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This is a segment from the Lightspeed newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Stop right there. Hall pass? In a permissionless world, it’s an awkward question. Blockchains weren’t really built for access control; they were built to say yes to anyone with a private key. But as crypto collides more and more with life outside our little bubble, the need for permissions has become unavoidable. Who’s old enough to enter? Who lives in the correct country? Who has permission to vote, and how many times? Who isn’t a bot? For too long, the only answers have come from walled-off KYC…
In a speech at Bitcoin 2025, MicroStrategy Co-founder Michael Saylor proposed that the best way for people of every class and age to achieve financial freedom was through Bitcoin accumulation. Saylor added that, soon enough, the digital asset would represent half of the world’s value. According to experts, this vision can only be realized in an ideal world. Representatives from Fedrok AG, Bitget Wallet, and Brickken explained that for Bitcoin to absorb global wealth, it needs greater scalability, less institutional pushback, and more stability. Only when these factors align can Saylor’s fantasy become reality. Saylor on Bitcoin’s Path to Ultimate…
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Bitcoin is down Wednesday, but some major altcoins have fallen further on a lackluster day for risk-on assets, as investors weighed the beginning of heightened U.S. steel tariffs and sagging economic indicators. XRP and the token of smart contracts network Solana were off 2.2% and 1.2%, respectively, while popular meme coin Dogecoin declined by nearly 3%. Bitcoin was down a few fractions of a percentage point, seesawing with the $105,000 threshold as it has for parts of this week. “The global macro backdrop has not helped,” including the recent escalation of hostilities in the Ukraine war and steel tariffs “among…
Savvy investors always reposition themselves for the next big winners. Today, new data reported by CMC listed the 10 best-performing coins with the most significant gains noted over the past week. Top 10 gainers of the week Internet Computer (ICP) According to the data by CMC, Internet Computer (ICP) emerged as the top performer in the digital asset market this week. The altcoin added a price growth of 5.69% registered over the past seven days. The reasons for its positive, impressive week include the following. A wider bullishness in the crypto market, especially with Bitcoin’s ongoing bull run, triggers a…
A senior Democrat in the House of Representatives, Jamie Raskin, joined his name to lawmakers seeking answers about President Donald Trump’s recent dinner for top investors in his memecoin, sending questions directly to Trump. Raskin, the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, has been a vocal critic of the president and becomes the latest of many from his party to probe details about the event, which they’ve called out as evidence of White House corruption. Because Raskin is in the minority party, his demands are unlikely to lead to further congressional action unless they regain the House or Senate…
Dogecoin surged back into the spotlight recently, hitting a three-year high price in December amid a broader crypto market spike, not to mention continued promotion from Elon Musk, who until recently drove a government agency called the Department of Government Efficiency—yes, the DOGE. The original meme coin is all about vibes, and if you’re looking to bring more of that goofy fun into your life, then you can find Dogecoin and the meme dog’s likeness in several games. From a Fortnite-like battle royale shooter to a strategic trading card game and even a crypto mining game that pays out real Bitcoin…
Tokenization platform the BPX Exchange was added to the U.K.’s crypto register on Thursday, the first new addition since April and only the third this year, according to the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) website. The company, a digital securities exchange for investment funds, will now be able to reach out and offer its services to clients in the country as well as approve the promotions of “members of its wider group,” the regulator’s website said. It won’t be able to operate a crypto exchange or offer any services to retail clients. Digital asset firms wishing to operate in the country…
SFT Protocol announced a strategic partnership with ManusPay. This collaboration is crucial in the Web3 landscape, as it aims to expand the synergy between digital assets and real-world applications. SFT Protocol is a decentralized blockchain powering DePIN infrastructure that bridges physical infrastructure with Web3. On the other hand, ManusPay is a Web3 payment platform facilitating decentralized, secure, and fast crypto payments. Bringing real-world utility to Web3 SFT Protocol will leverage ManusPay’s Web3 payment infrastructure to deploy IOT sensors across nations where it operates its services. This partnership showcases how SFT Protocol’s DePIN network will enable large-scale digital asset payments, efficiently…
This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Another day, another bitcoin rally. After making a run approaching its all-time high last night, bitcoin was back in the red this afternoon, hovering around $108,600 and trading 1.4% lower over the past 24 hours as of 2 p.m. ET. Bitcoin’s latest move is similar to what it did three weeks ago, when the largest cryptocurrency notched a new all-time high just shy of $112,000. BTC went from around $103,000 to above $110,000 in roughly two days. As Noelle Acheson pointed out in today’s Crypto is…