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In the fast-moving world of decentralized finance (DeFi), identifying reliable, long-term projects—often referred to as “blue chip” protocols—is a key…
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In the fast-moving world of decentralized finance (DeFi), identifying reliable, long-term projects—often referred to as “blue chip” protocols—is a key…
The Uniswap Foundation spearheaded a coalition of 18 major cryptocurrency organizations in petitioning Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for federal guidance…
Decentralized exchanges (DEX) processed a combined $1.15 trillion in spot and perpetual contract volumes during August, marking the first time…
Lee Eok-won, the nominee to head South Korea’s Financial Services Commission, drew heavy criticism this week after dismissing crypto as…
The following is a guest post and opinion from Evin McMullen, Co-founder & CEO at Billions.Network. ZK Won’t Save Us:…
The following is a guest post and analysis from Vincent Maliepaard, Marketing Director at Sentora. 2025 has marked a turning…
The following is a guest post and opinion from Slavik Baranov, CEO at STON.fi Dev. From Gaming Phenomenon to Financial…
U.S. tech stocks came under pressure on Friday, driven by concerns about the rapid pace of investment in AI and…
Bitfinex-backed Plasma announced a strategic partnership with EtherFi on Aug. 29, positioning the stablecoin-focused neobank as a day-one launch partner…
Eliza Labs and founder Shaw Walters filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against social media platform X on Aug. 27. According…
Argentina’s opposition parties have revived a stalled investigation into President Javier Milei’s role in the LIBRA scandal, seizing on new…
US tokenized treasury products reached a new all-time high of $7.45 billion on Aug. 27, surpassing the previous peak of…
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will integrate Nasdaq’s surveillance system to strengthen oversight of digital asset and derivatives…
Institutional investors increased their Ethereum (ETH) exposure via exchange-traded funds (ETFs) by 388,301 ETH in the second quarter, with investment…
MetaMask introduced a social login feature on Aug. 26, allowing users to create and manage crypto wallets using Google or…
XRP futures became the fastest contract in CME Group history to cross $1 billion in open interest (OI), achieving the…
Kraken has opened a new round of dialogue with the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Crypto Task Force, focusing…
Hyperliquid registered more trading volume than Robinhood for the third consecutive month, with July marking the largest gap between platforms…
Crypto liquidations reached $806.44 million in the past 24 hours, wiping out leveraged positions at a scale not seen in…
According to a poignantly on-point educational video by Bitcoin media company TFCT, which depicts a society in decline, leaving the…
In April 2023, a Bitcoiner going by the name of Breadman purchased a property for $496,000, which was equivalent to…
The following is a guest post and opinion from Corey Billington, Co-Founder and CEO at Blubird. Most token launches play…
Authorities across Africa arrested more than 1,200 suspects and seized nearly $100 million in a sweeping cybercrime operation that dismantled…
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a mandate on Aug. 22 approving the dismissal of the…
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has projected that Bitcoin could reach $1 million by 2030, In an Aug. 20 post on…
Justice Department (DOJ) Criminal Division head Matthew Galeotti declared that writing code without criminal intent does not constitute a crime,…
Bitcoin is trading just above $113,000, with realized cap rising steadily and spending activity led overwhelmingly by coins younger than…
Four in 10 crypto investors in Britain reported that their banks blocked or slowed payments to digital asset platforms, highlighting…
Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies Economic Development Commission will hold its first hearing on Aug. 20 to examine a proposal to…
Crypto venture funding declined 59% quarter-over-quarter to $1.976 billion in the second quarter across 378 deals. According to a Galaxy…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) delayed decisions on nine crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) applications on Aug. 18. The delays…
Bitcoin’s (BTC) stalling between its recent all-time high and range lows is a sign of investors digesting the movement rather…
The latest Bitcoin bull run feels different. Scratch that. Every bitcoin bull run feels different, as each cycle brings with…
The World Economic Forum (WEF), the influential global convening force for policymakers and industry leaders, has appointed BlackRock CEO Larry…
The following is a guest post and opinion from Konstantins Vasilenko, Co-Founder and Chief Business Development Officer at Paybis. There…
Solana (SOL) trading activity contracted sharply in the second quarter while the network’s core infrastructure metrics strengthened across multiple dimensions.…
The U.S. Justice Department authorized the seizure of more than $2.8 million in cryptocurrency, cash, and other assets from a…
