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Banks found a way to copy stablecoins without losing the money that funds their loans

Banks defend themselves against stablecoins by saying they are building tokenized deposits to modernize payments, with programmable money and around-the-clock settlement. Falcon Finance chief RWA officer Artem Tolkachev told CryptoSlate that the explanation covers only half the reason: “It is the balance sheet, not the technology.” A tokenized deposit keeps the money a stablecoin would […]

CryptoSlate•Gino Matos26 Aug

Why this XRP ETF could drift from XRP price as fees, trading costs and fund structure stack up

The allocation follows the fund’s securities floor while adding another listed product’s fee, pricing and legal structure.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright26 Aug

MSTR holders just funded a $1.59 billion cash pile that may never become Bitcoin

The $1.59 billion discretionary pool can fund Bitcoin, buybacks, debt or reserve growth, leaving MSTR holders financing the choice.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright26 Aug

Old Lightning nodes may be exposed to a full-channel wipeout after LND fix lands later than disclosed

Repository history places the official protection in 0.21.0, leaving earlier standard releases exposed unless separately patched.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright26 Aug

XRP rebounds 32% from $1 as ETF money pours in and whales reposition

XRP is on course for its strongest monthly gain in more than a year after recovering from below $1, even as a fresh pullback and heavy whale activity test the durability of the rally. CryptoSlate's data shows the token trading near $1.40 as of press time, down about 5% over the past 24 hours, after […]

CryptoSlate•Oluwapelumi Adejumo26 Aug

Three critical US reports arrive in 30 minutes as Bitcoin’s $2.5 billion ETF streak faces its first real test

IBIT supplied 90.5% of the latest inflow as PCE, GDP and durable goods converge on one macro test.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright26 Aug

Why Bitcoin’s $80,000 rally just flipped from short squeeze to long squeeze

Bitcoin's brief pullback below $78,000 triggered more than $300 million in crypto liquidations as traders took profits after a sharp $80,000 rally driven by Treasury developments, ETF inflows, and a squeeze on bearish positions. Data from CryptoSlate shows that the largest cryptocurrency fell as low as $77,870 during the last 24 hours before recovering above $79,000 […]

CryptoSlate•Oluwapelumi Adejumo26 Aug

Profit Connect owner convicted over $24M AI crypto fraud scheme

A federal jury found Brent Kovar guilty on 15 counts after prosecutors said false guarantees and nonexistent reserves drew at least 400 investors.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright26 Aug

Bitcoin traders hedged $60k and loaded up above $78k leaving the low $70k exposed

Bitcoin's end-of-September options expiry holds 130,670 BTC of open interest, compared with 79,003 BTC for August, a headline gap large enough to look like traders are loading up before the Federal Reserve's Sept. 16 decision. DWF Labs market insights lead Martin Lee said in a note that most of that gap has nothing to do […]

CryptoSlate•Gino Matos26 Aug

A zero-balance bug let empty wallets seize control of 82 Provenance assets

Trail of Bits says the flaw put token supply and about $500,000 of HASH escrow at risk; no exploitation was confirmed.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright26 Aug

US bank lobby wants stablecoin holders to open an account before cashing out

The Blockchain Association wants one-off and intermediary-routed cash-outs excluded, leaving regulators to decide when self-custody holders become issuer customers.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright26 Aug

Moonwell has a $1.8M liquidity hole and its latest plan allocates $0 to fix it

Live data showed 100.43% utilization and negative liquidity while non-liquidated suppliers lacked a clear published recovery path.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright26 Aug

40 malicious Firefox add-ons targeted crypto wallets, and 9 began as sports-score tools

Socket confirmed 40 malicious IDs, and exposed wallet secrets still require migration after the add-ons are removed.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright26 Aug

Soluna’s 1 billion-share proposal exposes the funding challenge behind its AI and Bitcoin expansion

The Oct. 16 votes would add 625 million authorized shares and permit sales above Nasdaq's 20% cap without issuing stock by themselves.

CryptoSlate•Oluwapelumi Adejumo26 Aug

Phantom’s plan to drop Sui exposes the hidden power wallet interfaces hold over user funds

Sui assets stay onchain after Sept. 24, but access shifts to swaps, Slush imports and Ledger connections.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright26 Aug

Bitcoin miner Sphere 3D faces $2.2M tariff claim equal to 77% of its cash

The possible charge excludes statutory interest, while the miner's current cash and protest deadline remain undisclosed.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright26 Aug

Cardano has days to close two huge voting gaps before governance hits a 3-seat bottleneck

DRep support is 25.3 points short and SPO support is 39.0 points short before the Sept. 1 expiry.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright25 Aug

Bitcoin’s 7 million coin quantum problem just reached the US Treasury

Custodians gain a federal coordination forum, while EO 14412's dated requirements remain limited to federal systems and covered contractors.

CryptoSlate•Oluwapelumi Adejumo25 Aug

Traders start losing control of open positions as BitMEX begins its staged shutdown

New positions stop at 04:00 UTC, while the exchange gains discretion to close existing trades before Sept. 23.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright25 Aug

Strive bought 1,110 Bitcoin, but shareholders gained less than 2% real BTC yield

The same week added an estimated $5.74 million in annualized SATA dividends at Strive’s Aug. 10 variable rate.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright25 Aug