Rahul Mehta
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Rahul Mehta is an AI-driven editorial persona covering the altcoins & defi beat for Cryptomat. Articles published under this byline are drafted with AI assistance and follow the editorial standards in our methodology.
Articles by Rahul Mehta
Tenor OTC Accepts AERO as Collateral for Fixed-Rate Loans on Base
Tenor OTC added Aerodrome's AERO token as collateral for fixed-rate borrowing on Base, opening a new liquidity route for holders of the largest DEX token on…
Mayan Crosses $20B in Cross-Chain Swaps on Wormhole, Cementing Cross-VM Aggregator Lead
Mayan has cleared over $20B in cross-chain swaps via Wormhole, per CryptoBriefing, tightening its grip on Solana-EVM routing and squeezing rival bridges.
Chainlink Slides Behind Monero In Top 10 As Delisting Overhang Meets Tempo Data Feed Win
Chainlink lost its top-10 slot to Monero after XMR ripped 15%, even as LINK's oracle footprint expanded to Tempo and SoFi's banking rail. What to watch next.
Bitcoin: Coiled at $79,600 as $986M ETF Week Meets a MACD at Zero
Bitcoin holds $79,600 after $986M in weekly ETF inflows, but MACD sits at zero and 58% hike odds set up a decisive week for BTC.
Solana at $105: Robinhood Chain Flip, RWA Inflows, and the Subsidy Cliff
SOL coils at $105.32 as Robinhood Chain flips Solana in DEX volume and $348M in RWA flows land. The subsidy expires this month. Here's the setup.
Sunrise Brings Arbitrum's ARB Token to Solana Via Wormhole NTT Bridge
Sunrise listed Arbitrum's ARB on Solana on Sunday via Wormhole's Native Token Transfers, unifying liquidity across two rival L1 and L2 ecosystems.
BlackRock Quietly Pulls Bitcoin Whales Into Its Wall Street Client Book
BlackRock is converting long-time Bitcoin whales into Wall Street clients, a shift that could reshape how large BTC holders custody, borrow, and allocate.
Ethereum: Buterin's Transaction Redesign Lands as ETF Flows Push ETH Back Above $2,500
Vitalik Buterin's EIP-8141 pitch and a near-$1B Bitcoin ETF day drop into the same week ETH reclaims $2,500 and 11% dominance. What the setup actually says.
Zcash Tops $1,200 as ZEC Rockets 370% in Three Months, Market Cap Passes $20B
Zcash traded above $1,200 on Saturday, a 370% run in three months that lifted ZEC's market cap past $20B, overtaking HYPE and DOGE, per CryptoPotato.
Avalanche Stalls at $7.63 as Longs Pile In and Spot Sellers Refuse to Blink
AVAX is pinned at $7.63 with heavy long positioning and aggressive spot selling. The $8.50 breakout and $7.33 flush both look one catalyst away.
XRP: BIS Test and CLARITY Act Push Ripple Token Toward $2
XRP trades near $1.45 as the BIS tests the XRP Ledger for official statistics and Garlinghouse eyes a Sept 15 CLARITY Act vote. Levels, flows, scenarios.
Polymarket Signs LeBron James as First Athlete Partner, Pushing Prediction Markets Deeper Into Sports
Polymarket named LeBron James its first athlete partner on Friday, a marquee endorsement that plants the prediction market firmly inside mainstream sports…
DAOs Face Governance Reckoning as Compound Attack Forces Protocols to Weigh Code Against Kill Switches
CryptoSlate reports DAOs are being forced to choose between immutable code and emergency brakes after Compound's July 2024 near-heist exposed governance…
Foxconn Says Q3 Will Beat the Market as AI Server Orders Rewrite Its Book
Foxconn told investors Q3 will outperform the market as AI server demand reshapes its mix, a signal that ripples straight into crypto's AI trade.
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse Slams $11B Gold Shipment, Says Banks Still Move Value 'Like It's 1940'
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said an $11B physical gold transfer proves banks still settle value like it's 1940, per BeInCrypto reporting Friday.
ByteDance Lines Up $30B Unsecured Loan From 30 Banks to Fund AI Chip and Data Center Push
ByteDance signed a $30B unsecured facility with nearly 30 banks on Thursday, one of the largest tech loans on record, to fund AI chips, models and overseas…
Aster Tops Perp DEX Tokens With 256,000 Holders, Five Times Nearest Rival
Aster's ASTER token leads every perp DEX launched in the past year with roughly 256,000 holders, five times the runner-up, per data published Thursday.
Kalshi Files With CFTC for Regulated WTI Crude Perpetual Futures, Report Says
Kalshi is seeking CFTC approval for a WTI crude perpetual futures contract trading 24/5 with no expiry, a first for a U.S.-regulated venue.
Circle President Heath Tarbert Testifies Before Congress on US Dollar Leadership in Digital Finance
Circle President Heath Tarbert told Congress on Wednesday that stablecoin rules are central to keeping the US dollar dominant in digital finance.
Hyperliquid Strategies Boosts HYPE Equity Facility to $2.5B After $647M Raise
Nasdaq-listed Hyperliquid Strategies expanded its at-the-market equity facility to $2.5B after raising $647M and stacking roughly 29.3M HYPE tokens.
OCEAN Mining Names Bob Burnett Chairman, Testing Its Decentralization Pitch
OCEAN Mining elected Bob Burnett chairman on Monday, a governance shift that puts the decentralized pool's founding pitch under fresh scrutiny.
Lazarus Moves $30M Through Hyperliquid as US Regulators Weigh Payward Access
Lazarus-linked wallets have laundered over $30M via Hyperliquid in three weeks, per Arkham, as US officials and Payward discuss regulated access to the venue.
Solana Foundation's Creech Signals Transaction V1 and Alpenglow Rollout in 'Most Important Week' for Network
Solana Foundation VP Jacob Creech teed up a Transaction V1 and Alpenglow rollout window, calling it the most consequential stretch in the chain's history.
Russia's Regulated Crypto Trading Could Hit $46B in Year One, SberCIB Says
SberCIB projects Russia's regulated crypto trading at $46.43B in year one, rising to $87.06B by 2029, per a forecast published Monday.
Bitcoin Braces for Volatility as Traders Weigh Fed Path Into a Loaded Macro Week
Bitcoin heads into a heavy macro week with Fed expectations back in play, per CryptoPotato, as traders weigh whether the next print bounces or dumps price.
THORChain Enables Native Monero Swaps in Protocol Upgrade, XMR Jumps 8.9%
THORChain switched on native XMR swaps Saturday, sending Monero up 8.9% as privacy-coin traders route around delisting-hit centralized venues.
NVDA Tokenized Stock Pins $219 as Post-Earnings Coil Tightens Toward $229 Breakout
NVDA tokenized stock trades at $219.05 after an 8.7% surge in the underlying Nasdaq shares, with $229 the level bulls need to reclaim.
Egypt and Kuwait Push US and Iran Back to the Table as Gulf De-Escalation Pressure Builds
Egypt and Kuwait urged Washington and Tehran back to negotiations Saturday, a diplomatic push crypto desks are watching for its read-through to risk assets.
Capital B Raises €21M To Build A Bitcoin Treasury, Existing Holders Face Dilution Math
Capital B closed a €21M raise on Saturday earmarked for a Bitcoin treasury, per AMBCrypto, adding a new European name to the corporate BTC buyer list.
Aerodrome Opens Tokenized Global Equities Trading on Base
Aerodrome launched tokenized global equities trading on Base on Friday, pushing the DEX beyond crypto pairs into 24/7 stock markets on-chain.
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