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The following is a guest post and opinion from John deVadoss, Co-Founder of the InterWork Alliancez.
“Decentralization” is crypto’s all-purpose slogan, yet the word never appears in the 2008 Bitcoin white paper. What Satoshi outlined was narrower and more radical: a peer-to-peer system that swaps institutional trust for publicly auditable cryptographic proof. Trust can be minimized without power...
Welcome to Slate Sundays, CryptoSlate’s new weekly feature showcasing in-depth interviews, expert analysis, and thought-provoking op-eds that go beyond the headlines to explore the ideas and voices shaping the future of crypto.
One of the main takeaways from TOKEN2049 earlier this year was that the UAE, and Dubai in particular, is the hottest spot (quite literally) on the crypto map. Judging by...
The ‘Bitcoin Family’ has completely overhauled its security measures amid rising cases of crypto-related kidnappings, according to a CNBC report.
The family, which sold all their belongings in 2017 to invest in Bitcoin (BTC) and now travels around the world, has taken extreme measures amid a rise in perceived threats. This includes storing parts of their Bitcoin wallet seed phrase etched on...
Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, said in an X post on Friday that the platform has reduced the issue of unnecessary account freezes and restrictions by 82% so far. Noting that unnecessary account freezing has been a “major issue” for Coinbase users “for longer than is acceptable,” he wrote:
“I could list a bunch of the underlying reasons why it [account restrictions] got so bad in the first...
The following is a guest post and analysis from Maarten Henskens, Head of Astar Foundation.
Web3 has a problem with value capture. Despite billions in market capitalization, most projects continue to extract value from their communities rather than return it. While venture capitalists and founding teams reap substantial rewards through token sales and vesting schedules, early adopters and...
The following article is a guest post and opinion of Ting Peng, Head of Ecosystem at SkyX Network.
What do you do when the weather app says light rain, but a flash flood tears through your town instead? You blame the app. Your rightful ire is a bit misplaced, though: It could very much be the data, or rather the lack thereof. In May 2023, deadly floods tore through parts of Rwanda and the...
Singer-songwriter Jonathan Mann recently shared the story of how earning millions in Ethereum (ETH) during a one-hour sale of his NFTs eventually became a “tax nightmare.”
Mann has published one song a day over the past 17 years and released his 6,000th song on June 5, which was about the purported nightmare resulting from the sale.
In 2022, he sold 4,000 songs worth 13 years of work within 60...
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s fallout caused a major spikes in memecoin launches and trading, with the largest tokens by trading activity generating over $355 million in volume over the past 24 hours, according to DEX Screener data.
As traders seized on the pair’s high-profile social media clash using Solana’s ecosystem, Official Trump (TRUMP) ranked first on DEX Screener’s 24-hour...
Eric Trump announced that World Liberty Financial, the DeFi platform linked to President Donald Trump and his family, will take a significant treasury stake in the Official TRUMP memecoin.
He also confirmed that the controversial Trump-branded wallet recently unveiled by the team behind the memecoin would not continue development.
Wallet project nixed
The announcement comes less than 2 days after...
Spot Ethereum (ETH) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) notched a 14-session streak of net inflows as of June 5, fueled by investment advisors and hedge fund managers.
According to Bloomberg data shared by ETF Store CEO Nate Geraci, Ethereum ETFs since May 20 added roughly $812 million. This movement resulted in total net inflows of over $3 billion for the first time, according to Farside Investors’...