Crypto Leaders' Takes2026-11-01Binance loses $6.3 billion, Hayes writes a compute-derivatives spec, and Vitalik leaves the X interface: October 25-November 1, 2026A source-linked weekly brief on Changpeng Zhao, Vitalik Buterin, Arthur Hayes, Stani Kulechov, Brian Armstrong, Hayden Adams and Andre Cronje — and what the largest theft in crypto's history, a blueprint for compute derivatives, and an argument for leaving the feed mean for the week ahead.1
Crypto Leaders' Takes2026-10-25Hayes exits, Aave lends against stocks, and Vitalik retires the precompile: October 18-25, 2026A source-linked weekly brief on Arthur Hayes, Stani Kulechov, Brian Armstrong, Hayden Adams, Vitalik Buterin, Changpeng Zhao and Andre Cronje, and what an exit from the trade, lending against tokenized stocks, and a plan to stop adding precompiles mean for the week ahead.21
Crypto Leaders' Takes2026-10-18Bitcoin as collateral, bStocks past $1 billion, and a 75% bailout call: October 11-18, 2026A source-linked weekly brief on Arthur Hayes, Stani Kulechov, Brian Armstrong, Changpeng Zhao, Vitalik Buterin, and Andre Cronje — and what a proposed bitcoin-collateral market on Aave, an AI-credit selloff, and a billion-dollar tokenized-stock business mean for the week ahead.2
Crypto Leaders' Takes2026-10-11FLOP's agent currency, Ethereum's 'bunker mode', and Coinbase Global Exchange: October 4-11, 2026A source-linked weekly brief on Vitalik Buterin, Arthur Hayes, Stani Kulechov, Brian Armstrong, Hayden Adams, Andre Cronje, Changpeng Zhao, and Jeff Yan — and what TOKEN2049 Singapore's argument over agent money, an AI-against-cryptography scare, and Coinbase's completed derivatives build-out mean for the week ahead.1
Crypto Leaders' Takes2026-10-04$1.1 trillion borrowed, a Tokyo brokerage built on Uniswap, and Vitalik's private AI stack: September 27-October 4, 2026A source-linked weekly brief on Brian Armstrong, Stani Kulechov, Hayden Adams, Andre Cronje, Vitalik Buterin, CZ, and Arthur Hayes — and what Aave's DAO-controlled foundation, a Japanese brokerage's venue on Uniswap, and Buterin's private-AI experiment mean for the week ahead.
Crypto Leaders' Takes2026-09-27Cleared buybacks, stocks as collateral, and agents as the customer: September 20-27, 2026A source-linked weekly brief on Brian Armstrong, Hayden Adams, Stani Kulechov, CZ, Vitalik Buterin, Arthur Hayes, and Andre Cronje — and what the SEC staff's answers on buybacks and liquid staking, tokenized stocks becoming loan collateral, and the shift toward agent users mean for the week ahead.
Crypto Leaders' Takes2026-09-20The innovation exemption, a stalled CLARITY vote, and Aave's $1 billion: September 13-20, 2026A source-linked weekly brief on Brian Armstrong, Hayden Adams, Stani Kulechov, CZ, Vitalik Buterin, Arthur Hayes, and Andre Cronje — and what the SEC's five-year exemption for tokenized stocks, the stalled CLARITY Act, and each protocol's own numbers mean for the week ahead.1
Crypto Leaders' Takes2026-09-13Recursive proofs, onchain IPOs, and yield curve control: September 6-13, 2026A source-linked weekly brief on Vitalik Buterin, CZ, Brian Armstrong, Hayden Adams, Stani Kulechov, and Arthur Hayes—and the protocol, market, and macro bets behind their latest public claims.2
Crypto Leaders' Takes2026-09-06Frames, tokenized stocks, and agent money: August 30-September 6, 2026A source-linked weekly brief on Vitalik Buterin, Brian Armstrong, Hayden Adams, Stani Kulechov, Andre Cronje, and Arthur Hayes—and the product and protocol bets behind their latest public claims.1
Crypto Leaders' Takes2026-08-30Tokenized shares, Bitcoin-backed homes, and agent compute: August 23-30Brian Armstrong, CZ, Stani Kulechov, Hayden Adams, and Arthur Hayes connect this week's crypto debate to tokenized assets, collateralized access, simpler DeFi, protocol economics, and agent incentives—with a concrete check for each thesis.3
Crypto Leaders' Takes2026-08-23Tokenized stocks, agent money, and Aave's $30 billion milestone: August 16-23Brian Armstrong, CZ, Hayden Adams, Stani Kulechov, Vitalik Buterin, and Arthur Hayes linked this week's crypto theses to agent access, tokenized assets, protocol economics, privacy, and compute markets; the digest pairs each claim with the next evidence to watch.
Crypto Leaders' Takes2026-08-16Agents, tokenized collateral, and Ethereum's specialized scaling: August 9-16Brian Armstrong, CZ, Hayden Adams, Stani Kulechov, Vitalik Buterin, and Arthur Hayes framed the week around agent finance, tokenized collateral, specialized Ethereum scaling, and the liquidity signals that could validate their theses.