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  • JP Morgan’s move to Ethereum proves Wall Street is quietly hijacking the digital dollar from crypto natives
    CryptoSlate - 19:45 Dec 16, 2025
    JP Morgan Chase & Co. has formally entered the contest for on-chain cash, and the prize is not just a new product line. It is the billions of dollars in institutional capital that now sit in zero-yield stablecoins and early tokenized funds. On Dec. 15, the $4 trillion banking giant launched the My OnChain Net […] The post JP Morgan’s move to Ethereum proves Wall Street is quietly hijacking the digital dollar from crypto natives appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Morgan Wall Street Ethereum
  • Solana just absorbed a historic DDoS attack, and the silence tells investors everything they need to know
    CryptoSlate - 17:35 Dec 16, 2025
    Over the past years, the institutional knock against Solana was simple: the network broke under pressure. This week, the network quietly absorbed a distributed denial-of-service attack peaking at about 6 terabits per second, according to data from delivery network Pipe. This was corroborated by Solana co-founders, including Anatoly Yakovenko and Raj Gokal. If those figures […] The post Solana just absorbed a historic DDoS attack, and the silence tells investors everything they need to know appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Solana DDoS
  • I forced an AI to reveal its “private” thoughts, and the result exposes a disturbing user trap
    CryptoSlate - 15:15 Dec 16, 2025
    I keep seeing the same screenshot popping up, the one where an AI model appears to have a full-blown inner monologue, petty, insecure, competitive, a little unhinged. The Reddit post that kicked this off reads like a comedy sketch written by someone who has spent too long watching tech people argue on Twitter. A user […] The post I forced an AI to reveal its “private” thoughts, and the result exposes a disturbing user trap appeared first on CryptoSlate.
  • Bitcoin to Ethereum rotation narratives are lying to you unless they match this specific $480 billion signal
    CryptoSlate - 13:22 Dec 16, 2025
    Every few weeks, crypto aggregators run breathless headlines about capital rotating from Bitcoin into Ethereum. A whale swaps $200 million on THORChain, Ethereum ETFs inflows tick up for three consecutive days, a bridge records its highest weekly volume since 2021. Each time, the narrative forms instantly: institutional money is rotating up the risk curve, altcoin […] The post Bitcoin to Ethereum rotation narratives are lying to you unless they match this specific $480 billion signal appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin Ethereum
  • XRP price falls under $2 after one 7-year-old wallet triggers a massive $721 million sell-off
    CryptoSlate - 11:46 Dec 16, 2025
    XRP‘s price has fallen under $2 to price levels last seen in April, as selling pressure mounts across both derivatives and spot markets. According to CryptoSlate data, the Ripple-linked token slipped around 6% in the past day to about $1.87, extending a retreat that has tracked broader weakness in Bitcoin and Ethereum. Notably, this negative […] The post XRP price falls under $2 after one 7-year-old wallet triggers a massive $721 million sell-off appeared first on CryptoSlate.
