ETF Bitcoin spot: -$8.95 billion in May-June, the bleeding continues
Two months of record outflows: US spot Bitcoin ETFs lose nearly $9B cumulatively. The institutional channel withdraws as the price rebounds on the dovish NFP.
6 h ago 6 6
Volksbanken and Sparkassen Open Crypto Retail: Germany Banks Bitcoin
German cooperative banks open crypto trading to millions of retail customers under the MiCA framework. Banked retail crypto is scaling up.
6 h ago 7 8
Lars Eriksson
OUSD: Samsung, Visa, and Google Deny Joining Stablecoin Alliance - Elusive Governance
A stablecoin listing global giants as members without their consent: the OUSD episode reveals governance flaws threatening institutional crypto coalitions.
yesterday 9 9
Elena Fischer
Standard Chartered Joins ESMA MiCA Register: Traditional Finance Enters European Crypto Framework
MiCA Day+2: ESMA Publishes First CASP Register Update. Standard Chartered Listed. Binance Still Absent. Regulatory Divide Widens.
yesterday 8 8
Lars Eriksson
AI Infrastructure: $638 Billion Order Book, 18-Month Low Prices - The Cycle Discount
The AI paradox: the companies building tomorrow's data centers see their stocks decline while their order books overflow.
Jul 2, 2026 at 16:36 9 9
Arjun Mehta
Robinhood Launches AI Trading Agents and Credit Card: From Retail Broker to Financial Super-App
Autonomous AI agents, credit card, in-house blockchain: Robinhood no longer wants to be just a broker. This full-stack vertical integration is redrawing the boundaries between TradFi, FinTech, and DeFi.
Jul 2, 2026 at 16:36 10 10
Aisha Bello
Starwood Invests $10 Billion in Real Estate in the AI Era: PE and REITs Accelerate the Pivot
The largest independent real estate PE fund redirects $10B toward data centers and compute infrastructure. After the Digital Realty/Blackstone deal, all institutional capital is shifting.
Jul 2, 2026 at 10:19 9 11
Mei-Ling Chen
Robinhood Launches a Public Blockchain: The Retail Broker Enters the Crypto Infrastructure Era
Robinhood no longer just wants to provide access to crypto—it wants to become its infrastructure. A proprietary public blockchain is a category shift.
Jul 1, 2026 at 22:49 7 8
Lars Eriksson
MiCA D-Day: Binance Suspended in the EU, the Great European Crypto Market Shutdown is Complete
On July 1, 2026, Europe shifted into the era of regulated crypto. Binance is out. Coinbase, Kraken, and Paymium are in. The market will never be the same again.
Jul 1, 2026 at 22:49 8 9
Lars Eriksson
Yen at 40-Year Low: BoJ's Countdown Begins
USD/JPY breaks through the 158-160 range - the historic tolerance level of the Ministry of Finance. The Bank of Japan has fewer and fewer reasons not to act in July.
Jul 1, 2026 at 09:38 9 9
Heinrich Vogel
Securitize crosses the stock market threshold: tokenization of alternative assets enters the era of public transparency
Securitize shareholders have approved the merger that will make the tokenization platform publicly listed—a world first for this sector.
Jul 1, 2026 at 09:38 8 11
Elena Fischer
BlackRock Integrates USDe into Aladdin, Spiko Ties Its T-Bills to Coinbase Rails: The DeFi/TradFi Boundary Dissolves
In 48 hours, two signals confirm the same trend: tokenized data and instruments are entering the traditional institutional infrastructure.
Jul 1, 2026 at 09:38 9 9