Elena Stojanović
AI personaCovers SEC, CFTC, MiCA, and enforcement actions. Former financial-journalism fellow; reads docket filings for fun.
Elena Stojanović is an AI-driven editorial persona covering the regulation correspondent beat for Cryptomat. Articles published under this byline are drafted with AI assistance and follow the editorial standards in our methodology.
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Hyperliquid Hits 263,419 Active Perp Traders, Takes Nearly 70% Of On-Chain Perp Volume
Hyperliquid reached 263,419 active perpetual traders and roughly 70% of on-chain perp activity, per CryptoBriefing, as CEX pressure keeps pushing flow on-chain.
Stacks Tops Bitfinex Ranking of Bitcoin Layer-2 Usage
Stacks ranked first for Bitcoin usage in a Bitfinex research note published Saturday, a signal that BTC L2 activity is moving from thesis to measurable share.
Grayscale Charts Crypto's 'Plan B' as CLARITY Act Faces Senate Test
Grayscale mapped out crypto's fallback if the CLARITY Act stalls in the Senate, where the market-structure bill now has a date but no clear runway to passage.
Bitcoin, Ether ETFs Break $1B in Best Inflow Week Since April as Sentiment Hits Extreme Greed
BTC and ETH ETFs pulled $1B+ last week, BlackRock took 80%, Cryptomat Pulse hits 94 extreme greed. XRP Ledger privacy vote and CLARITY Act loom next.
CLARITY Act Heads to September 15 Senate Vote as Thune Forces Crypto Market Structure Bill
Senate Majority Leader John Thune scheduled the CLARITY Act for a September 15 floor vote, teeing up the first full market structure test since FIT21 passed…
XRP: Privacy Amendment Meets $1 Defense as CLARITY Act Slips
XRP trades near $1.04 as XRPL validators vote on a privacy amendment targeting a $530M tokenized asset market and ETF inflows collapse 79% since May.
Bybit Wins DC Court Injunction Against Lazarus Group Over $1.5B Hack
Bybit won a preliminary injunction in DC federal court blocking defendants tied to North Korea's Lazarus Group from moving crypto from its $1.5B hack.
Cardano Whales Absorb 10M ADA as Dijkstra Launch Meets a Death Cross
Cardano rallied 18% on the Dijkstra launch, but a fresh death cross, JPG Store's shutdown and a 10M ADA whale bid leave ADA coiled between $0.22 and $0.26.
Ethereum: Institutional Bids Meet A Staking Fight
ETH sits near $1,900 as BlackRock's spot ETF pulls $38M, Grayscale flips 161,000 ETH into staking, and EIP-8361 splits validators 99.7% against.
Strategy CEO Phong Le Likens Firm to Nvidia in Digital Assets Push
Strategy CEO Phong Le compared the company's role in digital assets to Nvidia's in AI, framing it as crypto's answer to JPMorgan on Thursday.
Polymarket eSports Volume Hits Record $790M in July
Polymarket booked $790M in eSports trading volume in July, a record for the vertical, as data partnerships tightened odds and pulled in retail flow.
Barkin Says US Job Market in 'Weak Balance,' Cooling Fed Rate Hike Bets
Richmond Fed's Tom Barkin called the US labor market a 'weak balance' Thursday, a framing that pushes rate hike odds lower and lifts risk assets including…
Trump Pushes Crypto Clarity Act, Signals Immediate Push for Market-Structure Law
Trump said Thursday he wants the Crypto Clarity Act passed immediately, reviving the House-backed market-structure bill stalled in the Senate since spring.
Chainalysis Logs IP Addresses of WalletExplorer Users, Site Discloses
WalletExplorer now logs users' IP addresses and search queries into Chainalysis systems, a disclosure that reshapes the privacy calculus for on-chain lookups.
FairFlow Marks First Year at $3.2B in Swap Volume, Pitches MEV-Aware DEX Model
FairFlow hit $3.2B in cumulative swap volume in its first year, per CryptoBriefing, positioning its LP-return model against MEV extraction on established DEXes.
DAT Companies Overtake Spot ETFs as Largest ETH Holders, BitMine Nears 5% of Supply
Digital asset treasury firms have overtaken US spot ETH ETFs as the largest institutional ether holders, with BitMine alone controlling close to 5% of supply.
Houthi Threat to Saudi Tankers in Red Sea Pushes Oil Past $100, Jolts Crypto Bid
Houthi forces threatened Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea on Wednesday, pushing Brent above $100 and sending crypto traders into a defensive risk-off crouch.
Amazon's Anthropic Stake Swells to $190B From $13B, Reshaping AI Cloud Race
Amazon's $13B Anthropic bet ballooned to $190B, tightening the AI infrastructure race and reshaping cloud competition crypto compute markets track.
FBI Supervisory Agent Patrick Yaroch Charged With Stealing $1M in Crypto From Bureau Seizure
FBI supervisory agent Patrick Yaroch was charged Monday with stealing about $1M in crypto tied to a bureau seizure, per BeInCrypto, raising fresh custody…
Fulham Lands Real Madrid's Garcia and Palacios as Football's Crypto Divide Widens
Fulham signed Gonzalo Garcia and Cesar Palacios from Real Madrid on Monday, exposing the gap between football's transfer economy and crypto's fan-token pitch.
Prediction Markets Hit Record $50.6B July Volume as World Cup Trading Surges
Kalshi, Polymarket and Polymarket US cleared a combined $50.6B in July, a monthly record driven by World Cup contracts, per Crypto.News.
Big Tech Data Center Spend Tops $170B in One Quarter as AI Arms Race Accelerates
Big Tech data center capex crossed $170B in a single quarter, per Crypto Briefing, tightening power markets and pulling capital toward AI-linked infrastructure.
Tezos Marks 12 Years With Push to Reconcile Governance Purism and Rollup-Era Speed
Tezos turned 12 on Friday, with the project leaning on on-chain governance and Etherlink rollups as it fights for relevance against faster L1s and L2s.
Small Firms Ditch Salesforce and HubSpot for Custom AI Tools Built With Claude Code
Small firms are swapping Salesforce and HubSpot seats for custom AI-built CRMs at a fraction of the cost, per CryptoBriefing reporting Friday.
Ondo Finance Weighs $500M Acquisition as Tokenized Securities Market Tops $36B
Ondo Finance is scouting a target worth up to $500M after clearing an SEC probe and winning FINRA authorization, per Crypto.News reporting Friday.
Trump Team Readies Voluntary AI Model Review Framework, CryptoBriefing Reports
The Trump administration is preparing a voluntary framework letting AI firms submit models for government review, CryptoBriefing reported Friday.
Freedom Factory Unveils PQ1, a Quantum-Resistant Hardware Wallet Verified by AI
Freedom Factory launched PQ1, a quantum-resistant hardware wallet paired with AI verification of open-source firmware, betting on transparency over trust.
New York AG Sues Kalshi for $36B, Alleging Illegal Sports Gambling
New York AG hit Kalshi with a $36B suit alleging illegal sports gambling on July 31, one day after the CFTC asked a federal court to block the state's…
Samsung SDS Names Stablecoin Rails as First Deliverable in Dunamu Tie-Up
Samsung SDS said Thursday stablecoin infrastructure is the first joint build with Dunamu, pairing its cloud and AI stack with Upbit's operator on new rails.
Anvil Pitches Peer-to-Peer Secured Credit to Cut Out DeFi Middlemen
Anvil unveiled a peer-to-peer secured credit protocol on Wednesday, arguing direct lender-borrower matching can undercut incumbent DeFi money markets on cost.
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