Author
Gintautas Nekrosius
Founder and editor, Stack and Story
Gintautas Nekrosius is the founder and editor of Stack and Story. He spent more than a decade in technology and crypto, including senior marketing roles at companies in the Animoca Brands and NordVPN groups, and worked on token launches and go-to-market from the inside. He started Stack and Story to write the independent read he could not find: crypto and markets explained plainly, by someone who has seen how the machine works. The publication holds no tokens and takes no trades.
Recent work
- BlackRock cuts bitcoin ETF swap floor to $1MAugust 27, 2026
- Bitcoin ETFs cut 2026 losses in halfAugust 26, 2026
- Revolut's euro stablecoin, issued by StripeAugust 26, 2026
- SEC's custody rule skips public commentAugust 26, 2026
- Bitcoin ETFs claw back only 47% of lossesAugust 25, 2026
- Lobby group backs GENIUS Act's KYC scopeAugust 25, 2026
- Crypto lobby fights stablecoin KYC scopeAugust 25, 2026
- Solana ETFs hit a 5-day inflow streakAugust 25, 2026
- Thailand drafts rules for local crypto ETFsAugust 25, 2026
- Bitcoin ETFs snap back but stay underwaterAugust 24, 2026
- Circle's bull case skips the Clarity ActAugust 24, 2026
- ETF inflows are mostly price, not cashAugust 24, 2026
- Fasset hits $1B on emerging-market plumbingAugust 24, 2026
- Crypto card spend tops $1 billionAugust 23, 2026
- Tether's $120M Uruguay mine fell apartAugust 23, 2026
- FTX's Ellison, Wang get 5-year trading bansAugust 22, 2026
- Grayscale's Zcash ETF nears the lineAugust 22, 2026
- MiCA eyes DeFi vaults, hits a wallAugust 22, 2026
- Zcash tops $800 on Grayscale ETF pushAugust 22, 2026
- Bitcoin's $80K push has an ETF tailwindAugust 21, 2026
- BlackRock takes 83% of Bitcoin ETF inflowsAugust 21, 2026
- Ether ETFs post biggest inflow since OctoberAugust 21, 2026
- StanChart: $100K bitcoin call may be too lowAugust 21, 2026
- XRP's 30% week rode a BTC short squeezeAugust 21, 2026
- Bank lobby revives stablecoin yield fightAugust 17, 2026
- Banks fight stablecoin yield, againAugust 16, 2026
- Galaxy cuts CLARITY Act odds to 10%August 16, 2026
- Mac flaw let hackers mine Monero, 9.8/10August 16, 2026
- SafePal breach hits 40,000 customersAugust 16, 2026
- UBS call options on IBIT jump 24-foldAugust 16, 2026
- Cboe files for US 3x bitcoin, ether ETFsAugust 15, 2026
- Gen Z trades ETFs, not stocks, on BinanceAugust 15, 2026
- Harvard holds its bitcoin ETF stake flatAugust 15, 2026
- StablecoinX shares jump on 20% ENA stakeAugust 15, 2026
- Tudor adds to IBIT, still 91% below peakAugust 15, 2026
- JPMorgan's crypto ETF filing isn't a betAugust 14, 2026
- Morgan Stanley added IBIT as it fell 18%August 14, 2026
- Tether finally gets a real auditAugust 14, 2026
- Binance bStocks overtakes xStocksAugust 13, 2026
- Brazil ETF bets 95% on one MSTR stockAugust 13, 2026
- FCA and HTX in talks after undercover buyAugust 13, 2026
- Public miners cut hashrate 13.4% for AIAugust 13, 2026
- Bitcoin's volatility hits a 3-year lowAugust 12, 2026
- Fidelity adds staking to $898M ether ETFAugust 12, 2026
- Miden launches a stablecoin you can't seeAugust 12, 2026
- Coldcard hack: three trackers, three totalsAugust 11, 2026
- Decta moves its own treasury onto USDCAugust 11, 2026
- Grvt puts $100M into Ondo's USDYAugust 11, 2026
- Retail is buying gold, not bitcoinAugust 11, 2026
- Bitcoin ETFs pull $854M, but flows fade fastAugust 10, 2026
- BlackRock puts Bitcoin at 3% in a stock fundAugust 10, 2026
- Tron's stablecoin rails outgrow its DeFiAugust 10, 2026
- Bitcoin anti-spam fork stalls at 2.53%August 9, 2026
- Brazil adds 24-hour hold on crypto transfersAugust 9, 2026
- T. Rowe Price puts dogecoin in an active ETFAugust 9, 2026
- Bitcoin ETFs' $1B week follows a hackAugust 8, 2026
- HTX's $135M stETH trail leads to PoloniexAugust 8, 2026
- USDC lands on OKX's X Layer networkAugust 7, 2026
- Bitcoin ETFs: three days, $626M inAugust 6, 2026
- Bitcoin's boredom bottom at $64KAugust 5, 2026
- Circle's $12M miss hides a margin storyAugust 5, 2026
- Coldcard hack sends BTC into ETFsAugust 5, 2026
- Strategy joins Trump Accounts pledge listAugust 5, 2026
- Dinari puts S&P 500 stocks in self-custodyAugust 4, 2026
- First spot bitcoin ETF closure, $14.7M fundAugust 4, 2026
- Intesa triples staked ETH ETF, guts IBITAugust 4, 2026
- Coinbase premium's record 77-day discountAugust 3, 2026
- Coldcard loss hits $88.6M, still movingAugust 2, 2026
- Spark bets on stablecoin fragmentationAugust 2, 2026
- Stablecoins hit a 9% wall on remittancesAugust 2, 2026
