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
Tether’s Half-Trillion Dollar Valuation
Tether is reportedly courting outside investors for the first time—at a staggering $500 billion valuation. In today’s Breakdown, NLW digs into Bloomberg’s report on Tether’s $15–20 billion fundraise, ...
25 Sep 202510min
Bitcoin’s September Shakeout: $1.7B in Liquidations Sets Stage for Q4
Bitcoin’s September rally finally stumbled, with a 3.5% drop triggering $1.7B in long liquidations—the biggest of the year. While traders were caught offside, on-chain data shows holders aren’t sellin...
24 Sep 20259min
