Why Gulf Wealth Funds Are Driving Bitcoin’s Next Liquidity Cycle

Key takeaways In 2025, oil-linked capital from the Gulf, including sovereign wealth funds, family offices and private banking networks, has emerged as a significant influence on Bitcoin’s liquidity dynamics. These investors are entering Bitcoin primarily through regulated channels, including spot ETFs. Abu Dhabi has become a focal point for this shift, supported by large pools…

UAE’s Layered Digital Asset Strategy

The United Arab Emirates is not choosing between Bitcoin and broader crypto. Instead, it is deliberately building both, in different cities and for different stages of adoption. Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE, has positioned itself as a hub for Bitcoin (BTC)-focused institutional infrastructure, emphasizing custody, over-the-counter (OTC) liquidity, mining and regulated capital markets….

Bitcoin’s Four-Year Cycle Now Driven by Politics, Not Halving: Analyst

Bitcoin’s long-debated four-year cycle is still playing out, but the forces behind it have shifted away from the halving toward politics and liquidity, according to Markus Thielen, head of research at 10x Research. Speaking on The Wolf Of All Streets Podcast, Thielen argued that the idea of the four-year cycle being “broken” misses the point….

Fed Front-Runner Hassett Stresses Independence Amid Trump’s Rate Cut Push

Kevin Hassett, a top contender for President Donald Trump’s Fed chair pick, stated that Trump’s voice would carry no weight in the central bank’s interest rate decisions under his chairmanship. “[He] has very strong and well-founded views about what we ought to do,” Hassett, Trump’s top economic adviser at the White House, said Sunday on…

Aave DAO Community Clashes With Aave Labs Over CoW Swap Fees

A dispute between the Aave decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), which governs the Aave decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, and Aave Labs, the main development company for Aave products, over fees from the recently announced integration with decentralized exchange aggregator CoW Swap, continues to flare up. The issue was raised by pseudonymous Aave DAO member EzR3aL, who…

Aave DAO Community Clashes With Aave Labs Over CoW Swap Fees

A dispute between the Aave decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), which governs the Aave decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, and Aave Labs, the main development company for Aave products, over fees from the recently announced integration with decentralized exchange aggregator CoW Swap, continues to flare up. The issue was raised by pseudonymous Aave DAO member EzR3aL, who…

Binance API Change Hints at Stock ‘TradFi-Perps’ Trading

Crypto exchange Binance has added new features to its application programming interface (API), indicating that the platform is preparing to introduce stock trading capabilities. Binance’s changelog notes that on Thursday, the exchange introduced three new API endpoints, one of which — with a URL including stock/contract — allows users to “sign [a] TradFi-Perps agreement contract.”…

Bitcoin Bear Flag in Focus With Price to Decide on Fate of $90,000

Bitcoin (BTC) eroded $90,000 support into Sunday’s weekly close as predictions saw BTC price volatility next. Key points: Bitcoin is seen breaking its sideways trading range as volatility hits “extreme” lows. Traders wait for a breakout as the weekly close approaches. Bear market fears spark another $50,000 BTC price bottom target. Bitcoin breakout move “around…

Memecoins Are Not Dead, but Will Return in Another Form: Crypto Exec

Memecoins are not dead because the market is down and the narrative has faded, according to president of payment infrastructure company MoonPay, Keith A. Grossman, who said that memecoins will be back but in a different form. The real innovation of memecoins is that attention can be tokenized easily and at low costs through blockchain…

Memecoins Are Not Dead, but Will Return in Another Form: Crypto Exec

Memecoins are not dead because the market is down and the narrative has faded, according to president of payment infrastructure company MoonPay, Keith A. Grossman, who said that memecoins will be back but in a different form. The real innovation of memecoins is that attention can be tokenized easily and at low costs through blockchain…