CryptoSlate

Source: https://cryptoslate.com

Found 2009 news

Ethereum’s hidden ‘death spiral’ mechanic could freeze $800 billion in assets regardless of their safety rating

CryptoSlate - 22:45 Jan 12, 2026

An Ethereum price collapse could break the blockchain’s ability to settle transactions and freeze over $800 billion in assets, a Bank of Italy research paper warns. The paper, authored by Claudia Biancotti of the central bank’s Directorate General for Information Technology, outlined a contagion scenario where ETH's price collapse degrades the blockchain’s security infrastructure to […] The post Ethereum’s hidden ‘death spiral’ mechanic could freeze $800 billion in assets regardless of their safety rating appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Tags: Ethereum
Bitcoin just broke its classic macro correlation because the market is suddenly pricing a terrifying new risk

CryptoSlate - 20:05 Jan 12, 2026

On Sunday night, a lot of people in markets did the same thing at the same time: they opened a video and listened to a central banker sound like he was reading from a crisis manual. Jerome Powell said the Federal Reserve had received grand jury subpoenas and that the Trump administration had threatened a […] The post Bitcoin just broke its classic macro correlation because the market is suddenly pricing a terrifying new risk appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Tags: Bitcoin
Vitalik Buterin warns that Ethereum’s roadmap is now a liability unless the network does this one thing immediately

CryptoSlate - 18:15 Jan 12, 2026

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is making a case that the most valuable upgrade for the world’s second-largest blockchain may be learning how to stop upgrading. Last November, Buterin reportedly argued that locking down parts of the base layer can reduce bugs and lower the odds of “surprises” for a network that secures hundreds of billions […] The post Vitalik Buterin warns that Ethereum’s roadmap is now a liability unless the network does this one thing immediately appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Tags: Ethereum Vitalik Buterin
Bitcoin liquidity is about to get crunched by a new Korean law that legally excludes 99% of buyers

CryptoSlate - 16:10 Jan 12, 2026

On paper, South Korea has been one of the world’s loudest crypto markets for years. In practice, it has been a strangely narrow one. If you were a regular person, you could trade on the big won exchanges. If you were a company with cash on the balance sheet, you mostly sat on your hands. […] The post Bitcoin liquidity is about to get crunched by a new Korean law that legally excludes 99% of buyers appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Tags: Bitcoin Korean
Two major crypto events canceled after city hit by 18 violent physical attacks on crypto holders amid market downturn

CryptoSlate - 14:05 Jan 12, 2026

NFT Paris was supposed to be the kind of week people plan their year around. You book the ticket, you text the group chat, you lock in the flights before prices jump, you tell yourself the hotel bill is “work”, you start quietly hoping the market gives you a reason to feel optimistic again. Then, […] The post Two major crypto events canceled after city hit by 18 violent physical attacks on crypto holders amid market downturn appeared first on CryptoSlate.
Bitcoin traders are bracing for a Fed “credibility shock” that hinges on one critical date this month

CryptoSlate - 11:35 Jan 12, 2026

Bitcoin opened the year trading like it usually does when macro uncertainty rises: it moved with the tide of rates, the dollar, and risk appetite, even as investors tried to pin a more specific narrative on top. However, this week the narrative shifted from “what will the central bank do?” to “can the central bank […] The post Bitcoin traders are bracing for a Fed “credibility shock” that hinges on one critical date this month appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Tags: Bitcoin
Bitcoin is being hijacked by three “boring” institutional dials that are overpowering the halving’s supply shock

CryptoSlate - 09:18 Jan 12, 2026

Bitcoin’s four-year cycle used to be a comfort blanket. Even people who claimed they didn’t believe in it still traded as they did. The halving would cut new supply, the market would spend months pretending nothing happened, then liquidity would show up, leverage would follow, retail would rediscover its password, and the chart would start […] The post Bitcoin is being hijacked by three “boring” institutional dials that are overpowering the halving’s supply shock appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Tags: Bitcoin
One US location just banned CBDCs, but its new state token is doing something even more surprising

