Wall Street Wants the Idle Stablecoin Balance
The first phase of the stablecoin story was about issuance. The second was about regulation. The third, which is now…
Author: Daniel Okafor
Investigative correspondent covering blockchain forensics, sanctions compliance, and the geopolitical weaponization of crypto networks. Daniel previously reported on cross-border payments, financial surveillance, and emerging-market fintech for a London-based investigative outlet, with a particular talent for following money through jurisdictions that prefer it not be followed.
The CLARITY Act’s Stablecoin Fight Is Really About Who Gets to Own Digital Cash Yield
For all the rhetoric about innovation, decentralization, and legal certainty, the most revealing battle in Washington’s current crypto debate is…
State Street and Galaxy Want Stablecoins to Become Treasury Infrastructure
The most revealing crypto story of the week may not be about price action at all. It may be about…
NYSE Texas shows Wall Street’s tokenization path will run through the old rulebook
One of the oldest arguments in crypto says that blockchain-based assets will matter only when they break free from the…
Stablecoin Rules Are Becoming a Prudential War Over Deposits, Fraud, and Redemption
The public conversation about stablecoins still tends to flatten the issue into a simple question of innovation versus regulation. The…
Prediction Markets Are Running Into the Rules of Legitimacy
Crypto-linked prediction markets sold themselves as superior information engines. Now they are confronting the governance standards that every maturing financial…
Perpetuals Are Turning Prediction Markets and Crypto Exchanges Into the Same Business
The significance of the new perpetuals push is not just that another high-risk product is gaining attention. It is that…
Kelp DAO and the End of DeFi’s Excuse Culture
The most damaging thing about the latest DeFi shock is not only the money lost. It is the growing realization…
SEC Under Pressure to Formalize DeFi Guidance Amid Industry Calls for Clarity
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission faces increasing calls to convert its informal DeFi guidance into formal rules, as industry…