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News•Feb 20, 2026
Ethereum’s 2026 Roadmap Just Hit — but ETH Won’t Recover Until One Metric Flips
The Ethereum Foundation unveiled its 2026 Protocol Priorities Update, dividing the roadmap into Scale, UX improvement, and L1 hardening tracks. The Scale track pushes the gas limit from 60 million toward 100 million and introduces ePBS and a production‑ready zkEVM attester to boost throughput and reduce MEV risk. UX work focuses on native account abstraction to simplify wallets, while L1 hardening targets censorship resistance and post‑quantum security. Analysts say ETH’s price recovery hinges on a single metric—sustained high fee revenue or comparable L2 value capture.
By CryptoSlate
News•Feb 20, 2026
Sui ETFs Just Launched — and the Volume Is Collapsing because Nobody’s Showing Up
Two spot Sui ETFs—Canary's SUIS on Nasdaq and Grayscale's GSUI on NYSE Arca—began trading on February 18, but together they moved fewer than 10,000 shares and generated under $150,000 in notional volume. By contrast, Solana and XRP ETFs posted over...
By CryptoSlate
News•Feb 20, 2026
The Bitcoin CME Gap Will Now Close Forever in May Leaving a Return to $84k Hanging
CME Group announced that on May 29 it will launch 24/7 trading for its Bitcoin futures and options on the Globex platform, ending the traditional weekend shutdown. The change eliminates the long‑standing "CME gap" that appears when Bitcoin moves while...
By CryptoSlate
News•Feb 18, 2026
BlackRock to Skim 18% of Staked Ethereum ETF Rewards From Investors — and ETHB Exits Could Take Weeks
BlackRock’s iShares Staked Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHB) will aim to keep 70%‑95% of its ether staked, generating yield while maintaining a 5%‑30% unstaked liquidity sleeve for creations, redemptions and expenses. The prospectus reveals an 18% skim of gross staking rewards...
By CryptoSlate
Deals•Feb 18, 2026
Bitwise Acquires Chorus One's Institutional Staking Business and Partners with Morpho
Crypto asset manager Bitwise announced in February that it has acquired the institutional staking business of Chorus One, expanding its staking capabilities. Simultaneously, Bitwise entered a partnership with Morpho to launch curated yield vaults, blending DeFi infrastructure with institutional controls....
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News•Feb 17, 2026
Saylor Says Strategy Can Survive Bitcoin Crashing to $8,000 – but Can It Escape the Slow Bleed of Dilution?
Strategy, formerly MicroStrategy, has turned its equity, convertible notes and preferred stock into a public Bitcoin proxy, holding over 717,000 BTC while its share price hovers below $130. The company faces a 2027 put on $1.01 billion of 2028 convertible notes...
By CryptoSlate
News•Feb 17, 2026
Crypto Investor Hunted Down in Botched France Home Invasion as Crypto “Wrench Attack” Spike Spreads
On Feb. 12, armed assailants attempted a home invasion in the Paris suburbs targeting the CEO of Binance France, marking a shift toward organized physical coercion against crypto executives. The suspects stole two phones before being apprehended in Lyon, highlighting...
By CryptoSlate
News•Feb 17, 2026
Crypto Privacy Has Turned Into an Economic Crisis as MEV Bots Siphon Millions and Most Users Still Leak Everything
MEV bots are now burning more than half of gas on leading Ethereum layer‑2s while extracting tens of millions of dollars in profit, turning privacy from a philosophical concern into an economic crisis. Recent data shows roughly $24 million captured in...
By CryptoSlate
News•Feb 16, 2026
Bitcoin No Longer Acting Like “Digital Gold” Because Its Correlation with Physical Gold, USD Collapsed
Bitcoin’s correlation with gold and the U.S. dollar has collapsed to near zero, while its link to the Nasdaq 100 has risen to +0.35‑0.6 in 2025‑early 2026. The asset now behaves more like a high‑beta tech risk factor than the...
By CryptoSlate
News•Feb 16, 2026
EU Crypto Reporting Goes Live and Netherlands Immediately Votes on 36% Bitcoin Tax – Even if You Don’t Sell
The Dutch House approved a Box 3 overhaul that will tax the annual change in value of liquid assets such as Bitcoin at a flat 36 % rate, effective Jan 1 2028 pending Senate approval. The regime treats crypto like a marked‑to‑market security, meaning...
By CryptoSlate
News•Feb 16, 2026
No One Has Cash to “Buy the Dip” But $7.7T Could Rotate Into Bitcoin if Prices Stay Beaten Down
A new analysis argues that most cash is already deployed, leaving little idle liquidity to "buy the dip" in risk assets. Retail portfolios show a cash allocation of 14.4% in January 2026, down from over 20% in 2022, while equity...
