70% of top Bitcoin miners are already using AI income to survive bear market
Seven of the top ten miners by hashrate report AI or high-performance computing initiatives already generating revenue, with the other three planning to follow suit. The shift pairs miners’ energized land and interconnections with contracted revenue from GPU customers, creating a
How high could Solana’s valuation go if Wall Street starts using it properly?
For years, the assumption inside crypto and across traditional finance was simple: when institutional adoption finally matured, Ethereum would be the chain Wall Street chose. This is unsurprising, considering the network is the largest smart-contract network, the default environment for developers,
Bitcoin ETFs break 6-day outflow streak with $240M buy: What it means for liquidity
US-traded spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds’ (ETFs) flows turned net positive after nearly a week of redemptions. According to Farside Investors’ data, US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $240 million in net inflows on Nov. 6, following six consecutive sessions that drained
How Zohran Mamdani’s victory impacts New York’s crypto future
Zohran Mamdani’s win has put New York’s crypto sector on edge, raising questions about how a mayor critical of both Wall Street and digital-asset wealth will steer the city. On Nov. 4, the 34-year-old Democrat defeated former New York Governor Andrew
How Saylor and Strategy plan to kickstart Bitcoin buying internationally
After years of relentless buying, Strategy Inc., the digital-asset treasury firm led by Michael Saylor, has quietly eased its pace of Bitcoin accumulation. In recent weeks, company filings have shown that its BTC purchases have fallen to only a few hundred
Bitcoin bear market OR bear trap? Here’s what your ‘quants’ are saying
Bitcoin’s sustained price above $100,000 was supposed to signal its arrival as a mature institutional asset. Instead, its sudden reversal below that threshold has unsettled traders and revived fears of another crypto winter. On Nov. 4, Bitcoin briefly dipped to its
Bitcoin hashprice sinks to 2-year low as AI pivots split miners
Record difficulty and declining on-chain fees have dragged Bitcoin mining profitability to a two-year low, creating a widening divide between miners surviving on razor-thin margins and those reinventing themselves as data-center operators for the AI boom. Mining used to be a
VCs pour $5.1B into crypto firms while Bitcoin’s ‘Uptober’ whiffed
October closed roughly 4% down for Bitcoin, yet venture funding hit $5.1 billion in the same month, the second-strongest month since 2022. According to CryptoRank data, three mega-deals account for most of it, as October defied its own seasonal mythology. Bitcoin fell
5 clear signals that will prove if the Bitcoin bull run is still alive
Crypto Twitter is filled with claims that “everyone is buying Bitcoin”, from Michael Saylor and BlackRock to entire countries and even banks. Yet despite the accumulation narratives, Bitcoin’s price has slipped sharply, breaking below key levels as ETF flows turned negative. The
How XRP and RLUSD are making Ripple the JPMorgan of the crypto industry
For years, Ripple was best known for its legal battles and its token, XRP, which was a symbol of crypto’s friction with the traditional financial world. Now, after years of courtroom and regulatory turbulence, Ripple has quietly built something far more
Why did Bitcoin’s largest buyers suddenly stop accumulating?
For most of 2025, Bitcoin’s floor looked unshakable, supported by an unlikely alliance of corporate treasuries and exchange-traded funds. Companies issued stock and convertible debt to buy the token, while ETF inflows quietly soaked up new supply. Together, they created a
How 11 audits couldn’t stop Balancer’s $128 million hack redefining DeFi risks
For years, Balancer stood as one of DeFi’s most reliable institutions, a protocol that had survived several bear markets, audits, and integrations without scandal. However, that credibility collapsed on Nov. 3, when the blockchain security firm PeckShield reported that Balancer and
Bitcoin fights to sustain its bull run while fees slide 56% YTD
Bitcoin is having a strangely quiet year on-chain. After a wave of speculative flows in 2024, the network now moves with near-clockwork efficiency. The average block size has contracted, daily fees are less than half what they were in January, and
When the wrench comes for the wallet: Why Bitcoin’s biggest believers are handing over their keys
Welcome to Slate Sunday, CryptoSlate’s 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. Self‑custody was once the ultimate badge of credibility in crypto. A
Can blockchain tame AI’s IP problem?
The following is a guest post and opinion from Shane Neagle, Editor In Chief from The Tokenist. It is no secret that large language models (LLMs) crossed the capability threshold by harvesting vast amounts of public and private data. Combined with
New prison report flouts claim FTX could have repaid customers from $25B in assets
Sam Bankman-Fried is again challenging the core narrative of his downfall: that FTX was insolvent when it collapsed in November 2022. In a 15-page report written from prison and dated Sept. 30, the convicted founder claimed the exchange “was never insolvent”
Invisible Lightning: Why exchange channels break a favorite Bitcoin metric
The Bitcoin Lightning Network was once the crown jewel of Bitcoin’s scaling story, a living map of open channels and growing liquidity that reflected adoption in real-time. However, as the network matures, the picture has blurred. Behind the steady decline in
The first AI launchpad on Sui: Empowering retail investors to invest like VCs
I. The Consensus Has Arrived: Crypto Belongs to AI Agents Google recently launched the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), bringing together crypto heavyweights including Ethereum Foundation, Mysten Labs, and MetaMask. A clear consensus is crystallizing: cryptocurrency will become the native economic language of