Bitcoin in 2026 trades around USD 84,000, while US spot ETFs hold about USD 102 to 104 billion and listed companies 1.27 to 1.29 million BTC.
China-led CBDC platform mBridge surpasses $55 billion in transaction volume. Digital Yuan dominates with 95 percent share.
Ralph and Gas Town: AI developers receive community funding through Solana memecoins instead of venture capital.
Coinbase withdraws support for CLARITY Act. Banking lobby fights stablecoin yields and the Senate postpones the vote.
US banks and crypto: despite the ETF boom, custody and trading remain rare and are mostly available only to wealthy clients.
Russia prepares law granting retail investors access to the crypto market. Trading limit of 300k rubles, implementation planned by July.
The entire development team at Electric Coin Company resigns. A governance conflict shakes Zcash, while Monero benefits.
Igloo, the parent company of Pudgy Penguins, will shut down Abstract in December and forgo a token after losing tens of millions.
Memecoins on Robinhood Chain lock up tokenized stock floats, and one pool drove the HIMS wrapper to 4.5 times its NYSE price.
Automated market makers manage liquidity pools like rule-based portfolios, with direct consequences for impermanent loss and hedging.
