethereum Token Fund Pushes TradFi Onto Blockchain
How Crypto Networks Are Racing to Be the TradFi Chain JPMorgan is going deeper onchain as Wall Street beings to tokenize everything 🏦⛓️ On @bitsandbips, joined by @Tradeweb's Elisabeth Kirby, @CampbellJAustin, @ramahluwalia & @perkinscr97 dig into: ⚖️ Market structure chaos 🏗️ Ethereum vs Canton...
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 16, 2025
Crypto Demand Persists, Signaling Market Far From Bear
"We are still seeing a lot of activity coming in from more customers - not just trading their assets, but buying crypto and transferring them out to DeFi platforms. That to me shows that we are far from the bear...
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 16, 2025
Robinhood Picks Ethereum L2 over Solana, Here's Why
Johann discussing why Robinhood chose Ethereum for its L2 instead of Solana 👀
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 16, 2025
Robinhood Chose Ethereum L2 for Goals, Not Solana Bias
"We didn't decide to go with the Ethereum L2 because we don't like Solana, it's about what we are trying to achieve..." - Johann on why Robinhood preferred Ethereum for its L2 instead of Solana
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 16, 2025
Crypto Built for Engineers, Neglecting the Majority
"I always think that crypto was made by engineers for engineers, and we forgot 99% of the population at the same time." - Johann, Senior VP & Crypto HM @ Robinhood
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 16, 2025
Uniswap Sponsors Unchained, Empowering Independent Crypto Journalism
Thanks to @Uniswap for sponsoring this Unchained episode and making independent crypto journalism possible. One way for you to support Unchained is through today’s sponsor: https://t.co/ZrJmOK10fA
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 16, 2025
Judge Boosts Do Kwon Sentence to 15 Years
Jessi Brooks discussing why and how the judge sentenced Do Kwon to 15 years when the prosecution recommended 12 years on @DEXintheCityPod
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 16, 2025
On‑chain Assets and IDs Can Meet Compliance with Less Data
"To bring assets and identities onchain, things like these, using crypto tools, we can still meet compliance goals, but with less data collection." - @jillgun on @DEXintheCityPod https://t.co/aN9nzZ9ze5
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 16, 2025
SEC's Privacy Panel Marks Shift From Anti‑Crypto Stance
"I can't believe that the SEC had a panel on privacy. I was in the government almost 5 years ago... and part of the reason I left was I didn't feel the government understood the value of crypto and spoke...
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 16, 2025
Crypto Privacy Rises as Do Kwon Sentenced, Robinhood Goes On‑chain
Crypto Privacy, Do Kwon’s Sentence & Robinhood’s Onchain Strategy https://t.co/QucnkGumrT
By Laura Shin
Blog•Dec 16, 2025
PayPal Launches PYUSD Savings Vault on Spark
PayPal has introduced the PYUSD Savings Vault on the Spark DeFi lending protocol, directly linking its dollar‑pegged stablecoin to SparkLend. The vault routes 90% of deposits into yield‑generating strategies while retaining 10% for instant withdrawals, and issues spPYUSD tokens to...
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 15, 2025
Canton Network Targets Institutional Privacy, Wins TradFi Praise
Privacy keeps coming up in institutional blockchain conversations On @bitsandbips, Tradeweb’s @egkirby pointed to Canton Network as being designed specifically for institutional privacy needs. @ramahluwalia calls it a great play for TradFi. https://t.co/Fg1203QMqr
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 15, 2025
Ethereum Mirrors Traditional Finance Infrastructure
"Ethereum is TradFi chain" -- @ramahluwalia
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 15, 2025
JPMorgan Embraces Ethereum, Signaling Wall Street’s On‑chain Shift
JPMorgan goes onchain, using Ethereum "Ethereum is VERY appealing to Wall Street " - @perkinscr97 https://t.co/Fg1203QMqr
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 15, 2025
JPM's Tokenized Money Market Fund Challenges Stablecoins
How JPM's Tokenized money market fund might compete with stablecoins ... 👇
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 15, 2025
NYT's Flawed Crypto Piece Sparks SEC Debate
They're talking about the terrible NYT article on the SEC and crypto‼️
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 15, 2025
JPMorgan Goes On‑chain Amid Fed Cuts; Bitcoin Stalls
JPMorgan Goes Onchain as the Fed Cuts & Why Bitcoin Can’t Break Out - Bits + Bips https://t.co/Fg1203RkfZ
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 15, 2025
SEC Targets Small Firms While Ignoring Major Crypto Frauds
When I read this NYT article on the SEC's approach to crypto yesterday, I was outraged and submitted a comment on the article that has not been approved. I suspect it may not ever be approved. I happened to save...
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 15, 2025
Farcaster's $100M Flop Highlights Hurdles for Decentralized Socials
Another one bites the dust? 😕 Despite raising hundreds of millions, Farcaster has failed to crack decentralized social networking and is now pivoting to a wallet focus. Here's what @tayvano_ says it would take for decentralized social networks to succeed 👇 https://t.co/UlJzR9LP8W
By Laura Shin
Deals•Oct 24, 2025
Spark Allocates $100M to Superstate’s Crypto Carry Fund (USCC)
Decentralized lending platform Spark has moved $100 million of its stablecoin reserves into Superstate’s Crypto Carry Fund (USCC) to capture higher crypto yields. The allocation comes as Spark manages yield for a $9B USDS liquidity reserve and seeks enhanced returns...
Laura Shin
Deals•Oct 23, 2025
Mill City Ventures III Leads $450M Private Placement to Back Sui Group DAT
Mill City Ventures III announced a $450 million private placement to create a digital asset treasury (DAT) centered on the SUI token, including a $25 million cash investment from the Sui Foundation and purchase of $140 million in locked tokens...
Laura Shin
Deals•Oct 23, 2025
Kalshi Previously Raised $300M at $5B Valuation; Now Fielding Offers up to $12B
Prediction-market startup Kalshi announced a $300 million funding round that valued the company at $5 billion and is now reportedly fielding fresh VC offers valuing it between $10 billion and $12 billion. The new offers are reported but not confirmed.
Laura Shin
Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Coinbase Acquires Cobie’s Echo and Up Only NFT in $375M Deal
Coinbase has acquired Cobie (Jordan Fish)’s fundraising platform Echo and the Up Only NFT in a $375 million transaction, with the NFT itself sold for $25 million in USDC. The deal brings Echo’s fundraising tools and access to token sales...
Laura Shin
Deals•Oct 17, 2025
Ripple Labs Leads $1B Raise to Create XRP Digital Asset Treasury via SPAC
Ripple Labs is leading a fundraising effort seeking at least $1 billion to establish a new XRP digital asset treasury (DAT) via a SPAC, contributing some of its own XRP holdings to the new firm. The initiative follows Ripple's $1...
Laura Shin
Deals•Oct 8, 2025
Forward Industries Raises $1.65B in PIPE Led by Galaxy, Jump Crypto and Multicoin Capital
Forward Industries secured a $1.65 billion private investment in public equity (PIPE) financing round led by Galaxy Digital, Jump Crypto and Multicoin Capital. The funding supports its launch of a zero-fee Solana validator and follows the firm committing over 6.8...
Laura Shin
Deals•Mar 1, 2025
Coinbase Acquired Iron Fish Team in March 2025 to Build Private Transactions on Base
Coinbase acquired the Iron Fish team in March 2025 to work on adding private transactions to Base, its Ethereum layer-2 network. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong confirmed the acquisition and teased further details to come.
Laura Shin