Author: David Sencil

This week, bitcoin awoke from its slumber, springing out of bed. Going in, bitcoin volatility was as compressed as it has been in a decade, with BVOL 7D at 2.82, the sixth-lowest reading in ten years, described at the time as a “historically stretched elastic band.” Fidelity’s Jurrien Timmer…

Every year has a handful of people who don’t just participate in crypto, they bend its trajectory. In 2025, the cryptocurrency industry finally shed its status as a permanent legal underdog, transitioning from a “pariah” sector defined by enforcement actions to a cornerstone of the new financial establishment…

A meme coin scandal from a nation state, a record breaking exchange hack, and market volatility—last week was a crazy one. This editorial is from last week’s edition of the Week in Review newsletter. Subscribe to the weekly newsletter to get the editorial the second it’s finished…

XRP community gets new rewards, Fed rules out BTC reserves, Strike CEO says Trump eyeing US BTC reserve, and more in this Week in Review. Week in Review Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin debuted on Uphold, offering rewards and benefits to XRP holders. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell ruled out the possibility of the Fed holding Bitcoin

Until recently, the Bitcoin ecosystem hasn’t seen much development. Now it is rapidly evolving, with numerous projects aiming to enhance Bitcoin’s scalability and functionality. In this early stage, there are many methods being tried out to expand Bitcoin’s rather limited capabilities from sidechains to layer twos (L2…