Brevan Howard became the largest institutional shareholder of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) by increasing its holdings by 71% between…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed the government may still expand its Bitcoin (BTC) holdings on Aug. 14, backtracking remarks made…
The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned multiple companies and individuals accused of using stablecoins to help Russia…
Canary Capital has registered a Trump Coin ETF in Delaware, a move that signals plans to launch a spot exchange-traded…
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and the DeFi Education Fund have urged the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to create a…
Moxie founder Neonwight outlined the platform’s strategy for combining artificial intelligence (AI) with crypto to create “Sex Capital Markets.” He…
Do Kwon pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges in Manhattan court, with his sentencing set for Dec. 11. As Inner…
Ethereum’s options market is gaining significant momentum, with open interest soaring to $13.75 billion, the highest level recorded in 2025,…
Nasdaq-listed Heritage Distilling Holding Company has unveiled a $360 million digital asset treasury strategy centered on the Story (IP) token,…
The following article is a guest post and opinion of Prabal Banerjee (Co-founder of Avail) and Shailey Singh (Marketing Manager…
The following article is a guest post and opinion of Maksym Sakharov, Co-founder and CEO of WeFi. Last month, Japan’s…
Altcoin traders can hardly contain themselves as the long-awaited breakout appears to have begun. ETH posted gains of over 20%…
President Donald Trump issued a debanking executive order this week aimed at stopping what his administration described as unfair banking…
Coinbase has begun integrating DEX trading directly into its app via Base, expanding user access to millions of tokens compared…
Nasdaq-listed Verb Technology has raised $558 million in a private placement to establish the first publicly listed company dedicated to…
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Aug. 7 to halt what his administration called discriminatory banking practices against…
SharpLink Gaming has raised $200 million from institutional investors in a direct stock offering to further fuel its Ethereum (ETH)…
Galaxy head of research Alex Thorn criticized the business model of many Ethereum (ETH) layer-2 (L2) blockchains as “ETH extractive.”…
PancakeSwap has introduced futures contracts tied to major U.S. stocks, enabling users to trade synthetic versions of Apple, Amazon, and…
Fresh US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) staff guidance on liquid staking is stoking expectations that US regulators will soon…
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino has revealed that USDT accounts for 40% of all on-chain transaction fees across nine major blockchains,…
Chainlink has introduced a new product called Data Streams, which delivers live pricing data for major US equities and exchange-traded…
Verb Technology has priced an oversubscribed $558 million private placement to pivot into a Toncoin (TON)-focused treasury vehicle in partnership…
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Crypto advertising is often characterized by big promises and technological jargon. Yet, Coinbase’s “Everything Is Fine” campaign stands out for…
Arthur Hayes is once again sounding the alarm on a greater shakeup in the crypto market after worse-than-expected data from…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has formally lifted its 2021 ban on crypto exchange-traded notes (cETNs) for retail investors.…
The developers behind Samourai Wallet pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money‑transmitting business. The…
Global economic standards have been updated to formally recognize Bitcoin (BTC) and other crypto assets in national wealth statistics, marking…
President Donald Trump’s administration released its most detailed digital asset policy report on Wednesday, outlining a broad regulatory roadmap for…
Ethereum ETFs experienced a record inflow streak last week, adding a net $2.31 billion ovst seven trading sessions between July…
SharpLink has generated approximately $3 million in rewards from staking its 438,190 Ethereum holdings, according to a company update released…
Spot Ethereum (ETH) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are close to breaking the $10 billion mark in inflows this month, as BlackRock’s…
Tron Inc. has filed to raise up to $1 billion as part of an ambitious push to grow its TRX…
Author of the Network State, Balaji Srinivasan, argues that the future of property and ownership will run on cryptography, specifically,…
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The following article is a guest post and opinion of Chris “Jinx” Jenkins, Head of Operations at Pocket Network. Internet…
Decentralization was blockchain’s founding promise—but in finance, milliseconds move markets. Unless Web3 can match Wall Street’s sub-second speed, users will…
Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has expressed support for stablecoin businesses that operate within the bounds of the country’s…
