Programmability Is Leaving Crypto
For years, the strategic promise of stablecoins seemed straightforward. Crypto-native issuers would take a clumsy financial system, add always-on settlement,…
Category: Opinion
NIST’s Latest Move Shows Quantum Preparedness Is Accelerating
In cybersecurity, there are certain risks that sound so distant and technical that most people feel comfortable ignoring them. Quantum…
The News Was Never Going to Save Them
I knew before it started. The way you know a relationship is over before either person says it out loud.…
The Great Convergence: Retail Crypto Investors Are Rapidly Diversifying Into TradFi and AI
The line separating the cryptocurrency ecosystem from traditional finance has never been more porous. For years, digital asset exchanges operated…
Why Crypto is like Hong Kong in 1996
Today’s crypto world is 1996 Hong Kong. Everyone knows this industry will be absorbed by regulation. Everyone sees the countdown.…
Stablecoins Are Entering Their Convertibility Era
Crypto markets still like to pretend that prices are the main story. They are not. The most consequential development in…
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…
The BIS is right to treat stablecoins as a monetary fault line, not just a crypto product
Stablecoins are still often discussed as if they were mainly a crypto-market convenience: useful for trading, settlement, and moving dollars…
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…