Martin
Writer & Editor
Writer and editor at Times of Crypto Era. Covers Bitcoin, DeFi, and market structure.
Articles by Martin
Bitcoin Correlation With Stocks, Gold And Dollar Is Unusually Tight
Bitcoin correlation with stocks, gold and the dollar index checked against public prices: 90-day and 30-day readings agree with CryptoQuant's Quicktake.
MAGIC Price Analysis: A 146% Spike Reversed 28% In One Hour
MAGIC price analysis: Treasure spiked to $0.1639 on Oct 10 and reversed 28.7% in one hour. See the structure, the held gap and two scenarios with 4h triggers.
Bitcoin Whale Holdings Climb Above 3M BTC While Demand Lags
Bitcoin whale holdings climbed back above 3M BTC per CryptoQuant while apparent demand stays negative. See the charts, the supply in loss signal and caveats.
CFTC Event Contracts Proposal Puts Sports Bets Under Swap Rules
The CFTC event contracts proposal would class sports, politics and weather bets as swaps while casino wagers stay out. See the rules, comment steps and volume.
USDC Supply Falls $2.6B Since Sept 25 As USDT Gains On Solana
USDC supply fell about $2.6B since Sept 25 to $73.85B while USDT added $528M in a week. Circle's own data and a chain-by-chain split show where it went.
Bitcoin Futures Volume On Binance Hits $454B, Highest Since June
Bitcoin futures volume on Binance hit $454B in September, its highest since June, yet open interest stayed near $8B. Turnover jumped without new leverage.
xStocks Monad Contracts: 12 Live, Small Beside Solana
xStocks has 12 live token contracts on Monad, with supply a few percent of Solana's, while Robinhood listed MON on October 6.
Ondo Private Markets Tokens Track An AI Firm It Won't Name
Ondo Private Markets launches tokenized notes tied to an unnamed pre-IPO AI company. See what the launch post omits and what Ondo's docs say about eligibility.
National Trust Bank Charters: ICBA Sues OCC Over Crypto Access
Community bankers sued the OCC on October 2 over national trust bank charters for crypto firms. Here is what the complaint says and what the OCC argues.
Crypto Custody Rules: SEC Proposes Path For Advisers And Funds
The SEC proposed new crypto custody rules on October 1. Here is how advisers and funds could self-custody or use state trust companies, and what comes next.
21shares Pays Staking Rewards On Five Crypto ETFs
21shares announced September 30 staking payouts for its Ethereum, Solana, Hyperliquid, Sui and Polkadot ETFs. Here is what the release and fund pages show.
Kraken Launches Borrow, Letting US Customers Spend Up to 3x Their Crypto Balance
Kraken switched on Kraken Borrow for eligible US customers on September 24, offering up to 3x buying power against crypto collateral with no fixed repayment deadline.
Bitcoin ETFs Post Best Weekly Inflow Since October, Farside Data Shows
US spot Bitcoin ETFs took in about $2.4 billion over the week of September 21-25, the strongest five-day run since October 2025, according to Farside Investors data.
SEC's Peirce Urges Regulators to Stop Collecting So Much KYC Data
At SIFMA's Digital Assets Conference, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce argued that mass KYC data collection fails and pointed to zero-knowledge proofs as an alternative.
XRP and XLM Slip From Weekly Highs as ETF Inflows Continue
XRP and XLM pulled back about 5% to 7% from their September 23 highs alongside Bitcoin and Ethereum, while US spot XRP ETFs kept taking in money on both days.
Times Of Crypto Era Launches With Dedicated Crypto Markets Coverage
Times of Crypto Era launched this month with dedicated Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, DeFi and regulation coverage built around primary-source verification.
Coinbase Enables Native INJ Support, Removing the Bridge Step
Coinbase turned on native Injective support this week, letting users deposit and withdraw INJ directly on the Injective chain with no bridge or wrapped-token step required.
Sberbank To Accept Bitcoin As Loan Collateral, Eyes Ethereum Next
Sberbank Deputy Chairman Anatoly Popov told TASS the Russian bank plans to expand crypto-backed lending, eventually accepting Ethereum and Tether alongside Bitcoin once new regulation and central bank approval clear the way.
BIS Chief Tells Jackson Hole: Stablecoins Are Not Real Money
BIS general manager Pablo Hernandez de Cos told the Jackson Hole symposium that stablecoins do not credibly function as money at scale, backing tokenized bank deposits instead.
Solana Tests $110 As ETF Inflows And A Schwab Listing Fuel The Rally
Solana hit a 24-hour high of $110.17 before pulling back, backed by record ETF volume, a reported Charles Schwab listing, and a governance vote tightening SOL's supply schedule.
SEC Proposes Regulation Crypto Assets For Token Sales
The SEC has proposed Regulation Crypto Assets, a new rule creating two registration exemptions for crypto token offerings and a conditional safe harbor from securities law.
Why Solana Has Had Network Outages, and What's Changed
Solana went fully offline multiple times in its early years. Here is what actually caused those outages and the fixes that followed.
How Solana Achieves High Throughput Where Other Chains Struggle
Solana targets thousands of transactions per second. Here is the architecture that makes that throughput possible.
What Layer-2 Rollups Actually Do for Ethereum
Rollups process transactions off Ethereum's main chain and post the results back. Here is how that actually lowers fees without lowering security.