It’s all about the USD, isn’t it?
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Why? Because you have to give the people what they want. And at the end of the day, people want to know their crypto holdings can be converted to USD. They want to know the tokens have value. They want use cases. They want it all.
And the companies that can deliver will be successful. We’re about to highlight a couple of stories showing companies doing just that. Let’s get after it.
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From the Dypto Crypto Newsroom
Did TradFi Solana Company Just Beat DeFi at Its Own Game?
TLDR
Solana Company, formerly Helium Medical Technologies, is a publicly traded Digital Asset Treasury company.
As the name suggests, they hold approximately $200 million in Solana.
They’re now unlocking the full potential of their staked holdings.
For years, there has been a massive wall between Traditional Finance (TradFi) and Decentralized Finance (DeFi). TradFi had the safety and the deep pockets. DeFi had the speed, the innovation, and the crazy yields. A massive new partnership involving the Solana blockchain suggests that wall is crumbling. And frankly, it looks like TradFi might be rewriting the rules this time. Dun. Dun. Dunnnnnnn!
What happened and why it matters for crypto users.
Solana Company (HSDT) (formerly Helius Medical Technologies), a publicly traded treasury company (AKA a DAT), has teamed up with Anchorage Digital and Kamino. Their goal? To let big institutional investors borrow money against their crypto without actually handing their crypto over to the risky parts of the internet.
SOL never actually goes anywhere. HSDT gets to earn staking rewards (passive income) and borrow cash, all while maintaining qualified custody. Most retail users aren’t aware that they can borrow against assets. If you can find the right institution, you can borrow against retirement accounts, vehicles, boats, whatever. But institutions? It’s their bread and butter.
However, borrowing against DeFi for TradFi funds or vice versa? That wasn’t going to happen. Now, institutional investors can go to Solana Company to obtain a DeFi loan and pay the DAT loan principal in fiat currency.
Still confused? We’ll break it down a different way.
Solana company is earning 7% on its crypto funds. Borrowing against it to lend it out to companies that want to invest in DeFi. And charging interest for those funds that the borrowers can pay in USD. Absolutely bonkers.
Voltage Launches a Bitcoin Credit Line That Settles in USD
TLDR
Lightning Network is a Layer 2 Bitcoin network that’s fast and cheap compared to the L1.
Voltage uses Lightning to offer lines of credit in Bitcoin that can be repaid in BTC or USD without forcing businesses to take on any crypto exposure.
The product is the first of its kind and another interesting use case combining crypto and TradFi elements.
If you’ve ever thought about using Bitcoin to move money but hesitated because your bills are still in dollars, you’re not alone. The gap between instant Bitcoin payments and traditional business operations has been frustrating for years. Voltage, a Bitcoin infrastructure company, has announced a solution that could change that.
What it is and why it’s game changer.
The company has unveiled Voltage Credit, the first revolving line of credit that lets businesses send payments over Bitcoin’s Lightning Network while settling everything in USD.
No forced crypto exposure. No complex treasury management. Just fast payments and flexible repayment.
This is the kind of thing we were talking about earlier in the week when we wrote about the future of finance. Everything that’s offchain will be onchain. Everything that’s onchain can be taken offchain. The future of finance will be incredibly fluid.
Voltage Credit is another use case that shows Bitcoin infrastructure is maturing. For years, the narrative around Bitcoin payments has been stuck between two extremes: either you’re all-in on crypto, or you’re staying away entirely.
This product is designed for businesses that want the operational benefits of Bitcoin without forcing them to overhaul their entire treasury strategy.
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By the Numbers - The Dypto Crypto Portfolio
Here’s a screenshot of our portfolio, which we started in late December 2024.
Original portfolio valuation - 3 ETH ($9,670)
2025 portfolio valuation - $8,049 YTD - (-)15%
2026 start - $8,813
Current valuation - $5,305 YTD - YTD - (-) 40%
Major portfolio update! According to lead analyst and Dypto Crypto CEO CJ Miller, “If you keep up to date, you may have noticed a strategy change recently. Instead of providing liquidity, we've begun to provide our ETH as collateral on AAVE. This is due to the market in order to avoid impermanent loss. Basically, we don't want to sell any ETH at this low price, because we could lose out on its value when it goes back up. Instead, we've chosen to lend out our ETH and earn a small return on it until prices go back up.”
While CJ stopped short of “calling the bottom”, other members of the team think his portfolio move is a strong “bottom signal”. What do you guys think? Let us know, we’d love to hear what you guys think about the portfolio change.
Deep Dive - Inside AMLBot’s 2025 Crypto Crime Report
When we think of crypto crime, we tend to imagine complex code exploits or massive breaches of exchange firewalls. While those do happen, the AMLBot report shows a different reality.
Approximately 60–65% of all cases investigated were driven directly by social engineering.
Translation? The biggest vulnerability in the blockchain isn’t the code — it’s human beings. Attackers have realized it’s much harder to compromise a secure blockchain than to simply trick a person into sending them money.
The ways people lost the most money? Turns out it’s the usual suspect that Dypto Crypto regularly warns users about.
Pig butchering
Phishing
Device compromises
You don’t need to be a cybersecurity expert to stay safe from crypto crime. You just need to be skeptical. Based on the findings from the investigations, here is your cheat sheet for crypto safety:
Trust No One in the DMs: If a stranger messages you about an investment opportunity, block them. If “support” messages you first, it’s a scam. Genuine support teams will never ask for your private keys or ask you to move funds, nor will they contact you. You have to contact them first.
Verify, Don’t Trust: If you get an email or call claiming to be from your exchange, hang up and contact them directly through their official website.
Hardware Wallets are King: For long-term storage, keep your crypto offline in a hardware wallet (cold storage). It’s much harder for malware to drain a wallet that isn’t connected to the internet.
Don’t rely on Transaction History: When sending crypto, never just copy an address from your history. Always verify the address with the recipient directly.
Speed Kills (Scammers): If you suspect you’ve been compromised, don’t wait. Contact the exchange or a professional investigation service immediately. The first few hours are critical for freezing funds.
Question of the Week Answer
Bitcoin mining companies are increasingly pivoting to AI infrastructure due to economic pressures and the lucrative opportunities in the AI sector.
First, profitability is becoming an issue. Bitcoin mining has become less profitable due to rising computational difficulty, falling Bitcoin prices, and the halving of mining rewards. The cost of maintaining mining operations often outweighs the returns.
Secondly, there is a growing demand for AI, especially from big companies running the show, like Amazon and Microsoft. These workloads require high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure, which mining companies already possess.
Lastly, unlike Bitcoin mining, which is tied to volatile cryptocurrency prices, AI contracts offer stable revenue (for now).
The transition isn’t super hard. The two industries have some common elements. Both rely on powerful hardware to perform intensive computational tasks. Bitcoin mining uses ASICs (Application-Specific Integrated Circuits), while AI leverages GPUs (Graphics Processing Units) for model training.
Both require significant energy resources, making access to cheap and reliable power critical. The physical infrastructure, including cooling systems, power distribution, and secure facilities, is nearly identical for both.
But, possibly most importantly, both industries benefit from economies of scale, enabling larger operations to achieve greater efficiency and profitability. Just like crypto, no one is getting into AI to stay poor.
Companies are adapting to market demands, leveraging existing assets to maximize profitability in a rapidly evolving technological landscape. It’s about survival. It’s about narrative. Like most things, it’s about more than one thing.
