Kraken’s $25B Gambit: Crypto’s Hunger for Real-World Assets

Kraken xStocks Milestone

Kraken’s xStocks, that grand experiment in financial alchemy, has reached a milestone so striking it would make even Raskolnikov blush. Within eight months, its transaction volume has climbed back above the $25 billion threshold. A feat, they proclaim, of accelerating adoption, of tokenization’s inexorable march into the crypto markets. But what is this adoption, this tokenization, if not the latest opium of the masses, a digital siren song luring us deeper into the labyrinth of our own making?

Marvel’s Spider-Man/Venom/Carnage Crossover Begins (Exclusive Preview)

Peter is back on Earth, and he’s brought some new alien companions with him – one of whom, Raelith, might be more than just a friend (and happens to be from the same planet as Hellgate). Because their bodies aren’t used to Earth’s germs, the aliens are staying with the Fantastic Four while Peter gets updated on everything he missed. The biggest surprise? His ex-girlfriend, Mary Jane Watson, is now the host for Venom.