The Autonomous Agent: How Secret Network and Autonomys Are Redefining Decentralized Compute
A new proof-of-concept demonstrates an AI agent that self-funds via Base, processes confidentially on SecretVM, and retains permanent memory through…
Author: Helena Markou
Markets and policy reporter covering institutional crypto strategy, exchange-traded products, and the slow-motion merger of TradFi and digital assets. Before joining CryptoSibyl News, Helena spent four years covering European fintech regulation and cross-border capital flows for a Geneva-based financial wire. Outside the terminal, she collects first-edition maps of trade routes that no longer exist and maintains that the best coffee in Europe is in Thessaloniki, not Rome.
A Bounce for Bitcoin, a Blueprint for Stablecoins
The most revealing crypto development of the past two days is that the market finally produced a positive headline for…
The Bounce Is Smaller Than the Rulebook
The most revealing crypto story of the past two days is that the market has finally managed to produce a…
The Perfect Storm: Unpacking the $60K Test as Bitcoin Faces a Macro Reality Check
The crypto market is currently enduring its most severe reality check of the year. Bitcoin has tumbled from its October…
The Fed Builds a Narrow Gate
The most consequential stablecoin development of the last 24 to 48 hours is not a token launch, a price move,…
Crypto Wants the Rails, Not Just the Rules
For years, crypto policy has been narrated through the wrong lens. The debate has often been reduced to whether Washington…
Europe’s Stablecoin Paradox: Demand Is Growing Faster Than Policy Confidence
Europe is approaching stablecoins with a logic that is understandable in regulatory terms but increasingly dangerous in strategic ones. Policymakers…
Europe’s Stablecoin Paradox: In Trying to Protect the Euro, the ECB May Be Ceding the Rails
Europe’s stablecoin debate is often presented as a familiar prudential argument. Central bankers worry that privately issued digital money could…
The Central Bank Clock: The Bank of England Is Trying to Set the Tempo of Tokenised Money
Crypto policy is often discussed as if the main question were whether regulators are permissive or restrictive. That framing is…