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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. The moves aim to bring certified yield products to traditional finance investors.
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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•Dec 31, 2025
XYO’s Markus Levin: Why a Data-Native L1 Could Become AI’s “Proof of Origin” Backbone
In a SlateCast interview, XYO co‑founder Markus Levin outlined the company’s purpose‑built Layer‑1 designed for massive real‑world data flows. He highlighted DePIN’s rapid expansion, citing a World Economic Forum forecast that the sector could grow to trillions of dollars by...
By CryptoSlate
News•Dec 30, 2025
This Legendary $197M Bear Has Flipped Long Altcoins with High Leverage, but Funding Rates Signal a Dangerous Trap
The crypto‑whale known as BitcoinOG, famed for a $197 million BTC short, has resurfaced with a massive multi‑asset long strategy on Hyperliquid. Over $291 million of USDC flowed into the wallet, funding a series of large BTC, ETH and SOL order ladders....
By CryptoSlate
News•Dec 30, 2025
SEC Filings Reveal the Multi-Million Dollar Trap Hiding Inside ‘Exclusive’ WhatsApp Crypto Investment Clubs
The SEC has charged three crypto‑trading platforms and four WhatsApp‑based investment clubs with a $14 million fraud that ran from January 2024 to January 2025. Scammers posed as AI‑driven “professors,” posted fabricated profit screenshots, and steered members to fake platforms that claimed regulatory...
By CryptoSlate
News•Dec 28, 2025
What if Bitcoin Blocks Signaled the New Year? Creating Universal Bitcoin Time but Trapping Holders in a Tax Nightmare
The article proposes using Bitcoin block height as a universal calendar, dubbing it Universal Bitcoin Time (UBT). It highlights the current network state—hash rate over 1,150 EH/s, difficulty around 148 T, and circulating supply near 19.97 M BTC—as a backdrop for the idea....
By CryptoSlate
News•Dec 28, 2025
Coinbase Claims Arrest in the $355 Million Insider Extortion Scheme that Targeted Nearly 70,000 Customers
Coinbase announced that Indian police arrested a former customer‑support employee suspected of facilitating a $355 million insider extortion scheme that stole data from nearly 70,000 users. The breach, first disclosed in a May 2025 SEC filing, involved bribed support staff accessing...
By CryptoSlate
News•Dec 28, 2025
Ethereum’s 2026 Roadmap Includes This Validator Risk That’s Bigger than You Think
Ethereum’s 2026 roadmap splits into two parallel tracks: the Fusaka upgrade, already live, expands rollup data capacity by raising blob targets up to 48 per block via PeerDAS, while the “Glamsterdam” suite pushes base‑layer throughput through higher gas limits and...
By CryptoSlate
News•Dec 27, 2025
Asia Is Quietly Building a Counterweight to the Dollar Stablecoin Empire, and the West Isn’t Ready
Asia is rapidly constructing a network of locally‑pegged stablecoins, challenging the U.S. dollar‑centric dominance that has defined the market for a decade. Hong Kong’s May 2025 Stablecoins Ordinance mandates licensing, while South Korea, Japan and Singapore are advancing legal frameworks...
By CryptoSlate
News•Dec 27, 2025
How Browser Extensions Expose Crypto to a Fatal Design Flaw the Industry Ignored, Bleeding $713M in 2025
Trust Wallet’s Chrome extension released a malicious version 2.68 in December, siphoning roughly $7 million from hundreds of accounts before a patch was issued. The incident underscores a systemic flaw: browser‑extension wallets act as always‑on hot wallets in a hostile environment,...
By CryptoSlate
News•Dec 26, 2025
Hidden Script Caught Harvesting Private Keys as Trust Wallet Issues Emergency Warning for Chrome Users
Trust Wallet issued an emergency advisory after its Chrome extension version 2.68 was found to contain a hidden script that harvested seed phrases and private keys, resulting in $6‑7 million in crypto losses. The company released a patched version 2.69 on Dec. 25, 2025...
By CryptoSlate
News•Dec 26, 2025
Bitcoin Just Missed Its $95k Boxing Day Record, Triggering Signal that Demands Immediate Attention
Bitcoin closed at $88,694 on Dec. 26, 2025, falling short of the $95,714 Boxing Day record set in 2024. The article traces Boxing Day closes from 2010 to 2025, showing how each year’s price reflects broader market psychology and macro conditions....
