Kraken has just launched Kraken Prop, a crypto prop trading program directly integrated into Kraken Pro. The principle: traders who pass an evaluation gain access to a funded account that can reach $200,000 of Kraken’s capital, and keep up to 90% of eligible profits. Their only…
The advent of artificial intelligence is reconfiguring production structures but also shaking the very foundations of Western monetary and fiscal policies. With the rise of global automation, a major ideological divide now emerges between supporters of state centralization of technological infrastructures and advocates of a liberalized private capitalism. Today this dynamic is at the heart of global macroeconomic debates, with governments and major industry leaders seeking to anticipate tomorrow's employment imbalances.
El Salvador buys bitcoin like there's no tomorrow despite the IMF's stern warnings. 7,687 coins already in the vault. Creditors grind their teeth, but Bukele just laughs it off.
The crypto Taiko is undergoing a major crisis after a hack causing approximately 1.7 million dollars in losses. The Ethereum layer 2 network has halted its block production and asks users to withdraw their funds from all its crypto bridges.
The funding of blockchain networks remains a major challenge for decentralized projects. Ethereum is currently facing a new governance proposal that could change validator participation. The mechanism presented aims to redirect part of staking rewards toward ecosystem funding, particularly tools, research, and infrastructures necessary for network development.
Strategy continues buying bitcoin despite the fragility of its main financing tool. Michael Saylor's company invested about 35 million dollars in 520 additional BTC, bringing its reserves to 847,362 bitcoins. A modest purchase at its scale, but meaningful as the STRC continues to lose ground.
The growing entanglement of national security, technological supply chains and financial sovereignty is profoundly changing global macroeconomic balances. Financial markets and the crypto ecosystem were beginning to observe signs of institutional stabilization when a major diplomatic rupture just occurred. On Monday, June 22, China officially ended the trade truce by announcing massive sanctions against dozens of American companies linked to the strategic sectors of defense and rare earths. Beijing's offensive revives economic hostilities with Washington and threatens to strangle high-tech industries that depend on these essential raw materials for advanced infrastructures.
Donald Trump signs two decrees to accelerate quantum computing in the United States. What this means for the crypto universe.
The euphoria only lasted a few days. SpaceX was propelled to a valuation of over $2,000 billion by a historic IPO. After this rapid rise, the stock of Elon Musk's group underwent a correction, reigniting questions about the sustainability of its stock surge. Behind the largest IPO of all time, Wall Street is looking to see if the company's fundamentals match its ambitions.
The crypto sector is entering a new phase with the arrival of an organization dedicated to the needs of large institutions. Ethereum sees the emergence of Ethlabs, an initiative supported by several major players in its ecosystem to prepare for broader institutional adoption.