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Stacy Jones

Stacy Jones

Stacy wrote for TheStreet Crypto after spending three years as a data analyst and product manager on the Goldman Sachs technology risk team. Prior to joining Goldman, Stacy led the data reporting team at Fortune. Before joining Fortune, she worked as a data reporter at Bankrate and the Star-Ledger. Disclosure: She owns less than 1 BTC and less than 2 ETH.

Stories by Stacy Jones

  • Vitalik Buterin. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin Details His 'Private' and 'Secure' AI Setup

    Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin detailed his personal AI setup in a new blog post, describing the configuration as both "private" and "secure." Buterin said he runs his artificial intelligence setup entirely on local hardware, and has built custom tools around the large language model (LLM) to prevent his AI agents from sending messages or moving crypto without human sign-off. "The new two-factor authentication is the human and the LLM," he wrote. The post, published Wednesday, marks a step...

  • Bitcoin is the leading cryptocurrency by market cap. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    Metaplanet Adds 5,075 BTC in Q1, Becomes Third Largest Bitcoin Treasury

    Tokyo-listed Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet acquired 5,075 BTC during the first quarter of 2026 for approximately $405 million, at an average price of roughly $79,900 per coin, the company announced in its quarterly report Wednesday. The purchase brings its total holdings to 40,177 BTC—acquired for around $4.18 billion at an average cost basis of $104,106 per coin. This vaults the firm past MARA Holdings into third place among publicly traded corporate Bitcoin holders globally. メタプラネットは、20...

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  • Bitcoin and the U.S. Dollar. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    Bitcoin Gets Its First Bond Rating as Moody's Grades New Hampshire Deal

    Wall Street credit agency Moody's just issued its first credit rating to Bitcoin-backed bonds. Moody's Ratings has assigned a provisional Ba2 rating to a pair of Bitcoin-backed revenue bonds to be issued through the Business Finance Authority of the State of New Hampshire. A credit rating works much like a credit score for an individual borrower. It's an independent assessment of how likely a debt is to be repaid. The firm says this is the first time a major credit agency has rated a bond direct...

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    Stacy Jones
  • Iranian rial and Bitcoin. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    Bitcoin, Crypto Stocks Climb on Reports That Iran's President Is 'Ready to End War'

    Crypto stocks and Bitcoin saw sudden gains Tuesday on multiple reports that Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is "ready to end war." Crypto exchange Coinbase has gained nearly 9% since the opening bell, recently trading at $175. Bitcoin mining and AI hardware firm Bitdeer saw its shares jump more than 12%, trading as high as $8.98 before falling back to $8.88. And chipmaker giant Nvidia saw its shares gain 5% to reach $173.80. Stock indices are showing major gains on the day, with the Nasdaq r...

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    3 min read
    Stacy Jones
  • USDC and USDT stablecoins. Image: Decrypt

    Stablecoin Market to Hit $2 Trillion in 2028 Even as Velocity Doubles: Standard Chartered

    Stablecoin velocity has now doubled in the past two years, with coins changing hands an average of six times per month, Standard Chartered flagged in a note Tuesday morning. That's prompted the bank to revisit a key assumption behind its stablecoin market forecast. Geoff Kendrick, global head of digital assets research at the bank, said that's out of sync with the bank's longstanding forecast. Standard Chartered has predicted that the stablecoin market will reach $2 trillion in total market cap...

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    Stacy Jones
  • The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    Chainlink Labs, Anchorage Digital Back New Crypto Super PAC Ahead of Midterms

    The Blockchain Leadership Fund, a new political action committee focused on digital asset policy, launched Monday. The new PAC adds another player to a crypto lobbying landscape already flush with cash heading into the 2026 midterms. The Blockchain Leadership Fund, a hybrid PAC formed by members of The Digital Chamber, announced its launch in a press release, with Anchorage Digital and Chainlink Labs as founding contributors. Structured as a hybrid PAC, BLF can make both direct candidate contrib...

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    2 min read
    Stacy Jones
  • Coinbase flag. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    Coinbase, Robinhood and Figure Stocks Are 60% Off Their Peaks—Bernstein Says Buy the Dip

    Bernstein analysts cut price targets Monday on Coinbase, Robinhood, and blockchain lending firm Figure Technology Solutions, citing geopolitical headwinds and weak crypto sentiment. But the analysts maintained "Outperform" ratings on all three companies, despite the reductions. "In our view, these businesses offer exposure to trillion dollar markets with years of growth ahead—prediction markets, stablecoins, tokenized real world assets, crypto derivatives, and further beta on crypto recovery fro...