Bitcoin’s long-standing four-year cycle, once a dominant framework for predicting price movements, is beginning to lose its influence, according to…
WOO X suffered an authorized breach on July 24, resulting in the theft of roughly $14 million in crypto. The…
BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) has strengthened its position as Ethereum’s largest publicly traded holder, with its total ETH portfolio now…
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The House is considering a proposal that would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to examine how distributed ledger technology,…
Altcoin leverage has swelled to unprecedented levels, setting the stage for violent swings if momentum cracks, according to a July…
Crypto prediction market Polymarket is considering launching its own stablecoin to gain control over the interest-bearing reserves currently backing USDC…
DogeOS, a Dogecoin-based application layer, has submitted a proposal to enhance the blockchain network with native zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) verification,…
More than 913,111 ETH has been permanently lost due to user and contract-related errors, according to Conor Grogan, a director…
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul Atkins told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on July 21 that the agency has “stated…
For years, decentralization was crypto’s talisman. It stood for resilience, neutrality, and openness — a system immune to capture or…
Welcome to Slate Sundays, CryptoSlate’s new weekly feature showcasing in-depth interviews, expert analysis, and thought-provoking op-eds that go beyond the headlines…
On July 15, 2025, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) quietly announced that it would begin supplying U.S. dollar funds against…
Ethereum (ETH), the world’s second-largest crypto by market cap, may finally be poised for a breakout after years of underwhelming…
Bitcoin has reached a new milestone with its realized capitalization crossing the $1 trillion mark for the first time, according…
Coinbase stock soared to a new all-time high of $436 during early trading on July 18, driven by renewed investor…
Ripple’s XRP surged to a new all-time high of $3.55 on July 17, climbing more than 36% over the past…
DV8 has completed its first capital raise since undergoing a strategic shift toward becoming Southeast Asia’s first crypto treasury company,…
French lawmakers have doubled down on their plans for Bitcoin mining by highlighting that the country could generate an annual…
The House approved on July 16 a motion to reconsider the crypto‑related proposals package combining the GENIUS Act, the CLARITY…
Metaplanet has announced that National Financial Services LLC (NFS), a subsidiary of Fidelity Investments, is now its largest shareholder. In…
The following article is a guest post and opinion of Mike Romanenko, CVO & Co-founder of Kyrrex. The environment of…
Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by trading volume, said it has processed more than $125 trillion worth of digital…
The following is a guest post and opinion from Felix Xu, Founder of ARPA Network. Walk into any of Cloudflare’s global…
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Binance founder Changpeng Zhao or CZ threatened to sue news agency Bloomberg for a second time over its report alleging…
US Democratic lawmakers, led by House members Maxine Waters and Stephen Lynch, announced on July 11 that next week will…
Tether announced it will discontinue support for its USDT stablecoin on five “legacy” blockchains, including Omni Layer, Bitcoin Cash SLP,…
Ethereum is advancing its long-term scalability strategy with a substantial technical shift to integrate the zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (zkEVM)…
Ethena Labs reached $290.2 million in total protocol revenue on July 9, trailing only Tether, Circle, and Sky among stablecoin…
Hyperliquid’s native token, HYPE, is approaching its all-time high, fueled by the decentralized derivatives exchange capturing over 80% of the…
Ethereum (ETH) reclaimed the $2,700 threshold one day after spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) listed in the US tracking the asset…
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A second-quarter survey of 18 mainstream news outlets logged 1,116 Bitcoin (BTC) stories and measured sentiment at 31% positive, 41%…
The Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-compatible sidechain of the XRP Ledger is showing early signs of traction among developers, with over…
Solana’s tokenized stock market hit $48.53 million on July 4, up more than threefold from $15.28 million on June 20,…
More than 50 institutions, including major stablecoin issuers and crypto service providers, have received regulatory approval under the European Union’s…
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and Toni Wahrstätter, a researcher at the Ethereum Foundation, have put forth a proposal that will…
Mainland China chipmaking capacity is accelerating, now poised to become the world’s leading semiconductor foundry hub by 2030, and overtaking…
Conor Grogan, Head of Product at Coinbase, believes that there is a “small possibility” that the transfer of $8.6 billion…
The following is a guest post and opinion of Jeff Garzik, Co-founder of Hemi Labs. Ever since Bitcoin stopped being…
