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  • Everything you need to know for Bitcoin and crypto ahead of Jerome Powell’s upcoming FOMC meeting
    CryptoSlate - 18:50 Dec 02, 2025
    Jerome Powell stepped in front of cameras on Dec. 1 at the Hoover Institution’s George Shultz memorial event with three audiences watching: bond traders pricing an 87% chance of a December rate cut, a divided Federal Open Market Committee bracing for possible dissents, and a Bitcoin market that just bled $4.3 billion from US spot […] The post Everything you need to know for Bitcoin and crypto ahead of Jerome Powell’s upcoming FOMC meeting appeared first on CryptoSlate.
  • Why Solana’s crypto casino changed hands from memecoins to prediction markets
    CryptoSlate - 16:40 Dec 02, 2025
    Solana’s memecoin trading registered $13.9 billion in monthly volume last month, the lowest print since February 2024, when the mania hadn’t yet caught fire. At the same time, Polymarket clocked $3.7 billion in volume, its best month since launch, while Kalshi posted $4.25 billion in volume, its second-best performance. Together, the two largest prediction platforms […] The post Why Solana’s crypto casino changed hands from memecoins to prediction markets appeared first on CryptoSlate.
  • Ethereum gets huge mainnet upgrade tomorrow – Here’s why you should care about ETH’s ‘sloping side road’
    CryptoSlate - 14:35 Dec 02, 2025
    Ethereum’s Fusaka upgrade activates Dec. 3, deploying a suite of changes designed to increase rollup throughput, tighten gas markets, and add native support for passkey-style signatures. The fork introduces PeerDAS data-availability sampling, doubles the default block gas limit, and prepares the network for blob-only parameter expansions scheduled for later this month and January. Fusaka is […] The post Ethereum gets huge mainnet upgrade tomorrow – Here’s why you should care about ETH’s ‘sloping side road’ appeared first on CryptoSlate.
  • Vanguard caves on crypto to retain clients as rivals win flows — opens $9.3T platform to crypto ETFs
    CryptoSlate - 13:12 Dec 02, 2025
    On Dec. 2, Vanguard will reportedly open its massive brokerage platform to spot Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, and Solana exchange-traded funds (ETFs). This strategic volte-face ends the asset manager’s steadfast isolation from the $3 trillion digital asset market. For years, Vanguard stood as the most prominent holdout of the crypto space, driven by a philosophy that […] The post Vanguard caves on crypto to retain clients as rivals win flows — opens $9.3T platform to crypto ETFs appeared first on CryptoSlate.
  • OpenEden Closes Strategic Funding as RWA Market Surges; Ripple and Anchorage Digital Ventures Among Backers
    CryptoSlate - 12:00 Dec 02, 2025
    OpenEden has closed a new strategic investment round backed by some of the most influential names in blockchain and institutional finance, including Ripple, Lightspeed Faction, Gate Ventures, FalconX, Anchorage Digital Ventures, Flowdesk, P2 Ventures, Selini Capital, Kaia Foundation, and Sigma Capital. The raise marks a significant milestone for the RWA tokenization platform as institutional appetite […] The post OpenEden Closes Strategic Funding as RWA Market Surges; Ripple and Anchorage Digital Ventures Among Backers appeared first on CryptoSlate.
  • Strategy new ‘last resort’ to sell Bitcoin could trigger on 15% dip – sets $1.4B cash reserve contingency
    CryptoSlate - 10:19 Dec 02, 2025
    Strategy Inc., the corporate Bitcoin vault formerly known as MicroStrategy, has signaled that the mechanics driving its rapid growth have hit a cyclical wall. On Dec. 1, the Tysons Corner-based firm revealed that it was prioritizing a $1.44 billion cash reserve and providing investors with detailed parameters for potential asset sales. This represents a pragmatic […] The post Strategy new ‘last resort’ to sell Bitcoin could trigger on 15% dip – sets $1.4B cash reserve contingency appeared first on CryptoSlate.
  • How Cardano plans to use $30M to bring real liquidity to the network
    CryptoSlate - 23:00 Dec 01, 2025
    Cardano is entering a very important phase in its development, as its founding institutions are attempting to deliver the core infrastructure that every major blockchain already treats as standard. On Nov. 27, a new proposal sought community approval to allocate 70 million ADA tokens (worth about $30 million) to onboard tier-one stablecoins, custody providers, cross-chain […] The post How Cardano plans to use $30M to bring real liquidity to the network appeared first on CryptoSlate.
  • RLUSD supply hit $1.26B, and 82% of it now sits on Ethereum, not XRPL
    CryptoSlate - 21:30 Dec 01, 2025
    Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin is rapidly expanding on Ethereum rather than the company’s native XRP Ledger (XRPL). According to CryptoSlate data, RLUSD’s total circulating supply has surged to $1.26 billion within 12 months of its launch. Of this, roughly $1.03 billion, or 82% of the total supply, resides on Ethereum, while the $235 million balance is on […] The post RLUSD supply hit $1.26B, and 82% of it now sits on Ethereum, not XRPL appeared first on CryptoSlate.
  • Prediction markets are coming to your brokerage
    CryptoSlate - 20:00 Dec 01, 2025
    If you open your brokerage this year and a “Markets” tab seems to be sprouting unfamiliar yes/no questions (“Will the Fed cut rates in March?”, “Will a major ETF get approved this quarter?”), you wouldn’t necessarily be hallucinating. The recent regulatory green-light for Polymarket via a cleared path under its newest acquisition of an exchange […] The post Prediction markets are coming to your brokerage appeared first on CryptoSlate.
