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Aave is letting you borrow USDC against Nvidia stocks and the crypto-only era is over

The crypto world has finally moved past merely displaying stock tickers on a ledger. Aave V4's Equities Hub is enabling users to borrow stablecoins using…

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Sigrid VossSigrid Voss·
Aave is letting you borrow USDC against Nvidia stocks and the crypto-only era is over

Tokenized deposits are not stablecoins

The market seems to treat all forms of digital money as interchangeable commodities. In reality, understanding what tokenized deposits are crypto requires…

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Sigrid VossSigrid Voss·
Tokenized deposits are not stablecoins

Stablecoin volume just eclipsed spot trading. Here is where the money is hiding

Stablecoin volume now exceeds total spot trading, which suggests capital accumulation rather than a full exit from crypto assets. Our read is that traders are…

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Sigrid VossSigrid Voss·
Stablecoin volume just eclipsed spot trading. Here is where the money is hiding

The market is trading $1 trillion in leverage and it is a problem

The market is trading $1 trillion in leverage and it is a problem. The sheer disparity between spot volume ($112.74B) and derivatives volume ($996.27B) suggests…

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Sigrid VossSigrid Voss·
The market is trading $1 trillion in leverage and it is a problem

BlackRock and Visa are now validators, and Circle just built a walled garden for banks

Another layer built for banks means less room for general DeFi mischief. Circle’s Arc mainnet appears designed not as a public alternative, but as a regulated…

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Sigrid VossSigrid Voss·
BlackRock and Visa are now validators, and Circle just built a walled garden for banks

Ethereum gas is practically free. Our signal scanner thinks it's a coiled spring.

Ethereum's quiet fee structure suggests nothing has changed; it just means something big is about to happen on-chain. Our signal scanner flags this divergence…

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Sigrid VossSigrid Voss·
Ethereum gas is practically free. Our signal scanner thinks it's a coiled spring.

Washington is still debating the dictionary while India tokenizes $620 billion

Washington debates semantics while Indian institutions tokenize $620 billion in corporate debt; this move shows how real-world financial plumbing can bypass…

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Sigrid VossSigrid Voss·
Washington is still debating the dictionary while India tokenizes $620 billion

Revolut leaked customer data. Here is how to actually protect your crypto

The threat isn't always the private key; sometimes it’s just knowing who you are. A major fintech leak reminds us that identity theft, not crypto hacking, poses…

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Sigrid VossSigrid Voss·
Revolut leaked customer data. Here is how to actually protect your crypto

AI leaders want a slowdown, but our signal scanner sees a different story

The AI leaders suggest hitting pause on development; our signal scanner suggests otherwise for WLD and NEAR. The market's current sentiment remains stubbornly…

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AI leaders want a slowdown, but our signal scanner sees a different story

Bitcoin is flirting with $80,000 but the ETFs are selling. Here is who is actually buying

Bitcoin nears $80k while spot ETFs report significant outflows; our data suggests price action here is driven by something other than steady institutional…

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Bitcoin is flirting with $80,000 but the ETFs are selling. Here is who is actually buying