Hackers siphoned about R$800 million ($140 million) from six reserve accounts connected to Brazil’s central bank after breaching São Paulo-based…
Former Binance CEO Changpeng (CZ) Zhao’s YZi Labs has invested in Digital Asset, the institutional blockchain platform Canton Network developer.…
The DeFi market has rebounded at the beginning of July, with total value locked (TVL) rising to $116.416 billion, a…
A consortium led by the founding forces behind Japan’s Metaplanet, known as the “MicroStrategy of Asia,” announced plans on July…
Solana dominated major cryptocurrencies in real economic value (REV) and DEX volumes during the first half of 2025, according to…
An on-chain investigation has revealed that North Korea IT workers posing as foreign developers have earned nearly $17 million from…
A long-time Bitcoin holder has finally cracked open one of the rarest physical Bitcoin collectibles in existence—a Casascius bar loaded…
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Decentralized exchanges (DEX) processed roughly $385 billion of spot trades in June, equal to almost 30% of the turnover recorded…
The XRP Ledger (XRPL) has launched its Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) sidechain on the mainnet, according to a June 30…
At the BTC Prague conference this week, Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) co-founder Michael Saylor stated that Bitcoin treasury companies can grow…
In the latest development for the ongoing LIBRA coin legal saga, Argentinian newspaper La Nacion reports that Hayden Mark Davis,…
The following is a guest post and opinion of Rob Viglione, CEO of Horizen Labs. In 2009, Bitcoin was born…
The following is a guest post and analysis from Shane Neagle, Editor In Chief fromThe Tokenist. On June 13th, Charles…
Crypto exchange Gemini has launched tokenized Strategy (MSTR) shares for customers in the EU, marking the beginning of its rollout…
PayPal chief executive Alex Chriss said the United States remains far from widespread stablecoin adoption, telling Bloomberg TV on June…
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US District Judge Analisa Torres has denied a joint request from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Ripple…
The Iran-Israel conflict reportedly cost the two nations roughly $25.5 billion, worth over 240,837 BTC at current prices, according to…
The following is a guest post and opinion from Anurag Arjun, Co-Founder of Avail. The next financial architecture won’t just…
Representatives from multiple universities met with the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Crypto Task Force on June 23 to…
A group of US lawmakers, led by Senator Adam Schiff, introduced a new bill on June 23 to stop public…
Telegram-based dark markets rapidly filled the gap left by Huione Guarantee after the $27 billion marketplace disappeared on May 13,…
Texas is now legally empowered to build its own Bitcoin reserve funded with taxpayer dollars before the federal government takes…
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The following is a guest post and opinion from Aryan Sheikhalian, Head of Research at CMT Digital. Ethereum is betting…
As the world faces increasing economic woes from soaring debt and stubborn inflation to dwindling trust in financial institutions, Coinbase…
Alex Mashinsky, the former CEO of Celsius, has agreed to surrender all rights to assets tied to the collapsed crypto…
Pump.fun has delayed its public token sale once again, extending months of uncertainty for users and investors as the popular…
TikTok has publicly denied allegations that it bought $300 million worth of TRUMP memecoins to sway US President Donald Trump.…
Solana’s largest decentralized exchange aggregator, Jupiter, has decided to halt all community voting through next year and keep its governance…
Decentralized exchanges processed over $513.5 billion in trading volume over the past 30 days. Daily turnover averaged $15.93 billion, keeping…
A North Korean developer gained elevated privileges inside Waves Protocol’s Keeper-Wallet codebase, according to a June 18 report by Ketman.…
Crypto exchange Gemini has filed a formal complaint against the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Enforcement (DOE), accusing…
An international law enforcement effort has dismantled one of the world’s largest and longest-running criminal marketplaces on the darknet, arresting…
Thailand has announced a significant tax reform to position itself as a leading crypto-friendly nation. On June 17, the country’s…
Investors who added 10% in Bitcoin (BTC) to their “60/40 portfolio” strategies got a 90% risk-adjusted return in the past…
Michael Saylor, the billionaire Bitcoin advocate and executive chairman of Strategy, is backing Pakistan’s state-led Bitcoin pivot, according to new…
Coinbase’s sponsorship of the military parade in Washington, D.C., on June 14 has sparked a debate about whether crypto has…
Taiwan has intensified its technology export controls by blacklisting two of China’s foremost semiconductor companies, Huawei Technologies and Semiconductor Manufacturing…
U.S. President Donald Trump, who ventured into crypto during his presidential campaign last year, earned over $58 million from crypto…
