The Black Bull (ANSEM) is up roughly 299% over seven days, trading with $64.9 million in 24-hour volume and a market cap near $173 million, per CoinGecko. That size puts ANSEM in a category that traders treat as a read on Solana's broader risk appetite. Traders are calling the move a sign the trenches are […]
CryptoSlate•Gino Matos7 Jul
Bitcoin's dominance dropped to a one-month low of 54%, down from 58.12%, according to CoinGecko's dominance table. Over the same stretch, the “Others” bucket, representing everything outside Bitcoin, Ethereum, and stablecoins, climbed from 19.39% to 24.68% of total crypto market cap. BTC dipped below $58,000 last week, then recovered to find an intraday high of […]
CryptoSlate•Gino Matos7 Jul
Bitcoin cleared $60,000 again the week the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported June payrolls grew by just 57,000, unemployment climbed to 4.2%, and labor-force participation slipped to 61.5%. The dollar index dropped 0.56% to 100.83, September Fed-hike odds fell to 54% from 67%, and Bitcoin is trying to breach $64,000 as of June 6. Stephen […]
CryptoSlate•Gino Matos7 Jul
BTC has recovered from last week's low, but ETF persistence, spot volume, and $61,000-$62,000 support now decide whether the move has legs.
CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright7 Jul
Blockaid estimated about $6 million drained as Summer.fi paused Lazy Summer vaults and investigated the cause.
CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright7 Jul
Strategy’s largest Bitcoin sale in years has put new pressure on the corporate treasury model that made Michael Saylor one of the most closely watched figures in digital assets. On July 6, the company, formerly known as MicroStrategy, revealed that it sold 3,588 Bitcoin for about $216 million between June 29 and July 5. Per […]
CryptoSlate•Oluwapelumi Adejumo7 Jul
A disputed Coinbase sports alert shows why exchange-run prediction markets need visible provenance, verified event data, and clear accountability before automated content scales inside trading apps.
CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright6 Jul
Bitcoin’s next major rally may depend less on whether investors still believe in the asset than on whether enough large balance sheets are willing to fund the trade. Fresh analysis from CryptoQuant Chief Executive Ki Young Ju shows that the world’s largest cryptocurrency has grown into a market too large to move with the same […]
CryptoSlate•Oluwapelumi Adejumo6 Jul
Rare bottom-zone readings are drawing attention, but low hashprice will decide which operators can keep hashing.
CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright6 Jul
Prediction-market traders are giving the United States a narrow edge over Belgium after FIFA cleared striker Folarin Balogun to play in Monday’s World Cup round-of-16 match, a decision that followed direct lobbying from US President Donald Trump and triggered criticism from European soccer officials. Prices on Polymarket showed the US with about a 39% chance […]
CryptoSlate•Oluwapelumi Adejumo6 Jul
BlackRock's 1% to 2% Bitcoin allocation range reads as a bullish nod to advisor adoption, but it also works as a boundary. Once Bitcoin is included in a model portfolio, its upside runs through rebalancing bands, tax location, and sometimes a loan that keeps the position intact. BlackRock Investment Institute frames 1% to 2% as […]
CryptoSlate•Gino Matos6 Jul
The CLARITY Act's two biggest obstacles are moving in opposite directions this week. Law enforcement opposition is softening, while the ethics fight over crypto conflicts of interest is sharpening. Before this week, forecasters and prediction markets already had CLARITY at a coin flip of becoming law in 2026. The core blockers were floor time, an […]
CryptoSlate•Gino Matos6 Jul
The EU’s post-transition crypto regime is deciding who controls the compliant rails for stablecoins, wallets and retail access.
CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright6 Jul
Stablecoin supply on the XRP Ledger has climbed to nearly $890 million, up 20.56% over the past 30 days. Ripple's RLUSD explains almost all of that size, and a second dollar token is reshaping who issues XRPL's dollars: Valtorum's USDV, now at $39.3 million. RLUSD accounts for $844.58 million of that total (94.9%), USDV holds […]
CryptoSlate•Gino Matos6 Jul
The roadmap gives institutions a stronger settlement story, but also a clearer checklist for doubt.
CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright6 Jul
Cathie Wood's ARK Invest bought roughly $77 million of crypto stocks in June, adding $44 million of Coinbase (COIN), $25.25 million of Circle (CRCL), and $8.2 million of Bullish (BLSH) during Bitcoin's worst month in four years, according to ARK's daily trade disclosures. The purchases extend a thesis both Wood and other funds have held […]
CryptoSlate•Andjela Radmilac5 Jul
The rules do not hand issuance to banks, but reserves, custody, audits and no-yield limits put financial infrastructure first.
CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright1 Jul
On June 29, the US Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump had the authority to remove the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter, rejecting the statutory limits that previously allowed FTC commissioners to be fired only for cause. This decision overturned Humphrey’s Executor, the 1935 precedent that had protected certain independent agency commissioners […]
CryptoSlate•Oluwapelumi Adejumo1 Jul
Europe's crypto market resets on July 1, when MiCA's transitional period ends and unauthorized exchanges lose the legal right to operate in the EU. Whether the deadline holds depends on the app stores on European phones. Under the ESMA's June 23 statement, unauthorized crypto exchanges must immediately stop onboarding new EU clients, opening accounts, and […]
CryptoSlate•Gino Matos1 Jul
From July 1, AUSTRAC’s virtual-asset transfer rules change what exchanges ask before crypto moves.
CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright1 Jul