  • Bitcoin plummeted below $85,000 today, but $600M in liquidations hides a much scarier macro catalyst
    CryptoSlate - 09:39 Dec 16, 2025
    Bitcoin slipped below $85,000 overnight, triggering nearly $600 million in liquidated long positions across crypto markets within 24 hours as expectations mounted that the Bank of Japan will hike interest rates this week. As of press time, Bitcoin recovered slightly to around $86,000. The drop wiped out $218.7 million in Bitcoin long positions and $213 […] The post Bitcoin plummeted below $85,000 today, but $600M in liquidations hides a much scarier macro catalyst appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • Crypto investors gain critical protection in bankruptcy, even as a “conservative” rule threatens liquidity
    CryptoSlate - 20:35 Dec 15, 2025
    The UK Treasury has set October 2027 as the date its full cryptoasset regime comes into force. For the first time, exchanges, custodians and other crypto intermediaries serving UK clients know they will need FCA authorisation under FSMA-style rules to keep doing business, rather than just a money-laundering registration and a risk warning. The reaction […] The post Crypto investors gain critical protection in bankruptcy, even as a “conservative” rule threatens liquidity appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Crypto
  • Bitcoin ETFs are 60% underwater, creating a $100 billion distressed house of cards
    CryptoSlate - 18:05 Dec 15, 2025
    Bitcoin is trading near $86,000 as losses build across ETFs, treasury companies, and miners. According to Checkonchain’s Dec. 15 “System Stress” note, investors are carrying about $100 billion in unrealized losses. Miners are pulling back hashrate, many treasury-company stocks are trading below their Bitcoin book value, and about 60% of spot Bitcoin ETF inflows are […] The post Bitcoin ETFs are 60% underwater, creating a $100 billion distressed house of cards appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin ETFs
  • Ethereum is fighting for survival as insiders warn a “dangerous complacency” could make it irrelevant by 2030
    CryptoSlate - 15:55 Dec 15, 2025
    Ethereum remains the most consequential blockchain ever built. It introduced programmable money, anchored the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector, and serves as the primary venue for the world’s most secure smart contracts. By legacy measures, its dominance is undisputed because it holds the deepest developer ecosystem, the largest pool of locked capital, and plays a central […] The post Ethereum is fighting for survival as insiders warn a “dangerous complacency” could make it irrelevant by 2030 appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Ethereum
  • Over $17 trillion missing when on-chain “proof of reserve” standards are applied to Trump’s tariff data
    CryptoSlate - 13:45 Dec 15, 2025
    President Donald Trump said this week that the United States has taken in roughly $18 trillion because of tariffs, framing the figure as evidence that his trade policy reshaped the global economy and redirected capital back into the country. The claim immediately drew scrutiny because it far exceeds any recorded measure of US tariff revenue […] The post Over $17 trillion missing when on-chain “proof of reserve” standards are applied to Trump’s tariff data appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • JPMorgan just crossed a dangerous line with Solana that major banks have strictly avoided until now
    CryptoSlate - 11:35 Dec 15, 2025
    JPMorgan recently issued $50 million in US commercial paper for Galaxy Digital on Solana, with Coinbase and Franklin Templeton as buyers. The bank created an on-chain USCP token, settling both issuance and redemption cash flows in USDC rather than bank wires. Both issuance and servicing of the deal ran entirely on blockchain rails. As a […] The post JPMorgan just crossed a dangerous line with Solana that major banks have strictly avoided until now appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Solana JPMorgan
  • Digital assets have vanished from government “vulnerability” list, officially ending a three-year regulatory chokehold on US banks
    CryptoSlate - 09:05 Dec 15, 2025
    The Financial Stability Oversight Council's (FSOC) 2025 annual report dropped digital assets from its list of financial-system vulnerabilities, ending three years of high-alert posture that framed crypto as a budding contagion channel requiring new legislation and cautious bank supervision. The word “vulnerability” disappeared from the table of contents entirely. Digital assets moved into a neutral […] The post Digital assets have vanished from government “vulnerability” list, officially ending a three-year regulatory chokehold on US banks appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Digital
  • XRP is flooding Ethereum and Solana, but this invisible layer exposes your wallet to a $1.5 billion risk
    CryptoSlate - 06:00 Dec 15, 2025
