Harvard shocked markets with a 257% increase in its Bitcoin ETF stack — now its largest U.S. holding, eclipsing Microsoft and Amazon. Aave launched a consumer-friendly savings app with bank-like UX, while Mastercard, UBS, and Revolut pushed deeper into crypto rails.

Kraken filed for a landmark IPO after raising $800M from TradFi giants, and Solana ETFs recorded fresh inflows as Fidelity, VanEck, and 21Shares accelerated the alt-ETF expansion.

But the week flipped violently: Bitcoin plunged into bear territory for the first time since 2023, triggered by massive whale capitulation — including a $1.3B BTC liquidation — and the steepest sentiment slide into “Extreme Fear” this year.

A Cloudflare outage exposed Web3’s reliance on centralized infra, knocking Coinbase, Kraken, Aave, Etherscan, and others offline — a reminder that decentralized tech still rests on fragile Web2 foundations.

🎧 In this episode:

1️⃣ Institutional Surge — Harvard, Emory & Abu Dhabi make crypto mainstream.

2️⃣ Market Falloff — Bitcoin breaks trend; whales and ETFs turn risk-off.

3️⃣ Kraken IPO — $20B valuation + Wall Street–backed raise.

4️⃣ Consumer Crypto — Aave’s savings app & TradFi integrations.

5️⃣ Infra Fault Lines — Cloudflare meltdown, AWS echoes.

6️⃣ Policy Pulse — U.S. market-structure bill, Japan tax overhaul.

Your 20-minute pulse of crypto news, blockchain analysis, and decentralized finance — where digital assets meet Wall Street momentum.