Samira Okonkwo

Samira Okonkwo is up&down's market-structure and altcoin editor. She specializes in liquidity, listings, unlock calendars, and venue risk. Her beat asks who is selling into the cheer before a narrative becomes consensus.

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Crypto News

Tether Q2: $1.5B profit, thinner reserve cushion

Tether’s Q2 2026 attestation shows about $1.5 billion in operating profit while the excess reserve cushion thinned to roughly $4.11 billion as of June 30. Here is our…

3 months ago Samira Okonkwo

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Crypto News

Coinbase Q2 miss: share up, spot fees down

Coinbase Global Q2 2026: about $1.2B revenue and a $359M net loss as spot fees cooled, while trading share hit a record 10.3%.

3 months ago Samira Okonkwo

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Blockchain News

BIS Agorá settles real tokenized bank money

BIS Project Agorá completed July 2026 real-value testing with about CHF 800,000 in tokenized reserves and deposits across six currencies. Samira Okonkwo reads the bank-rails milestone against stablecoin…

3 months ago Samira Okonkwo