🔎 Today’s Daily Sift: Crypto/Blockchain Monday’s crypto tape feels less like a market and more like tectonic pressure building beneath a thinning crust. Bitcoin is hovering in the mid $77K range after a massive leverage wipeout erased hundreds of millions across crypto derivatives. Ethereum is stabilizing near $2.1K while Solana trades in the mid $80s. But price is not the real story. Stablecoins are quietly becoming the operating system for global dollar liquidity. Washington is accelerating toward formal stablecoin regulation while payment giants integrate blockchain settlement rails. The line between fintech and crypto is dissolving in real time. Meanwhile, Nasdaq’s approval path for Bitcoin index options signals something deeper: Wall Street is wiring crypto volatility directly into traditional brokerage infrastructure. The casino has become interoperable. At the same time, Solana continues emerging as a serious institutional contender. Discussion around staked Solana ETF...