  • Polymarket war bets collide with the maps civilians use to survive
    CryptoSlate - 18:30 Dec 01, 2025
    The first thing many Ukrainians check in the morning is not Instagram or email, it is a war map. DeepStateMap.Live, a volunteer-built OSINT project, shows which villages are under occupation, where Ukrainian advances hold, and where the front looks fragile. It’s a survival tool as much as a news product, funded by donations and backed […] The post Polymarket war bets collide with the maps civilians use to survive appeared first on CryptoSlate.
  • Bitfinex’s options playbook: Ardoino on building rails that won’t snap
    CryptoSlate - 17:00 Dec 01, 2025
    When crypto sells off, the market doesn’t so much walk down the stairs as it slips on the first step and discovers there never were any handrails. Everyone knows why: perps are a stadium, options are a side alley, and insurance in a storm is hard to buy. Paolo Ardoino, the CTO of Bitfinex, knows […] The post Bitfinex’s options playbook: Ardoino on building rails that won’t snap appeared first on CryptoSlate.
  • If Bitmain gets hit, what breaks first in the US mining machine?
    CryptoSlate - 16:00 Dec 01, 2025
    The US government has opened a security review into Bitmain, the Beijing-based manufacturer that sells most of the world’s Bitcoin mining rigs. A months-long federal investigation, known internally as Operation Red Sunset, has been probing whether Bitmain’s machines can be remotely steered for spying or used to interfere with the American power grid. The question […] The post If Bitmain gets hit, what breaks first in the US mining machine? appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • $36 million Upbit hack revives the quiet truth about hot-wallet ‘insurance’
    CryptoSlate - 15:00 Dec 01, 2025
    When Upbit detected unauthorized withdrawals of roughly $36 million in Solana tokens from a hot wallet on Nov. 27, CEO Oh Kyung-seok went on record within hours. He stated: “The entire amount will be covered by Upbit’s holdings, with no impact on customer assets.” Six years earlier, Upbit said the same thing after losing 342,000 […] The post $36 million Upbit hack revives the quiet truth about hot-wallet ‘insurance’ appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Bitcoin ETFs end brutal November with a late $70M inflow
    CryptoSlate - 14:08 Dec 01, 2025
    US-listed Bitcoin ETFs capped their second-heaviest month of redemptions with a rare late-month shift back into positive flows. According to SoSo Value data, the 12 US-listed spot Bitcoin funds recorded net creation of roughly $70 million in the final days of November, after four weeks of relentless selling pressure that totalled more than $4.3 billion […] The post Bitcoin ETFs end brutal November with a late $70M inflow appeared first on CryptoSlate.
  • $150B wiped: Bitcoin drops below $87k on Japan yield shock
    CryptoSlate - 10:34 Dec 01, 2025
    Bitcoin price erased recent gains, shedding nearly 5% to below $87,000 in early Asian trading hours on Dec. 1. This came as a surge in Japanese government bond yields triggered a broad risk-off sentiment, shattering a fragile, low-volume market structure. According to CryptoSlate data, BTC fell from a consolidation range near $91,000, wiping out approximately […] The post $150B wiped: Bitcoin drops below $87k on Japan yield shock appeared first on CryptoSlate.
  • Why Pro Traders Choose Crypto Prop Firms
    CryptoSlate - 15:00 Nov 30, 2025
    The digital asset landscape has matured significantly over the past several years. Simple spot holding is no longer the only viable strategy for generating substantial returns. Today’s market rewards precision, algorithmic discipline, and above all else, liquidity. For skilled traders, the barrier to entry is rarely knowledge. Instead, it is capitalization. A trader may possess […] The post Why Pro Traders Choose Crypto Prop Firms appeared first on CryptoSlate.
  • Bitcoin’s bull market: A slowdown, not a breakdown
    CryptoSlate - 13:04 Nov 30, 2025
    Bitcoin’s big buyers seem to have stepped off the gas. For the better part of the last year or so, it felt like there was a constant tailwind behind Bitcoin’s price. ETFs vacuumed up coins, stablecoin balances kept climbing, and traders were willing to go to insane levels of leverage to bet on more upside. […] The post Bitcoin’s bull market: A slowdown, not a breakdown appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Grayscale’s Zcash ETF: Regulated privacy, or privacy in name only?
    CryptoSlate - 00:00 Nov 30, 2025
    A privacy coin is headed for Wall Street, and the wrapper says everything about what happens when a technology built for discretion tries to move through the most surveilled pipes in global finance. Grayscale’s bid to list a Zcash ETF on NYSE Arca (ticker ZCSH) marks the first serious attempt to wrap a privacy coin […] The post Grayscale’s Zcash ETF: Regulated privacy, or privacy in name only? appeared first on CryptoSlate.
  • How Trump’s crypto empire became the center of a new influence economy
    CryptoSlate - 13:29 Nov 29, 2025
    A new staff report released by House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin alleges that President Donald Trump has significantly utilized the presidency to expand his personal wealth through cryptocurrency ventures. The report, titled Trump, Crypto, and a New Age of Corruption, outlines a series of findings suggesting that the Administration’s policy decisions, including the […] The post How Trump’s crypto empire became the center of a new influence economy appeared first on CryptoSlate.
  • The 5 signals that really move Bitcoin now—and how they hit your portfolio
    CryptoSlate - 22:31 Nov 28, 2025
    From net flows to perp funding, the metrics that explain this bull cycle better than “number go up.” Bitcoin (BTC) price movements are now being pulled by off-chain flows and leverage, not just by classic on-chain signals. Since January 2024, when US spot Bitcoin ETFs launched, the variables that explain why BTC rips or dumps […] The post The 5 signals that really move Bitcoin now—and how they hit your portfolio appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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