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As retail crypto trades collapse 73%, eToro drops $231 million to capture active US stock traders

July crypto trades fell to 1.4 million and average ticket size halved, while quarterly profit rose and eToro expanded into active US stock trading.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright12 Aug

XRP loses $1 for the first time since Trump’s 2024 election as bearish bets surge and 200,000 XRP stolen

XRP slipped below $1 as leverage rebuilt and selling pressure deepened across the market. Data from CryptoSlate showed that the digital asset fell as low as $0.99 during the session, its weakest level since November 2024, when Donald Trump won the US presidential election. The move unwinds one of the most important thresholds from XRP’s post-election […]

CryptoSlate•Oluwapelumi Adejumo12 Aug

SEC and CFTC plans to write crypto rules without Congress – but they can’t make them permanent

CFTC Chair Michael Selig said on Aug. 4 that the agency has crypto rule proposals ready and plans to finalize them before the current administration ends, regardless of whether Congress passes the CLARITY Act. SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has separately said the SEC can keep pursuing meaningful crypto rulemaking even if Congress fails to act. […]

CryptoSlate•Gino Matos12 Aug

Even if Bitcoin rises 30% a year this renewable mining model still loses money as hashrate keeps pace

Bitcoin trades near $63,600, below the lowest Bitcoin price researchers tested against a modeled wind-powered mining operation in a new Energy Economics study. At that price level, their model shows no payback within six years under any curtailment scenario they ran. The study, by researchers at the Technological University of the Shannon, models a 20 […]

CryptoSlate•Gino Matos12 Aug

Harmony weighs a full blockchain rollback after unauthorized minting floods exchanges with billions in ONE

A validator patch closes the reported receipt flaws while the excess supply and any rollback remain unresolved.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright12 Aug

Twenty One’s $2.8 billion Bitcoin pile is worth far more than its stock, but there’s a catch

$486.5 million of converts lock up 16,116 BTC while the new CEO pursues operating and credit businesses.

CryptoSlate•Oluwapelumi Adejumo12 Aug

TON Strategy earned $15 million staking Gram while operations burned $10.6 million in cash

Fair-value gains supplied 99.1% of Q2 pre-tax profit as continuing operations used $10.6 million of cash in the first half.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright12 Aug

Strategy’s $4.6 billion cash buffer gives it almost 3 years before Bitcoin sales create real stress

The company now treats BTC as a managed reserve for dollar obligations, testing whether sales can remain voluntary.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright11 Aug

This spot Bitcoin ETF only logged six inflow days ever – now investors have until August 17 before forced cash liquidation

The $11.77 million fund stops trading after the Aug. 17 close, with cash expected around Aug. 28.

CryptoSlate•Oluwapelumi Adejumo11 Aug

Bitcoin miner Bitdeer unlocks a $1B cash tap that dilutes shareholders by up to 30% to build its AI empire

The price-dependent scenario is not a forecast, but the filing creates equity capacity twice Tydal’s remaining build bill.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright11 Aug

Friday’s SEC vote could unlock $75 million crypto raises – or trap token issuers in unexpected legal fine print

The Commission is considering a proposal, not a live exemption, and eligibility and resale rules remain undisclosed.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright11 Aug

The UK now ranks 3rd in global Bitcoin adoption, but court rules mean it can’t keep its 60,000 BTC as a reserve

JAN3's 2025 B20 combines policy advances with enforcement custody, while dated Treasury records separate the coins from national reserves.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright11 Aug

Coinbase, Strategy, and Blockstream back AI access push after vetted Bitcoin researcher gets blocked

A 43-account launch roster says trusted access, sufficient compute and secure environments are becoming a defensive requirement.

CryptoSlate•Oluwapelumi Adejumo11 Aug

Crypto revenue tanks 70% for major AI finance company, but its paper gains just delivered a record quarterly profit

Revenue fell 70% while continuing-operations and adjusted EBITDA losses widened, leaving the operating picture weaker.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright11 Aug

Riot is dumping its Bitcoin to fund a $9.1B AI deal that won’t pay rent until 2027

The Bitcoin miner’s construction budget includes continued treasury sales before phased rent is expected in 2027 and 2028.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright11 Aug

A 13% dividend is set to force another Bitcoin treasury company into the unthinkable: liquidating its BTC to pay cash

Cash covers about 18 months of the current run rate in a static calculation, while common issuance has already become a funding channel.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright11 Aug

Trump Media’s 14,139 Bitcoin stash faces options exposure and a looming $1 billion debt test

A Nov. 30 holder put would exceed June cash and short-term investments in a full-tender scenario, but it does not make a Bitcoin sale inevitable.

CryptoSlate•Oluwapelumi Adejumo11 Aug

Bitcoin futures carry trades are quietly beating Treasuries at 7.89% driving $850M Wall Street Bitcoin ETF spree

Aug. 7 gross futures carry ranged from 5.69% to 7.89%, above the 4.19% Treasury yield, but public data cannot identify investor motive.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright11 Aug

On-chain data shows $50 million at risk as Tether’s Alloy shutdown deadline boils down to 5 forgotten gold vaults

Five open positions held 399,088.74 aUSD₮ of debt, while the cutoff hour and any later platform route remain unpublished.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright11 Aug

Bitcoin enters CPI week caught between a $63,000 on-chain demand zone and $69,000 holder resistance

Bitcoin trades near $64,000 heading into the most consequential US macro week of August, sitting almost on top of the market's largest nearby demand concentration. The Aug. 12 inflation report, due less than 48 hours out, will help decide whether that floor holds or gets tested. Glassnode's latest on-chain map puts that demand shelf at […]

CryptoSlate•Gino Matos11 Aug