Murtuza Merchant
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Murtuza is a seasoned finance journalist with extensive experience covering cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. He has contributed to Benzinga and Cointelegraph, among other publications, reporting on emerging trends, the regulatory landscape, and more. Find him at @murtuza_merc on Twitter and mmerchant001 on Telegram.
Disclosure: Murtuza holds ATOM, AKT, TIA, INJ, and OSMO.
What Happens If A Stablecoin Company Owns Juventus? Europe May Soon Decide
Tether’s move to acquire Juventus puts a major stablecoin issuer on a collision course with European regulators as they weigh crypto ownership in professional football.
Murtuza MerchantDec 12, 2025
Fireblocks Exec: Banks, Not Crypto, Will Decide The Future Of Stablecoins
The next phase of stablecoin adoption will be driven not by crypto-native companies, but by banks integrating tokenized deposit, triggering a consolidation from today’s chaotic multi-chain, multi-stablecoin landscape to just a handful of global on-chain payment standards.
Murtuza MerchantDec 12, 2025
Why Render Network Says The Real AI Bottleneck Isn’t GPU Shortage, It’s Wasted Compute
Render Network’s Trevor Harries-Jones says the AI industry is misreading the GPU crisis: with 40 percent of GPUs sitting idle, the real bottleneck is inefficient allocation
and the next wave of AI will mix decentralized compute, lighter models, and 3D-native creation tools.
Murtuza MerchantDec 12, 2025
Data Shows Bitcoin Enters 'Cost-Basis Cycle' Era As ETFs Redefine Market Structure
Crypto has quietly entered a new macro regime where Bitcoin’s ETF-driven “cost-basis cycle” is becoming the dominant market structure and the Fed’s slower easing cycle now determines when that cycle ignites or stalls.
Murtuza MerchantDec 11, 2025
Why Gradient Thinks Trillion-Parameter Models Won’t Belong To OpenAI or Google In The Future
Gradient CEO Eric Yang says the next wave of AI will be trained across global, permissionless compute networks, challenging the dominance of centralized AI labs.
Murtuza MerchantDec 11, 2025
Blockchain’s Breakout Moment Will Happen When Users Stop Knowing It Exists, Says Alchemy’s Mike Garland
Alchemy’s Mike Garland says Web3 mass adoption will come from invisible blockchain UX and embedded wallets, not new chains or scalability breakthroughs.
Murtuza MerchantDec 11, 2025
As Bitcoin Evolves Into A Global Economy, A Hidden Battle Emerges Behind Closed Doors
Bitcoin is entering its economic era, but Stacks Asia’s Kyle Ellicott warns developers risk losing influence as regulators shape critical L2 policy.
Murtuza MerchantDec 11, 2025
Markets Are Certain The Fed Will Cut Rates — What Happens If They’re Wrong?
Markets overwhelmingly expect a quarter-point Fed rate cut, with futures and prediction markets pricing near-total certainty as traders prepare for the reaction.
Murtuza MerchantDec 09, 2025
Bitcoin’s Road To $500K Gets Longer, Standard Chartered Explains Why
Standard Chartered has cut its Bitcoin forecasts, citing fading corporate demand and slower ETF inflows, pushing its $500,000 target out to 2030.
Murtuza MerchantDec 09, 2025
The Aster ETF Hoax That Fooled Even Top Crypto Influencers
A bogus BlackRock “Staked ASTER ETF” filing spread online, briefly fueling speculation before Binance’s CZ debunked it. ASTER’s price remains stuck in a long-running support range.
Murtuza MerchantDec 09, 2025
