The ECB's Appia Roadmap: Europe's Blueprint for Tokenized Finance
The European Central Bank's Appia initiative maps out Europe's approach to tokenized wholesale finance. Here's what it means for the future of money.
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Lightning Network's Institutional Coming-of-Age: From Million-Dollar Transfers to Privacy-First Wallets
How Lightning went from experimental to institutional-grade in Q1 2026, with a $1M transfer proving enterprise viability and Cake Wallet's privacy-focused integration showing end-user readiness
·6 min read
Bitcoin's Halving Cycle Narrative Is Breaking — And That Changes Everything
April 2024's halving was supposed to trigger a bull run by now. We're approaching the 2-year mark and the pattern looks nothing like 2017 or 2021. Why the 4-year cycle might be dead.
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Harvard Just Rotated from Bitcoin to Ethereum: Here's Why That Matters
Harvard trimmed Bitcoin 21% and bought $87M in Ethereum during a brutal crypto winter. The world's most famous endowment isn't fleeing crypto. It's choosing sides.
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Wall Street Just Securitized Bitcoin — Ledn's $188M Bond Deal Is a Milestone
Ledn closed the first asset-backed securities deal backed by Bitcoin collateral, raising $188M and earning an investment-grade rating. Bitcoin just entered the formal securitization market: the same machinery that packages mortgages and credit cards.
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The Fed just wrote a risk framework for crypto derivatives — this is what legitimacy looks like
A Federal Reserve working paper proposes treating cryptocurrencies as a distinct asset class for initial margin requirements in uncleared OTC derivatives markets. This is arguably the strongest institutional signal yet that crypto has permanently entered the financial system.
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Bitcoin ETF flows: from record outflows to whiplash recovery
Bitcoin ETFs lost $4.57B in two months, then gained $1.66B in three days. BlackRock keeps winning. Here's what the institutional rollercoaster really tells us.
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