Holders face permanent token destruction with no guarantee of value as deadline looms for Shade’s privacy protocol
Burning SHD is irreversible and only preserves eligibility for a Feather allocation whose ratio, amount and timing remain unknown.
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This Nasdaq-listed crypto firm is swapping fresh Ethereum buys for an AI pivot
Nearly all H1 sales came from related-party inventory as a still-unproven ASIC launch absorbs capital.
Bitcoin miners are getting a new AI hedge, but it may protect them from the wrong risk
GPU-rental benchmarks may price one layer of AI capacity while HIVE and Riot retain project and financing exposure.
Justin Sun keeps World Liberty fight public as its $4 billion stablecoin bank awaits final approval
Justin Sun said on Aug. 20 that a California federal judge rejected World Liberty Financial's attempt to force all of his claims into private arbitration, keeping his individual allegations in open court. The public docket confirms World Liberty filed a…
US rule rewrite looms for $200B on-chain venue Hyperliquid as Trump signals onshore approval
President Donald Trump said Aug. 19 that CFTC Chair Michael Selig is working to bring Hyperliquid to the US in a fully compliant, legal way. Hyperliquid's official interface currently keeps US persons off the platform, part of the regulatory geography…
Bitcoin is closing in on $80,000 and already destroyed a record $4 billion in short bets
Bitcoin surged toward $80,000 on Friday, extending a three-day rally that has liquidated more than $4 billion in bearish bets and pushed the cryptocurrency to a three-month high. Data from CryptoSlate shows Bitcoin climbed as high as $78,449, gaining more…
SEC’s latest crypto rules only open a few of Wall Street’s ‘million doors’ – Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan doesn't think Washington's crypto-friendly turn is the moment that completely unlocks Wall Street. In an interview with CryptoSlate, he described the real barrier as something far less dramatic than a single landmark bill. The “brutal real…
Sudden 22% XRP rally triggers forced market wide short-buying, driving XRP toward a make-or-break resistance test
XRP jumped roughly 22% in 24 hours, trading near $1.26 and clearing the level CryptoSlate had flagged in July as the upside target of its breakout setup. That July framework had put $1.18 as the breakout line, with open interest…
Attackers drove 63% of early use of Ethereum’s new smart wallet feature
Researchers tied 63% of historical authorization transactions to attacker-linked contracts and measured $2.36 million in losses.
BTCS used Ethereum to repay Aave debt and ended Q2 with just $317,000 in cash
Most of its $89.3 million balance sheet remained tied to digital assets, staking and DeFi positions.
Zcash miner buys 9.4% of merger target that warns failed deal could end in liquidation
The private placement gives Fortitude 9.4% at a 22% premium while HeartSciences’ vote date remains unset.
Ethereum’s next upgrade turns a 2-second block bottleneck into a roughly 9-second window
The public network gives validators and infrastructure teams a place to test Glamsterdam’s client, builder and gas changes before the fork reaches established testnets and mainnet.