editorial staff

John Zettler: 2026 will be pivotal for DeFi vaults, traditional asset managers will struggle to compete, and liquidity is fundamentally tied to yield | Empire

Sana Ebrahimi: Iran’s regime prioritizes Islamic doctrine over citizen welfare, the reality of gender apartheid, and the propaganda tactics suppressing dissent | Bankless

Mike Cagney: Bitcoin’s stability rivals gold and silver, Tether’s shift to gold signals market confidence, and capital is rotating from crypto to precious metals | The Wolf Of All Streets

Marek Olszewski: Celo simplifies crypto with phone numbers as identifiers, cheaper fees than Solana, and a focus on peer-to-peer payments | Bankless

Bitcoin in freefall hitting lowest price since Trump took office as leverage turns a macro wobble into a brutal cascade

Laura Walter: Using privacy coins complicates tax audits, 2025 will be a challenging year for crypto reporting, and the IRS’s new wallet-by-wallet method reduces tax flexibility | Unchained