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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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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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News•Nov 25, 2025
The Next Memecoin Paradigm: Charting a Broader Course Beyond Chain-Centric Islands
The memecoin market is entering a subtle inflection point as traders navigate a fragmented landscape of chain-specific hype, shifting from Solana to Base and other public blockchains. Consolidation is underway, with investors seeking broader, cross‑chain opportunities rather than isolated "island"...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 25, 2025
Dogecoin ETF Debut Flops with No Inflow Revealing Concerning Market Reality
Grayscale’s Dogecoin ETF (GDOG) launched on the NYSE Arca on November 24 but recorded zero net creation units on its first trading day, indicating no investor inflow. The debut highlights a lack of demand for a regulated vehicle that offers...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 24, 2025
My Medium Term Bitcoin Bear Thesis – and Why This Winter Could Be the Shortest Yet
The author argues that despite claims of a new market paradigm, Bitcoin’s price action remains fundamentally cyclical, with each rally followed by a predictable bear phase. He contends that liquidity alone cannot explain recent moves and that historical patterns suggest...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 24, 2025
Solana’s Supply Crunch Deepens as 80% of Holders Sit Underwater, Setting the Stage for a High-Stakes Reset
Solana’s native token SOL is experiencing a severe supply crunch, with roughly 80% of its holders facing losses as the price continues to decline. Despite recent bullish momentum from Wall Street interest, including spot ETFs, the prolonged sell‑off has trapped...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 24, 2025
A Fake Delivery Driver Stole $11 Million in Crypto This Weekend as Home Invasion Heists Increase – Report
A suspect masquerading as a delivery driver entered a home in San Francisco's Mission Dolores neighborhood on the morning of Nov. 22, restrained the occupant, and stole a phone, laptop, and approximately $11 million worth of cryptocurrency. The theft was reported...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 24, 2025
Crossroads for Bitcoin: What’s Next – $92k or $79k? Let’s Break It Down
Bitcoin rebounded to around $85,000 over the weekend and has since been trading in a narrow $87,000‑$89,600 range, constrained by liquidity levels on the 30‑minute chart. The price faces an immediate resistance ceiling near $92,800‑$93,400, while a series of support...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 24, 2025
Crypto Treasuries Facing $130 Billion Value Reckoning as ETFs Reshape Market
Crypto treasury firms that have been bundling Bitcoin for corporate investors are now confronting a $130 billion valuation hit as spot Bitcoin ETFs gain traction and provide a cheaper, more liquid alternative to indirect holdings. The premium investors once paid for...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 23, 2025
This $4.3M Crypto Home Invasion Shows How a Single Data Leak Can Put Anyone’s Wallet — and Safety — at...
In June 2024, three armed men posing as delivery drivers broke into a UK residence, threatened the occupants and stole private keys that gave them access to more than $4.3 million worth of cryptocurrency. The thieves used personal data from a...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 23, 2025
Japan’s 20% Crypto Tax Sets a New Bar in Asia, Pressuring Singapore and Hong Kong as Retail Costs Fall
Japan’s Financial Services Agency is drafting a regulatory overhaul that would reclassify Bitcoin, Ethereum and roughly 100 other digital tokens as securities, subjecting them to the country’s 20% capital gains tax – the lowest rate among major Asian markets. The...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 23, 2025
Vibe Coding, No-Code, and the New Rules of Web3 Development
CryptoSlate’s Slate Sunday column examines the emerging concept of “vibe coding,” a trend where developers rely on intuitive, low‑code or no‑code tools to build Web3 applications faster and with fewer technical barriers. The piece argues that this shift is reshaping...
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News•Nov 23, 2025
When M2 Money Supply and the Dollar REALLY Move Bitcoin Price – The Truth Influencers Aren’t Telling You
CryptoSlate’s analysis challenges the simplistic narrative that Bitcoin’s price moves directly with changes in the U.S. M2 money supply or a weakening dollar. The piece explains that while monetary expansion and currency depreciation can influence Bitcoin, the relationship is indirect,...
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News•Nov 23, 2025
Security Reality Check: Top-Ranked Chrome ‘Wallet’ that Steals Your Seedphrase
A malicious Chrome extension named “Safery: Ethereum Wallet” briefly rose to the fourth position in Chrome Web Store search results for “Ethereum wallet” in early November. The extension masqueraded as a legitimate wallet with a polished UI, a generic security‑focused...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 23, 2025
Why Did Wall Street Just Dump $5.4 Billion in Strategy MSTR Stock?
