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If you’ve ever bought a stock and assumed you “owned it” the moment you hit confirm, you’ve already met the least glamorous part of markets: settlement.Settlement is the back-end handoff where the system ensures that the buyer’s cash and the seller’s security actually swap places for good, with no take-backs and no missing pieces.Markets still spend an odd amount of their day waiting for ledgers to match, for cash to arrive, for collateral to land in the right account, and for the middlemen that run the machinery to say, yes, that’s final.Tokenization has promised to shrink that dead time for…

In brief Delays to the U.S. Clarity Act and concerns over whale selling drove a $952 million outflow from digital asset investment products. The outflows were almost entirely from US-based products ($990M), with Ethereum leading at $555M and Bitcoin seeing $460M in redemptions. In a sign of selective demand, Solana and XRP investment products bucked the trend with inflows of $48.5M and $62.9M, respectively. Digital asset investment products recorded their first weekly outflow in a month, with $952 million leaving the market amid delays to key U.S. crypto legislation, prolonging regulatory uncertainty.Outflows were almost entirely concentrated in the United States,…

December 22nd, 2025 – Calgary, Canada Cryptocurrency market sentiment signals that give retail investors an institutional edge. Guavy (www.guavy.com) today announced the launch of its iOS app, giving everyday crypto traders access to AI-driven sentiment signals previously available only to institutional clients. The app helps users quickly identify coins that match their risk profile and highlights optimal entry and exit trends, making cryptocurrency trading simpler and more strategic. The Guavy app is available on the Apple App Store (Android coming in 2026): https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/guavy/id6748315733 “There are thousands of cryptocurrencies, and most traders feel overwhelmed,” said Donna Tilden, CEO of Guavy. “Guavy…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure According to a post shared on X by Keith Grossman, president of crypto payments firm MoonPay, finance is heading toward an onchain future that could unfold over several years. The view comes as large banks and asset managers begin product tokenization, a move that once seemed extreme but is now being treated as a practical step by major institutions. Regulatory Signals Push Institutions Forward Based on reports cited by Grossman, progress has accelerated because rules are becoming clearer. Legislative efforts, regulatory guidance, bank involvement and accounting standards…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Over the last few years, Cardano has fallen into the background when it comes to decentralized finance (DeFi) participation as the likes of Solana and XRP ramped up. Solana triggered the meme coin wave that swept the market for two years, and XRP continued to push into institutional adoption with deals and partnerships, as well as regulatory compliance, while Cardano lagged behind. That is, until recently, that an anticipated launch changed the tide in favor of Cardano. The Midnight (NIGHT) Token Launch That Changed Everything Earlier this…

Charles Hoskinson recently argued that the launch of TRUMP three days before President Donald Trump’s inauguration derailed what would have been a 70-vote Senate majority for the CLARITY Act and turned a unified crypto-policy push into a partisan battle.In an interview, Hoskinson said that in December 2024, “we were expecting about 70 senators to vote for the CLARITY act and a super majority of the house,” and that launching TRUMP before the bill passed turned crypto “from bipartisan to crypto equals Trump equals bad equals corruption.”He also tied the coin’s launch to the Bitcoin-only rally that defined 2025, arguing that…

Congress will soon tackle legislation designed to create a clear regulatory framework for digital assets. According to White House AI and Crypto Czar David Sacks, the Clarity Act will take center stage next month. “We had a great call today with Chairmen Senator Tim Scott and John Boozman, who confirmed that a markup for Clarity is coming in January. Thanks to their leadership, as well as Representatives French Hill and Glenn Thompson in the House, we are closer than ever to passing the landmark crypto market structure legislation that President Trump has called for. We look forward to finishing the…

Billionaire investing icon Ray Dalio says Bitcoin has problems. In a new interview with Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath, Dalio says he owns a little BTC, but believes it’s inferior to gold and unappealing to central banks. “Bitcoin is limited in supply… It’s perceived as money, as a storehold of wealth, that is unlikely to be significantly held by central banks and many others because of the number of problems it has.” The Czech National Bank became the first central bank to buy Bitcoin last month as part of a $1 million test portfolio of digital assets – but the portfolio is…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Bitcoin mining may be providing incremental support to the Russian ruble, Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina said, while cautioning that the effect is difficult to measure because much of the sector still operates in a legal and reporting gray zone. Bitcoin Mining May Support The Ruble Responding to a question at a press conference, Nabiullina said it is “probably difficult to quantify” mining’s influence “because a significant part of mining is still in a gray area.” Still, she added that mining is “indeed one of the additional…