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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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Says Energy and Compute, Not Model Quality, Will Cap AI's Growth
Brian Armstrong told BeInCrypto on Sunday that energy and compute, not model quality, will define AI's ceiling as inference costs split into tiers.
House Ways and Means Readies Crypto Tax Markup, Setting Up First Real Test of Industry's Hill Influence
The House Ways and Means Committee is preparing a tax package with crypto provisions, per CoinDesk, the first markup since the industry's 2024 lobbying surge.
Bitcoin Logs Worst Week Since FTX Collapse, Closing Down 20% Near $62,000
Bitcoin fell 19.5% on the week to $59,130 before steadying near $62,150, its sharpest weekly drop since the FTX crash in November 2022, per TradingView data.
SpaceX Locks In $920M Monthly Google AI Compute Deal Running Through 2029
SpaceX signed a $920M monthly AI compute deal with Google through 2029, per CryptoBriefing, sharpening IPO math and tightening the AI-compute squeeze.
Revolut Targets $115B Valuation in Secondary Share Sale, Per CryptoBriefing
Revolut is lining up a secondary share sale at a $115B valuation, a mark that would put the fintech ahead of several legacy European banks by market cap.
Aralez Maps Bitcoin Path Back to $100,000 by December 2026 After $46,000 Capitulation
Crypto analyst Aralez forecasts Bitcoin sweeping to $46,000 by October 2026 before a Q4 recovery rally retakes $100,000 by December, a roughly 65% gain.
Supreme Court Sides With FCC and SEC, Tightening Defenses for Crypto Firms Facing Enforcement
The US Supreme Court backed the FCC and SEC in rulings that narrow legal defenses against agency penalties, raising the bar for crypto firms fighting…
Microsoft Flags Claude Code Flaw That Could Leak GitHub Credentials Through Prompt Injection
Microsoft researchers say a prompt injection flaw in Anthropic's Claude Code could let attackers siphon GitHub credentials from developer pipelines.
Bitcoin Could Slide to $40,000 as Double Breakdown Confirms Bear Trend, Xanrox Warns
Crypto analyst Xanrox says Bitcoin's break below $71,000 triggered a double channel breakdown, with $48,000 next and $40,000-$30,000 in play if $60,000 fails.
Crypto's Demand Engine Stalled This Week as Bitcoin Lost $60K and ETF Buyers Walked Away
Bitcoin fell below $60,000, Ethereum cracked $1,700, and $40B exited the realized cap. The week ETF demand reversed and capital rotated into AI equities.
SpaceX Sets Aside Up to 25% of $75B IPO for Retail Investors, Breaking With Wall Street Norm
SpaceX will reserve up to 25% of its $75B IPO for retail investors, per CryptoBriefing, a carve-out roughly five times the typical institutional-led deal.
Tencent Hires Ex-OpenAI Researcher Yao Shunyu to Lead AGI Push
Tencent named former OpenAI researcher Yao Shunyu as its AGI chief, signaling a direct challenge to U.S. labs and reigniting the AI talent war.
JPMorgan, Citi Plan 2027 Launch of Tokenized Deposit Network to Challenge Stablecoins
JPMorgan and Citi will launch a tokenized deposit network next year, per CryptoBriefing, aiming to merge banking rails with crypto-grade settlement speed.
SpaceX Files for IPO With Fixed-Price Structure, Breaking From Wall Street's Bookbuilding Playbook
SpaceX advanced its IPO with a fixed-price structure on Thursday, a rare move that shifts pricing risk to investors and bypasses the traditional bookbuilding…
Trump Pegs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac at $1T Combined, Reviving Privatization Talk
Trump valued Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac at $1T on Thursday, reigniting privatization debate as mortgage rates, risk assets and crypto liquidity hang in the…
Congress Lines Up Seven Crypto Tax Bills Ahead of Tuesday House Hearing
Seven crypto tax bills hit Congress ahead of a Tuesday House hearing, the first time leadership has put digital-asset tax rules on the formal docket.
Supreme Court Hands SEC Sharper Sword: Disgorgement Without Proof of Investor Loss
Supreme Court ruled Friday the SEC can claw back illegal gains without proving investor losses, a decision that reshapes crypto enforcement math overnight.
Bitcoin Trading Volumes Slide on Hyperliquid as Traders Pile Into Stock and Pre-IPO Perps
BTC and ETH activity on Hyperliquid hit multi-quarter lows as traders rotate into equity-linked and pre-IPO perpetual contracts, per Block Scholes.
Bitcoin Miner Inflows Hit Highest Level Since February Crash as 16% Selloff Tests Support
Bitcoin miners moved the most coins to exchanges since February's crash this week, CryptoQuant data shows, as BTC slid 16% from Monday's high.
JPMorgan Warns Window for CLARITY Act Passage Is Closing in 2026
JPMorgan's Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou warns Congress has limited days left to pass the CLARITY Act this year, putting US crypto market structure rules at risk.
Lido Unveils Staking Router v3 to Cut Costs and Friction in Ethereum Staking
Lido rolled out Staking Router v3 on Wednesday, a modular overhaul aimed at trimming validator costs and broadening operator access on Ethereum.
TSMC CEO C.C. Wei Says Taiwan's AI Chip Lead Is 'Almost Impossible' to Challenge
TSMC CEO C.C. Wei said Taiwan's AI chip lead is 'almost impossible' to challenge, a stance with knock-on effects for crypto's AI-token complex.
Shinhan Moves to Join Canton Network Governance in Push to Take Korean Tokenized Assets Global
Shinhan Financial Group is moving to join Canton Network governance, a bid to push Korean tokenized financial products onto a global institutional rail.
Arthur Hayes Backs Maelstrom $5 Worldcoin Call as WLD Short Overhang, Eightco Bid Set Up Squeeze
Arthur Hayes amplified a Maelstrom note targeting $5 WLD by August, citing AI IPO beta, a $144M Eightco treasury bid, and a 43% unlock cut on July 24.
Anthropic Picks Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs to Lead IPO, Bloomberg Reports
Anthropic hired Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs to lead its IPO, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, in a deal set to test investor appetite for frontier AI labs.
Rex Shares Launches 3x margin AI ETNs Under AIQU and AIQD Tickers
Rex Shares rolled out AIQU and AIQD, 3x margin long and short AI-themed ETNs, on Wednesday, adding fuel to the high-risk thematic trading boom.
Mastercard Pulls Ripple's RLUSD Into Expanded Stablecoin Push, XRP Ledger in the Mix
Mastercard widened its stablecoin program on Wednesday to include Ripple's RLUSD, with XRP Ledger joining Ethereum and Solana as settlement rails.
Ethereum: Why $1,840 Is the Line That Decides June
ETH broke $1,900 on Tuesday, flushed $91M in liquidations, and now sits on a $1,750 trapdoor. Schwab, Bitmine, and Tom Lee complicate the bear case.
Mastercard Opens Payments Network to Stablecoin Settlement With Circle, Paxos and Ripple
Mastercard will let banks and merchants settle on its global network in regulated stablecoins from Circle, Paxos and Ripple, per a CryptoBriefing report…
Ethereum Breaks $1,900 as Traders Flag 'Final Dip' Setup Before Next Leg Up
Ethereum slid 5.5% Tuesday to $1,880, a two-month low. Trader Tardigrade and Rekt Capital flag $1,750 as the line that decides the next move.
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