A prohibition on yield-bearing stablecoins and robust payments infrastructure in the US means stablecoins will not eat into banks' market share.

Volatility and upside have been declining with each Bitcoin halving cycle, but the new dynamics may not be permanent, according to Galaxy's Alex Thorn.

The contagion from the Kelp exploit could have been contained, but at the cost of capital efficiency, according to the founder of Curve Finance.

The attack triggered a "cross-protocol contagion" that has hit at least nine crypto protocols, blockchain security firm Cyvers said.

The average block time at publication is about 9.8 minutes, falling slightly short of the 10-minute block target, according to CoinWarz.

The Iranian government chose Bitcoin as a payment method for oil tolls due to its confiscation-resistant properties, but only dollar stablecoins have been used so far.

Traders on the Polymarket prediction market platform place the odds of the Strait returning to normal traffic by May 31, 2026, at 73%.

Payward, the parent company of the Kraken crypto exchange, cited Bitnomial's regulatory licenses as the primary driver for the acquisition.