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2505, 2026
RootstockLabs – Making Bitcoin Productive Collateral

|25 May 2026|Podcasts|

Richard Green is Director of Institutional and Ecosystem at RootstockLabs, a core contributor to Rootstock, the Bitcoin sidechain that has been quietly running for eight years and now anchors a growing slice of institutional Bitcoin DeFi. Based in London, Green came to crypto through fifteen years in traditional finance — a decade at Bloomberg working with banks and high-frequency trading desks, followed by a stint at Circle building out the European stablecoin business — before going further down the Bitcoin rabbit hole when emerging-market clients made clear they wanted something more than a dollar wrapper.

2505, 2026
Polymarket Opens Bets on Las Vegas ‘Steroid Olympics’ as Enhanced Games Confirm 91% of Athletes Used Testosterone

|25 May 2026|News|

The inaugural Enhanced Games — the doping-permitted, prize-money-juiced sporting competition that critics have dubbed the "Steroid Olympics" — opened Sunday night at Resorts World Las Vegas, and crypto-collateralized prediction market Polymarket has emerged as one of the only legal venues in the world to wager on whether athletes openly using testosterone, human growth hormone and Adderall can break a world record.

2105, 2026
SpaceX Files Public S-1 for Record IPO, Forcing 8,285 BTC Into the Light

|21 May 2026|News|

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. has filed the public version of its Form S-1 registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, ending nearly 25 years of private-company opacity and clearing the final regulatory gate for what underwriters expect will be the largest initial public offering in market history.

2105, 2026
Lithium Prices Fall Despite EV Shipments and Heavy Trucks’ Demand Outlook

|21 May 2026|News|

Lithium prices pulled back on May 20 as traders weighed improving supply expectations against still-tight near-term ore conditions. Mysteel New Energy data showed broad weakness across lithium carbonate indexes, with futures and spot prices both slipping during the session. The decline did not erase the wider recovery. Juan Carlos Zuleta [...]

2105, 2026
Chart of the Day: Ansem’s 2026 thesis is two arrows — one down, one up

|21 May 2026|News|

An investment thesis used to require a deck. Then it required a thread. On Wednesday, crypto trader Ansem (@blknoiz06) compressed his entire 2026 view into two TradingView screenshots: ETH breaking down through the $1,600 shelf it has defended since 2022, and ZEC breaking up through $700 toward something north of $7,000. The market is already voting with him on at least one of the two.