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12 signals the ambiguity is over

Today we’re publishing our 2026 Outlook: The End of Crypto Ambiguity

7 hrs ago • Marc Baumann and Sangam Bharti

Stripe doesn’t need bank

The OCC's conditional approval of Bridge National Trust marks a turning point for Stripe and the broader stablecoin industry.

19 hrs ago • Marc Baumann and Sangam Bharti

From 100% to 2%

You know what’s more powerful than a 1,000-page regulation? A two-page FAQ. On February 19, the SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets quietly dropped…

Feb 23 • Marc Baumann and Sangam Bharti

166: Apollo bought 9% of a DeFi protocol

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Feb 21 • Marc Baumann, Chandan, and Sangam Bharti

12:35

The first nation to run on USDC

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Feb 19 • Marc Baumann and Sangam Bharti

BlackRock just plugged into DeFi

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Feb 18 • Marc Baumann, Sangam Bharti, and Chandan

Citi just picked Solana over Ethereum

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Feb 17 • Marc Baumann and Sangam Bharti

Coinbase took Epstein's $3M in 2014

3.5 million pages of DOJ documents confirm what no compliance officer flagged in 2014: a convicted sex offender was funding Bitcoin’s development…

Feb 16 • Marc Baumann and Sangam Bharti

165: The dip is being bought

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Feb 14 • Marc Baumann and Chandan

10:56

Wall Street's new darling

On Monday, Citadel Securities, the DTCC, the New York Stock Exchange, Google Cloud, ARK Invest, and Tether backed a single Layer 1 called Zero.

Feb 13 • Marc Baumann and Sangam Bharti

Ethereum, AI, and the end of trust: Joseph Lubin, co-founder of Ethereum & CEO of Consensys

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Feb 11 • Marc Baumann and Sangam Bharti

44:49

Tether just put on a suit

For a decade, Tether (USD₮) was the “offshore casino chip,” massive, liquid, but operating in the regulatory shadows. Wall Street ignored it; regulators…

Feb 11 • Marc Baumann and Sangam Bharti

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