tl;dr
Yet more positive regulatory news out of the US. DigiFT teams up with UBS and one of our perennial favourites, Chainlink.
Market Snap
Market Wrap
Technical analysis is mere snake oil, but because these squiggles on a graph suit my worldview, I am going to share it with you anyway, just for fun:
Occasional Series — The Prince of Darkness
I have it on very good authority that the paedophile enabler Mandelson, an ex-minister several times over for being a cheat and a fraud, and now an ex-ambassador to add to the list of jobs he has been fired from, revelled in the soubriquet he was ennobled with in the popular press.
Now we know why.
Curious Cryptos’ Commentary — Crypto debanking
So, it was true — there was a systematic drive to debank crypto firms according to the new chief of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Jonathan Gould:
“Debanking is real. It is a real phenomenon.”



While Silicon Valley dominates Web2, emerging markets like the UAE and Singapore lead DePIN adoption with better regulations and real infrastructure needs. Opinion by: Yanal M. Hammouda, head of market expansion at WingbitThe decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) sector saw $150 million of capital flow during Q1 2025, with a projected market size of $3.5 trillion by 2028. Yet the most significant development isn’t the capital raised but where these networks operate. Emerging markets like the Middle East, Southeast Asia and South America — rather than Silicon Valley — are driving the future of DePIN adoption. Read more