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Steakhouse Co-Founder: DeFi works best when it does the least

Aug 13, 2026

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4 min read

Steakhouse Co-Founder: DeFi works best when it does the least

This onchain credit-focused firm that powers yield for Coinbase and Robinhood is thinking two generations ahead

Jacquelyn Melinek
Jacquelyn Melinek
What Wall Street actually thinks about tokenization, according to Coinbase & Jito leads

Aug 11, 2026

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4 min read

What Wall Street actually thinks about tokenization, according to Coinbase & Jito leads

Coinbase Institutional Head of Strategy and Jito Labs COO & CLO break down the latest insights on tokenization, exchanges, AI, perps and more

Jacquelyn Melinek
Jacquelyn Melinek
Why Tokenization Alone Won’t Change Finance

Aug 6, 2026

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3 min read

Why Tokenization Alone Won’t Change Finance

Symbiotic COO goes in on stablecoins, RWAs & DeFi and what institutions actually want

Jacquelyn Melinek
Jacquelyn Melinek
Nine years in, Binance is focused on something new beyond being an exchange

Aug 4, 2026

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4 min read

Nine years in, Binance is focused on something new beyond being an exchange

Binance's VP of payments says the gap between crypto and bank accounts is closing faster than you think

Jacquelyn Melinek
Jacquelyn Melinek
AI pulled talent away from crypto, and that may be what the industry needed

Jul 30, 2026

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4 min read

AI pulled talent away from crypto, and that may be what the industry needed

These two cofounders weigh-in on what the multi-year talent drain from crypto really meant

Jacquelyn Melinek
Jacquelyn Melinek
Why Tokenized Equities Need Its Own BlackRock BUIDL Catalyst

Jul 28, 2026

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4 min read

Why Tokenized Equities Need Its Own BlackRock BUIDL Catalyst

Securitize’s deputy COO says onchain equities and retail adoption will be crypto’s next watershed moment

Jacquelyn Melinek
Jacquelyn Melinek
Anchorage CEO says tokenized deposits are the most underestimated area in crypto today

Jul 23, 2026

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5 min read

Anchorage CEO says tokenized deposits are the most underestimated area in crypto today

Clarity Act can clear the way for more capital to move into stablecoins, Anchorage's head of policy added

Jacquelyn Melinek
Jacquelyn Melinek
Why Ethereum’s Institutional Supercycle Is Already Here

Jul 21, 2026

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3 min read

Why Ethereum’s Institutional Supercycle Is Already Here

Sharplink CEO Joseph Chalom shares what he's hearing from conversations he's having behind closed doors

Jacquelyn Melinek
Jacquelyn Melinek
Binance’s co-founder CZ says digital payments will be AI's biggest unlock

Jul 16, 2026

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3 min read

Binance’s co-founder CZ says digital payments will be AI's biggest unlock

How AI affects and develops cybersecurity is another dimension CZ is watching closely

Jacquelyn Melinek
Jacquelyn Melinek
Why Franklin Templeton Has Been Eyeing Tokenization for a Decade

Jul 14, 2026

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3 min read

Why Franklin Templeton Has Been Eyeing Tokenization for a Decade

After 35 years, Franklin Templeton's head of digital assets sees tokenization is the biggest catalyst for change

Jacquelyn Melinek
Jacquelyn Melinek
Why Baillie Gifford thinks tokenization has ‘crossed the credibility threshold’

Jul 9, 2026

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4 min read

Why Baillie Gifford thinks tokenization has ‘crossed the credibility threshold’

Their digital assets simple motto for tokenization is same as today, but better

Jacquelyn Melinek
Jacquelyn Melinek
Why DeFi's $600M+ loss to exploits this year helps the stablecoin chain thesis

Jul 7, 2026

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3 min read

Why DeFi's $600M+ loss to exploits this year helps the stablecoin chain thesis

Diving into how a much-needed DeFi reset, the launch of OpenUSD, and Plasma all go together

Jacquelyn Melinek
Jacquelyn Melinek
Evernorth has 473 million XRP and an argument to why idle capital should not exist

Jul 2, 2026

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3 min read

Evernorth has 473 million XRP and an argument to why idle capital should not exist

Its CEO Asheesh Birla is focused on whether people are doing anything with their digital assets beyond just holding them

Jacquelyn Melinek
Jacquelyn Melinek
Why Aave V4's structure is built like a central bank, but for DeFi

Jun 30, 2026

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3 min read

Why Aave V4's structure is built like a central bank, but for DeFi

Aave Labs CEO Stani Kulechov explains its new model from $1 trillion in deposits to financing AI infra buildouts

Jacquelyn Melinek
Jacquelyn Melinek
Why MoneyGram built its own stablecoin instead of using someone else's

Jun 25, 2026

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3 min read

Why MoneyGram built its own stablecoin instead of using someone else's

MoneyGram CEO thinks the real winners in this space might be the ones who make stablecoins disappear into the background

Jacquelyn Melinek
Jacquelyn Melinek
What 450 Questions and a WisdomTree ETP Has To Do With Lido

Jun 23, 2026

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4 min read

What 450 Questions and a WisdomTree ETP Has To Do With Lido

Head of Institutional Relations at the Lido Ecosystem Foundation makes an argument for why every institution should be staking ETH

Jacquelyn Melinek
Jacquelyn Melinek
From the Federal Reserve to Circle: What Most People Are Getting Wrong About Onchain Finance

Jun 18, 2026

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4 min read

From the Federal Reserve to Circle: What Most People Are Getting Wrong About Onchain Finance

Circle's Chief Economist Breaks Down Quantum Computing, $21 Trillion in USDC Volume, and Arc Building the OS for AI Agents

Jacquelyn Melinek
Jacquelyn Melinek
Collector Crypt’s revenue hit $100M in May. Here's their marketing advice.

Jun 16, 2026

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4 min read

Collector Crypt’s revenue hit $100M in May. Here's their marketing advice.

Diving into how Collector Crypt leans on nostalgia to breathe new life into the digital collectibles market

Jacquelyn Melinek
Jacquelyn Melinek
Why Institutional FOMO Is Now the Biggest Force in Crypto

Jun 11, 2026

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4 min read

Why Institutional FOMO Is Now the Biggest Force in Crypto

Ava Labs VP of Onchain Finance breaks down where institutional adoption of blockchain actually stands right now

Jacquelyn Melinek
Jacquelyn Melinek
Tokenized IPOs, the Innovation Exemption, and Why BlackRock Changed Everything

Jun 9, 2026

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3 min read

Tokenized IPOs, the Innovation Exemption, and Why BlackRock Changed Everything

Securitize President Brett Redfearn explains the latest insights on tokenization and what's next for the market

Jacquelyn Melinek
Jacquelyn Melinek

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