A new Coinbase Institute report argues that the most important divide in global finance is no longer rich versus poor, but between those who have direct access to capital markets and those who do not, which it describes as the “brokered” versus the “unbrokered.” The report estimates that traditional intermediated… Listen ⇢

In brief Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong arrived at the World Economic Forum Tuesday to lobby world leaders on economic freedom, push for market structure legislation, and promote tokenization. Armstrong said Coinbase plans to meet with bank CEOs to “figure out how we can make this a win-win.” Coinbase withdrew support… Listen ⇢

World Liberty Financial (WLFI) is facing criticism following a governance vote that approved a USD1 growth proposal, despite objections from the community over the lack of voting access for locked WLFI holders. Onchain voting data shows that the largest “FOR” votes were cast by top wallets flagged as team-linked or… Listen ⇢

Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP show resilience as the U.S. Crypto Market Structure Bill nears, potentially driving institutional interest. The U.S. Crypto Market Structure Bill has been a key focus for traders and investors. If the bill passes this month, it could lead to significant market shifts. Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP… Listen ⇢

Hungary and Portugal have taken steps to restrict access to the crypto-based prediction market Polymarket, adding to mounting regulatory pressure on the platform across Europe. Hungary’s regulatory authority, Szabályozott Tevékenységek Felügyeleti Hatósága, has temporarily blocked access to Polymarket’s domain and subdomains, citing the “forbidden organization of gambling activities.” According to… Listen ⇢

In brief Social media platform X has open-sourced its Grok-based transformer model, which ranks For You feed posts by predicting user actions without relying on hand-engineered features. The GitHub repository includes all code determining organic and advertising post visibility, built in Rust and Python for modular retrieval and scoring. The… Listen ⇢

The price of Bitcoin briefly dropped to $0 Starknet-based decentralized exchange Paradex overnight, after a database migration issue affected the Paradex blockchain, its block explorer, bridge, and API, triggering mass liquidations before prices snapped back. Paradex’s $0 Bitcoin Glitch An issue was first flagged on the Paradex status page at… Listen ⇢

According to Glassnode, trading activity on spot exchanges is increasing. This means that the current consolidation is a good thing. Data shows a noticeable drop in sell-side intensity, even though overall demand is still sensitive to the news and geopolitical changes. Tensions in the US/EU trade relations and a push… Listen ⇢

Bitcoin’s (BTC) leading indicators flashed buy signals as bulls fought to keep the price above $90,000. Key takeaways: Bitcoin Hash Ribbons flashed a “buy” signal amid miner capitulation recovery, an occurrence that has historically preceded strong rallies. The Fear and Greed Index’s “golden cross” signals improving market sentiment and a… Listen ⇢