The U.S. Mint’s final penny run isn’t just an end to a coin — it’s a quiet signal that inflation has eaten through the smallest unit of American money. As fiat erodes faster than traditional savings can keep up, more savers are turning to Bitcoin as a modern, durable store of value.
Balancer has begun user reimbursements following its 2024 DeFi hack, starting with Berachain-linked wallets. The move underscores a growing shift in decentralized finance: from code immutability toward ethical restitution. CryptoCaster breaks down what this means for liquidity confidence and DeFi’s next phase of accountability.
Appeals judges have challenged Sam Bankman-Fried’s claim that FTX was never insolvent, casting doubt on his bid for a new trial. The case now tests crypto’s credibility, exposing the thin line between liquidity and illusion — and redefining how regulators and investors judge solvency in digital markets.
The global economy didn’t recover—it split. The K-shaped recovery is widening the gap between capital and labor, but crypto may be the only bridge left. As traditional markets reward the few, decentralized systems offer everyone else a way out—and a chance to own the next curve of growth.
Coinbase’s new x402 protocol revives the long-dormant HTTP 402 status code to enable native stablecoin payments over the web — a foundational step toward “agentic commerce” where AI agents and APIs transact autonomously in USDC.
When a token launches because of your face, what happens if you tell people not to buy it? CZ’s rebuke of a statue-themed memecoin signals a deeper pattern: image speculation + rapid collapse.
Commercial real estate is in controlled distress. A wall of debt is maturing into higher rates, valuations are slipping, and regional banks are exposed. While most of the market is still pretending this is temporary, private equity, sovereign capital, and distressed-debt desks are quietly buying control of hard assets at a discount.