By CryptoSlate
News•Feb 15, 2026
Wall Street Tries to Copy Crypto’s Prediction Markets as Cboe Files for “Yes/No” Options
Cboe has filed a proposal with the SEC to re‑introduce binary “yes/no” options that pay a fixed amount if a condition is met and nothing otherwise. The design mirrors the odds‑style pricing popularized by crypto‑native prediction markets, turning a belief...
By CryptoSlate
News•Feb 15, 2026
Bitcoin Hit $60,000 because Two Different Groups Finally Surrendered — On-Chain Data Shows Who Blinked
Bitcoin’s February 2026 plunge to $60,000 was the culmination of two distinct capitulation waves identified on‑chain. The first, in November 2025, forced the “class of 2025” holders to sell, while the second in February saw both that cohort and the...
By CryptoSlate
News•Feb 15, 2026
Robinhood’s $221 Million Crypto Revenue Drop Shows Crypto Winter Isn’t on Chain and Retail Already Moved
Robinhood reported a 38% year‑over‑year decline in crypto revenue to $221 million in Q4 2025, while its overall net revenue rose 27% driven by options and equities. Coinbase’s Q4 results showed a dip in consumer transaction revenue and a $667 million net...
By CryptoSlate
News•Feb 15, 2026
Token Escrow on XRPL Could Force New XRP Demand, but only if This Adoption Hurdle Breaks
RippleX launched Token Escrow (XLS‑85) on the XRP Ledger, extending conditional locking and release to trustline tokens and Multi‑Purpose Tokens. The feature lets issuers of stablecoins, tokenized Treasuries and other assets use on‑chain escrow for delivery‑versus‑payment, time‑locked payouts and margin...
By CryptoSlate
News•Feb 14, 2026
Tether Quietly Stacked 27 Tons of Gold, Now It’s Wiring $150M to Sell It to Crypto Users
Tether invested $150 million to acquire roughly 12% of Gold.com, purchasing 3.371 million shares at $44.50 each and adding about 27 metric tons of gold to its reserves. The deal includes a $20 million commitment to integrate Tether’s gold‑backed token, XAU₮, into Gold.com’s retail...
By CryptoSlate
Deals•Feb 14, 2026
Tether Invests $150M for 12% Stake in Gold.com, Launching Tokenized Gold Token XAU₮
Tether announced a strategic investment of $150 million to acquire a 12% stake in Gold.com, purchasing 3.371 million shares at $44.50 each. The deal includes integration of Tether’s gold-backed token XAU₮ into Gold.com’s platform, aiming to expand tokenized gold distribution...
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News•Feb 11, 2026
Sam Bankman-Fried Requests New Trial Claiming FTX Had $16.5 Billion Surplus in 2022, but Does It Matter?
Sam Bankman‑Fried filed a Rule 33 motion asking for a new trial, asserting that FTX’s balance sheet showed a $16.5 billion net asset value at the November 2022 bankruptcy filing, which he says contradicts the prosecution’s insolvency narrative. The motion claims undisclosed witnesses...
By CryptoSlate
News•Feb 10, 2026
China Bitcoin Legalization Is Priced at 5% but Beijing’s February 2026 Ban 2.0 Made One Detail Brutal
Polymarket traders are pricing the chance that China will legalise on‑shore Bitcoin purchases at roughly 5%, reflecting a low‑probability bet on policy reversal. In February 2026 Beijing issued a sweeping “Ban 2.0” notice that broadened the illegal‑financial‑activity classification to include marketing,...
By CryptoSlate
News•Feb 10, 2026
Ethereum Wants Home Validators to Verify Proofs but a 12 GPU Reality Raises a New Threat
Ethereum is prototyping optional execution proofs (EIP‑8025) that let validators verify zero‑knowledge proofs instead of re‑executing every transaction. The 2026 roadmap ties the design to enshrined proposer‑builder separation (ePBS), which would extend the proving window from 1‑2 seconds to 6‑9...
By CryptoSlate
News•Feb 7, 2026
Tokenized Equities Approach $1B as Institutional Rails Emerge
Tokenized equities have surged to nearly $1 billion, a 30‑fold increase within a year, driven by rapid platform adoption and 24/7 blockchain access. Ondo Global Markets, Backed/Kraken’s xStocks, and Securitize now control over 93 % of the market, with Ondo alone holding...
By CryptoSlate
News•Feb 6, 2026
XRP, TRX, and BNB Slide Amid Broader Crypto Volatility as SONAMI Accelerates Layer 2 Development on Solana
Crypto markets entered a fresh bout of volatility, pulling down major assets such as XRP, TRX, and BNB. The price corrections underscore a broader shift from speculative trading toward network utility and scalability. In this environment, Solana‑focused Layer 2 provider SONAMI...
