Hardwire Crypto
Hardwire Crypto is a calm, sourced newsroom covering digital-asset markets, policy, and the people shaping them.
Westen covers policy and markets. Easton writes labeled opinion.
Today’s desks
WESTEN · MARKETS
Hong Kong banks now settle tokenized deposits 24/7. A U.S. bank plans loans born on Arbitrum.
The HKMA’s pilot now settles tokenized deposits around the clock, Standard Chartered is first to sell it to corporates, and Cross River plans tokenized loans from day one. Banks stay in the middle.
EASTON · OPINION
Crypto spent $63 million to stop Sherrod Brown. Ohio sent him back anyway.
Opinion: The industry hedged both parties and still lost Congress. Speculation, labeled: the lame-duck Clarity push could be written for big donors, not small holders.
ECONOMY DESK
Macro coverage — the Fed, jobs, inflation, Treasury and growth — and how crypto rails intersect with the real economy. Visit the Economy desk