Wall Street investors collectively sold roughly $5.4 billion of MicroStrategy (MSTR) shares, a company that has built its valuation on massive Bitcoin holdings. The sell‑off was triggered by a combination of deteriorating Bitcoin prices, heightened regulatory scrutiny of crypto‑exposed firms, and...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 23, 2025
The Internet Blackout Playbook: How Bitcoin Stays Alive when Banks and Card Networks Go Down
The article details how Bitcoin can operate without traditional internet or satellite connections, highlighting a 2019 experiment where Rodolfo Novak transmitted a Bitcoin transaction from Toronto to Michigan via ham radio on the 40‑meter band using the ionosphere as a...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 22, 2025
Financial Advisors Who Ignore Bitcoin Ditched by Young Wealthy Americans
A new trend among affluent millennials and Gen Z investors in the United States shows a strong demand for integrating cryptocurrency assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum into traditional wealth‑management portfolios. These younger, high‑net‑worth clients continue to favor broad equity...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 22, 2025
Can MicroStrategy Survive Reclassification as a Bitcoin Investment Vehicle?
MicroStrategy, now rebranded as Strategy, has shifted from an enterprise software firm to the world’s largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, creating a complex valuation regime that hinges on its crypto treasury. The company faces mounting headwinds, including heightened regulatory scrutiny,...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 22, 2025
Odds of December Rate Cut Back Above 70%: Are Bitcoin Traders Convinced This Changes Things?
The CME FedWatch tool now shows better than a 70% probability that the Federal Reserve will cut its policy rate by 25 basis points at the Dec. 9‑10 meeting, moving the target range to 3.50%‑3.75% from 3.75%‑4.00%. This marks a...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 22, 2025
We’ve Had 2 Months without a Single New Company Buying Bitcoin – Why Is It so Quiet?
Corporate Bitcoin adoption has stalled, with no new firms adding BTC to their balance sheets for the past two months, according to BitBo's treasury tracker. The last entrant was GD Culture Group, marking the end of a steady flow of...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 21, 2025
New Bitcoin ‘Top Signal’ Is in – The Bear Market Indicator You Hate to See
Crypto analysts point to a new bearish indicator for Bitcoin: the timing of major crypto IPOs. The article notes that Coinbase’s direct listing on April 14, 2021 coincided with Bitcoin’s then‑record high of about $64,000, and that subsequent high‑profile offerings...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 21, 2025
People Prefer Digital Banks over Crypto Wallets: Can a 9% Return on Holdings Change Reality?
A recent Mercuryo and Protocol Theory study finds that only 13% of the U.S. public consider Web3 crypto wallets intuitive, while 65% already use digital wallets for payments, capturing 39% of e‑commerce and 16% of in‑store transactions. Traditional digital wallets...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 20, 2025
Andrew Tate Loses Everything on Hyperliquid: Inside His Leveraged Crypto Liquidation Meltdown
Andrew Tate deposited $727,000 into the crypto derivatives platform Hyperliquid and, without making any withdrawals, lost the entire amount through a series of high‑leverage liquidations that culminated on Nov. 18 when his balance hit zero. Over roughly a year he...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 20, 2025
Huge $100 Billion Crypto Listing Stampede Started by Kraken’s Stealth IPO Filing
Kraken filed a confidential S‑1 on Nov. 19, joining a wave of crypto‑focused firms such as Circle, BitGo, Gemini and Grayscale that are seeking public listings, a coordinated IPO cycle estimated to represent up to $100 billion in market value. The...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 19, 2025
Why 26.5 Billion XRP Tokens Are Now Sitting at a Loss Despite a $2 Price Tag
XRP’s market health has deteriorated, with Glassnode reporting that only 58.5% of its circulating supply is in profit – the lowest since November 2024 – leaving roughly 26.5 billion tokens (41.5% of supply) at a realized loss despite the token trading...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 19, 2025
Sidechains Pay, XRPL Won’t — the Real Tug-of-War over Staking and XRP’s Future
The XRP Ledger (XRPL) remains a fast, fee‑only payment network that eschews economic incentives for validators, a design that has limited its total value locked to roughly $87 million versus rivals like Ethereum and Solana. RippleX’s head of engineering, Ayo Akinyele,...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 18, 2025
Why Adam Backs Thinks Bitcoin’s 20-Year Quantum Runway Matters More than Today’s Headlines
Blockstream CEO Adam Back warned that Bitcoin is unlikely to face a quantum‑computing attack on its signature scheme for the next 20‑40 years, but the network should not wait passively. He highlighted that the real vulnerability lies in ECDSA/Schnorr signatures,...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 18, 2025
