Opinion

Morning Minute: Democrats Want A Seat at the Crypto Table

Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. Subscribe to the Morning Minute on Substack.GM!Today’s top news: Crypto majors chop, SOL leads at $220; BTC at $112,300 Several crypto mining stocks soar on back of Oracle report of AI…

DeFi

BlackRock Exec Pitches Hyperliquid on Ethena’s Stablecoin Proposal

In brief Ethena presented a proposal for Hyperliquid’s stablecoin. USDH would be indirectly backed by BlackRock’s tokenized BUIDL fund. Ethena would divert USDH revenue back into Hyperliquid’s ecosystem. Ethena Labs, makers of the synthetic-dollar protocol, cast its name into the USDH ring on Tuesday, presenting itself as a potential suitor for issuing Hyperliquid’s stablecoin.The decentralized…

Markets

Bitcoin Whale Moves $52 Million in BTC After 13 Years

In brief A Bitcoin address holding over $50 million in the leading cryptocurrency moved some of its stash on Thursday. It was the first time since 2012 BTC had been moved from the address, blockchain data shows. The movements come as a number of large crypto holders have made transactions. An address holding 479 Bitcoin—worth…

Opinion

Morning Minute: Tokenized Pokémon Cards Just Went Parabolic

Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. Subscribe to the Morning Minute on Substack.GM!Today’s top news: Crypto majors chop with ETH leading; BTC at $111,000 CFTC clears Polymarket for US operations; departing chair issues warning Federal Reserve to…

Opinion

Morning Minute: Trump Family Makes $6B as WLFI Goes Live

Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. Subscribe to the Morning Minute on Substack.GM!Today’s top news: Crypto majors slightly green out of long weekend; BTC at $110,000 Trump family WLFI token has volatile debut, now at $25B FDV…