Opeyemi Olanrewaju

Author
Opeyemi Olanrewaju

Opeyemi Olanrewaju

Author

Opeyemi specializes in creating and refining high-quality content focused on cryptocurrency, global financial markets and the economy. He graduated from the University of Ibadan with an MBBS degree. He has worked as Editor-in-Chief for his College’s editorial publication and previously at CFA. For over six years, he has helped safeguard uniqueness as news editor at Cryptopolitan.


Author’s Articles

  • JPMorgan, Citi, other major U.S. banks plan shared tokenized deposit network to rival crypto

  • Jupiter launches Forecast, Solana’s first native prediction market

  • Apple’s revamped Siri to run on Google Cloud with Nvidia Blackwell chips

  • Coinbase and Better close first bitcoin-backed conventional mortgage, plan summer rollout

  • Bitcoin spot ETFs shed $4.3 billion in record 13-day outflow streak

  • Kalshi launches first regulated Bitcoin perpetual contracts in the U.S.

  • Grayscale lists Hyperliquid staking ETF on Nasdaq, undercuts rivals on fees

  • Mastercard opens card transactions to more stablecoins, collaborates with Visa and Stripe on new stablecoin platform

  • Galaxy Digital opens OTC prediction markets desk, executes $10 million trade with Arca

  • U.S. Treasury sanctions Nobitex, Iran’s largest crypto exchange, over IRGC ties

  • Gold overtakes US Treasuries as world’s top reserve asset, ECB report finds

  • OpenSea teases perpetual futures trading powered by Hyperliquid

  • MoneyGram launches MGUSD stablecoin on Stellar to power cross-border payments

  • Anthropic submits confidential S-1 to SEC, setting up one of 2026’s largest IPOs

  • Bitmine cuts weekly ETH purchases by 75% as stock slides and Ethereum dips below $2,000

  • Iran halts US negotiations, threatens Strait of Hormuz blockade as oil prices jump

  • Zerohash obtains Dutch EMI license, becoming first MiCA-regulated firm with dual authorization

  • Bitcoin Depot files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, takes 9,000 crypto ATMs offline

  • Tether backs cross-border payments platform LemFi to improve stablecoin remittance in Africa and Asia

  • S&P upgrades Nigeria’s sovereign rating to B from B-, citing stronger oil output and FX reforms

  • DroppRWA secures $12.5 billion in mandates to tokenize Saudi real estate

  • Soros Fund Management discloses stakes in Berkshire Hathaway, Mastercard, and Johnson & Johnson