Bitcoin Breaks $125,000: The October Melt-Up Is On
Bitcoin hit a new all-time high over the weekend, surging past $125,000 and capping its strongest week since May. Analysts point to ETF inflows, a weakening dollar, and broad asset rotation as drivers...
7 Okt 202511min
The Five Most Important Stories in Crypto This Week
On today’s Breakdown, NLW kicks off the first Friday Five of October with Bitcoin’s soaring price action. From October’s uncanny seasonality and ETF inflow momentum to government shutdown delays and C...
4 Okt 202519min
Bitcoin’s Favorite Month Has Arrived
October has a reputation as Bitcoin’s strongest month, and so far 2025 is no exception. After a choppy September, BTC is already pushing back toward new all-time highs, shrugging off a government shut...
3 Okt 202511min
Government Shutdown Hits as Politics Markets and AI Collide
As of midnight, the U.S. government has officially shut down after Democrats and Republicans failed to reach a last-minute deal. In today’s Breakdown, NLW explores the political brinkmanship behind th...
2 Okt 202511min
SEC & CFTC Call a Truce on Crypto Regulation
After years of turf wars, the SEC and CFTC are finally signaling a new era of collaboration. At their first joint roundtable in 14 years, agency heads emphasized coordination over consolidation, while...
1 Okt 202510min
Kraken’s $15B Secret Raise and the Race to IPO
Fortune revealed that Kraken quietly raised $500 million at a $15 billion valuation—its first significant raise in over a decade—as the exchange eyes a 2026 IPO. Bloomberg followed up with reports of ...
30 Sep 20258min
Friday Five: Tether’s $500B Play, SEC Opens the Door, and Vanguard Bows to Crypto
In this week’s Friday Five, we dive into Tether’s jaw-dropping $500B valuation bid, the SEC’s surprise innovation exemption, bipartisan momentum on a market structure bill, Ethereum’s latest Wall Stre...
27 Sep 202522min
Agentic Payments and the Next Internet Economy
Coinbase and Cloudflare are pushing forward with X402, a new crypto-powered payments protocol for AI agents. Could agent-to-agent transactions reshape e-commerce and the web itself? Meanwhile, Tom Lee...
26 Sep 202510min
