Stablecoins, tokenized real-world assets and AI-powered payments are rapidly pushing crypto deeper into mainstream finance, according to industry experts.

Stablecoins Becoming Institutional Infrastructure

Teng said stablecoins are gaining traction because traditional financial systems remain slow, expensive and inefficient for global payments.

Panel moderator Rory Jennings cited Dune Analytics data showing stablecoin transfer volume reached $10.5 trillion in January alone.

Teng added that regulatory momentum surrounding the GENIUS Act is helping increase institutional confidence around stablecoin adoption.

RWAs And Tokenization Expand Beyond Crypto Trading

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Bitcoin trades below $80,000 on Thursday morning as hotter-than-expected U.S. producer inflation data weakened expectations for near-term Federal Reserve rate cuts.

Bitcoin ETFs saw $635.2 million in net outflows on Wednesday, while Ethereum ETFs reported $36.3 million in net outflows.    

Meme coin market capitalization is trading 1.6% lower at $38.5 billion over the past 24 hours.

Trader Commentary:

Crypto chart analyst Ali Martinez said Bitcoin appears to have been rejected at the key 200-day SMA near $82,500, increasing the probability of a pullback toward the 50-day SMA around $75,000.

Ted Pillows noted Ethereum successfully retested the important $2,250 support zone. Traders are now…

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U.S. stock futures rose on Thursday following Wednesday’s mixed close. This comes as President Donald Trump is in China addressing key issues such as trade, tariffs, Taiwan, and Iran with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

On Thursday, Xi stressed the significance of the Taiwan issue, terming it as the “most critical matter” in bilateral relations, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported, citing state media.

The 10-year Treasury bond yielded 4.46%, and the two-year bond was at 3.97%. The CME Group’s FedWatch tool‘s projections show markets pricing a 98.6% likelihood of the Federal Reserve leaving the current interest rates unchanged during June’s meeting.

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Scaramucci Says Bitcoin Can’t Be ‘Devalued’

During an interview with RiskReversal Media, Scaramucci said that traditional fiat money is essentially “worthless,” but it gains value because people trust it.

Bitcoin, he added, is an improved version, which happens to be “an open, transparent, fully decentralized and fully secured” by a network of computers.

“This is a computer program that cannot be devalued,” Scaramucci said.

The natural next question is — why does Bitcoin’s value fall then?

The S-Curve Of Adoption

Scaramucci admitted that the majority of people, himself included, were dismissive of Bitcoin initially when it was championed by “libertarians” and…

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Leading cryptocurrencies slipped on Wednesday as the Senate Banking Committee gears up to vote on the Clarity Act.

Crypto Market Lags

Bitcoin dipped below $79,000 during early trading but staged a partial recovery by late evening. Ethereum fell to an intraday low of $2,233, but Dogecoin bucked the trend with nearly 3% gains.

These moves come ahead of the much-anticipated markup of the Clarity Act, a comprehensive legislation that would give U.S. cryptocurrency holders clear regulatory rules.

Over $370 million was liquidated in the past 24 hours, with long position traders again bearing the brunt of the losses, according to Coinglass data.

Bitcoin’s open interest rose marginally by 0.28$ over…

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Key Features of the New ETFs

Will Rhind, founder and CEO of GraniteShares, said the expansion reflects where investor demand is currently concentrated, particularly around highly traded crypto-equity names. He added that the ETFs are designed to offer a more accessible and liquid alternative to traditional structured notes while seeking to generate income through a disciplined autocallable framework.

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Bitcoin slipped below $80,000 on Wednesday as crypto markets turned cautious ahead of Thursday’s highly anticipated U.S. Senate Banking Committee markup meeting on the Clarity Act.

Notable Statistics:

Coinglass data shows 120,108 traders were liquidated in the past 24 hours for $374.66 million.       

SoSoValue data shows net outflows of $233.3 million from spot Bitcoin ETFs on Tuesday. Spot Ethereum ETFs saw net outflows of $130.6 million.

In the past 24 hours, top losers include SKYAI, Toncoin and Terra Classic.

Notable Developments:

Trader Notes:

Trader KillaXBT said Bitcoin’s broader bear-market structure still leaves room for a move below $60,000, although the…

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Shifting Landscape

In an interview session, on Tuesday the discussion centered around ARK’s venture-focused interval fund and Robinhood’s newly launched closed-end private markets fund.

Both are designed to give retail investors exposure to private companies that traditionally remained accessible only to accredited investors and institutional capital.

Wood said the investing landscape has shifted dramatically as companies stay private far longer than in previous cycles.

She pointed to companies like

Key Takeaways

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