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The latest Bitcoin bull run feels different.
Scratch that. Every bitcoin bull run feels different, as each cycle brings with it fresh narratives and new blood. But there’s one element that’s always been consistent throughout Bitcoin’s history, and that’s retail interest in buying into freedom tech and f**k you money. Well, Bitcoin to the moon rallies, at least.
Retail is sitting this Bitcoin bull...
‘People deserve to know this threat is coming’: superintelligence and the countdown to save humanity
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.
Would you take a drug that had a 25% chance of killing you?
Like a one-in-four possibility that rather than curing your ills or preventing diseases, you drop stone-cold...
The following is a guest post and opinion from Armando Aguilar, Head of Capital Formation and Growth at TeraHash.
ETFs may dominate the headlines, but the real architects of Bitcoin’s liquidity are the miners quietly building balance sheets. Since the April 2024 halving, the role of miners as a whole has shifted from pure producers to systemic stabilizers. While institutions celebrate inflows,...
Litecoin delivered a clear warning for anyone navigating the crypto world: the era of truly decentralized, fairly launched, proof-of-work (PoW) coins without borders, premines, or venture capitalists is behind us. Amid increasing centralization and rising threat of attack, it pays to “choose your freedom money wisely.”
“It is basically impossible to duplicate the launch of a fully decentralized,...
The following is a guest post and opinion from Konstantins Vasilenko, Co-Founder and Chief Business Development Officer at Paybis.
There is a stark mismatch between the target and actual audience of crypto products. Crypto’s greatest upcomers rarely make an appearance in the news, nor do they enjoy the privilege of extensive localization and optimization efforts from the devs’ side. Today, most...
If you work in a nine-to-five for diminishing wages and dwindling self-respect, the author of The Bitcoin Age (Amazon affiliate link), Adam Livingston, says Bitcoin can help you break the chains of ‘wage slavery’. Let’s take a closer look.
Wage slavery: you are not employed, you are monetized
In today’s economy, most people like to think of themselves as “employed.” Working hard, building a...
Bitcoin analyst and investor Mark Moss argues that Bitcoin treasury companies are positioning themselves for history’s biggest wealth transfer, following a sophisticated playbook for capturing value and managing volatility. In other words: “using gas pipes to fund your electric future.”
Bitcoin treasury companies: history’s most obvious abritrage
He compares Bitcoin treasury companies (firms...
Crypto exchange Kraken has announced the suspension of Monero (XMR) deposits following a confirmed 51% attack on the network on August 12. The attack was linked to the Qubic mining pool, which managed to control over half of Monero’s hashrate, peaking at 2.6GH/s.
This dominance allowed Qubic to conduct a six-block deep reorganization of Monero’s blockchain, effectively rewriting history and...
The U.S. Justice Department authorized the seizure of more than $2.8 million in cryptocurrency, cash, and other assets from a suspected ransomware operator, according to an Aug. 14 announcement.
Federal prosecutors unsealed six warrants tied to Ianis Aleksandrovich Antropenko, charging him with conspiring to commit computer fraud and abuse, committing computer fraud and abuse, and conspiracy to...
Solana (SOL) trading activity contracted sharply in the second quarter while the network’s core infrastructure metrics strengthened across multiple dimensions.
According to an Aug. 15 report by Messari, the total application revenue generated on the network fell 44.2% quarter-over-quarter to $576.4 million from $1.0 billion.
Furthermore, average daily spot decentralized exchange (DEX) volume...