By CryptoSlate
News•Dec 25, 2025
XRPL Flips to Quantum-Safe Signatures; 2,420-Byte Proofs Replace Elliptic Curves
The XRP Ledger (XRPL) has upgraded its testnet AlphaNet with post‑quantum CRYSTALS‑Dilithium signatures, replacing traditional elliptic‑curve cryptography. The new quantum‑safe scheme expands each signature to roughly 2,420 bytes, a dramatic increase from the 64‑byte ECDSA format. Alongside the cryptographic overhaul, XRPL...
By CryptoSlate
News•Dec 25, 2025
The Memecoin Hall of Shame: 10 Tokens that Defined 2025 Wildest Trades
2025 turned memecoins from niche jokes into a headline‑grabbing market segment, highlighted by ten tokens that charted a wild trade cycle. Political figures launched TRUMP and MELANIA, while Argentina’s LIBRA turned sovereign endorsement into a scandal. AI‑driven FARTCOIN revived hype,...
By CryptoSlate
News•Dec 24, 2025
Bitcoiners Waiting for a “Bukele Moment” In Chile Are Ignoring a $229 Billion Signal that Matters More
Chile’s right‑wing president José Antonio Kast won a decisive runoff, prompting markets to anticipate deregulation and pro‑business reforms. Despite the political shift, Chile’s crypto outlook diverges sharply from El Salvador’s legal‑tender experiment, as regulators favor a cautious, technocratic approach. The Banco...
By CryptoSlate
News•Dec 24, 2025
Metaplanet Stopped Buying Bitcoin for Months, Concealing a Ruthless Arbitrage Strategy that Puts Retail to Shame
Metaplanet, the Tokyo‑listed crypto‑focused firm, stopped buying Bitcoin after Oct. 1, letting its Market Net Asset Value dip below 1.0. The shortfall signaled that buying its own discounted shares would yield more Bitcoin per share than direct purchases. In response, the...
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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News•Dec 23, 2025
TEN Protocol Redefines Ethereum’s Privacy with ‘Compute in Confidence’ Approach
TEN Protocol introduces a "compute in confidence" model that lets Ethereum applications run confidential code while still settling on the main chain. By leveraging Trusted Execution Environments, TEN keeps inputs and strategies hidden without sacrificing verifiability. The platform maintains full...
By CryptoSlate
News•Dec 22, 2025
Solana Mobile Ended Saga Security Patches, Exposing Owners to a Critical Wallet Risk You Can’t Ignore
Solana Mobile announced it will cease software updates and security patches for its Saga crypto‑native smartphone, warning that future compatibility cannot be guaranteed. The company clarified that its newer Seeker devices will continue to receive regular updates. This move caps...
By CryptoSlate
News•Dec 22, 2025
Bitcoin On-Chain Data Just Confirmed a “Demand Vacuum” That Threatens to Drag Prices Down to This Uncomfortable Range
Bitcoin’s 2025 rally has stalled as on‑chain metrics reveal a demand vacuum, with U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs shifting to net redemptions of roughly 24,000 BTC in Q4. CryptoQuant data shows demand growth slipping below its trend line, while Alphractal reports...
By CryptoSlate
News•Dec 22, 2025
Charles Hoskinson Argues the TRUMP Token Cost Crypto a 70-Vote Senate Win and Sparked the Bitcoin-Only Crisis
Charles Hoskinson contends that the TRUMP memecoin, launched three days before President Trump’s inauguration, derailed a projected 70‑vote Senate majority for the CLARITY Act and ignited the 2025 Bitcoin‑only rally. He argues the token turned a bipartisan crypto agenda into...
By CryptoSlate
News•Dec 20, 2025
XRP ETFs Are Booming, but a Quiet $15 Billion Payment Layer Matters More than the Price
Four XRP spot ETFs now trade in the U.S., collectively managing $941.7 million, up from $336 million at launch. While ETF assets have surged, Ripple’s On‑Demand Liquidity processed $15 billion in cross‑border payments in 2024, dwarfing the ETF layer. XRPL activity also grew,...
By CryptoSlate
News•Dec 19, 2025
Terraform’s $4 Billion Jump Lawsuit Exposes the Hidden “Shadow Trading” That May Be Artificially Holding up Stablecoin Prices
Terraform Labs’ wind‑down administrator has sued Jump Crypto for $4 billion, alleging the firm covertly traded to keep TerraUSD’s $1 peg and profited from discounted Luna terms. The case spotlights “shadow trading” as a hidden lever that may sustain stablecoin prices...