CryptoSlate - 20:00 Jan 11, 2026

For years, stablecoins have been crypto’s most useful invention and its most awkward dinner guest. Useful because they turn blockchains into 24/7 dollar rails, and awkward because while the promise is simple, securing trust rarely is. A digital token worth exactly a dollar sounds reassuring to non-crypto folk right up until someone asks where the […] The post One US location just banned CBDCs, but its new state token is doing something even more surprising appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Tags: CBDCs
A hidden “yield war” has begun in Ethereum ETFs, forcing issuers to finally pay you for holding

CryptoSlate - 16:00 Jan 11, 2026

Grayscale has turned Ethereum’s staking yield into something ETF investors instantly recognize: a cash distribution. On Jan. 6, the Grayscale Ethereum Staking ETF (ETHE) paid around $0.083 per share, totaling $9.39 million, funded by staking rewards the fund earned on its ETH holdings and then sold for cash. The payout covered rewards generated from Oct. […] The post A hidden “yield war” has begun in Ethereum ETFs, forcing issuers to finally pay you for holding appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Tags: Ethereum ETFs
Insiders sell government crypto database to violent home invaders as transparency laws backfire

CryptoSlate - 12:00 Jan 11, 2026

A tax employee in Bobigny used internal software to compile dossiers on cryptocurrency specialists, billionaire Vincent Bolloré, prison guards, and a judge. She passed the information to criminals who paid €800 to attack a prison officer at home in Montreuil. Her appeal was rejected Jan. 6, as reported by local media. The case matters less […] The post Insiders sell government crypto database to violent home invaders as transparency laws backfire appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Tags: Insiders
Bitcoin’s $25 billion legacy exodus secretly cemented Wall Street’s grip on liquidity within 2 years

CryptoSlate - 09:00 Jan 11, 2026

Two years ago, Bitcoin gained something it had chased for a long time: a place in the tradfi default menu. Plenty of people could get exposure to Bitcoin in 2023, as anyone with an exchange account and a tolerance for operational risk could click “buy.” Yet most capital in the US moves through brokerages, retirement […] The post Bitcoin’s $25 billion legacy exodus secretly cemented Wall Street’s grip on liquidity within 2 years appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Tags: Wall Street Bitcoin
Banks are lobbying to kill crypto rewards to protect a hidden $1,400 “tax” on every household

CryptoSlate - 21:25 Jan 10, 2026

Banks are fighting stablecoin rewards to protect a secret $360 billion revenue machine. When Coinbase chief policy officer Faryar Shirzad posted a thread on Jan. 8 warning that stablecoin rewards “remain under debate” as Congress marks up market structure legislation, he attached numbers that banking groups would rather keep quiet. US banks earn $176 billion […] The post Banks are lobbying to kill crypto rewards to protect a hidden $1,400 “tax” on every household appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Tags: Banks
BlackRock warns crypto’s love affair with AI is over as an energy war with Bitcoin miners begins

CryptoSlate - 18:10 Jan 10, 2026

BlackRock is telling clients to stop looking at artificial intelligence as software and start treating it as energy. In its 2026 Global Outlook, the BlackRock Investment Institute argued that the AI buildout is pushing against physical limits and highlighted electricity as the constraint investors are underpricing. The report’s headline-grabber is its warning that AI-driven data […] The post BlackRock warns crypto’s love affair with AI is over as an energy war with Bitcoin miners begins appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Tags: Bitcoin BlackRock
Tokenized Treasuries skyrocketed 125%, creating this “programmable cash” loop that banks are scrambling to copy

