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NOT RATED30 current headlines from Blockworks.
Venezuela’s sanctions are stablecoins’ proof of concept
Banned from the dollar system, the country uses digital dollars instead
Jan 7
The Strategy playbook looks different in 2026
The treasury company now holds 673,783 BTC, but flow is more likely to be episodic in this year’s financial climate
Jan 6
Ranger’s ICO starts today, and MetaDAO eyes a reset
Ranger’s Jan 6–10 sale could re-accelerate MetaDAO volumes and revenue
Jan 6
ETH derivatives reset and the next retail trade
ETH derivatives show a disciplined rebuild of risk, with rising open interest pointing to healthier leverage
Jan 5
Friday charts: Finding good news, in spite of bad headlines
2025 was far from perfect, but much better than we think it was.
Jan 2
DePIN and crypto gaming led a surprising end-of-year rebound
BTC finished the week up 1.6%, while L2s, RWAs and the treasury trade continued to grind lower
Jan 2
Canton’s $6T RWA rails and Lighter’s Hyperliquid multiple
DTCC moves DTC-custodied Treasuries onchain via Canton, while Lighter’s LIT launches trading at a fees multiple in Hyperliquid territory
Jan 1
The long wait for crypto’s “coffee pot” moment
In the 90s, rapt audiences worldwide watched a coffee pot — will that fascination ever turn to crypto?
Jan 1
Failure is an option in crypto finance
Some systems improve by failing — and crypto has no choice
Jan 1
Yield Basis is making native BTC yield a reality
Yield Basis introduces an IL-free AMM design that already dominates BTC DEX liquidity
Dec 31, 2025
Users are the best investors to have
Maybe tokenholders don’t need the rights that corporate shareholders have come to expect
Dec 31, 2025
A sleeper in the perps category
As Hyperliquid and Lighter battle for perps DEX dominance, Boros could capture the structural upside
Dec 30, 2025
The old story of investing in new technology
Investors are often right about the future, but wrong about the returns
Dec 30, 2025
2025 Reflections
A look back at 2025, reflections on our industry, and what it means for Blockworks in 2026
Dec 30, 2025
The perps wars are heating up
Hyperliquid’s weekly volume trails newer rivals as a Lighter airdrop looms
Dec 29, 2025
Gold and silver won 2025
Gold is having its best year since 1979, while many DeFi names are trading near multi-year lows
Dec 26, 2025
Maple’s fundamentals are driving outperformance
Maple is outperforming peers on growth, yield, and revenue — while benefiting from limited supply overhang and clear value accrual
Dec 23, 2025
The incredible, incomprehensible, possibly impossible world of trillion-dollar tech valuations
Will mega-unicorns collectively earn the trillions of dollars of revenue required to justify their valuations?
Dec 22, 2025
The year new tokens died
2025 saw a huge compression in the valuation of new tokens, with the steepest losses in infrastructure and gaming
Dec 22, 2025
Grinch rally: Crypto indices track lower through the week
The AI sector was the top loser on the week, trading down -26%
Dec 19, 2025
A holiday guide to explaining crypto to your relatives
Spoiler alert: talking about crypto to normies is still really hard
Dec 19, 2025
Coinbase embeds Solana trading
The platform turns to onchain rails for Solana assets while crypto M&A and fundraising surge to cycle highs
Dec 19, 2025
Robinhood’s leap shows the prediction-market arms race is underway
Robinhood is pushing deeper into high-margin market design, joining competitors like Kalshi and DraftKings
Dec 18, 2025
The competitive advantage of not knowing you’re wrong
When not knowing the odds improves your chances
Dec 18, 2025
The network is the innovation
What Thomas Edison actually invented — and what it tells us about the future of crypto
Dec 17, 2025
Another week, another MetaDAO advertisement
Meanwhile, recent acquisitions continue to neglect tokenholders
Dec 16, 2025
A man’s blockchain is his castle
Dec 16, 2025
Capital gets selective
Unit economics inflect, institutional capital shows up onchain, and market structure continues to evolve
Dec 15, 2025
Friday charts: The many, many architects of AI
Throughout its billions of searches, Google’s goal has always been to train and hone its algorithms
Dec 12, 2025
BTC is up and L1s are down as flows turn messy again
The Nasdaq slipped yesterday after disappointing Q3 revenue from Oracle
Dec 12, 2025