    Hex Trust launched wrapped XRP across Ethereum, Solana, Optimism, and HyperEVM on Dec. 12 with $100 million in initial liquidity, positioning the token as a trading pair for Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin. This latest move to make XRP available across multiple ecosystems adds to Coinbase's cbXRP on Base and Axelar's eXRP on the XRPL EVM sidechain. […] The post XRP is flooding Ethereum and Solana, but this invisible layer exposes your wallet to a $1.5 billion risk appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Solana Ethereum
  • Firedancer is live, but Solana is violating the one safety rule Ethereum treats as non-negotiable
    CryptoSlate - 20:30 Dec 14, 2025
    After three years of development, Firedancer went live on Solana mainnet in December 2024, having already produced 50,000 blocks across 100 days of testing on a handful of validators. The milestone, announced Dec. 12 by Solana's official account, marks more than a performance upgrade. It represents the network's first real attempt to eliminate the architectural […] The post Firedancer is live, but Solana is violating the one safety rule Ethereum treats as non-negotiable appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Solana Firedancer Ethereum
  • Cardano now has institutional-grade infrastructure, but a glaring $40 million liquidity gap threatens to stall growth
    CryptoSlate - 18:10 Dec 14, 2025
    Cardano has made a significant integration this week that fundamentally alters its approach to market infrastructure. Under the network’s newly operational Pentad and Intersect governance structure, the steering committee authorized the implementation of Pyth Network’s low-latency oracle stack. While the decision may appear to be a routine technical upgrade on the surface, it represents a […] The post Cardano now has institutional-grade infrastructure, but a glaring $40 million liquidity gap threatens to stall growth appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Cardano
  • Small-cap crypto tokens just hit a humiliating four-year low, proving the “Alt Season” thesis is officially dead
    CryptoSlate - 12:20 Dec 14, 2025
    Crypto and stock performance since January 2024 suggests that the new “altcoin trading” is just stock trading. The S&P 500 returned roughly 25% in 2024 and 17.5% in 2025, compounding to approximately 47% over two years. The Nasdaq-100 delivered 25.9% and 18.1% over the same period, for a cumulative gain near 49%. The CoinDesk 80 […] The post Small-cap crypto tokens just hit a humiliating four-year low, proving the “Alt Season” thesis is officially dead appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Small-cap Alt Season
  • Robinhood is constructing a “regional triangle” that unlocks the one thing US regulators won’t permit
    CryptoSlate - 07:30 Dec 14, 2025
    Robinhood has spent the past few years trying to outgrow its meme-stock reputation, and the clearest sign that it is thinking differently now sits far from Menlo Park. In early December, the company said it would buy PT Buana Capital Sekuritas, a small Indonesian brokerage, and PT Pedagang Aset Kripto, a licensed digital asset trader, […] The post Robinhood is constructing a “regional triangle” that unlocks the one thing US regulators won’t permit appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Robinhood
  • US banks just unlocked a loophole to profit from your crypto trades without holding the bag
    CryptoSlate - 20:00 Dec 13, 2025
    On Dec. 9, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency put out a press release with a very direct message for US banks: you are allowed to sit in the middle of crypto trades. In the memorably titled News Release 2025-121, the OCC published the somehow even worse-titled Interpretive Letter 1188 and confirmed that […] The post US banks just unlocked a loophole to profit from your crypto trades without holding the bag appeared first on CryptoSlate.
  • Bitcoin’s $55 billion options market is now obsessing over one specific date that forces a $100k showdown
    CryptoSlate - 17:00 Dec 13, 2025
    Bitcoin’s options market is large, liquid, and (at the moment) unusually concentrated. Total open interest stands near $55.76 billion, with Deribit carrying $46.24 billion of that stack, far ahead of CME at $4.50 billion, OKX at $3.17 billion, Bybit at $1.29 billion, and Binance at $558.42 million, while spot trades in the $92,479.90 area. The […] The post Bitcoin’s $55 billion options market is now obsessing over one specific date that forces a $100k showdown appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • Bitcoin just gained a federal status that makes selling your coins for cash look expensively stupid
    CryptoSlate - 15:05 Dec 13, 2025
    On Friday afternoon, the CFTC published Release 9146-25, a document with a long title and a simple message: Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USDC are getting a supervised trial run as collateral inside the US derivatives system. It’s an experiment with guardrails, reporting, and plenty of fine print, but it represents a real shift in how the […] The post Bitcoin just gained a federal status that makes selling your coins for cash look expensively stupid appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin

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