Trending Japan's new #1 crypto exchange moves less than $50M a day SBI's $289M Bitbank buyout creates Japan's largest crypto exchange with $6.8B AUC and 2.92M accounts. by Sungjae Lee
Market Pulse Crypto Mom says your DeFi vault curator may owe the SEC Hester Peirce warns DeFi vault curators exercising discretionary control may owe federal securities compliance under by Sungjae Lee
Analysis WLD up 8% on a filing where the fee still isn't set GWLD filed by Grayscale on Nasdaq: first spot WLD ETF. WLD rose ~8% on the news; fee, seed, and APs still undisclosed. by Sungjae Lee
Trending $66M in DeFi TVL, 1B users incoming — GRAM's gap is the signal Durov announces non-custodial Gram wallet for 1B Telegram users: zero fees, user-held private keys, GRAM network impact. by Sungjae Lee
Analysis Van Rossem passed. SPOs came within 1.7 points of blocking it. Van Rossem hard fork (July 2026) upgraded Cardano via on-chain vote: five CIPs, VRF fix. ADA wallets unaffected. by Sungjae Lee
Trending Morpho vaults power MetaMask's 4% yield — not mUSD itself MetaMask Money Account on Monad: self-custodial mUSD earns up to 4% APY via Morpho vaults, with MetaMask Card spending. by Sungjae Lee
Analysis 2.94M UNI cast, 40M needed: Uniswap's fee vote closes July 26 Proposals 99 & 100 close July 26: v4 fees across 7 chains and UNI burn expansion, but quorum sits at 2.94M of 40M UNI. by Sungjae Lee
Learn The $1,000 rule that changes which crypto wallet you need Hot vs cold crypto wallets for beginners: top picks, the $1,000 upgrade threshold, and security basics for 2026. by Sungjae Lee
Analysis USDT's real deadline isn't 2027 — it's July 2028 The GENIUS Act creates three distinct USDT risk dates: Jan 2027 framework, Jul 2027 reciprocal deals, Jul 2028 hard by Sungjae Lee
Trending From 75% to 50%: Galaxy just cut CLARITY Act passage odds Galaxy cut CLARITY Act 2026 odds to 50% on Senate timing. August recess and midterm dynamics threaten 2026 passage. by Sungjae Lee
Analysis 54 firms, one blockchain repo — UK's £33bn tokenisation bet UK launches 54-firm tokenisation taskforce targeting live blockchain repo by 2027 and £33bn in annual UK output by 2035. by Sungjae Lee
Trending CLARITY Act odds dropped to 43% as the August clock runs out CLARITY Act odds fell from 74% to 43%. CFTC/SEC jurisdiction split, Senate cloture math, August recess deadline. by Sungjae Lee