Gold price is nearing its all-time high at $3,433, further fueling its up-and-to-the-right rally in 2025, as escalating tensions in…
Bitcoin (BTC) remained near the $105,000 mark on June 13, a sign of relative resilience following a sharp dip triggered…
Walmart and Amazon are preparing to launch their own stablecoins as the U.S. Senate advances landmark legislation that would establish…
During Bitcoin’s climb to a new ATH above $111,000 in late May, a silent but measurable reshuffling has occurred in…
Tether has taken a new step in its long-term strategy of diversifying outside its primary stablecoin issuance business. On June…
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan said the “megatrend” of public companies adding Bitcoin (BTC) to treasury reserves will continue accelerating as…
VivoPower has committed $100 million in XRP to Flare Network’s ecosystem in a bid to boost returns on its digital…
On-chain data shows that Bitcoin’s (BTC) brief slide to $100,000 strengthened rather than weakened market structure, Glassnode said in a…
CME’s Bitcoin futures and options structure has become increasingly condensed and cautious, with the vast majority of notional exposure now…
Ripple’s stablecoin RLUSD expanded its circulating supply by 29% in the week ended June 8, adding $72.5 million and closing…
Bitcoin spot trading on centralized exchanges has fallen to its lowest point in over four years, according to data from…
Argentina’s Anti-Corruption Office has determined that President Javier Milei did not violate any ethics laws when he promoted the Solana-based…
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The ‘Bitcoin Family’ has completely overhauled its security measures amid rising cases of crypto-related kidnappings, according to a CNBC report.…
The following article is a guest post and opinion of Ting Peng, Head of Ecosystem at SkyX Network. What do you…
Singer-songwriter Jonathan Mann recently shared the story of how earning millions in Ethereum (ETH) during a one-hour sale of his…
Institutional allocations to spot Bitcoin ETFs declined for the first time since their introduction, according to Q1 2025 13F filings.…
Institutional investors cut Bitcoin (BTC) allocations in US-based spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) during the first quarter after hedging profits waned…
Aave, the largest decentralized lending protocol, has experienced a sharp drop in USDT liquidity to under $100 million following a…
Moroccan police have arrested a dual-national French-Moroccan man wanted for an alleged connection with a series of kidnappings in France…
NYSE Arca has submitted a Form 19b-4 filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) seeking approval to list…
The XRP Ledger (XRPL) recorded a drop in transaction volume in May 2025, even as institutional adoption of the blockchain…
Bitcoin (BTC) dropped nearly 8% from its May 22 all-time high, near $112,000, ending a 50% climb over 45 days…
“We’re not early anymore.” That is the mantra echoing across Crypto Twitter today. Last week, 35,000 people attended Bitcoin 2025,…
American economist Paul Krugman, who won the Nobel Prize in 2008, believes that stablecoins do not have any practical utility.…
At the Reagan National Economic Forum in California on May 29–30, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon cast a warning about…
Former UFC champion and Irish presidential hopeful Conor McGregor is doubling down on his vision for an Irish strategic Bitcoin…
The following article is a guest post and opinion of Johanna Rose Cabildo, Founder and CEO of Data Guardians Network…
Validators representing nearly 91% of Sui stake approved an on-chain proposal to release about $162 million seized during last week’s…
A Chainlink price feed’s alleged malfunction led to more than $500,000 in liquidations on May 29, sparking fresh debate over…
Banco Santander is exploring the development of a fiat-backed stablecoin and expanding its crypto offerings to retail clients, marking a…
The U.S. economy contracted at an annual rate of 0.2% in the first quarter, according to the Bureau of Economic…
Bitcoin’s (BTC) on-chain activity has intensified as the asset consolidates near $108,000, with $120,000 emerging as the next major price…
GameStop has taken a bold step into the crypto space, confirming that it has purchased 4,710 Bitcoin, according to a…
Fast food chain Steak ‘n Shake has expanded its payment options to include Bitcoin (BTC) at all of its locations…
Circle, the USDC stablecoin issuer, has filed to go public under the ticker “CRCL” through an initial public offering on…
Last week, the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Crypto Task Force intensified studies on how public blockchain technology can…
Pakistan will allocate 2,000 megawatts of electricity for Bitcoin mining and artificial intelligence (AI) data centers. According to a Bloomberg…
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino told Bloomberg on Friday that the company is “open to” creating a separate domestic stablecoin to…
American economist Kenneth Rogoff believes that the rise of crypto poses a threat to the hegemony of the U.S. dollar.…
U.S. President Donald Trump’s private dinner gala with the top 220 holders of his memecoin, which generated controversy from its…