By CryptoSlate
News•Dec 18, 2025
Google Is Secretly Bankrolling a $5 Billion Bitcoin Pivot Using a Shadow Credit Mechanism
Google is quietly providing up to $5 billion of credit support to Bitcoin miners transitioning to AI workloads. The arrangement uses a shadow credit mechanism where Google backs Fluidstack’s long‑term colocation leases, allowing banks to treat the projects as infrastructure debt....
By CryptoSlate
News•Dec 18, 2025
Private Keys Are the Worst Design in Crypto — And It’s Costing Billions
Alph.AI proposes a keyless crypto wallet that eliminates private keys using multi‑party computation and zero‑trust design. The article highlights that private‑key compromises have caused $22.7 billion in losses since 2011, with 2025 incidents alone costing up to $2.47 billion. By fragmenting signing...
By CryptoSlate
News•Dec 18, 2025
New SEC Rules Lets Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sach Legally “Control” Your Private Keys without the Safety Net You Assume Exists
The SEC refreshed its crypto‑asset FAQ, outlining how broker‑dealers such as Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs can satisfy custody and capital rules for crypto‑asset securities. The guidance allows firms to demonstrate “control” under Rule 15c3‑3(c) through qualifying control locations rather than...
By CryptoSlate
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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News•Dec 17, 2025
Washington Has Started the Clock on Bank-Issued Crypto Dollars, and the Timeline Contains a 2026 Bitcoin Surprise
Washington’s FDIC has launched rulemaking under the GENIUS Act, setting a roadmap for bank‑issued stablecoins that could materialize by late 2026. At the same time, Vanguard reversed its crypto ban, granting roughly 50 million clients access to spot Bitcoin ETFs, while...
By CryptoSlate
News•Dec 16, 2025
How Tokenized US Treasuries Are Replacing DeFi’s Foundation
Tokenized US Treasury products have surged to roughly $9 billion across 60 offerings, a five‑fold increase in 18 months. Major asset managers such as BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, Circle, and JPMorgan now issue on‑chain Treasury‑backed funds that can be redeemed in stablecoins....
By CryptoSlate
News•Dec 15, 2025
Crypto Investors Gain Critical Protection in Bankruptcy, Even as a “Conservative” Rule Threatens Liquidity
The UK Treasury has set October 2027 as the launch date for a comprehensive crypto‑asset regime that will require exchanges, custodians and other intermediaries to obtain FCA authorisation under FSMA‑style rules. The FCA’s consultation expands the regulatory perimeter to include stablecoin...
By CryptoSlate
News•Dec 15, 2025
Over $17 Trillion Missing when On-Chain “Proof of Reserve” Standards Are Applied to Trump’s Tariff Data
President Donald Trump asserted the United States has collected roughly $18 trillion in tariff revenue, a figure far beyond recorded customs duties. Treasury data shows FY2025 customs duties at about $195 billion, indicating a massive discrepancy. The claim blends actual revenue with...
By CryptoSlate
News•Dec 15, 2025
XRP Is Flooding Ethereum and Solana, but This Invisible Layer Exposes Your Wallet to a $1.5 Billion Risk
Hex Trust launched a $100 million wrapped XRP (wXRP) on Ethereum, Solana, Optimism and HyperEVM, adding to Coinbase’s cbXRP on Base and Axelar’s eXRP on the XRPL EVM sidechain. The move gives XRP access to deep DeFi liquidity, especially through RLUSD...
By CryptoSlate
News•Dec 14, 2025
Firedancer Is Live, but Solana Is Violating the One Safety Rule Ethereum Treats as Non-Negotiable
Firedancer, a ground‑up C++ validator client built by Jump Crypto, went live on Solana mainnet in December 2024 after a 100‑day, 50,000‑block test phase. The client is completely independent from the Rust‑based Agave implementation, creating a separate failure domain for the...
By CryptoSlate
News•Dec 14, 2025
Cardano Now Has Institutional-Grade Infrastructure, but a Glaring $40 Million Liquidity Gap Threatens to Stall Growth
Cardano has deployed the Pyth Network oracle under its new Pentad governance, shifting from push‑based to pull‑based price feeds that update every 400 milliseconds. The low‑latency oracle unlocks institutional‑grade DeFi primitives such as order‑book perpetuals and real‑time RWA products. Despite the...