- Bitcoin ETFs' green July hides a $5.3B holeAugust 1, 2026
- Iran-linked exchange sent $676M to BinanceAugust 1, 2026
- Tether's $1.5B quarter runs on TreasuriesAugust 1, 2026
- Bitcoin ETFs snap back with $233M inflow dayJuly 31, 2026
- Coinbase's loss shows a trading droughtJuly 31, 2026
- Coldcard bug drains $38M, dents self-custodyJuly 31, 2026
- Bitcoin ETFs snap back, Ether funds reverseJuly 30, 2026
- Bitcoin ETFs' worst inflow month on recordJuly 30, 2026
- Coinbase's Q2 miss hides a bigger shiftJuly 30, 2026
- Cash beats carry trade for 2nd time everJuly 30, 2026
- Bernstein cuts Circle target to $140July 29, 2026
- Bitcoin ETF outflows hit $526M in four daysJuly 29, 2026
- Tether's USAT stablecoin lands on CeloJuly 29, 2026
- Visa's neutral stance on its own stablecoinJuly 29, 2026
- Bitcoin ETFs shed $465M in two daysJuly 28, 2026
- Ethereum L2 TVL slides to 2-year lowJuly 28, 2026
- Fortitude cuts ZEC mining cost to $40July 28, 2026
- IMF: Brazil stablecoin flows outrun capitalJuly 28, 2026
- PayPal's Q2 keeps crypto off the booksJuly 28, 2026
- Bitcoin ETFs eke out third weekly inflowJuly 27, 2026
- Metaplanet's real plan: bitcoin-backed bondsJuly 27, 2026
- Triple-A absorbs $11.8M treasury breachJuly 27, 2026
- Binance phish-tests staff monthlyJuly 26, 2026
- BitMart winds down as BMX token drops 70%July 26, 2026
- CFTC warns prediction markets, againJuly 26, 2026
- Bitcoin ETF volume hits 8-month lowJuly 25, 2026
- ETH ETFs snap streak, still win the weekJuly 25, 2026
- Bitcoin ETF streak ends with $225M outflowJuly 24, 2026
- Samsung Wallet mocks up USDC supportJuly 24, 2026
- AFX Trade drained of $24M, offers hacker 30%July 23, 2026
- Goldman breaks ranks on crypto billJuly 23, 2026
- Kakao taps Circle for a won stablecoinJuly 23, 2026
- A fake price crashed a stablecoin 99%July 22, 2026
- Binance sees biggest BTC outflow since 2024July 22, 2026
- Bitcoin's rally hits a $68,000 wallJuly 22, 2026
- Bitcoin ETFs' longest inflow run since AprilJuly 21, 2026
- Bitcoin ETFs hit five-day inflow streakJuly 21, 2026
- CoinShares brings a miner ETF to EuropeJuly 21, 2026
- Movement Labs' bankruptcy claimsJuly 21, 2026
- Bitcoin ETF inflows: $273M vs $8B exodusJuly 20, 2026
- Bitcoin ETFs post second week of inflowsJuly 20, 2026
- Grayscale files Worldcoin ETF with SECJuly 20, 2026
- Miners' AI pivot masks a $50B funding gapJuly 20, 2026
- Strive's bitcoin buying slows to a crawlJuly 20, 2026
- Stablecoin issuers get no rulebook one year after GENIUS Act signingJuly 19, 2026
- Korea opens sanctions case against Upbit over $36M hack delayJuly 19, 2026
- Saylor's 110-point case against BIP-110July 19, 2026
- Stablecoin rules miss their deadline as agencies file 10 proposalsJuly 19, 2026
- Tether faces a two-year clock on U.S. stablecoin rulesJuly 19, 2026
- US regulators blow past GENIUS Act deadline for stablecoin rulesJuly 19, 2026
- BIP-110 signaling stalls under 1% of Bitcoin hashrateJuly 18, 2026
- Bolivia's dollar shortage is making USDT a national payment toolJuly 18, 2026
- IBIT's fast rise to $100 billion echoes gold's 2011 topJuly 18, 2026
- OKX Europe builds an exit ramp off USDTJuly 18, 2026
- Washington attacks Pix while the dollar already wins in BrazilJuly 18, 2026
- Bitcoin ETFs post three straight inflow days, still deep in the red for 2026July 17, 2026
- Bitcoin drops under $63,000 as geopolitics rattles marketsJuly 17, 2026
- Coinbase premium stays negative for a record 60 daysJuly 17, 2026
- OKX gives EU users an exit ramp from USDT, but few are taking itJuly 17, 2026
- SBI's Coinhako deal is a licensing shortcut, not a bet on SingaporeJuly 17, 2026
- BitPay wins Dutch MiCA license, opening EU stablecoin pushJuly 16, 2026
- Galaxy wraps DeFi yield in a compliance blanket for institutionsJuly 16, 2026
- Ostium halts trading after $18 million vault exploitJuly 16, 2026
- Visa builds a stablecoin platform that skips CircleJuly 16, 2026
- An MOU, and Japan's stablecoin pileupJuly 15, 2026
- Circle froze a Tether-backed fund over manipulation fearsJuly 15, 2026
- Fourteen Open DoorsJuly 15, 2026
- One fund set the ETF flow print, againJuly 15, 2026
- The stablecoin money is buying the pipesJuly 15, 2026
- A $425M ETF outflow, and the whales buying the other sideJuly 14, 2026
- Crypto customers win 8% of the timeJuly 13, 2026
- Where the Two Billion WentJuly 6, 2026
- Survival of the LicensedJuly 2, 2026
- Stablecoins Quietly Became the ProductMay 25, 2026
- What the ETF Flows Are Actually Telling UsMay 18, 2026
- Custody, Explained: Not Your Keys, Not Your CoinsMay 11, 2026
