In a Jan. 27 chat with Crypto Sensei (yes, that’s a real thing), McClurg pointed out that everyone from Fidelity to Franklin Templeton is already dipping their toes into the non-Bitcoin ETF pool. “BlackRock’s just fashionably late,” he basically said, adding that Invesco’s Solana ETF filing is like the appetizer before the XRP main course. “Give it time,” he quipped. “XRP will be there, probably right after my next Botox appointment.”
Our favorite reality TV president is getting cozy with Wall Street once again by nominating his buddy Kevin Warsh to steer the Federal Reserve ship. Advisors say the announcement could come faster than you can say “monetary policy,” possibly by Friday!
On some podcast called When Shift Happens (catchy, I guess?), Hougan’s got this whole “two ways to win” schtick. Stablecoins, tokenized assets, blah blah blah. Like, sure, Matt, because everyone’s just dying to tokenize their grandma’s stamp collection. And Solana’s gonna beat out Ethereum? Please. Ethereum’s the incumbent. Solana’s the guy who shows up late to the party and spills his drink.
The crypto market now whispers of a bear, with technical and liquidity indicators pointing south. Crypto analyst Benjamin Cowen nods sagely, “It’s a bear market, alright. Bitcoin’s decline follows a familiar pattern, regardless of news or sentiment.”
U.S. regulators are tiptoeing towards cozying up on crypto rules in Congress, because nothing says “fun” like a wild west with digital money.
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Mesh, a self-proclaimed global crypto payments network, has managed to coax $75 million from the pockets of Dragonfly Capital and its coterie of backers, including Paradigm, Moderne Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, SBI Investment, and Liberty City Ventures. A veritable who’s who of the financially optimistic.
In the grand theatre of global silver commerce, the previously placid backstage has turned into a stage of desperate improvisation. The previously languid stockpile, once the bemused jester of the market, now shrivels as if the theatre itself had been trimmed for a tighter set. When the shelves that once stacked silver like a polite gentleman’s shoe collection are found practically empty, the market cannot help but roar.
With a blithe $159 billion of fund infrastructure now hopping onto Solana, WisdomTree is making the point that regulated money can, indeed, saunter past the clumsy hum of traditional banking rails. Genfinity’s X chatter confirms that regulated money‑market funds are now settling in native splendour on SOL, allowing institutional cash-flow assets to ditch the antiquated rails of yesteryear.
On Thursday, the Senate, with a vote of 45-55, rejected the House-approved 6-bill spending package, a document as bloated as it was contentious. The inclusion of extended DHS funding through September 30, devoid of any meaningful reform, proved too bitter a pill for a bipartisan coalition-comprising all Democrats and seven Republicans-to swallow. They chose principle over expediency, a rarity in these times, and thus the bill failed to secure the requisite 60 votes.