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30.04.2026

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Crypto Market Monitor

Stablecoin Use Cases for Banks: A Practical Playbook for Regional and Community Institutions

Stablecoin use cases for banks explained through real workflows. Learn how cross-border payments, treasury, and payouts are evolving.

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28.04.2026

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Crypto Market Monitor

Crypto Lending in 2026: How Borrowing Against Bitcoin Is Reshaping Global Credit

At its core, crypto lending allows borrowers to access liquidity without selling their digital assets. Instead of liquidating Bitcoin or Ethereum, users pledge them as collateral and borrow fiat or stablecoins against them.

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Latest research

  • 27.04.2026

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    The Bridge

    How to Value Crypto Assets in 2026: A Framework Beyond Cash Flows

    Crypto assets do not fit into traditional valuation frameworks. They do not produce stable cash flows, do not represent enforceable...
    Read more

  • 17.04.2026

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    Crypto Market Monitor

    DeFi Security Has a Human Problem

    Digital asset markets continue to experience persistent and structurally recurring security failures, despite increased adoption, capital inflows, and growing institutional...
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  • 10.04.2026

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    Crypto Market Monitor

    Q1 2026: The Regime Reset

    The first quarter of 2026 marks a structural reset in digital asset markets, rather than a continuation of the late-2025...
    Read more

  • 06.04.2026

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    Crypto Market Monitor

    Crypto Taxation 2026: From Arbitrage to Transparency

    The taxation of digital assets has crossed a threshold. What was once a fragmented, jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction patchwork is now converging into...
    Read more

  • 06.04.2026

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    Crypto Market Monitor

    Crude Oil’s New Home Is on Blockchain

    How a crypto derivatives platform became the world's most active venue for crude oil trading and what it says about...
    Read more

  • 06.04.2026

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    Crypto Market Monitor

    Private Credit 2026: Growth and Risks

    Private credit has spent a decade scaling into a $2 trillion asset class. Between late 2025 and March 2026, it...
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  • 06.04.2026

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    Crypto Market Monitor

    Conflict, Crude and Crypto

    The financial week between 4 March and 11 March 2026 unfolded under a rare convergence of geopolitical escalation and macroeconomic...
    Read more

  • 06.03.2026

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    Crypto Market Monitor

    Beyond the Downturn: How Institutional Capital is Quietly Reshaping Digital Assets

    The early months of 2026 have delivered the first genuine stress test of the institutional digital asset ecosystem. Bitcoin currently...
    Read more

  • 03.03.2026

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    Crypto Market Monitor

    Markets on Edge as Middle East Escalation Sends Oil and Gold Soaring

    Over the weekend, coordinated U.S. and Israeli strikes inside Iran escalated into the most serious regional confrontation in decades. The...
    Read more

  • 27.02.2026

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    Crypto Market Monitor

    Institutional Crypto Infrastructure: The Canton Context

    Institutional blockchain adoption has moved well beyond proof-of-concepts. Asset managers, banks, and infrastructure operators are actively deploying real-world asset tokenisation...
    Read more

  • 24.02.2026

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    Crypto Market Monitor

    Beyond RWA Tokenization: Real-Time Settlement in Infrastructure Finance

    Financial systems historically process events in batches. Tokenised systems process events as they occur. When finance operates at the speed...
    Read more

  • 17.02.2026

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    The Bridge

    The Current State of Staking: Institutional Adoption at Scale

    Institutional participation in staking reached a watershed moment in early 2026. Over $58 billion in capital now flows through liquid...
    Read more

  • 13.02.2026

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    Crypto Market Monitor

    Three Numbers Behind $24.7 Billion in Tokenised Assets

    In early 2026, markets delivered the first genuine stress test of tokenised financial infrastructure. Sovereign bond volatility rippled through the...
    Read more

  • 05.02.2026

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    Crypto Market Monitor

    January 2026 Crypto Market Analysis: The First Real Stress Test of Institutional Crypto

    January 2026 presented with a paradox: crypto prices fell 25% yet the infrastructure supporting institutional adoption sped up.
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  • 30.01.2026

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    Crypto Market Monitor

    Digital Asset Treasuries Start Strong in 2026

    By early 2026, digital asset treasuries (DATs) have fully transitioned from a niche corporate experiment into a mainstream capital-markets strategy...
    Read more

  • 23.01.2026

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    The Bridge

    Staking: The Foundation of Modern Blockchain Infrastructure

    Staking has become a foundational mechanism in the design of modern blockchain networks. Rather than serving as an auxiliary feature...
    Read more

  • 16.01.2026

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    Crypto Market Monitor

    From the Desk of AMINA CFO Mike Foy: Five Institutional Takeaways from PREDICT 2026

    When people talk about crypto in 2026, the conversation has changed. It’s no longer about experimentation, proof-of-concepts, or whether the...
    Read more

  • 06.01.2026

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    Crypto Market Monitor

    Crypto in 2026: From Speculation to Financial Infrastructure

    Crypto in 2026: From Speculation to Financial Infrastructure
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  • 30.04.2026

