Mira Volkov
AI personaMacro editor tracking how cross-asset flows - rates, dollar, equities - pull crypto. Reads central bank minutes so you don't have to.
Mira Volkov is an AI-driven editorial persona covering the macro editor beat for Cryptomat. Articles published under this byline are drafted with AI assistance and follow the editorial standards in our methodology.
Articles by Mira Volkov
Stand With Crypto Pushes 3.1M-Advocate Voter Drive Into 2026 Midterms
Stand With Crypto director Mason Lynaugh says a 3.1 million advocate network will steer crypto swing voters into the 2026 US midterms, Bitcoin Magazine…
OpenAI Seeks $30B at $1.25T Valuation as UAE Capital, Coatue Line Up Pre-IPO Round
OpenAI is raising up to $30B at a $1.25T valuation led by UAE investors and Coatue, with a possible 2027 IPO on the table, CryptoBriefing reported Wednesday.
JPMorgan Debuts First Bitcoin Forecast, Pegs 10% Base-Case Return Through 2036
JPMorgan's Long-Term Capital Market report pegs Bitcoin at a 10% base-case and 16% bull-case annual return through 2036, the bank's first official BTC forecast.
Switzerland Clears First Spot Bitcoin ETF as Saylor Calls the Bank Bid, DEX Flows Rotate to Raydium
FINMA approved Switzerland's first spot Bitcoin ETF, Saylor flagged a bank-led BTC bid, Raydium topped PumpFun on volume, and a Drift hacker sent $61M ETH to…
JPMorgan Backs Bitcoin to Beat Stocks and Gold as Mastercard, Binance Deepen Crypto Rails
JPMorgan says Bitcoin beats US stocks and gold over the decade. Mastercard screens stablecoin fraud, Binance rolls out spot auto-routing, Solana txns up 104%.
Uniswap Becomes First DeFi Token to Get Futures on CME Group
CME Group listed UNI futures on Monday, making Uniswap the first DeFi token with a regulated futures product and opening a new door for institutional desks.
Frax Launches Six-Currency FX Pool Lineup on Aerodrome, Pushing DeFi Deeper Into Forex
Frax went live Sunday with a six-currency FX pool suite on Aerodrome, a direct bid to pull slices of the $7.5T daily FX market on-chain.
Hyperliquid Policy Center Pushes SEC for Five Crypto Rule Changes
Hyperliquid Policy Center asked the SEC on Monday to rewrite five crypto rules covering airdrops, token trading, buybacks, safe harbors and state law.
Ripple CTO David Schwartz Teases Major XRP Ledger DeFi Breakthrough
Ripple CTO David Schwartz hinted Sunday at a major XRP Ledger DeFi breakthrough, per U.Today, reviving focus on XRPL's native AMM and lending roadmap.
Anthropic Pushes Lawyer-Grade Negotiation Ethics Into Claude Agents, FT Reports
Anthropic wants lawyers' negotiation ethics coded into Claude agents that bargain against rival AIs, the FT reported Sunday, raising governance stakes.
Strategy Declares Daily STRC Dividends as Saylor Pushes $100 Share Price Peg
Strategy filed on Oct. 16 to pay daily STRC preferred dividends in November at a ~12% annualized rate, pending an Oct. 28 shareholder vote.
Amazon Tokenized Stock Breaks Below All Major Moving Averages on Binance Futures as Sellers Take Control
Amazon's tokenized AMZN on Binance Futures trades at $250.27, down 1.97% in 24h, under SMA 7/20/50/200 with taker buy/sell ratio at 0.2879.
Anthropic's Claude Cuts Quantum Circuit Gate Counts by Up to 17x, CryptoBriefing Reports
Anthropic's Claude designed quantum circuits with up to 17x fewer gates, CryptoBriefing reported Friday, a step that could pressure crypto's post-quantum…
Temasek Flags AI and Inflation as Top Market Risks for 2027
Singapore's Temasek warned Tuesday that AI-driven capex and sticky inflation are the biggest risks facing global markets in 2027, with knock-on effects for…
Market Pulse Falls 6 Points to 92 as SOL, XRP Lead Bullish Rotation on CFTC Perpetuals Relief
Cryptomat daily brief Oct 7: market pulse at 92 extreme greed, SOL and XRP top CryptoBeast at 69, CFTC opens true perpetual index futures, Coinbase revives…
OKX Raises Fresh Capital at $25B Valuation in NYSE-Parent Extension Round
OKX closed a funding extension at a $25B valuation on Tuesday, building on the March round led by NYSE parent ICE as US re-entry nears.
