Category Markets

Figure moves DeFi into car loans

Figure and Hastra widen DeFi credit offering with auto loan launch

Consumer Credit Leaves Its Comfort Zone Figure’s move into auto loans is more than a product extension. It is a structural bet that consumer credit can be packaged, distributed, and risk-managed inside DeFi without losing the discipline that traditional lending…

Bitcoin Isn’t Breaking — Markets Are

Here’s what happened in crypto today

Macro Pressure Still Sets the Tone Bitcoin’s latest behavior says more about global risk than about crypto itself. The market has been digesting tariff shock, equity volatility, and a sharper appetite for safety, and Bitcoin has not escaped that repricing.…

X hints at a fix while crypto bleeds

X product chief Nikita Bier teases a crypto ‘fix’ amid market slump

The Tease Behind the Slump Nikita Bier has done what product chiefs on X often do best: say just enough to ignite a market discussion without committing to a deliverable. His suggestion that X could launch something to “fix” crypto…

Deutsche Börse buys influence, not just equity

Deutsche Börse invests $200 million in Kraken parent Payward

The Real Signal Behind the Cheque Deutsche Börse is not buying noise here; it is buying positioning. A $200 million investment in Payward, Kraken’s parent, for a fully diluted 1.5% stake puts one of Europe’s most important exchange operators inside…

ETFs Bleed Cash as Bitcoin Breaks Higher

Bitcoin ETFs clock $291M outflows as BTC blasts past $74K

A Rally Built on Uneasy Foundations Bitcoin moving back above $74,000 should have been a clean victory lap for the spot ETF complex. Instead, US funds logged $291 million in net outflows, with FBTC leading the redemptions. That combination matters…

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