Iran Shock Sends Oil to Hyperliquid as 24/7 Crypto Markets Steal Spotlight Key Takeaways: When global markets close in the time of attacks on Iran, traders have moved to onchain platformsBloomberd cited crude oil contracts of Hyperliquid to get price signals according to real time basisStablecoin, tokenized gold and prediction markets saw record activities in the weekendWhen geopolitical tension hit at 2:30 a.m. ET on Sunday, traditional finance was offline. Crypto was not. As news broke of U.S. strikes in Iran, global stock exchanges, futures markets, and FX venues were closed. For several hours, blockchain-based markets became the only real-time trading arena. Read More: Iran Offers Missile and Drone Sales for Crypto, Using Digital Assets to Bypass Global Sanctions

2025 Will See the Emergence of ‘Bitcoin Standard Corporations,’ According to Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley Bitwise CEO and co-founder Hunter Horsley believes many more publicly traded companies will add Bitcoin (BTC) to their balance sheets in 2025. The head of the crypto asset manager Bitwise says on the social media platform X that investors may see a lot more companies adopting Bitcoin as a corporate strategy this year.