Crypto's “Self-Fulfilling Prophecy” Problem
Long-term investors dumped over $100 billion in bitcoin in 2025, betting against crypto's famous four-year cycle before it could bite them. The selloff mirrors 2018 and 2022 bear markets, when similar anxiety preceded massive buying opportunities – 2018 dip buyers are up 2,000% since. With sentiment at historic lows and exhaustion setting in, the question isn't whether fundamentals remain intact, but whether this cycle breaks differently than the last three. Read more →
Deep Tech Banking Gets New Player
Erebor Bank received a national banking charter before the weekend, becoming the first bank approved under Trump's second term. The Palmer Luckey-backed institution got approval in less than eight months, with backing from Joe Lonsdale and Peter Thiel. With plans to serve tech businesses in AI, crypto, defense and manufacturing, the bank will fill the gap left by Silicon Valley Bank's 2023 collapse, which had served early-stage tech firms deemed too risky by traditional banks. Read more →
South Korea is tightening its crypto oversight
The Financial Supervisory Service is going after market manipulation (think: pump tactics, API-order tricks, false info pushed on social media) and pairing that with tougher penalties for IT-related failures. The news falls on the heels of South Korea’s second largest exchange, Bithumb, mistakenly transferred 620,000 BTC, (worth ~$44 billion) to hundreds of users during a promotional event – a mishap that sparked a quick wave of chaos and forced the exchange into damage-control mode. Read more →
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