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On Apr. 16, the Securities and Exchange Commission will host a public roundtable on listed options market structure covering quote-driven competition, customer experience, and growth.This is standard regulatory fare, except that Bitcoin exposure is migrating into regulated, centrally cleared products just as the SEC is reconsidering how the machinery works.Small changes to spreads, routing, and quoting can alter leverage costs, and when leverage gets cheaper, volatility patterns change.The Mar. 5 announcement gives markets 42 days to prepare for the discussion going live.Commissioner Hester Peirce framed it as celebrating achievement while inviting “further reflection,” signaling that the SEC recognizes that retail…
In brief Spot Bitcoin ETFs shed $227.9 million on March 5, the largest single-day exit since February 12. Glassnode’s 14-day netflow trend has turned higher, signaling easing distribution pressure. Experts are split on the short-term outlook, but remain confident about institutional re-accumulation signs and longer-term forecasts. Bitcoin ETFs logged their worst day in three weeks on March 5, shedding $227.9 million in outflows. A closer look under the surface shows longer-term flow trends are stabilizing, with experts debating whether institutions are quietly positioning for the next leg up.Thursday’s outflows marked the largest single-day exit since February 12’s $410 million bleed,…
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 red as oil soars, stocks sell off; BTC dips under $70k NYSE parent invests in OKX at $25B valuation, OKB jumps STRC moves another 1.3M shares, raising proceeds for 700 BTC Situational Awareness fund reveals $1B in Bitcoin miner positions Pudgy Penguins face trademark infringement lawsuit from Penguin brand 🏛️ The NYSE Just Bought Into A Major Crypto ExchangeThe world’s most famous stock exchange is…
Most people only see IPOs after the price resets at the open. Institutional investors and select clients receive allocations at the offering price, while everyone else waits for the exchange to start trading and buys at the market price.The gap between those two prices, the “IPO pop,” can be substantial.Circle’s IPO last year was priced at $31 and opened at $69, then closed at $83.23, illustrating why allocations matter. That spread represents value captured by whoever had early access, not by the retail investors who showed up when the ticker went live.Use the image_prompt16:38Circle’s IPO priced at $31, opened at…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure The Bitcoin price has been trending sideways for a few weeks now, with no clear direction of where the digital asset might be headed next. During this time, there have been some buyers, but mostly, the demand has been overwhelmed by the supply. As the scramble continues to tell where the bottom might be, crypto analyst Crypto Patel has also thrown their hat in the ring, suggesting when might be the ideal time to get into Bitcoin for the most returns. If Bitcoin Falls Below This Point,…
In brief PEI Licensing is suing Pudgy Penguins on allegations of trademark infringement. The firm, which operates the Original Penguin brand, claims that Pudgy’s marks “mislead” and “deceive” consumers. The firm claims to have sent a cease-and-desist letter to the crypto brand as early as 2023. The firm behind global brands like Perry Ellis and Original Penguin is suing Pudgy Penguins—the crypto brand born out of the Ethereum NFT collection of the same name—for trademark infringement, a Wednesday filing in the District Court for the Southern District of Florida shows.PEI Licensing, which operates the Original Penguin brand, alleged that Pudgy…
Crypto promised diversification beyond Bitcoin. For years, the pitch was simple: spread risk across blockchains, decentralized applications, and layer-1 protocols.In practice, that diversification often collapsed when Bitcoin stumbled. Ethereum, Solana, and other major altcoins routinely fell harder than BTC during drawdowns, leaving portfolios concentrated on the same directional bet, just with different branding.Now, the institutions that process trillions in traditional securities trades are sketching a different path. On this path, diversification comes not from more crypto tokens but from tokenized versions of the assets investors already want.DTCC, Clearstream, and Euroclear released a joint white paper with Boston Consulting Group outlining…
In brief Illicit cryptocurrency addresses received at least $154 billion in 2025. Sanctioned entities accounted for about $104 billion of those flows. Activity tied to Iran, Russia, and North Korea drove much of the volume. Iran’s use of cryptocurrency to move money under sanctions is expanding, with more than $3 billion tied to networks linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in 2025, according to blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis.The figure comes from the company’s 2026 Crypto Crime Report, which estimates that illicit cryptocurrency addresses received at least $154 billion in digital assets last year. That’s a 162% year-over-year increase, the…
Crypto analyst Benjamin Cowen says Bitcoin could see a short-term rally through March if historical patterns play out. In a new YouTube update, Cowen outlines a recurring structure in Bitcoin’s yearly performance. Historically, BTC tends to decline into January and February, rally into March, and then weaken again in April and May. “It seems reasonable to have a rally into a lower high, which we tend to get in March… There’s no guarantee. But historically, weakness into February, strength into March and then weakness into April and May – that’s typically how the Bitcoin cycle works.” Cowen cautions that March…
Wall Street is pouring billions into public Bitcoin mining companies, but the investment thesis has little to do with the emerging industry’s future.Instead, the financial institutions are treating these crypto firms as critical power-and-permitting infrastructure, a scarce asset in an artificial intelligence boom that is increasingly constrained not by a lack of advanced semiconductors, but by a severe shortage of available electricity.Over the last several months, a string of massive financing and leasing deals has accelerated a structural shift across the sector.Investors and mega-bank lenders are pitching a straightforward arbitrage: Many large-scale Bitcoin miners already control coveted grid interconnections, sprawling…
In brief Dogecoin (DOGE) is down about 8% in the last 24 hours, the biggest fall among top 100 crypto tokens in that time. The token’s slide has helped pull down the entire meme category, which is one of the only net losers in the last 24 hours according to CoinGecko. Other popular memes like Pepe, Fartcoin, and Official Trump have also fallen in the last day. A day after leading the crypto market’s top tokens in gains, leading meme coin Dogecoin (DOGE) is atop the pack of losers on Thursday as Bitcoin slides to nearly $71,000 after nearly touching…