If you’ve been following crypto for a few years, 2026 feels different. Not necessarily because Bitcoin is moving up or down on any particular day. The bigger change is happening underneath the price charts. Banks are experimenting with tokenized assets. Stablecoins are moving from crypto exchanges into payments and settlement. Real-world assets are being put … Read more
A few years ago, if someone told you they were trading whether a politician would win an election, whether the Fed would cut rates, or whether Bitcoin would cross a certain price before a deadline, you might have assumed they were talking about sports betting or some strange gambling website. Today, that conversation looks very … Read more
For years, one of the biggest complaints from crypto companies in the United States has been surprisingly simple: “We don’t know which rules we’re supposed to follow.” A crypto startup might build a token, launch a trading platform, offer custody services, or develop blockchain infrastructure—and then face a difficult question: Is this regulated by the … Read more
Crypto regulation used to be one of those topics most ordinary users tried to avoid. You could buy Bitcoin, move some USDT to a wallet, use a DeFi application, or trade on an exchange without thinking too much about the legal framework sitting behind the technology. That is changing. In 2026, regulation is becoming a … Read more
The first time someone moves from spot trading into perpetual futures, one thing becomes obvious very quickly: leverage changes everything. On a normal spot exchange, you buy Bitcoin, Ethereum, or another token and own the asset. If the price goes up, you can profit. If it falls, your position loses value. Perpetual contracts work differently. … Read more
The first time I swapped crypto on a decentralized exchange, I made the mistake of assuming it would work just like the centralized exchange I was already familiar with. It didn’t. On a centralized exchange, I was used to depositing funds, selecting a trading pair, entering an amount, and clicking buy or sell. Pretty straightforward. … Read more
The first time I tried using a decentralized finance app, I expected the hardest part to be understanding the finance. It wasn’t. The hardest part was realizing that I was the bank account, the password reset system, and sometimes even customer support. There was no traditional bank employee waiting if I made a mistake. I … Read more
A few years ago, “AI” and “crypto” were usually discussed as completely separate industries. AI was about models, data, automation and computing power. Crypto was about Bitcoin, DeFi, NFTs, exchanges and digital assets. Then the two worlds started bumping into each other. At first, a lot of it looked like marketing. Every other crypto project … Read more
The first time I thought seriously about AI agents making payments, one question kept coming back to me: Why would an AI need a credit card? A human buying something online is used to clicking a checkout button, entering card details, confirming the payment, and waiting for the transaction to process. An AI agent doesn’t … Read more
The idea of buying a small piece of a property with a crypto wallet sounds almost too good to be true. Imagine there’s a $1 million apartment building. Traditionally, you might need a huge amount of capital to invest in it. You would probably deal with lawyers, banks, brokers, property managers, paperwork, and a long … Read more