Quick Breakdown Credit markets once rewarded savers with strong yields, but decades of low rates and inflation have eroded real returns. Savings accounts in many regions now pay less than inflation, effectively punishing cash holders. Bitcoin, despite volatility, has...
Quick Breakdown FATF’s Travel Rule requires crypto firms to share sender and receiver data for transactions above a set threshold, aligning with traditional banking rules. It aims to prevent illicit finance, boost transparency, and build institutional trust. While regions...
Quick Breakdown Lower Barriers, Higher Adoption: By removing gas fees, gasless transactions make DeFi more accessible, with 151M users and 7M daily active wallets recorded in early 2025. Innovation and Challenges: They improve onboarding and user experience, but face...
Quick Breakdown Apple Steps Into Crypto Security: With iPhone 17, Apple introduces Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE), a hardware-software defense that blocks common exploits like out-of-bounds access and use-after-free errors. Stronger Protections for Wallets & Keys: By securing wallet apps,...
Quick Breakdown: TradFi relies on cash flow models like DCF and dividends to measure value, making it blind to assets like Bitcoin that don’t produce income. Bitcoin resists traditional frameworks: no dividends, no coupons, but its scarcity, durability, and...
Quick Breakdown: Russia plans a state-backed crypto bank to fight fraud, support miners, and capture billions in projected revenue. Miners face rising risks and costs without legal cash-out options, making clear Russian crypto regulation a potential lifeline. Centralization could...
Quick Breakdown Simplification and Growth Potential: Moving from a progressive tax of up to 55% to a flat 20% rate could simplify compliance, reduce investor flight, and encourage both retail and institutional participation in Japan’s crypto market. Revenue and...
Quick Breakdown: France is pushing back on MiCA passporting and its “one license for all,” fearing regulatory shopping and weaker oversight. Malta’s lighter-touch approvals highlight loopholes that could undermine MiCA regulation. France, Italy, and Austria want ESMA to centralize...
Quick Breakdown: Australia\'s crypto adoption is among the highest globally, but banking barriers are holding it back. Debanking practices by major banks are forcing crypto firms and users offshore. Local players warn that without fit-for-purpose regulation, Australia risks losing...
Quick Breakdown Billions Locked Forever or Not? Around 2.3M–3.7M BTC (11–18% of supply) are lost, but quantum computing raises questions about whether they could one day be recovered. Quantum Threat to Security: Shor’s algorithm could, in theory, break Bitcoin’s...
