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.
7 h ago 6 6
Solana +19% on Securitize listing: tokenization validates a secondary rail
The listing of an entity linked to Securitize on NYSE boosts SOL by 19%. The market is betting on Solana as the preferred institutional tokenization rail, alongside Ethereum.
7 h ago 4 4
Elena Fischer
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
Trump renews offensive against the Fed: governors in the crosshairs
After installing Kevin Warsh as Fed chair, Trump's allies cross a new threshold: reshaping the entire Board of Governors. An institutional escalation with potentially systemic consequences for U.S. monetary credibility.
yesterday 8 11
Heinrich Vogel
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
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
Elena Fischer
SCOTUS protects the Fed's independence: a hawkish constitutional lock for markets
By keeping Lisa Cook at the Fed, the Supreme Court has drawn a constitutional red line. For bond markets, this is an institutional guarantee—and a lasting structural hawkish signal.
Jul 1, 2026 at 09:37 8 9
Heinrich Vogel
Nasdaq Brings Its Market Data On-Chain via Pyth: Institutional Data Enters the DeFi Layer
For the first time, Nasdaq's proprietary data feeds are circulating natively on public blockchains—a further piece in the infrastructure of a hybrid TradFi/DeFi finance system.
Jun 30, 2026 at 23:26 5 9
Elena Fischer
ARK buys $43.5M in crypto shares: contrarian signal or falling knife?
Cathie Wood bets on crypto downturn to accumulate Coinbase, Circle, and ecosystem companies—a institutional wager on post-MiCA consolidation amid a bearish microstructure.
Jun 30, 2026 at 10:08 11 11
Lars Eriksson
BlackRock Integrates Ethena's USDe into Aladdin: Institutional Finance Adopts Its First DeFi Synthetic Dollar
BlackRock has just integrated USDe, Ethena's synthetic dollar, into its Aladdin platform, which oversees $20 trillion in institutional assets. A world first: a native DeFi asset enters the risk management layer of the world's largest sovereign funds.
Jun 29, 2026 at 20:49 9 9
Elena Fischer
SpaceX: The Mega Leap Deal and the Never-Resolved Question of Governance
The Financial Times analyzes the "leap of faith" behind SpaceX's mega bond deal—a debt raise without audited accounts, without public governance, based solely on Elon Musk's reputation. A model that raises growing questions for institutional investors.
Jun 29, 2026 at 17:16 13 14
Daniel Schmidt
Bitcoin flirts with a two-year low: $1.3B in ETF buybacks betray institutional disengagement
The week of June 26 marks a turning point: BTC approaches its lowest level since August 2024 while U.S. spot ETFs experience their worst week of outflows since their launch.
Jun 28, 2026 at 11:18 12 11