By CryptoSlate
News•Dec 14, 2025
Small-Cap Crypto Tokens Just Hit a Humiliating Four-Year Low, Proving the “Alt Season” Thesis Is Officially Dead
Small‑cap crypto indices have slumped to four‑year lows, with the MarketVector Digital Assets 100 Small‑Cap Index and CoinDesk 80 losing roughly 40% YTD in 2025. By contrast, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq‑100 delivered double‑digit gains of about 17‑18% each year, compounding...
By CryptoSlate
News•Dec 13, 2025
Bitcoin’s $55 Billion Options Market Is Now Obsessing over One Specific Date that Forces a $100k Showdown
Bitcoin’s options market now holds roughly $55.8 billion in open interest, with Deribit accounting for about 84% of that exposure. The vast majority of contracts converge on a single expiry—December 26, 2025—centered around the $100,000 strike. Gamma is tightly packed between $86,000 and...
By CryptoSlate
News•Dec 13, 2025
Crypto for Kids: Binance Junior Looks Safe, but the App Creates a Psychological Imprint that Parental Controls Can’t Fix
Binance launched Binance Junior, a child‑focused savings account tied to a parent’s KYC and stripped of trading functions. The app’s UI mirrors a crypto exchange, displaying yield icons and growth dashboards despite being limited to savings. While the product promises...
By CryptoSlate
News•Dec 11, 2025
Bitcoin Liquidity Is Drying up in Specific Regions as a New “Pay-to-Exit” Model Quietly Takes Over
Belarus expanded its telecom‑level platform blocking in December, adding domains to the BelGIE list and restricting crypto activity to High‑Tech Park operators, while the EU banned Belarusians from EU‑based wallets. The move mirrors a broader EMEA‑APAC playbook that uses DNS/IP...
By CryptoSlate
News•Dec 11, 2025
How Do Kwon’s Jail Sentence Forces a Brutal “Truth Test” That Many Algorithmic Tokens Will Instantly Fail
Do Kwon is scheduled for sentencing in U.S. federal court on Dec. 11, 2025, with prosecutors seeking a 12‑year term after a $4.47 billion SEC civil judgment. The case sharpens regulatory focus on algorithmic stablecoins, treating misstatements about peg mechanisms as securities fraud....
By CryptoSlate
News•Dec 11, 2025
Bitcoin Is Now the Ultimate “Divorce Loophole” Because Courts Physically Cannot Seize the Keys
Bitcoin holdings are increasingly moving out of exchanges, with only about 14‑15% of the supply on custodial platforms. This custody shift is colliding with family law, as courts can order disclosure but cannot seize or broadcast transactions without the private...
By CryptoSlate
News•Dec 11, 2025
BlackRock’s Move Into Ethereum Staking Signals a Brutal New Fee Regime that Mid-Tier Operators Won’t Survive
BlackRock filed a staking‑enabled Ethereum trust that bundles three distinct risk layers: protocol slashing, a multi‑entity custody lien, and a variable yield structure controlled by the sponsor. The filing proposes staking 70‑90% of the trust’s ETH through vetted providers while...
By CryptoSlate
News•Dec 11, 2025
Silk Road Bitcoin Wallets Just Woke up, but One Critical On-Chain Detail Defies the Usual Crash Narrative
Analysts identified two Silk Road‑linked Bitcoin wallets that moved 3,421 BTC (about $322 million) in May 2025, routing the funds to a new P2WPKH SegWit address rather than an exchange. A follow‑on consolidation on Dec. 10 added roughly $3 million from over 300 similarly...
By CryptoSlate
News•Dec 10, 2025
A New Loophole Just Proved You Don’t Actually Own Your Shares – but the Fix Is Already Live on Solana
Superstate has launched Direct Issuance programs that let issuers create SEC‑registered shares on Ethereum and Solana, settling primary sales in stablecoins and recording ownership on the transfer agent’s ledger. The first live deployment tokenized 32,374 Galaxy Digital shares on Solana,...
By CryptoSlate
News•Dec 10, 2025
Binance CEO Had WeChat Hacked by Cellphone Exploit that Likely Leaves Your Own Crypto Exposed
Binance co‑CEO Yi He’s WeChat account was hijacked on Dec. 10 after a recycled phone number enabled a social‑recovery attack. The attackers used the compromised profile to promote a low‑liquidity token, earning roughly $55,000 before the posts were removed. Binance worked...
By CryptoSlate
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
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 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 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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