CryptoSlate

CryptoSlate

Publication
0 followers

CryptoSlate - Cryptocurrency news, analysis, and research

From Gold Bars to Rare Earths: Pentagon’s Billion-Dollar Bet on America’s Resource Security
NewsOct 12, 2025

From Gold Bars to Rare Earths: Pentagon’s Billion-Dollar Bet on America’s Resource Security

The Pentagon isn’t usually in the business of commodity speculation, but when national security is at stake, expect the old rules to bend. The Financial Times reports that the U.S. Defense Department has kicked off a $1 billion spree to...

By CryptoSlate
Ukrainian Crypto Trader Konstantin Galich Found Dead After Crypto’s Historic Wipeout
NewsOct 12, 2025

Ukrainian Crypto Trader Konstantin Galich Found Dead After Crypto’s Historic Wipeout

The relentless bloodbath in crypto markets this week has delivered not only financial devastation but also personal tragedy. On October 11, 2025, prominent Ukrainian crypto trader and educator Konstantin Galich, widely known as Kostya Kudo, was found dead inside his...

By CryptoSlate
Bitmine Acquires 128,718 ETH After the Crash as Institutions Buy the Dip
NewsOct 12, 2025

Bitmine Acquires 128,718 ETH After the Crash as Institutions Buy the Dip

October’s historic crypto market crash forced a reckoning across leveraged trading, sent prices tumbling, and set the stage for audacious institutional dip-buying. Among the biggest actors was Tom Lee’s Bitmine Immersion Technologies. The behemoth Ethereum treasury company rapidly expanded its...

By CryptoSlate
Build It and They Will Come May Not Be Enough for Bitcoin DeFi
NewsOct 12, 2025

Build It and They Will Come May Not Be Enough for Bitcoin DeFi

Welcome to Slate Sunday, CryptoSlate’s weekly feature showcasing in-depth interviews, expert analysis, and thought-provoking op-eds that go beyond the headlines to explore the ideas and voices shaping the future of crypto. I’m balanced on a box with a spotty WIFI connection...

By CryptoSlate
How Much Bitcoin Will You Need to Retire? This New Calculator Will Tell You
NewsOct 11, 2025

How Much Bitcoin Will You Need to Retire? This New Calculator Will Tell You

“Number go up” is not a retirement strategy. Long-term planning needs explicit assumptions, clear knobs to turn, and a way to translate a BTC balance into annual spending power. CryptoSlate’s Bitcoin retirement calculator does exactly that, marrying a transparent price...

By CryptoSlate
$9.4B in Liquidations over 24 Hours Triggers ‘2021 Type Situation for Altcoins’
NewsOct 11, 2025

$9.4B in Liquidations over 24 Hours Triggers ‘2021 Type Situation for Altcoins’

There may be no crying in the casino. But on days like these, you’d be forgiven for shedding a tear. With $9.4 billion liquidated in a single day in the crypto market, the flash crash comes just in time to...

By CryptoSlate
How Tether’s $127B in US Treasuries Will Hit Top-5 Foreign Holders by 2033
NewsOct 11, 2025

How Tether’s $127B in US Treasuries Will Hit Top-5 Foreign Holders by 2033

Tether’s accumulation of United States Treasuries puts the stablecoin issuer on a path to enter the top five foreign holders by 2033 under a realistic acceleration case, based on current balances, stated purchase activity, and the moving threshold set by...

By CryptoSlate
If the Debasement Trade Would Catapult Bitcoin, Why Is the Market Down?
NewsOct 11, 2025

If the Debasement Trade Would Catapult Bitcoin, Why Is the Market Down?

Bitcoin traded at $117,729.81 as of press time, struggling to extend gains from its $126,000 all-time high as short-term positioning dynamics and risk-off flows dominated the medium-term debasement thesis. The debasement trade thesis gained popularity after JPMorgan published a report...

By CryptoSlate