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In this patch of your weekly Dispatch:Institutional ETF allocations growTokenized gold adoption surgesBitcoin’s key price bandsMarket castBTC: From stabilization to recovery? Following a period of heightened volatility and sharp positioning shifts, Bitcoin’s price action is beginning to show signs of stabilization across higher and lower timeframes. On the weekly chart, Bitcoin continues to trade near the lower Bollinger Band – a volatility indicator, appearing to find support around $68,000. Momentum indicators remain mixed: the Relative Strength Index (RSI), a momentum oscillator, is still in oversold territory, while the MACD histogram, a trend-following momentum indicator, remains negative, reflecting lingering downside pressure. However,…

In brief Bitwise, Roundhill, and GraniteShares have filed for election-linked prediction market ETFs. Experts say demand and liquidity could be strong from hedge funds, but warn that political event markets also raise manipulation and insider information risks. The filings land as U.S. midterms approach and the CFTC moves to assert federal authority over prediction markets. Wall Street’s latest push into political prediction markets is drawing both strong liquidity expectations and warnings of manipulation from industry experts, as major ETF issuers race to launch election-linked funds ahead of the U.S. midterms.Fund managers Bitwise Asset Management, Roundhill Investments, and GraniteShares are seeking…

Executives at Coinbase used a recent company ‘AMA’ call to address growing scrutiny around Bitcoin exchange-traded funds, defending the firm’s dominant role as a custodian and pushing back against claims that spot Bitcoin ETFs are backed by “paper Bitcoin” rather than real assets. Responding to a question from Bloomberg’s James Seyffart, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said the company holds a commanding share of the U.S.-listed Bitcoin ETF custody market, estimating Coinbase’s share at more than 80%. He framed that concentration as a competitive advantage rather than a risk. “We do have pretty dominant market share in terms of custody for…

📊No votes yet – Be the first to vote The Financial Conduct Authority slapped Dipesh Kerai and Bhavesh Hirani with penalties totaling £108,731 for insider trading in Bidstack Group shares. Hirani worked as interim CFO at Bidstack back in December 2021 when he got his hands on confidential info about a big deal with a major video game publisher. He didn’t keep it to himself. Instead, Hirani shared the sensitive details with Kerai before anyone else knew about it. The two men then bought 1.3 million Bidstack shares, pretty much betting the farm on information that wasn’t public yet. When…

In brief Bitcoin’s decline is diverging from Nasdaq’s sideways movement, flashing a warning signal according to Maelstrom fund’s Arthur Hayes. Hayes estimates $330 billion in consumer credit losses if 20% of knowledge workers lose jobs to AI While experts agree with the idea, they disagree on the timeline, suggesting that disruption of that scale takes quarters, not weeks Bitcoin is signaling a warning that traditional equities have yet to acknowledge, according to BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes.The leading crypto has been on a downtrend since its October 2025 all-time high of $126,080, while the Nasdaq 100 Index has remained largely flat.…

Pi Coin price surged 25% in the past 24 hours, marking its strongest single-day gain since November 2025. The move also represents the first consecutive advance in nearly six weeks. The rally comes as broader crypto market sentiment stabilizes. Unlike previous brief spikes, this uptick reflects improving technical and derivatives signals. Sponsored SponsoredPi Coin Holders And Traders Change StanceThe Relative Strength Index, or RSI, shows Pi Coin rebounded after spending nearly a month in oversold territory. RSI readings below 30.0 typically indicate heavy selling pressure. In this case, extended bearishness followed the broader market downturn.Oversold conditions did not signal an immediate reversal.…

Cardano is aggressively expanding the types of tokens that can operate on its network and raise the ceiling for its decentralized finance ecosystem over the next 12 to 18 months.On Feb. 12, the Charles Hoskinson-led blockchain announced it would integrate with LayerZero, a widely used cross-chain messaging system.This move represents the single largest interoperability unlock in Cardano’s history as LayerZero connects over 160 blockchains and has facilitated more than $200 billion in cross-chain volume.A pipeline into 400 tokens and $80 billion in omnichain assetsLayerZero’s core value proposition is its chain-agnostic messaging layer. This means that applications can send and receive messages…

Ethereum price remains under pressure after a recent decline that stalled recovery momentum. ETH trades at $2,087 and has reclaimed the $2,000 level, but is failing to build sustained upside. The challenge facing Ethereum is not just resistance levels, but indecision among key holder cohorts.Sponsored SponsoredEthereum Whales Sell… Then Buy AgainWhales and long-term holders represent two of the most influential cohorts in any cryptocurrency market. In Ethereum’s case, both groups are sending mixed signals. This lack of alignment is contributing to prolonged sideways price action.Addresses holding between 100,000 and 1 million ETH sold approximately 1.3 million ETH between February 9 and…

Elon Musk’s social media platform X is set to soon let users trade stocks and cryptocurrencies directly from their timelines as the company pushes deeper into financial services.The upcoming features, described by the company’s head of product, Nikita Bier, will include “Smart Cashtags.” These will allow users to interact with ticker symbols in posts and execute trades from the app.The announcement comes as the company prepares to launch an external beta of X Money, its in-house payments system. Musk said the tool is already live in internal testing and will be available to a limited group of users within one…

Despite pleading guilty to serious AML violations, Paxful received a reduced $4 million penalty instead of the $112.5 million figure agreed by the parties. Peer-to-peer virtual asset trading platform Paxful has been sentenced to pay a $4 million criminal penalty after pleading guilty to multiple federal offenses, according to an official press release from the US Department of Justice. The sentence follows Paxful’s admission that it conspired to promote illegal prostitution, violated the Bank Secrecy Act, and knowingly transmitted funds derived from criminal activity. Illicit Crypto Flows The penalty was determined based on the company’s ability to pay. Federal authorities…