This will be a debate – not about politics, religion, or the best diet to follow, but about the philosophy of trading calendar options only within a specific volatility range. Like those other topics, there is no single correct answer. One school of thought may favor trading calendar spreads only when the CBOE Volatility Index…
Markets ECB chief economist Lane pitched the idea of expanding the supply of euro assets in a keynote speech today, one of our long-term views. He argues that the existence of a benchmark safe asset that serves as the anchor for asset pricing is a foundational element of any autonomous monetary system. Such an asset…
Coinbase’s quantum computing advisory board has released its first formal assessment of blockchain security, and two names stand out: Algorand and Aptos. According to the advisory group, which draws expertise from Stanford University, the Ethereum Foundation, and several other institutions, these two chains have made architectural choices that leave them better positioned to survive the…
Tether (USDT) hit an all-time high market cap of $188Bn on April 21, 2026, widening its lead over Circle’s USDC, which sits at $78.25Bn, following a $285M hack of Solana-based Drift Protocol. The gap between the two stablecoins has been growing since attackers linked to North Korea moved $232M in USDC during an eight-hour exploit…
DoorDash crypto will soon be a thing after the delivery firm announced it is integrating stablecoin payment functionality via Tempo, a payments-focused Layer-1 blockchain backed by Stripe and Paradigm, enabling faster merchant payouts and cross-border settlements across more than 40 countries. The detail most headlines are missing is what this actually tests: whether stablecoins can…
Stake Casino is pushing its fast-paced poker format with the launch of the $210,000 All in or Fold Leaderboards. Running from April 19 through to May 3, 2026. This promotion is built around one of the quickest formats in online poker, where every decision is immediate and every hand counts. Instead of focusing on traditional…
The Eurozone Consumer Confidence Indicator (CCI) is the European Commission’s flagship monthly gauge of household sentiment across the 21 euro-area members and is one of the most closely watched real-time reads on the region’s economy. Compiled by the Commission’s Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN), the index is built from harmonized consumer surveys…
Part 3 of 8 in our TGE Readiness Series by Kraken 360. Here’s Part 1, the TGE Checklist, and Part 2, 6 vendors to lock in before mint. It’s 6 hours before your TGE. The exchange listing goes live at 9 a.m. Your vesting contracts are scheduled for 9 a.m. too. Except they’re not. Your distribution…
Robinhood has taken a US$75 million stake in ChatGPT maker OpenAI through its investment vehicle, Robinhood Ventures Fund I (RVI), the retail brokerage said on Wednesday. The fund, which was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in March, offers retail investors exposure to a basket of private technology firms that used to be the…
On Wednesday, the US markets received a strong impulse from a combination of solid macroeconomic data and stabilizing signals from Washington. By the end of the day, the Dow Jones Index (US30) fell by 0.59%. The S&P 500 Index (US500) declined by 0.63%. The Tech Index NASDAQ (US100) closed lower by 0.59%. The US consumer…