Empire Newsletter

On Empire, Dragonfly’s Rob Hadick noted that we may see M&A activity pick up in DATs

ETH’s “breakout marks a significant structural shift and clears the path towards…$4,000,” Kraken’s OTC desk noted

Core’s David Roos says that there won’t be ‘thousands’ of stablecoins launched at once

Dragonfly’s Rob Hadick and Empire’s Jason Yanowitz talked about the market and what they’re watching

A Barnes & Thornburg survey shows that the regulatory clarity for crypto is leading to an uptick in interest from investment professionals

In an environment where Treasury vehicles and institutions are the focus, how does a blockchain like Berachain fit in?

Paradigm’s Alexander Grieve and Jito Labs CLO Rebecca Rettig broke down the GENIUS bill on the Empire podcast

Also, only three tokens have outperformed bitcoin so far this year: XMR, HYPE and SKY

Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley tells Blockworks that it tapped a third party to provide the reports

Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo says institutions are eager to get exposure to tokenization

Monad Foundation’s Keone Hon said the team’s been “thinking about how to grow the onchain economy for some time”

This doesn’t change the fact that co-founder Roman Storm is facing a trial starting next week

Dragonfly’s Haseeb Qureshi and 6MV’s Mike Dudas discuss the recent “staid and rational” behavior of crypto markets

“We’re not really doing anything controversial,” said co-founder Zak Folkman at Permissionless last week

Walter Hessert, Head of Strategy at Paxos, told Blockworks that firms are recognizing a need for stablecoins

The $135 million raise shows that TradFi giants are serious about crypto adoption

Crossover’s CEO discusses institutional interest and how over-the-counter (OTC) trading has picked up in crypto

In a new letter, Gemini alleges that the CFTC’s DOE had ulterior motives for 2022 suit