Kaiko Acquires Amberdata in Landmark Digital Asset Data Consolidation Kaiko's acquisition of Amberdata creates the only regulated and independent data and analytics, indices, and data infrastructure company for digital assets, as they scale from crypto to all tokenized assets and become central to the financial system.
The Smile: Why Crypto's Skew Tells a Story Equity Markets Never Will How to Read Risk Reversal, Butterfly, and the Structural Sign of the Vol Surface
OPTIONS & MACRO Snapshot: Crypto Volatility at 90-Day Lows While Institutions Buy Protection The FOMC May minutes released Wednesday confirmed a two-sided framework with a majority warning hikes may be needed if inflation persists; the 10-year eased back to 4.56% from a 52-week high of 4.687% intra-week, with markets pricing roughly 34% odds of a 2026 hike. NVDA beat strongly ($81.6B revenue, +85% YoY) but the stock fell on buy-the-rumor, sell-the-news; April PCE lands May 28. Inside crypto, BTC and ETH IV compressed further to 90-day lows (0th percentile), VRP unwound from its extreme (BTC 75th, ETH 33rd), and ETH positioning is at a 90-day high crowded long while institutional block flow turned heavy puts.