Crypto is Macro Now

Crypto is Macro Now

Onchain capital raises: the market trend I’m waiting for

plus: global crypto adoption, Japan's CPI, mixed market messages and more

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Noelle Acheson
Oct 24, 2025
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Hi all, and happy Friday!!!

And happy CPI day. 😝 We could see fireworks later, as it’s the first official US data point we’ll have had in a while. Or, it could be a nothingburger if all comes in as expected. Oh, the suspense.


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IN THIS NEWSLETTER:

  • Onchain capital raises: the market trend I’m waiting for

  • Global crypto adoption

  • Macro-Crypto Bits: markets, Japanese inflation, European growth, currency arbitrage

  • Also: prediction markets (again!), tariff spats (again, sigh), legacy funds and more

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WHAT I’M WATCHING:

Onchain capital raises

Yesterday, I briefly mentioned Coinbase’s announcement that it had reached an agreement to buy fund raising platform Echo for roughly $375 million. This move is worth looking at more closely, for what it says about where markets are heading.

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