24/7 Trading Meets 9-to-5 Markets as More Equities Goes Onchain

As real-world asset (RWA) tokenization surges, the crypto industry is entering unfamiliar territory, bringing traditional equities, private credit, and commercial paper onchain and uncovering potential critical risks along the way. Marcin Kaźmierczak, co-founder of oracle provider RedStone, says a risk is potentially being overlooked: the weekend gap, where crypto trades 24/7, while Wall Street does…

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Why Institutions May Pivot From Passive BTC Exposure to BTCFi

Digital asset treasuries (DATs) were among the most visible corporate phenomena of the last bull cycle. Built on the premise that holding bitcoin BTC$85,846.82 on the balance sheet was itself a value-generating strategy, many attracted strong market premiums simply by accumulating BTC faster than competitors. But as valuations normalize and net asset values (NAVs) tighten,…

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Ripple Drops as Bitcoin Weakness Pulls Majors in Oversold Levels

Technical reversal signals emerge amid extreme oversold conditions following an aggressive institutional distribution wave. News Background • Whale wallets dumped nearly 200 million XRP (~$400M) over 48 hours, triggering acute supply pressure• Market-wide risk-off intensified as Bitcoin slipped below $90,000, pulling altcoins into deeper volatility• Bitwise’s new XRP ETF posted $25.7M first-day volume and $107.6M…

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Michael Saylor’s MSTR is Barely Ahead on BTC Bet, but Threat of Imminent Danger Overblown

Liquidation calls from the sidelines are growing louder for Strategy (MSTR) as bitcoin tumbles and the company’s common stock has plunged nearly 70% from last year’s peak, calling into question — for some — the firm’s ability to continue to meet its obligations. Throughout 2025, Strategy has relied on perpetual preferred stock as its primary…

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Grayscale Calls Chainlink ‘Essential Infrastructure’ for Tokenized Finance in New Research

Grayscale is positioning Chainlink as critical infrastructure for the growing market of tokenized assets, according to a new research report. The asset manager’s research arm argues that Chainlink’s suite of services, spanning real-world data feeds, compliance tooling, and blockchain interoperability, solves many of the real-world frictions that block wider adoption of blockchain-based finance. Chainlink is…

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Bitcoin (BTC) Treasuries Moving Beyond HODL to Yield, Hedging and Share Buybacks Amid NAV Discount

The great corporate bitcoin land grab of the summer has substantially cooled, and the latest batch of digital-asset treasury (DAT) stocks is showing the hangover. Many of the once-hot bitcoin treasury stocks now trade below the value of the crypto stash they hold, forcing companies to move beyond a simple “buy and hold” approach and…

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Congressman from Ohio introduces bill to allow federal tax payments in bitcoin

One of the crypto industry’s longtime Republican allies in Congress introduced a bill to allow individuals and businesses to pay taxes in bitcoin BTC$83,754.42 without triggering capital gains liability and also directing the funds to the U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve — providing a new funding mechanism for the federal crypto stockpile that hasn’t yet been…

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