qfx The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has spoken, and the verdict is dullly practical: tokenized securities stay subject to federal securities laws, no magic wand waved over the blockchain to change a thing. In other words, moving a thing from paper to a chain does not turn it into a different creature, only a cheaper way to look at it in the mirror.
Imagine buying a brand-new phone, only to find it loses 80% of its value by the time you get home. That was crypto in 2025-except it happened to, like, 11 million phones. Or tokens. Or whatever we’re calling these digital confetti pieces now.
Staring Down the Barrel of the Gun: The Takeaway Shoot-Out
OKX has emancipated European crypto users from the shackles of manual conversions. Finally, a way to spend your stablecoins without looking like a crypto newbie at the grocery store.
A low-key crypto trader (aka the Houdini of the blockchain) has suddenly become the talk of the town after pulling in over $2 million in profits within a mere 24 hours on Hyperliquid. According to blockchain intelligence firm Arkham, this guy must have the Midas touch-or just really good luck.
Lo, it was on an inauspicious Monday that Patrick Witt, the erudite overseer of the President’s Council of Advisors for Digital Assets, felt compelled to chime in on the matter. Amid social media’s cacophony, more specifically the forum once known as Twitter, Witt lent his paternal voice to the controversy. Like a dutiful automaton, he followed blockchain investigator ZachXBT’s claims of digital pilferage amounting to a staggering $60 million, reportedly occurring in the far-off year of 2025.
But hold onto your hats, because cryptocurrencies are where Andrei’s heart really lies. Yes, you heard that right! While the bookmaking community gears up for a wild makeover thanks to blockchain technology, Andrei is here to spill the tea on how crypto-powered wagering is about to change the game. I mean, who needs a crystal ball when you can just ask Andrei?
As the market shudders with the nervous energy of a drowsy serf waiting for the lash, Ethereum’s leverage stands tall, a tower built on shaky ground. The unyielding leverage ratio whispers of danger-each sound a mocking echo of human greed. Traders behave erratically, like the drunken peasants at a fair, their actions driven more by impulse than reason, dancing to the tune of capricious forces beyond their comprehension. The numbers, cold and relentless, reveal a market intoxicated with risk, teetering precariously on the brink of calamity.
While the entire crypto bazaar has been slogging through a drizzle of losses, the peculiar duo-Ethereum and Solana-are undergoing a shift that would make even a bureaucrat prick up an ear. The Buy/Sell Pressure Delta, that meddling tally of who pouts with purchases and who scuffs with sales, has lately chosen the sombre color of negative.
Bitcoin/USD has been skittering inside a descending channel on the daily and 4-hour frames, a staircase of lower highs and lower lows over several weeks that would make a tortoise blush. Between January 21-25, Bitcoin made a valiant-but-faint attempt to pierce the $94,000 barrier (the so-called Golden Pocket) and then paused, as if someone pressed the pause button on conviction and forgot to tell the crowd. The volume faded too, which is market-speak for “we’re not exactly impressed.”