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    Stacy Jones
  • Ethereum. Image: Decrypt/Shutterstock

    Ethereum Funds Shed $222 Million as Crypto Bill Fears Rattle Investors

    Ethereum funds bore the heaviest losses among all digital asset exchange-traded products last week as broader risk-off sentiment collided with growing concern about the Clarity Act, the upcoming U.S. crypto market structure bill. That's pushed total crypto fund outflows to $414 million—the first weekly net negative in five weeks, according to CoinShares' weekly fund flows report. Ethereum investment products shed $222 million, dragging the asset's year-to-date flows to a net outflow of $273 mill...

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    3 min read
    Stacy Jones
  • Gamestop logo. Source: Decrypt/Shutterstock

    Why GameStop Put $315 Million in Bitcoin Into a Covered Call Options Strategy

    Video game retailer GameStop disclosed this week that it moved all but 1 BTC of its Bitcoin treasury holdings into a covered call options strategy on Coinbase Prime. By doing so, the 4,709 BTC stash—worth about $315 million as of this writing—has become a receivable rather than an intangible asset on the company's balance sheet. The reclassification matters, because it'll change how Bitcoin gains and losses flow through GameStop's quarterly earnings. Bitcoin treasury companies have been relativ...

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    3 min read
    Stacy Jones
  • Polymarket. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    NYSE Parent Company Finalizes Polymarket Investment, Totaling $1.6 Billion

    New York Stock Exchange parent company Intercontinental Exchange has completed its investment into prominent prediction market platform Polymarket, with the final total landing at $1.6 billion. ICE said the new funding is part of an equity capital fundraising by Polymarket, and that the firm intends to purchase up to $40 million worth of Polymarket securities from existing holders. The NYSE parent company made a commitment of up to $2 billion to Polymarket in October 2025 that valued the compan...

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    3 min read
    Stacy Jones
  • Bitcoin is the leading cryptocurrency by market cap. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    $15 Billion in Bitcoin Options Expire Friday as Trump's Iran Deadline Looms

    There's nearly $15 billion worth of Bitcoin options contracts expiring on derivatives exchange Deribit on Friday. That represents nearly 40% of the $36.5 billion worth of BTC open interest currently on the exchange. The derivatives exchange was acquired by Coinbase in a $2.9 billion deal in 2025, but still operates as Deribit. Jean-David Pequignot, the derivative exchange's chief commercial officer, said the platform will see $17 billion total in options expire tomorrow, which includes Bitcoin...

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    Stacy Jones
  • Bitcoin. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    CoinShares Files for Bitcoin Volatility ETF Suite, Targeting BTC Price Swings

    Digital asset manager CoinShares has quietly filed an amendment to register three new ETFs that track Bitcoin volatility. The Valkyrie ETF Trust II filed a post-effective amendment with the SEC for the CoinShares Bitcoin Volatility ETF, CoinShares Bitcoin Volatility Leveraged ETF, and CoinShares Bitcoin Volatility Inverse ETF. The filing was first flagged by Bloomberg Senior ETF Analyst Eric Balchunas on X. "Currently we know of no ETF that exists that will provide investors, institutions, and...

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    Stacy Jones
  • USDC is a stablecoin issued by Circle. Source: Circle/Decrypt

    Circle Stock Dives as Rival Tether Secures Big Four Audit, Crypto Bill Threatens Stablecoin Yield

    Stablecoin issuer Circle saw its stock take a 20% dive Tuesday following a double shot of potentially concerning news for the firm behind the prominent USDC stablecoin. As of the close of trading, CRCL changed hands for $101.24, falling just over 20% on the day—and it's ticking down further in after-hours trading thus far, as of this writing. Shares of the closely aligned crypto exchange Coinbase also fell nearly 10% on the day, finishing at $181.04. Early Tuesday, stablecoin rival Tether—issue...

