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Social•Jan 16, 2026
Gold Surges While Bitcoin Stalls—Key Buying Considerations
Gold’s on a tear. 🚀 Bitcoin mostly is not. Which should you buy? Here are the factors to consider. https://t.co/a249uTrsQf
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 16, 2026
Fed Faces Political Push for Rate Caps, Populism Soars
Capped rates. Political pressure on the Fed. “Economic populism on steroids,” 💥 says @ramahluwalia on Bits + Bips: https://t.co/M6kptqdSmk
By Laura Shin
Blog•Jan 16, 2026
Banks Push Back as Stablecoin Yields Threaten Deposit Flows
Bank of America chief Brian Moynihan warned that stablecoins offering interest could trigger up to $6 trillion—about a third of U.S. commercial bank deposits—to flee traditional banks. The prospect of 4% on‑chain yields versus sub‑1% savings rates would force banks to...
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 16, 2026
Trump’s Rate Cap Push Meets Banks’ Stablecoin Yield Fight
Trump is calling for a cap on credit card interest rates as banks fight crypto over stablecoin yield. Is it linked? Listen to what Blockchain Association CEO and former CFTC commissioner @SKMersinger has to say… 👀 https://t.co/HRELgnHudK
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 15, 2026
Stablecoin Yields Signal Crypto's Waning Momentum
Has crypto lost the fight over stablecoin yield? Here's what former CFTC commissioner @SKMersinger thinks 👇 https://t.co/pEBBqmqrcz
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 15, 2026
Blockchain Leader Optimistic About Crypto Market Structure Bill
Can crypto market structure legislation pass? Blockchain Association CEO and former CFTC commissioner @SKMersinger says she is “optimistic” 👇 https://t.co/DKAidoSSYd
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 15, 2026
Ethereum Foundation Tackles Quantum Threat Head‑On
"I HAVE to highlight the work being done by the Ethereum Foundation to solve the quantum threat." https://t.co/5TvOPraNmP
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 15, 2026
Project Eleven Secures $20M Funding, CEO Explains
What is Project Eleven? And why did they raise $20m? Alex Prueden, co-founder and CEO, explains: https://t.co/5TvOPraNmP
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 15, 2026
Quantum Threat Solves Crypto's Biggest Upcoming Challenge
"For all crypto protocols... solving the quantum threat is the most significant and biggest effort they'll have to undergo." https://t.co/5TvOPraNmP
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 15, 2026
Quantum Threat Highlights Bitcoin’s Need for Early Prep
Quantum computing isn’t science fiction anymore,a nd when it arrives, Bitcoin won’t be able to upgrade overnight. Alex Pruden explains why Bitcoin’s slow governance is exactly why devs need to start preparing now 👇 https://t.co/5TvOPraNmP
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 15, 2026
Bitcoin's Fate in the Quantum Computing Era
Coming next: What happens to Bitcoin when quantum computers get powerful enough? ⚛️ I'll talk with Alex Pruden of Project Eleven @qdayclock about the post-quantum roadmap 👇 https://t.co/5TvOPraNmP
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 15, 2026
Bitcoin Poised for ATH, but Holder Sell‑off Risk Looms
Bitcoin will reach an ATH... But there are some risks: will long term holders keep selling? https://t.co/5TvOPraNmP
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 15, 2026
Seeking BTC's Next Target and 100K Catalysts
What's the next price target for $btc? And what are the catalysts that will drive BTC to +100K? https://t.co/5TvOPraNmP
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 15, 2026
Crypto's Tiny Share Could Explode in Wealth Portfolios
"Less than 0.5% of U.S.advised wealth (RIAs, wealth advisors...) is allocated to crytpo." What happens when that grows to just a few percentage points? 💥 https://t.co/5TvOPraNmP
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 15, 2026
Institutions Flood Bitcoin ETFs with $1B in 2026
"In December, you had $1b coming out of bitcoin ETFs... then you saw $1b of inflows in the first 2 trading days of 2026." The institutions are BACK https://t.co/5TvOPrblcn
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 15, 2026
Bitcoin Rallies While Unpriced Risks Loom
⏰ Starting in 5 minutes (12pm ET)! Bitcoin is rallying 📈 but the biggest risks may not be priced in yet In today's @Unchained_pod livestream: 🧠 Steven Ehrlich w/ Grayscale's head of research Zach Pandl (@LowBeta_) on markets & regulatory delays then... 🔐 I'll speak...
