Evan Mercer covers coins, digital assets and the market stories shaping everyday conversations about money. His work focuses on accessible explanations, useful context and the signals behind sudden moves.
Fidelity Investments’ Global Macro Director Jurrien Timmer argues that recent U.S. Treasury operations—specifically increased long-term bond buybacks paired with heightened short-term bill issuance—are pressuring the dollar while providing tailwinds for...
Aave V4 Deposits Surge 30% in a Week to Record $806 Million Aave’s Version 4 protocol has reached a new all-time high in user deposits, hitting $806 million according to...
UAE National Security Adviser Reportedly Holds 49% Stake in Trump-Linked Crypto Banking Venture The Wall Street Journal reports that Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the United Arab Emirates’ national...
BlackRock and Bitwise Slash Minimums for In-Kind Bitcoin-to-ETF Conversions BlackRock has reduced the minimum transaction size for converting privately held Bitcoin into shares of its iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) from...
Virtu Financial, M1X Global, and Tradeweb have completed an on-chain repurchase agreement (repo) transaction using a sovereign digital bond as collateral, with the full transaction settling on the Canton Network....
Grayscale Research Positions Zcash as Potential Bitcoin Challenger Amid AI Privacy Concerns Zcash could emerge as a meaningful competitor to Bitcoin’s dominance among digital assets as rapid artificial intelligence adoption...
Strive Asset Management CEO Matt Cole has projected that Bitcoin could surpass $500,000 within the next four to five years, citing accelerating erosion of the U.S. dollar’s purchasing power as...
Mantle’s Onchain Asset Base Nears $880 Million as Tokenized Equities and Stablecoin Supply Expand Mantle has accumulated roughly $880 million in stablecoins and tokenized assets, reflecting rapid growth across equities,...
Public Citizen estimates that investors in five Trump-linked cryptocurrency ventures have suffered at least $4.7 billion in combined losses through 2025, while former President Donald Trump personally generated approximately $1.4...
Bitcoin’s recent breakout appears to have been triggered by a shift in U.S. Treasury-market liquidity, but analysts say the rally’s staying power hinges on whether exchange-traded fund inflows and spot...