Elliot Veynor

Elliot Veynor

Elliot Veynor is a crypto news writer who covers everything from market moves and DeFi launches to policy shifts, security breaches and on-chain analytics. He's known for fast, plain English explainers and concise breakdowns of complex protocols, with a weekly digest that surfaces the most important stories before they trend.

Stories By Elliot Veynor

SAHARA’s June Unlock Countdown: AI Data Tokens Face a Late-Month Supply Test

SAHARA’s June Unlock Countdown: AI Data Tokens Face a Late-Month Supply Test

June 26 unlock puts ~1B SAHARA (≈9–10% supply) on the move as AI data tokens face liquidity and vesting risk. What to tr...

in Altcoins by Elliot Veynor
Bitcoin’s CPI Week Setup: Why Macro Data Matters More Than Another ETF Flow Headline

Bitcoin’s CPI Week Setup: Why Macro Data Matters More Than Another ETF Flow Headline

June CPI release lands six days before the FOMC, after a $1.72B ETF outflow week and a $59k sweep. Here’s why rates and...

in Bitcoin by Elliot Veynor
Bitcoin Options Skew Turns Bearish: What the $60K Put Wall Says After the Washout

Bitcoin Options Skew Turns Bearish: What the $60K Put Wall Says After the Washout

Deribit $60K put wall holds over $1.2B OI as BTC skew turns put‑rich after $5.3B long liquidations. Dealers warn a break...

in Bitcoin by Elliot Veynor
GUNZ Unlock Week: Can Gaming Infrastructure Tokens Defend Real User Demand?

GUNZ Unlock Week: Can Gaming Infrastructure Tokens Defend Real User Demand?

May 31 GUNZ unlock and 1.46B trading volume put gaming infrastructure tokens to the test. Track supply overhangs, user m...

in Altcoins by Elliot Veynor
IBIT Options vs CME Futures: What Bitcoin Carry Spreads Reveal About Regulated Market Friction

IBIT Options vs CME Futures: What Bitcoin Carry Spreads Reveal About Regulated Market Friction

ArXiv study finds a 2.58 p.p. carry wedge between IBIT options and CME futures. CME’s 24/7 switch and Nasdaq’s QBTC plan...

in Bitcoin by Elliot Veynor
Crypto ETF Darwinism: Why Bitcoin Scale Matters as Smaller Funds Face Closure Risk

Crypto ETF Darwinism: Why Bitcoin Scale Matters as Smaller Funds Face Closure Risk

U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs logged a nine‑day $2.8B outflow streak as assets fell $21.46B in three weeks. Scale now shapes sp...

in Bitcoin by Elliot Veynor
LayerZero’s ZRO Unlock: Why Interoperability Tokens Need Real Fee Demand

LayerZero’s ZRO Unlock: Why Interoperability Tokens Need Real Fee Demand

May 20 ZRO unlock released ~25.71M to partners and contributors. LayerZero enables paying message fees in ZRO. Price fel...

in Altcoins by Elliot Veynor
Bitcoin’s Safe-Haven Test: Why Gold Rose While BTC Sold Off

Bitcoin’s Safe-Haven Test: Why Gold Rose While BTC Sold Off

Spot gold rose to $4,574 while Bitcoin faced $733M ETF outflows, a $1.29B IBIT block trade, and $958.8M in liquidations....

in Bitcoin by Elliot Veynor
DeFi TVL Stress: Why Falling Liquidity Could Hurt Smaller Protocols First

DeFi TVL Stress: Why Falling Liquidity Could Hurt Smaller Protocols First

April's $13B DeFi outflows after the KelpDAO exploit exposed how shrinking TVL strains small protocols first. We map liq...

in Breaking News by Elliot Veynor
Hardware Wallets Are Dead: The Next Generation of Crypto Wallets Is Open-Code, Isolated, and Post-Quantum

Hardware Wallets Are Dead: The Next Generation of Crypto Wallets Is Open-Code, Isolated, and Post-Quantum

For years, the crypto industry treated hardware wallets as the final answer to self-custody. The logic seemed simple. Ke...

in Crypto Wallet by Elliot Veynor