Aave Launches First DeFi App that Feels Like a Real Bank — and It Might Finally Bring Crypto to Everyone
Aave has unveiled its first consumer‑focused DeFi application designed to mimic the user experience of a traditional bank, featuring a streamlined interface, lower gas fees and integrated risk controls. The platform bundles lending, borrowing and stable‑coin services into a single...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 18, 2025
The $300 Billion Backdoor Threat that Europe Didn’t See Coming
Stablecoin issuance has swelled to over $303 billion, up 75% year‑over‑year, with US‑dollar tokens—led by Tether and USDC—accounting for roughly 81% of the market. European central bankers warn that the growing on‑chain‑off‑chain entanglement, especially the reliance on US Treasury reserves, could...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 17, 2025
Bitcoin Miners Can Lower Your Power Bill — if Energy Grids Let Them Plug In
Power markets are beginning to price Bitcoin mining as a flexible, on‑demand load that can absorb renewable curtailment and earn ancillary services, especially in regions like California and ERCOT where midday surplus and scarcity spikes are common. With a spot...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 17, 2025
Binance to Invest over $4 Billion in America if It Gets a Refund After CZ Pardon
President Trump granted a full pardon to Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, wiping out his personal criminal conviction but leaving the $4.3 billion Binance has already paid to U.S. agencies untouched. The settlement comprises criminal forfeiture and fines from the DOJ, civil...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 17, 2025
How Did a Pro-Bitcoin Government End up Overseeing This $1 Trillion Market Implosion?
The Trump administration’s crypto-friendly stance initially sparked a surge in spot Bitcoin ETFs, corporate treasury holdings, and bullish expectations for a 2025 bull market. However, a combination of macro shocks—Trump’s October tariff expansion on China and a 43‑day U.S. government...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 17, 2025
TRON and RealOpen Launch $50,000 Holiday Campaign to Power Luxury Real Estate Purchases with USDT on TRON
TRON and RealOpen have launched a "Fast Moves, Fast Payments" holiday campaign that rewards U.S. homebuyers with up to 50,000 USDT for purchasing qualifying luxury properties using USDT on the TRON blockchain. Eligible buyers can earn up to 10,000 USDT...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 16, 2025
Bitcoin’s Midlife Crisis: Can the OG Crypto Win over Gen-Z Before It’s Too Late?
Bitcoin, now a $2 trillion network and institutional darling, faces an existential challenge: a waning interest from Gen‑Z, who view it as a boomer‑centric “digital gold” rather than a participatory platform. While regulators, ETFs and corporate balance sheets have legitimized the...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 16, 2025
How Much Is $10k Invested in BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF at Launch Worth Today?
A $10,000 stake in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) at its Jan. 5, 2024 launch would be worth roughly $19,870 today – a 98.7% gain that dwarfs the 42‑43% returns of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 and edges out gold’s 92‑93% rise. The...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 14, 2025
These 3 Asian Markets Have Switched on Tokenized Finance Faster than the US
Japan’s Financial Services Agency has outlined a custodial framework that aligns crypto assets with the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, reaffirming cold‑wallet segregation and proposing a 2025 amendment to the Payment Services Act. Hong Kong has moved from pilots to...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 13, 2025
Top Presales to Watch Out for In November 2025 – $EV2, $MaxiDOGE, and Best Wallet Lead The Way
CryptoSlate’s November 2025 presale roundup highlights a market rebound, with the overall crypto cap up 5% to $4.57 trillion and Bitcoin hovering around $106,000. The article spotlights five live offerings: Earth Version 2 ($EV2) gaming token at $0.01, GoodCrypto ($GOOD) raising $657 k...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 13, 2025
The Graph Delivers Production-Ready Data Infrastructure for TRON Enterprise Applications
The Graph announced the launch of its Token API on the TRON network, delivering instant, pre‑indexed endpoints for token balances, prices, swaps and major DEXs such as JustSwap and SunSwap, building on its earlier Substreams integration. The new API eliminates...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 13, 2025
Chainlink Says It Finally Solved Crypto’s $3.4 Trillion Problem: The Privacy Fix Wall Street Has Been Waiting For
Chainlink introduced Confidential Compute, a privacy layer inside its new Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE) that runs sensitive data in cloud‑hosted trusted execution environments and posts attested results on‑chain without revealing inputs or logic. The service, slated for early‑access in 2026...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 12, 2025