By CryptoSlate
News•Feb 5, 2026
Bitcoin Faces a Brutal Irony as the Treasury Refuses to Save BTC From Its Own Political Success
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told a Senate Banking Committee he has no authority to use taxpayer funds to buy Bitcoin, rejecting the notion of a direct government bailout. The hearing highlighted the irony that Bitcoin, originally created to avoid bailouts,...
By CryptoSlate
News•Feb 5, 2026
Ethereum Faces Billion Dollar Sell Pressure as Top Crypto Fund Faces $862M High Stakes Liquidation Risk
Trend Research’s Aave‑based leveraged Ethereum position, once peaking at roughly 601,000 ETH and $958 million in borrowed stablecoins, has been systematically unwound as ETH prices slipped. The fund sold over 112,000 ETH since early February, reducing its holdings to 488,172 ETH—about...
By CryptoSlate
News•Feb 4, 2026
Bitcoin Has Ended Its $1.5B Outflow Streak, yet the Trade Driving Inflows Could Vanish Under Pressure
US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a net $561.8 million inflow on Feb 2, ending a four‑day streak of roughly $1.5 billion in outflows. Analysts argue the inflow likely reflects mechanical ETF creations and delta‑neutral basis trades rather than genuine dip‑buying. Authorized participants can...
By CryptoSlate
News•Feb 3, 2026
The Trillion Dollar Bitcoin Lottery You Can Play Now for Free – but Will Never Win
Keys.lol offers a free, web‑based "Bitcoin lottery" that generates fresh batches of private keys and addresses each time the page refreshes. The odds of any of the 90 keys per refresh matching one of the roughly 58 million funded Bitcoin addresses...
By CryptoSlate
News•Feb 3, 2026
Major German Bank Opens Free Crypto Access as MiCA Ends the Legality Debate and Sparks a Bank Rush
ING Deutschland rolled out fee‑free crypto exchange‑traded notes on Feb. 2, giving its 3.2 million brokerage clients access to Bitcoin, Ethereum and alt‑coin ETNs without wallet setup. The offering, supplied by VanEck, includes zero order fees for purchases above €1,000 and optional...
By CryptoSlate
News•Feb 2, 2026
Epstein Files Reveal Bitcoin’s Secret War as Ripple Insiders Expose a Decade of Explosive Hidden Industry Sabotage
A 2014 email from Blockstream’s former CEO Austin Hill, uncovered in the DOJ’s Epstein Files, warned that Ripple and Stellar were “bad for the ecosystem.” The correspondence resurfaced, reigniting debate over whether early Bitcoin insiders tried to suppress rival payment...
By CryptoSlate
News•Feb 2, 2026
Binance Commits to Gigantic Bitcoin Purchase as an Implicit Apology for October Liquidation Meltdown
Binance announced it will convert its $1 billion SAFU stablecoin reserve into Bitcoin within 30 days, pledging to keep the fund’s value above an $800 million floor. The move follows intense scrutiny after the October liquidation cascade that erased roughly $19 billion in leveraged...
By CryptoSlate
News•Feb 1, 2026
Bitcoin Treasury Companies Are Millions in the Red but the Strategy Doesn’t Change Even at $78k
Corporate Bitcoin treasuries are testing the resilience of balance‑sheet strategies as Bitcoin hovers around $78,500. Early adopters like MicroStrategy, Tesla and Coinbase entered at lower prices, showing paper gains of $100 million to $500 million, while late entrants such as Metaplanet and...
By CryptoSlate
News•Jan 31, 2026
Bitcoin Miners Are Making Millions by Shutting Down because of a Massive US Winter Storm
US winter storm forced Bitcoin miners, especially Foundry USA, to curtail operations, dropping network hashrate by roughly 40% (about 455 EH/s) between Jan 23‑25. The shutdown slowed block times to around 12 minutes, highlighting Bitcoin’s difficulty adjustment lag. Miners profit from curtailment,...
By CryptoSlate
News•Jan 30, 2026
Cardano Secures $70B Liquidity Injection that Finally Solves the Network’s Biggest Missing Piece for Investors
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson announced a partnership with Circle to integrate USDCx, a Circle‑linked stablecoin, into the Cardano ecosystem. The deal gives Cardano direct access to Circle’s $70 billion USDC liquidity network via the xReserve model, aiming to close the platform’s...
By CryptoSlate
News•Jan 30, 2026
Altcoins Outside the Top 10 Won’t Recover when Bitcoin Finally Rebounds, and Here’s Why
A new microstructure has concentrated crypto liquidity in the top ten altcoins, which now command about 82% of the altcoin market cap, up from 69‑73% in previous years. The investable universe has shrunk, with tokens above $1 billion falling from 105...
