Tag: crypto market

Crypto • October 3, 2026

PEPE as a Macroeconomic Indicator Is a Ridiculous Idea. Let’s Test It.

A frog-themed token with no cash flow, no yield, no central bank and no obvious claim on anything productive should have very little to tell us about the global economy. That is precisely why PEPE is interesting. Traditional measures of risk appetite tend to look respectable: equity indices, credit spreads, Treasury yields, volatility, currencies. Memecoins […]

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Market Pulse • August 30, 2026

The Week Nvidia Delivered the Receipts and the Fed Raised the Difficulty

Last week, the market demanded receipts. This week, it got them. Nvidia delivered another absurd quarter, Bitcoin pushed through $80,000, CrowdStrike reminded Wall Street that AI can create software revenue as well as GPU bills, and the major US indices managed to finish higher. For about five minutes, everything looked beautifully simple. Then Kevin Warsh […]

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Crypto • August 26, 2026

Bitcoin at $80K: Does the Old Four-Year Crypto Cycle Still Matter?

Bitcoin is back above $80,000. In another era of crypto, that number alone might have been enough to restart the familiar conversation about bull markets, halvings and the supposedly inevitable four-year Bitcoin cycle. But this is not another era. Bitcoin pushed through $80,000 in August 2026 after a powerful rebound, yet it remains well below […]

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Crypto Explained • August 22, 2026

Bitcoin Finally Broke the $70,000 Wall

Bitcoin finally punched through $70,000. But the most interesting part of the move is not the number itself or even the size of the rally. The important part is what $70,000 had become. After repeatedly frustrating recovery attempts in 2026, the zone had turned into a meaningful market barrier. Bitcoin’s break above it, followed by […]

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Industry • July 6, 2026

Why Riot Platforms Stock Dropped After Its AI-Driven Rally

Riot Platforms has been one of the louder crypto-infrastructure stories of 2026. The stock rode a powerful rally into late June, helped by Bitcoin exposure and growing excitement around its AI data center strategy. Then reality bit back. As of July 3, 2026, RIOT was trading around $22.11, down sharply from its late-June highs. The […]

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Crypto • June 5, 2026

Why Cardano Is Falling — And What Still Makes ADA Different

Cardano is having one of those weeks where the chart looks ugly, the community sounds exhausted, and the old “just wait for the roadmap” argument suddenly feels harder to sell. ADA, Cardano’s native token, slipped below $0.20 in early June after trading closer to $0.23 earlier in the month, deepening what has already been a […]

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