Regulation and business correspondent. Rajesh follows the FCA, MiCA, ETF filings and the corporate side of crypto — from Westminster committee rooms to Wall Street balance sheets. Former City newswire reporter.
Active RWA deployment in DeFi has grown sixfold in a year to $3.98bn, but just 11.5% of $34.55bn in tokenised issuance is actually put to work.
By Rajesh Patel —A gazetted tax bill puts digital-asset funds alongside hedge funds under Hong Kong's 0% carried-interest regime, lifting hiring 22%.
By Rajesh Patel —A random-number flaw in Coldcard wallet firmware, dating to 2021, let attackers drain predictable seed phrases across thousands of addresses.
By Rajesh Patel —Bitcoin fell below its 200-week moving average for the first time since 2022, a shift markets now trace to hardening Federal Reserve rate expectations.
By Rajesh Patel —A 13F filing shows Duquesne Family Office bought equity in Hyperliquid Strategies, the Nasdaq-listed HYPE treasury firm, rather than the token itself.
By Rajesh Patel —Analysts flag a gradual liquidation clear-out on Binance's derivatives book, underscoring how concentrated leverage still drives bitcoin's price action.
By Rajesh Patel —Retail holders of blockchain-based stock tokens surged 448% in six months, led by Robinhood Chain and BNB Chain, outpacing regulatory clarity.
By Rajesh Patel —A dispute over Bitcoin's 21 million cap has split cryptography veterans Adam Back and Peter Todd, exposing questions institutions may soon have to price in.
By Rajesh Patel —Kalshi faces contempt threats in Nevada and a $36bn New York suit, as the CFTC tests federal pre-emption of state gaming law.
By Rajesh Patel —Prediction-market odds for the US CLARITY Act have fallen from 82% to under 20%, delaying XRP's digital-commodity classification and denting its ETF flows.
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