First US bank collapse of 2026 adds to gold, silver, and Bitcoin chaos while $337B in unrealized contagion looms
Late on Friday, Illinois regulators shut down Metropolitan Capital Bank and Trust, a little-known institution with just $261 million in assets, handing control to the FDIC in what was officially a routine resolution. But it landed in the middle of a much louder market shock. On the same day the
Crypto Crystal Ball 2026: Are We Headed for Bitcoin and Crypto Winter?
Bitcoin at $200,000? Massive volatility? Experts predict where the markets are headed—and it’s probably not another winter.
From Bybit to Coinbase: 2025’s Biggest Crypto Hacks and Breaches
Crypto firms faced a record $2.72 billion in theft this year as attackers expanded their reach across major exchanges and DeFi platforms.
TON Gains 3.7% as STON.fi DAO Launch and Telegram-Backed AI Platform Brings Demand
STON.fi, TON’s largest DeFi protocol, launched a fully onchain DAO, enabling users to vote on governance decisions and receive tokens representing voting power.
Kamino Sparks Outcry After Blocking Loan Transfers to Jupiter Lend
The second-largest protocol in the Solana ecosystem has manually blacklisted an address tied to a competing lending platform.
S&P’s Tether Downgrade Revives ‘De-pegging’ Risk Warning, HSBC Says
The rating agency’s Tether downgrade flags redemption risk, potentially nudging institutions to higher-rated stablecoins and tokenized deposits.
