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Solana triples transaction size as major upgrades meet record network activity

Solana is rolling out some of its most significant performance upgrades as network activity reaches record levels. The blockchain is increasing how much data applications can pack into individual transactions while also shortening the interval between successive slots, expanding both transaction capability and network responsiveness. The upgrades come as activity across Solana accelerates, raising the […]

CryptoSlate•Oluwapelumi Adejumo22m ago

Bitcoin’s Fed move could run straight into a $6.3 billion IBIT options wall

A 1.47 million-contract book maps the levels where the post-Fed move could persist or converge, without predicting either outcome.

CryptoSlate•Oluwapelumi Adejumo1h ago

Robinhood engineers face up to 30 years over $50,000 alleged Hyperliquid profits

DOJ says confidential token-listing plans fueled perpetual-futures trades ahead of Robinhood announcements.

CryptoSlate•Oluwapelumi Adejumo2h ago

Solana treasury giant DeFi Development opens $300M CHAD offering backed by a massive 13% dividend catch

The company can sell up to 30 million shares, while actual proceeds and the SOL allocation remain undetermined.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright3h ago

XRPL proved it can handle over 3,000 transactions, but the traffic was entirely synthetic

The ledger cleared consensus, but 2,000 one-drop payments from 20 accounts and tiny fee burn limit the adoption case.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright3h ago

Cardano fees covered just 0.7% of staking rewards as transactions fall 72%

Leios can add capacity, but Cardano still needs enough paying demand to close a roughly 150-fold gap.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright3h ago

UK opens a major loophole for stablecoin payments while clamping down on crypto lending

Routine transfers and cash exchanges could qualify, while return-right lending, crypto swaps and continuing custody remain potentially regulated.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright5h ago

Unlocking the Trillion-Token Era: B.AI’s Global Settlement Layer for the Agent Economy

Summary: Positioned squarely between foundation models and AI agents, B.AI is integrating compute routing, decentralized settlement, and full-stack agent infrastructure to establish itself as an undoubted spearhead in AI infrastructure. Just five months after its launch, B.AI has already set a new industry record with a daily throughput of over 1.51 trillion tokens—a 71,500x-plus increase […]

CryptoSlate•News Desk5h ago

Celsius sues BitMEX for $495 million just 11 days before exchange shutdown

Celsius Network’s bankruptcy estate has sued BitMEX over a 2020 liquidation cascade it says cost more than 6,360 Bitcoin. The complaint, filed Sept. 12 in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, accuses entities behind the crypto derivatives exchange of fraud, market manipulation and wrongful liquidations during Bitcoin’s historic March 2020 […]

CryptoSlate•Oluwapelumi Adejumo6h ago

Bitcoin absorbs initial pre-Fed sell-off, leaving $70K as a critical test for Warsh’s Fed decision

Bitcoin fell to an intraday low below $75,000 on Sept. 15, extending a selloff already underway ahead of the Senate vote on the CLARITY Act. The Senate failed 49-50 to invoke cloture on a motion to proceed to the bill, short of the 60 votes required, leading Bitcoin to its intraday low. Coinbase fell about […]

CryptoSlate•Gino Matos7h ago

Malicious Uniswap v4 hooks are baiting DeFi traders with fake swap quotes

Malicious Uniswap v4 hooks can win aggregator routing with attractive quotes, then change behavior when a user's transaction settles.

CryptoSlate•Gino Matos8h ago

The Standard Chartered Effect: Is bank research becoming crypto’s new short-term catalyst?

Standard Chartered initiated coverage on Arbitrum's ARB token on the morning of Sept. 15 with a $10 price target for 2030. That implies roughly 70 times upside from a token trading near $0.13 and down about 1% over the prior 24 hours. In the same session, ARB gained up to 9%, Bitcoin fell around 4%, […]

CryptoSlate•Gino Matos9h ago

Bitcoin ETF exits erase Monday’s rebound as spot selling deepens before the Fed

Spot and perpetual selling deepened while futures positioning stayed large enough to amplify the next move.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright10h ago

Bitcoin drops below $76,000 as Senate rejects CLARITY Act motion

The 49-50 cloture defeat stalled the bill, while the crypto selloff and liquidations had already begun before the vote.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright11h ago

A $100 million launch balance doesn’t mean a crypto ETF has real investors

Sponsor-funded seed can swell opening assets before creations, redemptions and persistent capital reveal whether investors followed.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright12h ago

Brazil’s B3 gets DIGY11, a new ETF tracking Bitcoin treasury preferred stock

The real-hedged Brazilian fund packages Strategy and Strive preferred shares while leaving distributions and unit returns unguaranteed.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright13h ago

Solana nearly froze as a single routing error took 29% of the network stake offline

The newly detailed Teraswitch failure stayed below Solana’s finality-halt threshold, while independent telemetry showed delayed finality and sharply lower throughput.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright15h ago

Ripple’s university strategy is evolving from blockchain labs to XRP logos in packed stadiums

The 69-day rollout spans Kansas uniforms, Florida’s football field and Louisville basketball, but stops short of token adoption.

CryptoSlate•Oluwapelumi Adejumo18h ago

Congress wants to make crypto easier to use and still collect $500 million more in taxes

H.R. 10357 would ease payments, fees and qualifying loans while widening loss-deferral and trader-accounting rules.

CryptoSlate•Oluwapelumi Adejumo19h ago

Tether, Binance and a $1.5 billion Iran oil network converge in new US forfeiture case

The September 14 complaint targets ten Tron addresses frozen in 2025 and outlines a planned transfer into FBI custody.

CryptoSlate•Oluwapelumi Adejumo20h ago