Technology reporter covering Ethereum, DeFi and everything on-chain. Freya has written about smart contracts since the 2020 DeFi summer and keeps a personal archive of post-mortems from every major protocol exploit. She reads the spec so you don't have to.
A four-day, 9,269 BTC inflow streak into BlackRock's spot bitcoin ETF underlines how compliance-cleared capital now sets the pace of institutional demand.
By Freya Macdonald —Deribit data shows calls dominating bitcoin options open interest, with $70,000 the key upside strike even as spot hovers near max pain.
By Freya Macdonald —Cathie Wood's fund bought $21m of Block shares as the stock fell 6%, betting on a firm still tied closely to bitcoin's fortunes.
By Freya Macdonald —XRP consolidates above $1 as selling pressure fades but no reversal is confirmed, leaving traders watching for the next market trigger.
By Freya Macdonald —FairFlow's first year on Uniswap v4 shows how returning arbitrage profits to liquidity providers is becoming a structural DeFi fix.
By Freya Macdonald —Move-to-earn pioneer Step App will shut down by Aug. 21 as FITFI, down 99.9% from its 2022 peak, faces coordinated exchange delistings.
By Freya Macdonald —Strategy swung to an $8.2bn Q2 loss as bitcoin held near $64,000, prompting a pivot from accumulation to balance-sheet defence.
By Freya Macdonald —Coinbase extends 24/5 US equities trading to UK users, deepening its "Everything Exchange" bid to fuse crypto and traditional finance.
By Freya Macdonald —Maxim, Cantor and B. Riley cut MSTR price targets after Strategy sold bitcoin, testing its once-inviolable "never sell" pledge.
By Freya Macdonald —BNB's breakout past $600 coincides with rising derivatives leverage and a fresh MiCA authorisation update, framing a fragile institutional backdrop.
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