Markus Thielen sees Bitcoin reaching $90,000 by year-end, questions institutional ETF demand and says Ethereum must do more for holders. Bitcoin’s days of consecutive double-digit price surges are over as Wall Street traders and profit-taking whales reshape the market, according to 10x Research founder Markus Thielen. Institutional traders selling call options after rallies have made Bitcoin’s violent price explosions of earlier years less common, Thielen says in the latest episode of Cointelegraph’s Trade Secrets. Thielen is also the author of Crypto Titans, a history of the industry. Writing the book led him to notice how each cycle brought different people pitching crypto to investors.
Former Morgan Stanley and Weiss executive Jordi Visser says AI agents are boosting demand for crypto as he expands his holdings beyond Bitcoin, Ether and Solana. Cryptocurrencies could deliver a better payoff from the artificial intelligence boom than AI stocks themselves, according to Visser Labs founder Jordi Visser. Explosive gains in AI stocks are becoming harder to repeat, Visser tells Cointelegraph’s Trade Secrets. At the same time, AI agents are creating demand for crypto payments and tokenized assets. “Without AI, I don’t think crypto would be going through this bull market,” he says.
Tokenized stocks are drawing trading activity beyond Wall Street hours, while Bitcoin miners confront costly AI expansion and new accounting rules could benefit stablecoins. Tokenization is beginning to reshape traditional financial markets, with stocks increasingly in focus. Much of the attention has centered on the $3.3 billion in tokenized equities now onchain, according to RWA.xyz, but one of the biggest innovations may be what happens before Wall Street opens and after it closes. According to the latest industry data, more than 70% of tokenized stock trading volume on BNB Chain now occurs outside regular US market hours, with similar patterns emerging on Solana and Base. Tokenized equities allow investors to trade US stocks across time zones without waiting for Wall Street’s opening b…
TeraWulf, Core Scientific, Cipher Mining and IREN each lost more than 12% as hotter inflation hit AI infrastructure companies. US stocks suffered their sharpest selloff since July on Wednesday as hotter-than-expected inflation data weighed on technology and AI infrastructure companies, with Bitcoin miners among those hit. The S&P 500 fell 1.1%, its biggest one-day decline since July 29; the Nasdaq Composite fell 1.9%, its biggest one-day drop since July 23, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.1% over the day. Leading decliners among major tech companies included data center operator CoreWeave, which fell 16%, AI infrastructure provider Nebius, which fell 11%, and Oracle, which fell 9%.
Early Wall Street wealth-creation opportunities remain inaccessible to retail participants, but Hyperliquid’s perpetual contracts aim to democratize access, according to its CEO. Wall Street’s traditional wealth-creation opportunities, such as company stocks, remain largely inaccessible to the investing public until they list on exchanges, meaning that retail participants miss the most significant pre-listing gains, according to Hyperliquid co-founder and CEO Jeff Yan. “Some assets are only tradable by a few people for many orders of magnitude of its growth, and then ultimately tradable by the public only after all of the growth has been realized by a select few people with privilege,” said Yan during a Tuesday fireside chat at Token2049 Singapore. While he saw this dynamic as a byproduct…
Arthur Hayes said money printing could lift crypto prices, while CONNECT Seoul speakers examined Wall Street’s competitive edge onchain. US policymakers could lift cryptocurrency prices by printing more money to support AI and finance government debt, according to Arthur Hayes, chief investment officer at Maelstrom fund. AI companies need trillions of dollars to finance data centers even as the prices of their services fall, Hayes said at a fireside chat at CONNECT by Cointelegraph: Seoul Edition, on Tuesday during Korea Blockchain Week. “They’ve not really given themselves a lot of options other than print money and make it less bad,” he said.
