Echoes of the dot-com era

Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. During the dot-com boom in the late 1990s, the stock market resembled a free-for-all where investors — both retail and institutional — were scrambling to buy up shares of just about any…

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SynFutures CEO Rachel Lin on DEXs, CEXs

As on-chain liquidity deepens and decentralized exchanges quietly absorb market share once dominated by centralized platforms, the question is no longer whether DeFi can compete—but how far it can go. Rachel Lin, co-founder and CEO of SynFutures, sits at the center of that shift. A former Deutsche Bank global markets executive and founding partner of…

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Vertalo CEO Dave Hendricks on RWAs, stablecoins, 2026 trends

As stablecoins dominate regulatory headlines and tokenization edges closer to institutional reality, the real work of bringing traditional assets on-chain is happening quietly in the background. Dave Hendricks, founder and CEO of Vertalo, has been building that infrastructure for years. A serial entrepreneur with prior exits including LiveIntent and CheetahMail, and experience at Oracle and…

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Tokens need Nasdaq-style secondary markets

Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. Crypto has world-class launchpads and some of the most liquid spot markets in the world. New tokens can get minted, listed, and traded almost instantly. Once the unlocking or vesting contracts clear,…

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