JPMorgan’s IBIT Bitcoin ETF bet just missed its escape hatch to avoid 6% deduction
IBIT’s published Aug. 26 close left investors in unlisted debt while preliminary terms layer on SOFR-linked financing.
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A zero-revenue public company tried to copy Michael Saylor to avoid delisting, but its stock immediately crashed 25%
The company plans 51.6 million new shares against fewer than 5 million outstanding, while any Nasdaq cure remains conditional.
CryptoSlate•Oluwapelumi Adejumo28 Aug
Ledger says the viral “hack” was already patched, but two real bugs still needed fixing
Version 1.22.3 now closes a 257-operation blind spot and a limited swap approval substitution.
CryptoSlate•Oluwapelumi Adejumo28 Aug
Circle gives legacy USDC apps 95 days before old cross-chain transfer routes stop working
Burn limits start falling Oct. 31 before contracts pause Dec. 1, while Noble and Sui remain the only V1-only routes.
CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright28 Aug
Solana traders on OnlyFans just saved a 64-year marmot wildlife study after federal funding stopped
Every summer in Gothic, Colorado, a yellow-bellied marmot walks into a wire trap baited with oats and peanut butter. A scientist weighs it, takes samples, checks its ear tags, paints a temporary identification mark on its back, and releases it back into the mountain meadow. The scientific value of this emerges through accumulation, with thousands […]
CryptoSlate•Andjela Radmilac28 Aug
Crypto startups have 54 days left to shape the SEC’s proposed $75 million fundraising cap
The visible docket labels identify no major exchange, asset manager, large token issuer or established investor group.
CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright28 Aug
MANTRA Chain is back online, but silent code changes spark developer concerns
Mainnet is running on v8.4.0, while wallet addresses, transaction hashes, amounts and the attack path remain undisclosed.
CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright28 Aug
Ethereum’s plan to triple network speed could silently break millions of existing smart contracts
Most replay failures need higher limits, while a smaller counterfactual cohort may require code changes or migration.
CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright28 Aug
Ethereum and Solana are hosting trillions in dollar volume, yet their native tokens risk losing direct consumer demand
Paymasters and sponsors can keep native tokens out of sight, but Ethereum and Solana still require fees funded in ETH or SOL.
CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright28 Aug
HashKey Cloud backs Stacks’ Genesis Bond to prove institutional appetite for native Bitcoin yield
The Genesis Bond avoids BTC lending and custody transfers while adding a 5% STX lock, managed parameters and variable payouts.
CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright28 Aug
KuCoin can block your crypto transactions even if you never sent it to these 17 sanctioned platforms
A listed intermediary can trigger review, rejection, wallet restrictions, and possible suspension or termination.
CryptoSlate•Oluwapelumi Adejumo27 Aug
Bitcoin now has a quantum computing escape route, but 7 million BTC may still be exposed
A mainnet QSB transaction passed consensus, yet nonstandard relay, high computation costs and exposed keys limit the escape route.
CryptoSlate•Oluwapelumi Adejumo27 Aug
The next currency crisis may be harder to contain because of stablecoins, New York Fed report shows
A 4.5 million-observation event study finds crisis-week inflows among ENS-tagged wallets, while its model shows how adoption can strain capital controls.
CryptoSlate•Oluwapelumi Adejumo27 Aug
It just got 25 times easier to move self-custody Bitcoin directly onto Wall Street, and $5 billion already has
BlackRock cut the minimum for converting privately held Bitcoin into IBIT shares from $25 million to $1 million, while Bitwise lowered its floor from $100 million to $3 million. While this might sound like a niche development for a small number of institutional users, it signals that custody is no longer just a slogan for […]
CryptoSlate•Andjela Radmilac27 Aug
Investors just moved $7 billion into Bitcoin and gold in five days to escape an accelerating dollar crisis
GLD and IBIT supplied about 70% of the five-session record as yields and the dollar eased, leaving the hedge thesis untested under pressure.
CryptoSlate•Oluwapelumi Adejumo27 Aug
Morgan Stanley leads Solana ETF $9 million inflows as SOL jumps rises above $100
Farside's six tracked products drew $3.6 million on Aug. 26 as only BSOL and VSOL reported positive net flow.
CryptoSlate•Oluwapelumi Adejumo27 Aug
Bitcoin’s bottom signal is flashing, but six months of data shows a trap waiting for early buyers
VanEck recorded eight active signals on Aug. 12, while comparable clusters trailed Bitcoin’s baseline at 90 and 180 days.
CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright27 Aug
Is the Jackson Hole central bank retreat now a crypto conference?
There was an actual crypto conference that took place in Jackson Hole between Aug. 17 and Aug. 20, where about 500 guests gathered at the Four Seasons for the Wyoming Blockchain Symposium and listened to executives, investors, and lawmakers discuss digital assets. Today, on Aug. 27, roughly 120 central bankers, economists, and officials will meet […]
CryptoSlate•Andjela Radmilac27 Aug
Crypto users lost at least $5.69 million because their wallet seeds were too predictable
Affected users need a new recovery phrase and must move funds because an app update cannot repair a compromised seed.
CryptoSlate•Oluwapelumi Adejumo27 Aug
Onslaught of AI-found bugs forces Bitcoin’s Core Lightning into a secret 14-day emergency lockdown
Core Lightning developers have asked node operators to make a security decision before they can fully assess the threat. An Aug. 23 message posted on Stacker News urged operators to install new binaries that fix multiple reported vulnerabilities. CLN told operators who decline the upgrade to run their nodes offline, and the team plans to […]
CryptoSlate•Gino Matos27 Aug