Thursday, October 22, 2026

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Posts by Kiran Maatman

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regulations

Torres Moves to Ban Prediction Market Insider Trading After Prescient $400K Maduro Bet

Rep. Ritchie Torres targets prediction market 'insiders' with new legislation after a suspicious Polymarket account netted 1,200% on Maduro's capture hours before the news broke.

January 4, 2026 • Kiran Maatman • No comments

Cryptocurrencies

Trump’s Venezuela Raid Spooks Macro; Bitcoin Holds $91K as ETFs Absorb $646M

Institutional inflows topped $646M ahead of the weekend raid, as Bitcoin decouples from macro affordability fears.

January 4, 2026 • Kiran Maatman • No comments

Cryptocurrencies

Bitfinex Hacker Ilya Lichtenstein Released; ‘First Step Act’ Cuts Sentence by 75%

Ilya Lichtenstein serves only 14 months of his 5-year sentence, leveraging Trump's First Step Act credits in a move that questions the deterrents for crypto…

January 3, 2026 • Kiran Maatman • No comments

Cryptocurrencies

Coinbase Ventures’ 2026 Thesis: The ‘Perpification’ of Assets and AI Agents

Coinbase Ventures pivots its 2026 roadmap toward RWA perpetuals, unsecured credit, and AI agents to drive the next cycle of institutional adoption.

January 3, 2026 • Kiran Maatman • No comments

Cryptocurrencies

On-Chain Data Eclipsed Technical Analysis in 2025 Bitcoin Market

Retrospective analysis confirms on-chain metrics like MVRV and ETF flows outperformed traditional technical analysis for predicting Bitcoin's 2025 price action.

January 3, 2026 • Kiran Maatman • No comments

Cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin Volatility Sinks Below Nvidia as Institutional Rails Absorb $570B in Swings

Bitcoin's daily volatility compressed to a record low of 2.24% in 2025, flipping Nvidia as institutional liquidity absorbed $570B in market cap swings.

January 3, 2026 • Kiran Maatman • No comments

Cryptocurrencies

ARKF Post-Mortem: AI Pivot Saves Cathie Wood’s Fintech ETF as Crypto Bleeds

Cathie Wood’s fintech fund delivered a 29% return in 2025 by pivoting to AI stocks like Palantir (+135%), effectively decoupling from Bitcoin's 7% decline.

January 3, 2026 • Kiran Maatman • No comments

Cryptocurrencies

BitMine Stakes $259M Ether; Validator Queue Jams as Institutions Hunt Yield

BitMine deposits 82,560 ETH into the Beacon Chain, jamming the validator queue to 17 days as Bitcoin reclaims $90,000.

January 3, 2026 • Kiran Maatman • No comments

Cryptocurrencies

XRP ETFs Hit $1B AUM, But The ‘Vanity Metric’ Hides A $1.88 Price Ceiling

XRP ETFs crossed $1 billion in assets, but with price stuck at $1.88 (-49% from ATH), the data exposes a critical gap between AUM headlines…

January 3, 2026 • Kiran Maatman • No comments

Cryptocurrencies

PEPE Ignites 2026: Memecoin Surges 38% as ‘Whale God’ Wynn Calls $69B Target

PEPE leads a sector-wide breakout with $1.8B in volume as legendary trader James Wynn targets a $69B valuation for the memecoin.

January 3, 2026 • Kiran Maatman • No comments