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5 Lessons from the Great Stablecoin Shift

1 week ago | weissratings.com | Jurica Dujmovic

A few weeks ago, I called stablecoins the “quiet giants” of crypto. That’s because on-chain activity for stablecoins reached all-time highs in March 2025, with market capitalization reaching over $230 billion. Industry forecasts from VanEck suggest daily stablecoin transfers could hit $300 billion by December. That’s roughly 5% of the volume processed by major traditional payment networks and significantly higher than the $100 billion in daily transfers seen in 2024. Source: VanEck.
The Death of the Password?

1 week ago | weissratings.com | Chris Graebe

Imagine this: You’re in a rush at the airport, your hands full with a carry-on, your phone buried deep in your bag and you need to buy a bottle of water before your flight boards. Instead of fumbling for your wallet or pulling out your phone to scan a QR code, you just wave your hand over a scanner and boom — you’ve paid. No cards, no PINs, no passwords. Sounds futuristic, right? It’s already here.
Don’t Get Paralyzed by This Market Action

1 week ago | weissratings.com | Nilus Mattive

They simply collect the minute they can, or at best, file at “full retirement age.”In my dad’s case, we went way deeper. First, I had him file and suspend his own benefits. Next, when my mom started collecting her benefits, I had Dad collect spousal benefits on her work record. Then, at age 70, he filed for his own (MUCH) higher, fully maxed-out benefit checks.
The OTHER AI Boom

2 weeks ago | weissratings.com | Chris Graebe

Just recently, a funny story came out about the coding tool Cursor AI. A user asked the AI to write some code. But instead, it offered some advice: Go learn to code yourself. It turns out that this platform, whether internationally or not, is limiting how users can use Cursor AI to code. This comes after months of debate over the trend of "vibe coding," in which large sections of code can be generated by AI based only on users' regular language prompts … even if they have no idea how to code.
Level Up to Layer-3s

2 weeks ago | weissratings.com | Jurica Dujmovic

First, there were Layer-1 blockchains. Also called a “base chain,” this is the primary blockchain for a network. Blockchains like Bitcoin (BTC, “A-”), Ethereum (ETH, “B+”) and Solana (SOL, “B”) are Layer-1s. Then, the previous bull market saw the rise of Layer-2 blockchains, or L2s. Built on top of Layer-1s, these “side chains” are scaling solutions designed to help increase the network’s throughput.
Ripple Bets $1.25 Billion on Institutions

2 weeks ago | weissratings.com | Mark Gough

Broader Implications for the Crypto IndustryAs digital assets gain mainstream acceptance, crypto companies increasingly seek to enhance their service offerings to cater to institutional clients. Starting in January 2024 with the launch of the Bitcoin (BTC, “A-”) ETFs, institutions have had a hunger for crypto acquisition.
Are You Worried the Market Could Fall Further?

2 weeks ago | weissratings.com | Nilus Mattive

So, I turned to a type of investment that had become available two years earlier — an inverse exchange-traded fund (ETF). You probably already know the basics about ETFs, including some of advantages they bring to the table. Inverse ETFs carry all those same advantages while allowing you to profit whenever a particular market or group of investments goes DOWN.
Crypto’s Quiet Giants Could Be the Big Brother of the Blockchain

3 weeks ago | weissratings.com | Jurica Dujmovic

And both the Visa/Worldcoin stablecoin and CBDCs enable the potential for mass surveillance under the marketing banner of "preventing terrorism and money laundering."There are some minor differences between them, of course. Unlike CBDCs, stablecoins can currently be self-custodied in soft wallets like MetaMask or hardware wallets. That means they are stored beyond the reach of governments and can be traded peer-to-peer without oversight. This is a freedom that CBDCs likely wouldn’t permit.
You May Already Own the Fix to Web3’s Storage Problem

3 weeks ago | weissratings.com | Mark Gough

The WAL TokenAt the center of the Walrus protocol is its native token, WAL. It plays multiple roles, including as …Payment: WAL is used to pay for storage services on Walrus. Payments are made upfront for fixed storage durations to ensure stable costs in fiat terms. This also protects against any WAL price volatility. Security: Users can stake their WAL tokens to bolster network security, even if they don’t run storage nodes directly. Though node delegators do earn rewards based on their performance.
4 Wall Street Rip-offs

3 weeks ago | weissratings.com | Nilus Mattive

And in many cases, the advisers earning 1% a year are steering their clients into “house” funds … compounding the problems on top of each other. Which brings me to …No. 3: Paying for UnderperformanceMost actively managed funds are consistent underperformers. It would be one thing to pay for performance. In fact, you will often hear Wall Street describe its compensation structure this way …But the reality is that the majority of actively managed mutual funds (and ETFs) fail to beat their benchmarks.