RT Watson@RT_Watson

former Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Reuters. @UCLA and @EdinburghUni grad.

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EXCLUSIVE: Paradigm leads $9 million round in LatAm payments app El Dorado theblock.co/post/404709/para…

Paradigm leads $9 million round in LatAm payments app El Dorado

El Dorado was founded in 2022 by Latin American immigrants with firsthand experience dealing with cross-border payments.

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Many in crypto are reluctant to openly discuss whether @realDonaldTrump's crypto interests is making getting Clarity Act through Congress more difficult. “They don't want to bite the hand that feeds them,” AFR's Mark Hays told The Block. theblock.co/post/403083/cryp…

Crypto champion Trump may be jeopardizing the industry's landmark legislation 

As the Senate weighs the Clarity Act, Democrats are pressing for ethics rules that would curb officials’ crypto dealings, a fight tied to Trump’s business interests.

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Must be a crazy number of #XRP 'super fans' buying token's ETFs... The TOP 30 HOLDERS of spot XRP ETFs held JUST $211 MILLION worth of the funds at the end of 2025 But the funds had taken in a total of over $1 billion. theblock.co/post/393044/gold…

Goldman Sachs emerges as top XRP ETF holder, alongside wave of 'super fans': analysts

Goldman Sachs held nearly $154 million in spot XRP ETF shares, while analysts say most investors are hidden “super fans” not captured in filings.

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Although #XRP champion Ripple spent billions in 2025... Might still look at more acquisitions later this year, says CEO @bgarlinghouse theblock.co/post/389467/xrp-…

'XRP is the North Star for Ripple': Garlinghouse keeps door open for more M&A in second half of 2026

Garlinghouse said Ripple expects more integration after roughly $4 billion in deals last year, but may look for new acquisitions again in the second half of 2026.

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Most profitable company in #Crypto, @tether keeps investing.. -Latest a 'strategic' stake in @LayerZero_Core theblock.co/post/389222/teth…

Tether makes 'strategic investment' into LayerZero Labs, creator of tech used for USDT0

The stablecoin issuer did not disclose the size of the stake, but said LayerZero’s protocol underpins USDT0 and has enabled more than $70 billion in cross-chain transfers.

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High-profile #Ethereum treasury backed by Peter Thiel (ETHZilla) doesn't really feel like being a #crypto treasury anymore... Hopefully tokenizing auto and home loans yields better results for shareholders theblock.co/post/383514/thie…

Peter Thiel-backed ETHZilla sells $74.5 million of ETH to pay debt as it shifts away from DAT...

ETHZilla said it sold 24,291 ETH to redeem debt and is now focusing on revenue and cash flow from tokenizing real-world assets

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EXCLUSIVE: @paradigm makes first Brazil investment... betting $13.5M on #crypto startup Crown, issuer of "world’s largest emerging market stablecoin" theblock.co/post/381596/cryp…

Crypto VC Paradigm bets $13.5 million on stablecoin startup Crown in first Brazil investment

Paradigm’s first Brazil deal backs Crown’s BRLV, a real-pegged stablecoin with $66 million in subscriptions and institutional demand in a high-rate market

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FEATURE: Wall Street created Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs. Now crypto is going after equities like Tesla and Nvidia theblock.co/post/347537/wall…

Wall Street created Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs. Now crypto is going after equities like Tesla and...

Tokenized equities are starting to take off in the crypto world, with the total value locked in RWA protocols breaking above $10 billion.

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6 Mar 2025
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BREAKING: Sam Bankman-Fried gets sentenced to 25 years in prison in FTX case theblock.co/post/285356/live…

LIVE: Sam Bankman-Fried gets sentenced to 25 years in prison in FTX case

Tune in here for continuous coverage of Sam Bankman-Fried's sentencing in New York.

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Worldcoin seeks to empower users and eliminates option allowing for storage of personal data theblock.co/post/284123/worl…

Worldcoin seeks to empower users and eliminates option allowing for storage of personal data

Project with close ties to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman taking measure to bolster trust and transparency as Worldcoin keeps growing.

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Bored Apes' creator Yuga Labs acquires Proof, takes over Moonbirds NFT brand theblock.co/post/277905/bore…

Bored Apes' creator Yuga Labs acquires Proof, takes over Moonbirds NFT brand

Two of the biggest NFT creators in the industry are joining forces as Yuga Labs acquires Proof, the company behind Moonbirds.

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Interview with ambitious @Mysten_Labs co-founder Adeniyi [@EmanAbio] ... bullish on @SuiNetwork making the transferring of crypto as easy as sending email theblock.co/post/267530/form…

Sui devs dream of sending money like email

Unicorn crypto startup Mysten Labs wants to be the center of digital commerce with its open standard Sui blockchain.

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Mike Alfred
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21 Nov 2023
Now that CZ and Binance have been removed from the field, the SEC can approve the spot ETF and Blackrock, Fidelity, Invesco and other large players can take over. This is how the game is played.
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Nike-RTFKT's crypto universe nears $1.4 billion in NFT trading as sneakerheads swoon theblock.co/post/261478/nike…

Nike-RTFKT's crypto universe nears $1.4 billion in NFT trading as sneakerheads swoon

The value of tying tokens to limited-edition merchandise appears to be gaining steam with consumers and could be a saving grace for NFTs.

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Paying roughly 20% more for food and rising car prices surely sour some consumers' mood
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A great column by @greg_ip: Americans are grouchier about the economy than they have any discernible reason to be. Something deeper is clearly going on. wsj.com/economy/the-economy-… via @WSJ
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Yesterday I shared 5+ people who received phishing emails over the weekend to email addresses associated with @Strike Strike then provided a quote to TheBlock claiming “there's no evidence that Strike was breached” Below are two examples with leaked data from the breach showing evidence that Strike is misleading people and cannot be trusted.
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I love how enthusiastic the friends are to be watching the gadget be tested.
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With multidirectional treadmills like Omni One you walk and run in 360° inside VR games and other virtual worlds [read more: omni.virtuix.com]
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What would a spot bitcoin ETF approval mean for the industry? theblock.co/post/259587/what…

What would a spot bitcoin ETF approval mean for the industry?

Analysts explain how a spot bitcoin ETF could increase trading volumes and make investing simpler.

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Blockchains (like @solana) keep launching accelerators, incubators and holding contests to drive development in web3 ... will it help? Solana adds incubator to spur growth and woo founders away from rival chains theblock.co/post/259634/sola…

Solana adds incubator to spur growth and woo founders away from rival chains

By launching a startup incubator, Solana Labs is hoping to foster the development of more applications on its Layer 1 blockchain.

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