Stablecoins and tokenized assets are pushing banks, exchanges and crypto companies into the same markets, from payments to stocks and ETFs. The line between crypto companies and traditional finance is blurring. Binance is buying a $100 million stake in Circle, Canada’s six largest banks are exploring tokenized deposits and the New York Stock Exchange is working with Blockchain.com to bring US stocks and ETFs onchain. Crypto companies want a bigger role in payments and traditional assets, while banks and exchanges are bringing those markets onchain without giving up their place at the center of the financial system. This week’s Crypto Biz highlights how stablecoins and tokenized assets put crypto companies and traditional finance on increasingly overlapping turf, with both sides vying for c…
Bitcoin’s $80,000 rebound lifts crypto stocks as Circle, Strategy and Solana show how capital markets, stablecoins and onchain growth are driving crypto’s recovery. Bitcoin’s return above $80,000 is exposing just how much the crypto industry now runs through traditional capital markets. Michael Saylor’s Strategy needs a receptive market to finance its Bitcoin machine (BTC), Circle’s outlook increasingly resembles a bet on the growth of dollar-denominated financial infrastructure and Treasury bond buybacks helped provide the backdrop for the latest surge in crypto equities. This week’s Crypto Biz looks at how that relationship is reshaping the companies, balance sheets and networks behind the market’s rebound. Bitcoin’s rally above $80,000 lifted crypto stocks as miners and digital asset tr…
CleanSpark’s shares fell 5.5% on Thursday after the Bitcoin miner reported $138 million in quarterly revenue, narrowly missing Wall Street’s consensus estimate. Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company CleanSpark reported $138 million in revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2026. The $138 million represented a 30.5% year-over-year decrease from $198 million, according to its quarterly results published on Thursday. CleanSpark also reported a net loss of $239 million, or $0.89 per basic share, for the three months ended on June 30, compared with $257 million in net income, or $0.90 per share, for the same period last year.
New analysis finds AI infrastructure contracts are becoming larger and more profitable, but investors now demand stronger execution before rewarding bitcoin mining stocks. Bitcoin miners’ pivot into artificial intelligence and high-performance computing (HPC) is reshaping their business models, but investors are no longer rewarding new infrastructure deals with the same enthusiasm they once did, suggesting the market has become more discerning as AI hosting strategies move into the mainstream. According to new analysis by Blocksbridge Consulting published in TheEnergyMag’s Miner Weekly, the market reaction to AI infrastructure announcements has weakened significantly over the past two years. Reviewing 25 AI and HPC infrastructure deals announced between June 2024 and August 2026, the repor…
Stablecoin issuer Circle reported $701 million in Q2 revenue, missing Wall Street estimates of about $713 million. Stablecoin issuer Circle reported $701 million in revenue for the second quarter of fiscal year 2026 on Wednesday, narrowly missing preliminary Wall Street estimates. Circle reported $701 million in total revenue and reserve income, up 7% year-over-year, according to its announcement. It also reported net income from continuing operations of $48 million, marking a $530 million year-over-year increase. Circle also reported $668 million in reserve income, which increased 5% year-over-year, primarily due to a 25% increase in average USDC (USDC) circulation.
Bitcoin and crypto dropped as contagion from a major Asia stock-market correction spreads to the US at the Wall Street open. Bitcoin (BTC) hit ten-day lows at Tuesday’s Wall Street open as BTC price action followed a US stocks sell-off. Key points: Semiconductor-led losses from Asia spilled over into US trading. South Korea’s KOSPI Index finished the day down 10.8% in a single session, fueled by 14.8% losses for chip-maker SK Hynix, while Japan’s memory manufacturer Kioxia Holdings fell 18.3% on the day.