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 15, 2026
Petro's Digital Promise Fell Short on Trust and Adoption
Petro promised to turn Venezuela’s natural wealth into digital money. In practice, it never gained trust… or users. @cryptonomista explains why 👇 https://t.co/7i1DdStByz
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 15, 2026
Senate Crypto Bill Threatens Existing DeFi Landscape
Is the Senate's crypto market structure draft bill bad for DeFi? 🧐 Vy Le says it could “sweep up all of DeFi as it is today” 👇 #cryptobill #marketstructure #senate
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 15, 2026
AI’s Energy Bottleneck Fuels Deflation, Pressures the Fed
AI is changing productivity, inflation, and also monetary policy 🤖📉 On @bitsandbips, @CampbellJAustin, @ramahluwalia & @perkinscr97 are joined by @DivesTech to unpack: ⚡ AI’s energy bottleneck 🏦 Pressure on the Fed ₿ Why Bitcoin enters the picture Timestamps: 🚀 00:00 Introduction ⚖️ 6:36 Why the DOJ probing...
By Laura Shin
Blog•Jan 15, 2026
Senate Delays Key Crypto Bill Markup
The Senate Banking Committee’s long‑awaited markup of the crypto market‑structure bill was postponed just hours before it was set to begin, leaving the legislation without a new date. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong withdrew his support, warning that the draft could...
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 14, 2026
Venezuelans Choose Stablecoins for USD Access, Unexpected Reasons
Stablecoins are the preferred way to access USD in Venezuela, but not for the reasons you think. @cryptonomista explains 👇 https://t.co/bNoc2RM5Sk
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 14, 2026
Upcoming Bill Threatens DeFi with Misguided Regulations
TOMORROW is the markup of the crypto market structure bill 🚨 Some provisions in the bill could be BAD for DeFi 🚨 If you haven't listened to the @DEXintheCityPod interview with @SKMersinger of @BlockchainAssn, she says, "What we see in the text...
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 14, 2026
Vitalik Coined New “Walkaway Test” Just Days Ago
"Vitalik's walkaway test, which is weird. I've never heard the term. I think that was invented by Vitalik two days ago 😅" - Kain Warwick https://t.co/749nZRoMey
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 14, 2026
Sleep Deprivation Leads to $10M DAI Burn Mistake
"When I burned the DAI, it was like 2 in the morning, I've been up for 18 hours, and I had 5 different tabs open on 2 different screens, and I was copy-pasting stuff, and for some reason, I forgot...
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 14, 2026
Monero Mirrors Silver's Decades-Long Consolidation, Poised for Breakout
"Peter Brandt compared Monero's long-term chart structure to Silver's decades-long consolidation before its breakout... I love the hopium there." - Kain Warwick https://t.co/749nZRoMey
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 14, 2026
Polygon's Activity Hinges on Centralized Companies' Participation
"The best way for the Polygon blockchain to have as much activity as possible is for centralized companies to push as much activity to that blockchain as possible" https://t.co/749nZRoMey
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 14, 2026
SDK Simplifies Cross‑chain Bridge and App Deposits
"Think of cross-chain experience as I go to a bridge, I bridge over, then I go to the app that I wanna use, I deposit into that app. This is an SDK that the app uses itself." https://t.co/749nZRoMey
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 14, 2026
One‑click Cross‑chain Support Should Be Universal for Apps
"Every app should have the ability to go cross-chain with one click." - Marc Boiron https://t.co/749nZRoMey
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 14, 2026
Stakeholders Claim Stablecoins Are Difficult, Contrary to Industry Narrative
"We are having all of these discussions with fintech, banks, enterprises, merchants, and all of them are talking about how hard it is to use stablecoins, which is the opposite of what all of us are saying." - Marc Boiron https://t.co/749nZRoMey
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 14, 2026
Prediction Markets Can Gain Fairness by Mimicking Sports Leagues
How can prediction markets be fairer? @tayvano_ says the platforms can learn from sports leagues 👇 https://t.co/CPA8nMYHq1
By Laura Shin
Blog•Jan 14, 2026
Why Gold and Bitcoin Work Best Together
Bitwise analysts Juan Leon and Mallika Kolar found that pairing gold with bitcoin yields superior performance across full market cycles. In downturns, gold dampens losses while bitcoin often falls harder; during recoveries, bitcoin leads the rally and delivers outsized gains....
