Nolan Pratt

Articles by Nolan Pratt

Hong Kong’s Stablecoin Bifurcation: Two Paths for Tokenized Money

Crypto August 18, 2026

The arrival of regulated stablecoins in Hong Kong is less a singular race for market share and more a structural bifurcation of how tokenized money will function in the regional economy. With the Hon�...

Mastercard’s Trust Layer: The Compliance Bottleneck That Could Decide Who Wins Stablecoin Payments

Crypto August 6, 2026

The primary obstacle to global stablecoin adoption is not the speed of settlement, but the friction of compliance. As stablecoin volumes surge Circles Q2 2026 report showed $14.8 trillion in onchain �...

Coinbase’s Q2 Miss Hides the First Public Proof of Where Agent Payments Settle

Crypto August 1, 2026

Coinbases Q2 2026 earnings report arrived with the predictable thud of a missed consensus estimate. The headline numbers are stark: total revenue landed at $1.2 billion, missing the $1.3 billion anal�...