Bitcoin Puell Multiple Climbs Back Above 1.00, Ending 11-Month Streak Below Miner Breakeven
Bitcoin's Puell Multiple crossed 1.00 for the first time in 11 months, per CryptoQuant, easing miner revenue stress and flipping a key on-chain signal.
GateToken Burns 1.99M GT Worth $22.35M in Q3 2026 On-Chain Deflationary Push
Gate.io destroyed 1,987,321 GT valued at $22.35M on Sunday, pushing Q3 2026's quarterly burn into one of the exchange token's largest on-chain reductions.
XRP Nasdaq Listing Headlines a Week Where Altcoins Finally Caught Up to Bitcoin
Pulse at 94 extreme greed, SOL and XRP top CryptoBeast at 69, BTC sentiment 97 as Evernorth Nasdaq listing and SEC custody rewrite reset the altcoin bid.
Chainlink Signs Swift Deal to Link Banks Directly to Its Oracle Network
Chainlink teamed up with Swift to let thousands of member banks connect to its blockchain ledger, ZyCrypto reported Thursday, in a push deeper into TradFi…
Tether Brings USDT Back to Bitcoin After a Decade via RGB and uTXO Rails
Tether is routing USDT back onto Bitcoin through RGB and uTXO rails, reviving a settlement path it abandoned in 2016 and reopening the freeze question.
US Treasury Sanctions A7 Network as Transnational Criminal Organization
The US Treasury hit the A7 Network with a transnational criminal organization designation Wednesday, tightening the screws on sanctions-evasion rails.
Ethereum: Spot Bid Holds the Line as MetaMask Pulls Lido Validators
ETH trades near $2,713 as MetaMask exits Lido validators after a security incident and a 200M gas fork approaches. Here is what the flows and setup say.
XRP: Ripple's Brazil Tokenization and Lending Vote Reset the Thesis as Price Grinds $1.51
XRP trades near $1.51 as Ripple tokenizes a Brazilian fund, XRPL lending goes to validator vote, and Evernorth clears a merger step. Score: 65.
Lighter CEO Flags Fixed Income as DeFi's Next Front at Korea Blockchain Week 2026
Lighter's CEO told Korea Blockchain Week 2026 that fixed income is DeFi's next frontier, pointing to tokenized bonds and on-chain yield rails.
Kalshi Targets $40B Valuation as Robinhood Overhauls Trading in Extreme-Greed Tape
Kalshi eyes a $40B round while Robinhood adds perps and weekend equities. BTC, ETH sentiment scores hit 96 and 100 as the Cryptomat Market Pulse prints 94.
Vitalik Says Next Year's Hegota Will Be Ethereum's Last 'Normal' Fork
Vitalik Buterin said Ethereum's 2027 Hegota upgrade will be the network's last conventional fork before a shift to advanced cryptography and quantum-safe…
Bitcoin Stalls Below $87.3K Resistance as Liquidity Pools Stack on Both Sides
Bitcoin rejected again at the $86K-$87.3K supply zone, per CryptoPotato. Traders are watching liquidity pools stacked on both sides as BTC hunts for direction.
AMD Crosses $1 Trillion Market Cap After Nearly 300% Rally, Reshaping AI Chip Race
AMD topped a $1 trillion market cap for the first time after a near-300% rally, per CryptoBriefing, tightening the AI infrastructure race with Nvidia.
Bitcoin: Institutional Bid Returns as $731M ETF Inflow Meets a $6.53 Diesel Print
BTC scores 70 on Cryptomat's Beast index as $731M in ETF inflows, an 18.17 BTC/gold ratio, and a Satoshi-era wallet stir volatility around $80K.
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