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Crypto Is Plugging Into Wall Street’s Plumbing
From Broadridge's NYFIX integration to Japan's FSA reclassification, infrastructure and regulation enabling institutional crypto adoption is already operational.
Blockcast 86 | Licensed to Shill: Designing Decentralization: Governance, Power, and the Validator Problem
This episode digs into what actually happens after a protocol says it’s “decentralized.” Not the whitepaper version. The operational version.
Blockcast 85 | Licensed to Shill: How Energy & Geopolitics Are Building a Bitcoin-Driven World, ft. Bitcoin Arabia's Lara Eggimann & Jeff Gorman
The panel is joined by Bitcoin Arabia's co-founders to discuss Bitcoin's role in the Middle East.
Blockcast 84 | Licensed to Shill: What's in Store for 2026 – Stablecoins, the Future of DeFi.. and a Return of NFTs?
Licensed to Shill opens 2026 with a forward-looking conversation on the forces shaping the next phase of digital assets.
Blockcast 83 | Jito Foundation's Marc Liew on Why Institutions Are Turning to Solana
Key topics include the role of stablecoins, the challenges of cross-border payments, and the future of decentralized finance.
Bitcoin Rally Faces Oil Shock as Inflation Fears Return
Bitcoin’s rebound toward $70,000 shows buyers regaining control in derivatives markets, but oil’s surge above $100 a barrel is reviving inflation fears, tightening liquidity expectations, and threatening to stall the rally before key resistance near $78,000.
Bitcoin, Ethereum ETFs Draw $172M in Combined Inflows as Institutions Buy the Dip
Fresh capital into spot crypto ETFs on Wednesday suggests institutional investors are treating the prolonged market drawdown as an accumulation opportunity
Bitcoin Isn’t a Tech Stock – So Why Does It Trade Like One?
As institutional money treats Bitcoin like a growth asset, its correlation with tech equities has risen—yet most of the cryptocurrency’s price swings still originate inside the crypto market itself.
Oil's $100 → $85 Swing: What Crypto Learned From the Iran Trade
Monday's wild ride showed exactly how crypto now moves with macro — and where DeFi is starting to outpace TradFi.
The Retail vs. Institutional Divide: How Trading Patterns Reveal Two Completely Different Markets
As ETFs, corporate treasuries, and tokenized real-world assets absorb supply, the old four-year retail cycle is giving way to a macro-driven, institution-led regime where liquidity concentrates, volatility compresses, and value accrues to utility over hype.
Industry Inflection Point: How 2026 Will Define Enterprise Adoption of Crypto’s Fastest-Growing Asset Class
Bhau Kotecha, co-founder and head of Paxos Labs, explains why programmable stablecoins are becoming core financial infrastructure—and how institutions can capture value beyond payments.
Crypto Wasn’t on the Ballot in Japan, But the Mandate Will Shape It
Sota Watanabe, CEO of Startale Group and founder of Astar Foundation, discusses how Japan's snap election could affect crypto tax and regulatory reforms.
2026 is When Blockchain Gets Boring – That's the Point
As regulation unlocks institutional adoption, blockchain is poised to fade into the background, becoming the unremarkable plumbing of global finance.
Clarity Cuts Both Ways: The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act Exposes DeFi’s Legal Contradictions
Draft rules for the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act are exposing contradictions at the heart of web3 lobbying, as industry players push back against the very DeFi exemptions and developer protections they once demanded.
"Liking" Bitcoin Isn't Enough Anymore?
Policy promises helped ignite crypto’s political moment in Washington, but stalled legislation, banking pushback, and uncertainty around a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve are testing whether pro-crypto rhetoric will translate into real adoption.
Hazy Transparency: Blockchain Forensics, the Co-Spend Heuristic, and the Legal Limits of Crypto Tracing
As Chainalysis touts the accuracy of its tracing tools, new out-of-sample tests of the co-spend heuristic raise urgent questions about error rates, scientific validation, and whether blockchain forensic evidence meets legal standards.
Hong Kong to Award Stablecoin Licenses in March, Expand Crypto Regulation
First licenses issued in March; dealers and custodians to follow
Polymarket Taps Palantir to Monitor Sports Betting as Regulators Back Prediction Markets
Prediction platform enlists surveillance firm amid insider trading concerns; CFTC chair praises markets as "truth machines"
SeekerClaw Brings 24/7 AI Agents to the Solana Seeker Phone
The open-source project turns the crypto-native smartphone into an autonomous assistant with wallet integration, device control, and Telegram connectivity — all set up in under a minute.
The Great Mining Exodus
Bitcoin miners are selling their coins and gutting their data centers to chase AI's billions — and they're not looking back
OKX Builds AI Agent Infrastructure Into Developer Platform
OnchainOS update targets autonomous systems that need to trade, pay, and manage wallets across chains
Libeara Secures Singapore Dealer Licence, Clearing Path to Distribute Tokenised Assets Directly
The MAS Capital Markets Services licence transforms Libeara from infrastructure provider to regulated market participant, enabling it to deal in tokenised securities and fund units for institutional clients
Alibaba-Backed MetaComp Closes $35M in Three Months as Stablecoin Infrastructure Race Heats Up
The Singapore-based payments and wealth platform has now attracted institutional heavyweights to its hybrid fiat-crypto model, signaling growing confidence in regulated digital finance
Standard Chartered Names Karby Leggett as Asia Head of Digital Assets
Appointment reflects bank's push into crypto and tokenized assets across region
IG Group Completes Acquisition of Crypto Exchange Independent Reserve
Online trading firm to launch digital asset services in Singapore, Australia, UAE in second half of 2026
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SeekerClaw Brings 24/7 AI Agents to the Solana Seeker Phone
The open-source project turns the crypto-native smartphone into an autonomous assistant with wallet integration, device control, and Telegram connectivity — all set up in under a minute.
Clarity Cuts Both Ways: The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act Exposes DeFi’s Legal Contradictions
Draft rules for the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act are exposing contradictions at the heart of web3 lobbying, as industry players push back against the very DeFi exemptions and developer protections they once demanded.
Hazy Transparency: Blockchain Forensics, the Co-Spend Heuristic, and the Legal Limits of Crypto Tracing
As Chainalysis touts the accuracy of its tracing tools, new out-of-sample tests of the co-spend heuristic raise urgent questions about error rates, scientific validation, and whether blockchain forensic evidence meets legal standards.
The Retail vs. Institutional Divide: How Trading Patterns Reveal Two Completely Different Markets
As ETFs, corporate treasuries, and tokenized real-world assets absorb supply, the old four-year retail cycle is giving way to a macro-driven, institution-led regime where liquidity concentrates, volatility compresses, and value accrues to utility over hype.
Crypto Wasn’t on the Ballot in Japan, But the Mandate Will Shape It
Sota Watanabe, CEO of Startale Group and founder of Astar Foundation, discusses how Japan's snap election could affect crypto tax and regulatory reforms.
Epstein Tracked Bitcoin’s Rise, Funded Early Infrastructure, Files Show
The Epstein files reveal an unexpected role in crypto’s early days—as a financier, networker, and self-styled go-between for Bitcoin’s mysterious creators.