Arthur Hayes’ ‘Withdraw and Shield’ Zcash War Cry Could Make ZEC’s Next Move Its Wildest Yet
Arthur Hayes, former BitMEX CEO, urged Zcash holders to withdraw their ZEC from centralized exchanges and move it into shielded addresses, branding the coin as his second‑largest position after Bitcoin. The call comes as Zcash undergoes its third halving this...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 12, 2025
SEC vs CFTC Rematch Booked Over Who Polices US Crypto—And Your Coins
Washington’s long‑running dispute over which regulator should police digital assets resurfaced after the House passed the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025 but the Senate stalled. Two Senate committees have now released competing draft bills that draw a new...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 12, 2025
Theta Price Update: THETA Moves Near $0.45 — Why EV2 Presale Is Capturing Investor Attention Across Crypto and Gaming Communities
Theta (THETA) is trading in a tight band around $0.47, with a neutral RSI of 39.91 and a 200‑day SMA hinting at a short‑term cooling period, signaling limited upside in the near term. In contrast, the EV2 presale by Funtico...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 12, 2025
$1.2B Bitcoin Just Left Wall Street: 3 Ways This Reset Could Flip Bullish Fast
Crypto investment products saw roughly $1.2 billion of net outflows last week, driven almost entirely by redemptions from U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs, which posted a cumulative -$1.21 billion across five trading days. The outflow coincided with a cooling of Bitcoin futures basis...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 12, 2025
From Swipe to Zap: Why Square’s 4M Shops Just Got A 0% Bitcoin Button
Block (formerly Square) has enabled Bitcoin payments via the Lightning Network for its roughly 4 million US merchants, letting customers pay with a QR‑code invoice that settles in seconds. The service carries 0% processing fees through 2027, then a flat 1%...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 12, 2025
Solana ETFs Keep Buying – $343M In, But SOL Still Dumps 15%
Between Oct. 28 and Nov. 10, U.S. spot Solana ETFs pulled in $343 million of net inflows across ten straight trading days, with Bitwise’s BSOL accounting for roughly $330 million and Grayscale’s GSOL adding the balance. During the same period SOL fell...
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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News•Nov 11, 2025
DC Just Turned the Money Hose Back on — Here’s What It Means for Your Bitcoin Bag
The Senate passed a continuing resolution (H.R. 5371) extending U.S. government funding through Jan. 30, 2026, ending a 41‑day shutdown and restoring the release of key macro data and Treasury auction operations. The resumption of CPI, PPI and other economic...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 11, 2025
Buy High, Sell Never: Saylor Keeps Buying Bitcoin at Local Tops Despite Mounting Risk
MicroStrategy disclosed that it bought 487 Bitcoin between Nov. 3 and Nov. 9 for $49.9 million at an average price of $102,557, a level that coincided with a short‑term peak in the cryptocurrency’s price. The firm’s purchase timing is driven by internal liquidity...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 11, 2025
No Credible Evidence US Government Hacked Chinese Bitcoin Wallets to “Steal” $13 Billion BTC
China’s National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center accused the United States of orchestrating the 2020 LuBian Bitcoin exploit that drained roughly 127,000 BTC from wallets using a weak MT19937‑seeded key generation process. Open‑source forensics by Arkham, MilkSad, Blockscope and others...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 10, 2025
Does Bitcoin Use MEV to Order Your Transactions Like DeFi?
Bitcoin exhibits a quiet form of MEV in which miners and pools decide transaction ordering using fee rates, ancestor‑child package feerates, BIP125 RBF replacements, and out‑of‑band payment lanes, even though there is no DeFi‑style front‑running. Bitcoin Core v28 made full...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 7, 2025
Crypto’s Flagship AI Project Fractures: Fetch Sues Ocean over 263M FET ‘Community’ Sales
Fetch.ai and three token holders have filed a class‑action lawsuit in the Southern District of New York accusing Ocean Protocol of misrepresenting a 700 million‑OCEAN “community” token reserve and then converting those tokens into roughly 286 million FET, of which about 263 million...
By CryptoSlate
News•Nov 7, 2025
The GENIUS Act’s $250M Battle Begins Now: Bitcoin Stands as the Last Bastion Against Censorship
The GENIUS Act became law on July 18, 2025, creating the United States' first federal regulatory framework for stablecoins and launching a two‑year rulemaking battle that will determine whether roughly $250‑$300 billion of stablecoin liquidity moves into bank‑wrapped structures or is...
By CryptoSlate
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...
CryptoSlate
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;...
CryptoSlate
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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