2026

Key takeaways The pace of technological change, driven by AI, is faster than any other period in human history. Technology is democratizing and reducing the cost of access to intelligence and knowledge. The convergence of exponential technologies is set to transform global economics and personal lives. Current societal and governmental structures are ill-prepared for the…

The Monero price is currently trading near $365, struggling to stabilize after a violent rejection at the critical $370 resistance level. Although XMR is up +4.6% on the day, a failure to flip $370 has printed a textbook double top on the daily chart, forcing traders to choose between a breakout bet and a defensive…

Private markets reprice periodically and opaquely; BTC reprices continuously and publicly, a difference that matters when conditions decline. Analyst Jamie Coutts has said that Bitcoin’s transparent ledger and real-time pricing could expose weaknesses in private equity markets. The comments, made on the back of a broader market stress and falling crypto prices, have raised…

Polygon‑incubated Katana has acquired veteran DEX IDEX to launch Katana Perps, folding a decade of exchange tech into its DeFi stack as it races Hyperliquid and dYdX for onchain derivatives volume. Summary Polygon‑incubated DeFi chain Katana has acquired veteran DEX IDEX to power Katana Perps, a new perpetual futures platform that natively integrates spot and derivatives trading. CEO Matthew Fisher…