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
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
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
Gold and central banks: the WGC 2026 survey confirms a structural accumulation cycle
90% of the central banks surveyed cite inflation hedging, long-term performance, and diversification away from the dollar as reasons for their gold purchases. A structural anchor, not cyclical.
6 h ago 6 7
Heinrich Vogel
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
Lars Eriksson
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.
6 h ago 4 4
Elena Fischer
Warsh: AI Has "Immense Implications" for Rates – Framework Signal or Smokescreen?
The Fed chair considers artificial intelligence decisive for the future of rates. Behind the statement: a central banker securing flexibility in an environment impossible to model.
yesterday 8 9
Aisha Bello
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
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
Visa, BlackRock and 138 Others: The Coalition Aiming to Dethrone Circle
A stablecoin network with 140 players has just been launched, Circle collapses on the stock market. The digital dollar infrastructure war has been declared.
Jul 2, 2026 at 10:17 8 9