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Arianna Vaz

Arianna Vaz is the Portfolio Strategy Editor at The Chain Journal, exploring the human side of investing — behavioural finance, risk psychology, portfolio strategy, and the emotional patterns that shape how retail investors navigate volatile markets. Her work helps readers understand not just what markets do, but why investors react the way they do.

Virginia stops the fire sale on dormant crypto

Virginia updates law to hold unclaimed crypto in-kind for at least one year

A Custody Rule With Market Consequences Virginia’s new approach to unclaimed crypto is not a headline about yield, leverage, or a new token narrative. It is a custody decision with real economic consequences. By requiring dormant digital assets to be…

Farage’s Bitcoin bet turns political

UK Lib Dems call for probe into Farage over $2.7M Stack BTC promotion

The real risk is not the trade Nigel Farage’s latest Bitcoin-linked controversy is not really about a single company promotion. It is about the line between political branding and financial influence, and how thin that line becomes when a public…

Crypto markets: improved, but not healed

Crypto crashed six months ago: Have markets improved, or are bears still in charge?

The Crash Changed The Market’s Mood Six months after the October 2025 liquidation shock, the easiest mistake is to assume the damage was either total collapse or full recovery. Neither is true. The market has improved from the panic, but…

Crypto payments to Iran raise sanctions alarms

Paying Iran in crypto could put shippers at sanctions risk: Chainalysis

Why the shipping sector should care Crypto is often sold as borderless money, but in sanctions cases that same borderlessness cuts both ways. For shippers, freight brokers and marine service providers, paying an Iranian counterparty in digital assets can create…

Institutions Are Winning This Crypto Cycle

Institutions are in a crypto bull market as retail sits out: Exodus CEO

The Market Looks Different This Time The familiar rhythm of past crypto cycles is not playing out in the same way. This time, institutional buyers appear to be the decisive force, while retail participation remains noticeably muted. That is the…

Bitcoin Slides as Oil Jumps on Hormuz Risk

Bitcoin dips to $70.6K, oil rises after US announces Hormuz blockade

The Market Stops Trading Like a Chart Bitcoin’s latest pullback is not happening in a vacuum. It is being pulled by a much bigger force: geopolitics. As the United States announced a blockade tied to the Strait of Hormuz, traders…