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 13, 2026
Prediction Markets Should Stay Clear of Sports Betting
Have prediction markets lost their way? @kaiynne says the platforms should not have any business with sports betting https://t.co/Yc7pJvFQd2
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 13, 2026
Advocate Urges DAO Control of Aave Brand After Lost Vote
Aave DAO lost the vote for the Aave brand on Christmas day, but @Marczeller is not giving up just yet. He says Aave brand assets should be in the control of the DAO to ensure the project is not co-opted 👇...
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 13, 2026
First Patented Gold-Backed Stablecoin Offers Reserve and Rewards
"We have a patent as the first stablecoin that can have a reserve and rewards system." - Vinny Lingham announcing Xash, a gold-backed stablecoin company that rewards users https://t.co/sGmcQH5cvS
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 13, 2026
Vinny Lingham Flags Crypto Longevity, Margins, Liquidity Risks
"There are a couple of things I am concerned about, like longevity for crypto, margins you can make, and liquidity." - Vinny Lingham https://t.co/sGmcQH5cvS
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 13, 2026
Central Banks Choose Gold over Bitcoin, Driving Gold Surge
"When you are running a population of billions of people, and central banks that run these economies cannot buy Bitcoin in times of crisis, they buy gold. Guess what's gonna go up? It's gonna be gold, not bitcoin" - @VinnyLingham on...
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 13, 2026
Regulation Discourages Protocols From Adding Any Safety Measures
"It disincentivises protocols from implementing any kind of user or market safety measures, even if they are fully automated, that could trigger regulation." https://t.co/sGmcQH4EGk
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 13, 2026
Decentralization and Permissionlessness Are Distinct Concepts
"That idea conflates the idea of decentralization and permissionlessness, which are not the same thing." - Vy on the crypto market structure draft https://t.co/sGmcQH5cvS
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 13, 2026
Defining ‘Control’ Remains Elusive in Senate Crypto Draft
"This concept of 'control' is really hard to define." Vy Le discussing Senate’s latest crypto market structure draft https://t.co/sGmcQH5cvS
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 13, 2026
Most People Don’t Know Who Controls Their Money
"What I think is really concerning, and we should be talking about is that most people don't understand how, when, why and who gets to control your money" - Jessi Brooks on Tether's $182M Freeze https://t.co/sGmcQH4EGk
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 13, 2026
Venezuela's Potential $60B Bitcoin Reserve Revealed
Is Venezuela sitting on a $60 billion Bitcoin stash? 👀 In this Unchained episode, Mauricio Di Bartolomeo and Jorge Jraissati join me to unpack: 🤔 The plausibility of a secret Venezuelan Bitcoin reserve 💡 How Bitcoin and crypto became the...
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 12, 2026
Agentic Economy Is Here; Crypto Powers It
The agentic economy is already here, according to a Google DeepMind study making the rounds. Here's why Jessi Brooks says crypto is needed to power it 👇 https://t.co/0tVXkzsZIw
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 12, 2026
Bitcoin’s Fleeting Rally Exposes Reflex over Conviction
Bitcoin rallied on the Powell investigation news, but then gave it all back 📊 What does that say about conviction vs. reflex? Join to hear the debate on today’s Bits + Bips w/ @DivesTech, @CampbellJAustin @ramahluwalia & @perkinscr97 https://t.co/FmaQczHW4l
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