By CryptoSlate
News•Jan 29, 2026
How Crypto Payments Will Change in 2026
Crypto payments are shifting from a marketing gimmick to a settlement‑focused infrastructure as 2026 approaches. Merchants increasingly prefer hybrid crypto‑to‑fiat processors that convert digital assets instantly, avoiding exposure to volatility. Three models dominate: wallet‑to‑wallet for crypto‑native businesses, hybrid processors that...
By CryptoSlate
News•Jan 29, 2026
Global Markets Crash as Everything Including Bitcoin Sells Off at Once Erasing Trillions
Global markets experienced a synchronized crash as the US equity open sparked a liquidity‑driven sell‑off across risk assets. Bitcoin slid to $84,000, gold fell $500 per ounce and oil surged above $71 a barrel amid rising US‑Iran tension. Over $800 million...
By CryptoSlate
News•Jan 28, 2026
Bitcoin’s Coal Mine Canaries Are Starting to Chirp with Specific Alarms Already Signaling a Market Shift
Bitcoin’s market indicators remain largely calm, with key liquidity and credit gauges below stress thresholds in January 2026. The Chicago Fed’s NFCI and the St. Louis Fed’s STLFSI4 both posted negative values, while rates volatility (MOVE) and high‑yield spreads stayed...
By CryptoSlate
News•Jan 27, 2026
Panic Selling Bitcoin on Coinbase Triggers a Binance Price Gap that Reveals a “Messy” Institutional Market Failure
Coinbase’s Bitcoin price slipped below Binance, pushing the Coinbase‑Binance premium into negative territory for the first time this year. The divergence coincided with more than $1.3 billion of net outflows from U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs, indicating waning institutional demand. Mechanical factors,...
By CryptoSlate
Deals•Dec 24, 2025
Metaplanet Secures $100M Bitcoin-Backed Loan and $500M Credit Line to Accelerate Bitcoin Treasury
Tokyo-listed Metaplanet announced it has secured a $100 million loan collateralized by its Bitcoin holdings and a $500 million credit line for share-buybacks, following an extraordinary general meeting on Dec. 22 that approved capital restructuring. The debt financing will enable...
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Deals•Dec 18, 2025
Google Backs Bitcoin Miners with $5 Billion Credit to Fuel AI Transition
Google has quietly committed roughly $5 billion of credit support to Bitcoin mining firms shifting toward AI workloads, backing leases with data‑center operator Fluidstack. The financing enables TeraWulf, Cipher Mining and Hut 8 Corp to secure long‑term AI hosting contracts, with Google...
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Deals•Nov 12, 2025
EV2 Token Presale Raises Over $145K in Early Funding Round
The EV2 gaming token presale, promoted in a sponsored CryptoSlate article, has already raised more than $145,000, selling 14 million EV2 tokens. The fundraising is positioned as an early-stage seed‑type round targeting gamers and crypto investors. The announcement comes amid steady...
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Deals•Oct 28, 2025
Metaplanet Secures up to $500M BTC‑secured Credit Facility Alongside Share Buyback
Metaplanet announced on Oct. 28 that it authorized a share buyback and disclosed a Bitcoin‑secured credit facility of up to $500 million to support buybacks and liquidity. The facility is collateralized by BTC and was filed with the Tokyo Stock...
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
FalconX Acquires Crypto ETP Issuer 21Shares to Add Prime Brokerage
FalconX acquired 21Shares on 2025-10-22 in a deal that integrates prime brokerage capabilities with one of the largest crypto ETP issuers managing over $11 billion. The acquisition is aimed at vertical integration of trading and investment management in the crypto...
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Deals•Oct 22, 2025
Moon Inc. Raises About $8.8M via New Shares and Convertible Notes to Roll Out Bitcoin Prepaid Card
Hong Kong-listed Moon Inc. (HKEX: 1723) raised roughly US$8.8 million (about HK$65.5 million) through a private placement of new shares and convertible notes to fund rollout of a Bitcoin prepaid card across Asia. The funds come from a private allotment;...
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Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Coinbase Acquires Echo for $375 Million to Revive Community Fundraising
Coinbase announced on 2025-10-21 that it acquired Echo, a community-fundraising platform founded by Jordan “Cobie” Fish, in a $375 million deal. The acquisition aims to rebuild on-chain capital markets and enable crypto projects to raise directly from users.
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Deals•Oct 10, 2025
Kalshi Raises $300M at $5B Valuation in Growth-Stage Funding
Kalshi secured a $300 million growth-stage funding round that values the CFTC-regulated event-contract exchange at $5 billion, supporting its global expansion into 140 countries and broadening market offerings. The raise positions Kalshi as the leading regulated prediction-market platform and intensifies...
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