The paid Truth API is aimed at high-frequency trading firms seeking “the fastest” access to market-moving Truth Social posts, including those from US President Donald Trump. Trump Media, the company that operates the Truth Social network, said Thursday it was launching a new paid-for API that gives Wall Street firms “the fastest” access to posts from the most influential Truth Social accounts, including US President Donald Trump. The API is targeted to be available to institutional customers from Aug. 1, 2026, and is aimed at high-frequency and algorithmic trading firms that require a low-latency, machine-readable feed, said the company on Thursday. “Markets already move on Truth Social posts,” said Kevin McGurn, interim CEO of TMTG in a statement. “Truth API delivers a direct, licensed,…
Wall Street banks, including Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, are restricting employee prediction market trades as insider trading fears spread across Polymarket and Kalshi. Wall Street banks are restricting employee trading on prediction market platforms due to fears that they may use nonpublic information to trade event contracts. Goldman Sachs has reportedly banned its employees from trading on event contracts that are specific to the bank, including financial markets, macroeconomic events, elections and geopolitics, CNBC reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Unidentified sources from Morgan Stanley also told CNBC that the bank has policies regarding prediction market trading by employees, while a spokesperson for Bank of America said the bank was in the process of issuing…
Perpetual futures and Hyperliquid’s blockchain infrastructure are expanding into traditional asset classes with around-the-clock trading, according to Pantera Capital. Perpetual futures are on track to become one of the dominant trading instruments in global finance, with decentralized exchange Hyperliquid demonstrating how blockchain-based infrastructure could challenge traditional markets, according to Pantera Capital. The blockchain-focused asset manager said in a Wednesday X post that perpetual futures offer structural advantages over traditional derivatives, including 24/7 trading, no contract expiries, simpler position management and continuous price discovery, making them increasingly attractive beyond crypto markets. Pantera, an investor in the Hyperliquid ecosystem, said Hyperliqu…
Digital Asset raised $355M in an a16z‑led round at a $2B valuation, extending a Wall Street‑backed funding run as banks ramp up pilots on its Canton Network blockchain. [Update June 11, 1:50 pm UTC. Adds commentary from Yuval Rooz, cofounder and chief executive of Digital Asset, in the fourth and fifth paragraph] Digital Asset Holdings has raised $355 million in a new round led by Andreessen Horowitz’s crypto arm, highlighting Wall Street’s accelerating push into permissioned blockchain infrastructure. A16z crypto contributed $100 million, alongside 7RIDGE, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Citadel Securities and Optiver, in a deal that values Digital Asset at around $2 billion, according to a Thursday Bloomberg Law report citing people familiar with the matter.
MEXC, a leading 0-fee cross-asset trading platform, today announced the official launch of 'RealStocks.' Mutsamudu, Comoros, June 1, 2026 – MEXC, a leading 0-fee cross-asset trading platform, today announced the official launch of 'RealStocks.' This innovative equity product is now accessible to eligible users globally. The product seamlessly integrates real ownership rights of traditional financial assets with the low-friction experience of a crypto platform, further expanding MEXC's 0-fee cross-asset trading ecosystem. For a long time, investors looking to enter the U.S. stock market were limited to two less-than-ideal options. The first was trading through traditional brokerages, which requires enduring tedious currency exchange and deposit processes. The second was trading synthetic as…
As RWAs cross $32 billion and JPMorgan files for a new tokenized fund, Axis CEO Chris Kim argues that the industry is celebrating the wrong milestone. Real-world assets (RWA) crossed $32 billion in market value for the first time on Tuesday, as Wall Street’s love affair with tokenization continues to accelerate. JPMorgan was the latest to double down on its interest through a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a new tokenized money-market fund for stablecoin issuers on Ethereum. Not everyone is impressed by the big names and numbers.
The company said its platform now supports tokenized equities, funds and money market instruments across trading, settlement and post-trade operations. Broadridge Financial Solutions said it expanded its infrastructure to support tokenized securities alongside traditional assets, as Wall Street firms pour into building systems for blockchain-based trading and settlement. The financial technology company focused on institutional securities markets said on Tuesday that its platform now supports tokenized equities, funds, alternative assets and money market instruments across trading, order routing and post-trade operations. The New York Stock Exchange-listed company added that the system connects to public and permissioned blockchain networks including Ethereum-compatible chains and Canton.…
Circle shares surged as analysts pointed to expanding stablecoin use cases and forecast significant upside as USDC adoption continues to gain traction. Shares of stablecoin issuer Circle surged Monday after the company reported mostly upbeat earnings and disclosed that a major crypto venture capital fund had purchased $222 million worth of its blockchain tokens. Circle’s shares rose almost 16% to close at $131.76, its highest level since March 18, according to Yahoo Finance. CRCL stock gave back some of its gains in initial after-hours activity. The gain extends Circle’s strong run in 2026. Shares are now up 66% year to date, giving the company a market capitalization of roughly $35 billion.
