Cryptocurrency

Coin Bureau

The Genius Act's prohibition on stablecoin issuers paying interest contains a loophole allowing exchanges like Coinbase to pass through Treasury yields to users, sparking a trillion-dollar battle over whether digital dollars will replace fractional reserve banking with a narrow bank model that could drain credit from the economy.

Coin Bureau

Institutions now control over 20% of Bitcoin's supply—more than 4 million BTC—creating a fundamental tension between Bitcoin's decentralized origins and its integration with traditional finance, while introducing both long-term price support and new systemic vulnerabilities.

Coin Bureau

A joint Coinbase and Glassnode report reveals that despite Q4 2025's drawdown and bear market fears, both institutional and retail investors remain conviction-driven with 71% of institutions viewing Bitcoin as undervalued, while on-chain metrics show significant profit-taking pressure across BTC and ETH that could cap near-term upside.