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    Crypto Market Monitor

    Stablecoin Use Cases for Banks: A Practical Playbook for Regional and Community Institutions

    Stablecoin use cases for banks explained through real workflows. Learn how cross-border payments, treasury, and payouts are evolving.
    Read more

  • 28.04.2026

    /

    Crypto Market Monitor

    Crypto Lending in 2026: How Borrowing Against Bitcoin Is Reshaping Global Credit

    At its core, crypto lending allows borrowers to access liquidity without selling their digital assets. Instead of liquidating Bitcoin or...
    Read more

  • 17.04.2026

    /

    Crypto Market Monitor

    DeFi Security Has a Human Problem

    Digital asset markets continue to experience persistent and structurally recurring security failures, despite increased adoption, capital inflows, and growing institutional...
    Read more

  • 10.04.2026

    /

    Crypto Market Monitor

    Q1 2026: The Regime Reset

    The first quarter of 2026 marks a structural reset in digital asset markets, rather than a continuation of the late-2025...
    Read more

  • 06.04.2026

    /

    Crypto Market Monitor

    Crypto Taxation 2026: From Arbitrage to Transparency

    The taxation of digital assets has crossed a threshold. What was once a fragmented, jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction patchwork is now converging into...
    Read more

  • 06.04.2026

    /

    Crypto Market Monitor

    Crude Oil’s New Home Is on Blockchain

    How a crypto derivatives platform became the world's most active venue for crude oil trading and what it says about...
    Read more

  • 06.04.2026

    /

    Crypto Market Monitor

    Private Credit 2026: Growth and Risks

    Private credit has spent a decade scaling into a $2 trillion asset class. Between late 2025 and March 2026, it...
    Read more

  • 06.04.2026

    /

    Crypto Market Monitor

    Conflict, Crude and Crypto

    The financial week between 4 March and 11 March 2026 unfolded under a rare convergence of geopolitical escalation and macroeconomic...
    Read more

  • 06.03.2026

    /

    Crypto Market Monitor

    Beyond the Downturn: How Institutional Capital is Quietly Reshaping Digital Assets

    The early months of 2026 have delivered the first genuine stress test of the institutional digital asset ecosystem. Bitcoin currently...
    Read more

  • 03.03.2026

    /

    Crypto Market Monitor

    Markets on Edge as Middle East Escalation Sends Oil and Gold Soaring

    Over the weekend, coordinated U.S. and Israeli strikes inside Iran escalated into the most serious regional confrontation in decades. The...
    Read more

  • 27.02.2026

    /

    Crypto Market Monitor

    Institutional Crypto Infrastructure: The Canton Context

    Institutional blockchain adoption has moved well beyond proof-of-concepts. Asset managers, banks, and infrastructure operators are actively deploying real-world asset tokenisation...
    Read more

  • 24.02.2026

    /

    Crypto Market Monitor

    Beyond RWA Tokenization: Real-Time Settlement in Infrastructure Finance

    Financial systems historically process events in batches. Tokenised systems process events as they occur. When finance operates at the speed...
    Read more

  • 13.02.2026

    /

    Crypto Market Monitor

    Three Numbers Behind $24.7 Billion in Tokenised Assets

    In early 2026, markets delivered the first genuine stress test of tokenised financial infrastructure. Sovereign bond volatility rippled through the...
    Read more

  • 05.02.2026

    /

    Crypto Market Monitor

    January 2026 Crypto Market Analysis: The First Real Stress Test of Institutional Crypto

    January 2026 presented with a paradox: crypto prices fell 25% yet the infrastructure supporting institutional adoption sped up.
    Read more

  • 30.01.2026

    /

    Crypto Market Monitor

    Digital Asset Treasuries Start Strong in 2026

    By early 2026, digital asset treasuries (DATs) have fully transitioned from a niche corporate experiment into a mainstream capital-markets strategy...
    Read more

  • 16.01.2026

    /

    Crypto Market Monitor

    From the Desk of AMINA CFO Mike Foy: Five Institutional Takeaways from PREDICT 2026

    When people talk about crypto in 2026, the conversation has changed. It’s no longer about experimentation, proof-of-concepts, or whether the...
    Read more

  • 06.01.2026

    /

    Crypto Market Monitor

    Crypto in 2026: From Speculation to Financial Infrastructure

    Crypto in 2026: From Speculation to Financial Infrastructure
    Read more
Showing 17 of 17

  • 27.04.2026

    /

    The Bridge

    How to Value Crypto Assets in 2026: A Framework Beyond Cash Flows

    Crypto assets do not fit into traditional valuation frameworks. They do not produce stable cash flows, do not represent enforceable...
    Read more

  • 17.02.2026

    /

    The Bridge

    The Current State of Staking: Institutional Adoption at Scale

    Institutional participation in staking reached a watershed moment in early 2026. Over $58 billion in capital now flows through liquid...
    Read more

  • 23.01.2026

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    The Bridge

    Staking: The Foundation of Modern Blockchain Infrastructure

    Staking has become a foundational mechanism in the design of modern blockchain networks. Rather than serving as an auxiliary feature...
    Read more
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