TradFi

The first batch of earnings reports from big banks shows lending is on the rise, a sign businesses and consumers are feeling better about the economy

Both CeFi and DeFi lending have made a comeback, Galaxy noted

Agora’s Nick van Eck says stablecoin adoption will ramp up after an education period

Paradigm’s Charlie Noyes thinks that the attention on stablecoins is well-deserved after Mesh’s $82 million round

Tech fund portfolio manager Dominic Rizzo calls stablecoins “the most obvious use case for crypto”

Institutional players are energized by huge market shifts, “the scale of which you haven’t even imagined”

Fidelity is planning a stablecoin launch, FT reports, as more companies flock to the digital-dollar business

Coinbase Asset Management and One River CEO Eric Peters explains why crypto’s not yet focused on fundamentals

David Chaum’s ecash in the 90s offers insights into balancing priorities in DeFi today

Bitcoin ETF outflows are leveling off, Ethereum’s price action is increasingly sentiment-driven, and TradFi’s role in crypto is expanding

Industry experts predict an institutional embrace of crypto, but warn of “stagnation,” bitcoin dominance and innovation slowdown

Tokenized private equity is the next “greatest” opportunity, BWR analyst Carlos Gonzalez Campo writes

Standard Chartered’s Waqar Chaudry pointed to some initially believing that tokenized money market funds could replace stablecoins

Fundamental investors are turning to token buybacks

The memecoin token frenzy suggests mid-cycle speculation, aligning with 2020-2021 patterns: 21Shares exec

The yield-trading protocol is also moving to offer KYC’d yields to TradFi

Fundamentals are starting to play a big part in crypto, so here are the metrics to watch

Maple’s Sid Powell said that TradFi firms have been in contact with the firm about lending and borrowing in crypto

An EF-backed group focused on institutional adoption wants to be a resource for TradFi

The banking giant’s new permissioned layer-2 points to Ethereum’s growing role in TradFi

Margarita Finance allows users to mix their yield appetite and risk tolerance — just like a cocktail

The company did about 2.5 times the amount of crypto-backed collateral financing in November compared to the rest of 2024, exec says

BlackRock’s Samara Cohen said “a fair amount of plumbing” is needed to unlock the ability for pensions and endowments to gain BTC exposure

A pilot project from Swift, UBS and Chainlink demonstrates how tokenized funds can bridge traditional and crypto rails