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    Stacy Jones
  • BMO. Image: Decrypt/Shutterstock

    BMO Is First Bank to Join CME's Tokenized Cash Platform on Google Cloud

    Bank of Montreal, which goes by BMO, is joining forces with derivatives marketplace CME Group and Google Cloud to launch a tokenized cash and deposit platform. This will make BMO the first bank to offer CME Group's tokenized cash solution on Google Cloud Universal Ledger (GCUL), the three companies said Tuesday in a joint press release. The collaboration will allow BMO's institutional clients to convert U.S. dollars into tokenized instruments around the clock, enabling real-time margin calls, c...

    NewsBusiness
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    Stacy Jones
  • BitMine Chairman Tom Lee. Image: Fundstrat/Decrypt

    Ethereum Price Jumps on Iran Optimism as Tom Lee's BitMine Adds to $10 Billion Stash

    Leading Ethereum treasury company BitMine Immersion Technologies has continued its aggressive ETH accumulation strategy, purchasing 65,341 ETH last week and bringing its total holdings to over 4.66 million tokens—$10.17 billion worth—according to a new SEC filing. Meanwhile, Chairman Tom Lee said he's been positioning the company for what he believes is an approaching crypto market recovery. (Disclosure: Lee is one of several angel investors in prediction market Myriad, which is operated by Dec...

    NewsMarkets
    3 min read
    Stacy Jones
  • Kalshi prediction market data displayed in New York City. Image: Decrypt/Shutterstock

    Kalshi Raises $1 Billion to Double Valuation to $22 Billion: Reports

    Prediction market giant Kalshi has raised a $1 billion round and, with it, clinched a $22 billion valuation, a person familiar with the matter told Decrypt. The news was originally reported by The Wall Street Journal. The deal has roughly doubled Kalshi's valuation from its last round in December, when investors valued the business at $11 billion. That round was led by Paradigm and included investments from Cathie Wood's Ark Invest, and venture capital giants Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Cap...

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    2 min read
    Stacy Jones
  • Morgan Stanley. Image: Decrypt/Shutterstock

    Morgan Stanley Prepares Bitcoin ETF for NYSE Arca Launch, Picking MSBT Ticker

    Investment banking giant Morgan Stanley has updated its Bitcoin ETF application, adding Fidelity as a custodian and disclosing that the fund will be listed on the NYSE Arca under the MSBT ticker when it launches. The Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust will offer investors a fee waiver on the first $5 billion invested for six months, the firm said Wednesday in an amendment to its S-1 SEC form. The firm first registered its Bitcoin fund alongside a Morgan Stanley Solana Trust in January. Based on SEC f...

    NewsBusiness
    2 min read
    Stacy Jones
  • BlackRock. Image: Shutterstock/Decrypt

    BlackRock Staked Ethereum Fund Tops $250 Million in Its First Week

    BlackRock's iShares Staked Ethereum Trust has reached $254 million worth of assets under management after launching a week ago. That means investors have bought $146 million worth of shares since the fund debuted, on top of more than $100 million seeded in the fund. BlackRock launched the iShares Staked Ethereum Trust (ETHB) on Nasdaq on March 12, with the seed capital coming from BlackRock Financial Management, an affiliate of iShares. The new fund stakes between 70–95% of its ETH holdings and...

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    2 min read
    Stacy Jones
  • Gemini. Source: Decrypt/Shutterstock

    Citi Downgrades Crypto Exchange Gemini After Cutting Bitcoin, Ethereum Price Targets

    Crypto exchange and custodian Gemini's stock dropped more than 16% after Citigroup analysts downgraded the company Wednesday morning, suggesting that it'll be years before the firm is profitable. The company, which trades on the Nasdaq under the GEMI symbol, saw its rating fall from Neutral to Sell, and Citi lowered its price target from $13 to $5.50, according to a note published Wednesday morning. At the time of writing, GEMI was changing hands for $5.95 per share after having dropped more th...

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    3 min read
    Stacy Jones
  • Vitalik Buterin. Image: Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch (CC BY 2.0)/Decrypt

    Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin Wants Running a Node to Feel Less Like Rocket Science

    Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin wants there to be fewer moving parts for aspiring network validators to juggle. He recently commented on a Nimbus "Unified Node" pull request from the Status-im team, which would combine two separate Ethereum software components into a single, easy-to-run program. "Running two daemons and getting them to talk to each other is far more difficult than running one daemon," Buterin wrote on X. "Our goal is to make the self-sovereign way of using Ethereum have goo...

    NewsTechnology
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