CryptoSlate - 15:05 Jan 10, 2026

Tokenized real-world assets reached $19.72 billion on Jan. 9, the closest the market has come to the $20 billion threshold. That figure measures distributed assets, which are tokens that circulate on-chain and can be transferred between user wallets. As a result, it excludes another $19.78 billion in active private credit loans, which are tracked as […] The post Tokenized Treasuries skyrocketed 125%, creating this “programmable cash” loop that banks are scrambling to copy appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Tags: Tokenized Treasuries
New BlackRock report exposes a historic shift in crypto that leaves only one blockchain controlling the settlement layer

CryptoSlate - 12:05 Jan 10, 2026

Stablecoins used to be a crypto convenience, a way to park dollars between trades without touching fiat. However, the industry has matured enough that BlackRock now treats them as foundational rails for the market. In its 2026 Global Outlook, the BlackRock Investment Institute argued that stablecoins are widening beyond exchanges and becoming integrated into mainstream […] The post New BlackRock report exposes a historic shift in crypto that leaves only one blockchain controlling the settlement layer appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Tags: New BlackRock
Ethereum just solved a critical problem Bitcoin doesn’t want to fix on its own network – but why?

CryptoSlate - 09:30 Jan 10, 2026

A few years ago, the easiest way to explain Bitcoin to a newcomer was to keep it simple, slow, and sturdy. Ten-minute blocks. Limited space. Everyone checks everything. Nobody gets special treatment. That design is a feature. It is what makes Bitcoin feel like bedrock. It is also why every bull market ends up replaying […] The post Ethereum just solved a critical problem Bitcoin doesn’t want to fix on its own network – but why? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Tags: Ethereum Bitcoin
This Bitfinex whale “buy signal” is everywhere, but the real Bitcoin data suggests a much messier six weeks

CryptoSlate - 21:05 Jan 09, 2026

The first thing you learn when you spend too long around Bitcoin is that everyone has a chart that “always works”, and everyone has a scar from the last time it didn’t. This week’s chart is making the rounds again, it’s the one that tracks Bitfinex margin longs, and it’s flashing a familiar change in […] The post This Bitfinex whale “buy signal” is everywhere, but the real Bitcoin data suggests a much messier six weeks appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Tags: Bitcoin This Bitfinex
Shortest bear market ever? Key metrics imply Bitcoin price could surge past $125,000 before April

CryptoSlate - 18:59 Jan 09, 2026

The crypto market is flashing early signals of a first-quarter recovery as the dust finally settles on December’s sharp sell-off. According to a new analysis from Coinbase, four structural indicators suggest the correction was a temporary setback rather than a regime shift. Fresh inflows into spot ETFs, a drastic reduction in systemic leverage, improved order […] The post Shortest bear market ever? Key metrics imply Bitcoin price could surge past $125,000 before April appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Tags: Bitcoin Shortest April
Ripple is winning on Wall Street and in the UK, but the XRP Ledger is losing users fast and the split will define 2026

CryptoSlate - 17:30 Jan 09, 2026

The XRP market has opened 2026 by splitting into two distinct realities. On one side, the institutional “wrapper” trade is thriving, supported by shrinking exchange supply and deepening corporate infrastructure. On the other hand, the underlying on-chain economy is flashing warning signs, with activity metrics fading even as Wall Street deepens its footprint. This divergence […] The post Ripple is winning on Wall Street and in the UK, but the XRP Ledger is losing users fast and the split will define 2026 appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Tags: Wall Street Ripple XRP Ledger
Bitcoin ETFs wiped out $1.1 billion in 72 hours as a critical demand metric turned negative

CryptoSlate - 15:15 Jan 09, 2026

US-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs have suffered three consecutive sessions of heavy redemptions of more than $1 billion. The velocity of this U-turn is surprising, considering this year began with a bang. On the first two trading days of this year, the 12 Bitcoin ETF products combined to haul in nearly $1.2 billion. However, that inflow […] The post Bitcoin ETFs wiped out $1.1 billion in 72 hours as a critical demand metric turned negative appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Tags: Bitcoin ETFs

2009 items

CryptoSlate

Popular Tags