Amir Rocha

Amir Rocha

// BIO_DATA

I’m Amir Rocha, a reporter who believes you shouldn't need a computer science degree to understand the future of money. I spend my days translating technical developments from Zero-Knowledge rollups into clear, actionable insights for SEC filings. After 8 years in the blockchain space, I’ve learned that the most important story isn't the price, but the technology underneath. I write to help you spot the difference between genuine innovation and a marketing gimmick

// RECENT_TRANSMISSIONS (361 posts)

January 17, 2026 Cryptocurrency

XRP Corners South Korea Market as Regulation Funnels Speculators into Spot Volatility

South Korea’s strict ban on retail futures has inadvertently crowned XRP as the market’s favorite volatility proxy, with Upbit volumes flipping Bitcoin.

January 17, 2026 Cryptocurrency

Tennessee Bans Prediction Markets; Kalshi Wins Immediate Federal Restraining Order

A federal judge grants Kalshi a restraining order against Tennessee regulators after the state demanded prediction markets refund users by Jan 31.

January 17, 2026 Cryptocurrency

Geopolitical Fracture: Canada Breaks US Rank with China Deal; Bitcoin Tests $80K

Prime Minister Mark Carney defies US tariffs, allowing 49k Chinese EVs into Canada in exchange for Canola relief, sending Bitcoin below $80k as geopolitical fault lines widen.

January 16, 2026 Cryptocurrency

Vitalik Buterin Unveils 2026 Roadmap: Ethereum to ‘Take Back Lost Ground’

Buterin outlines a pivot to ZK-EVMs, Helios, and privacy tech to reverse Ethereum’s ‘lost ground’ in UX and sovereignty.

January 16, 2026 Cryptocurrency

CME Lists Cardano, Chainlink, Stellar Futures; ‘Blue Chip’ Rotation Widens

CME Group targets February 9 to launch futures for ADA, LINK, and XLM, expanding its institutional crypto suite to seven assets.

January 16, 2026 Cryptocurrency

KBC Group Opens Bitcoin, Ethereum Trading to 4M Belgian Clients

Belgium’s largest bank breaks the local blockade, offering ‘closed-loop’ BTC and ETH trading to millions via its Bolero platform.

January 16, 2026 Cryptocurrency

BitMine Drops $200M on MrBeast in Bid to Retail-Pill Gen Z

The Ethereum treasury firm is betting $200M that MrBeast’s 450M subscribers are the future users of its DeFi stack.

January 15, 2026 Cryptocurrency

SEC Chair Atkins: US Markets Fully On-Chain in 2 Years; Targets $12.6T Repo Market

SEC Chair Paul Atkins targets a 2-year timeline for full market migration, prioritizing the $12.6T repo market over equities as the DTC prepares its ‘Tokenized Entitlements’ pilot.

January 15, 2026 Cryptocurrency

MetaMask Drops Native TRON Support, Tapping $21B Daily USDT Volume

Consensys tears down the garden wall, integrating the world’s busiest stablecoin network directly into MetaMask’s core UI alongside Bitcoin and Solana.

January 15, 2026 Cryptocurrency

State Street Launches ‘SWEEP’ Tokenized Fund on Solana; Ondo Seeds $200M

The $46.6T custodian partners with Galaxy Digital to launch a tokenized liquidity fund on Solana, seeded with $200M from Ondo Finance.