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Some of the most consequential financial rules begin with surprisingly little text. For example, on page 36 of the European Commission's current MiCA review, item 66 asks whether Europe's treatment of staking is adequate and, if it isn't, what requirements should apply to companies providing staking services. The question is brief, but the consequences wouldn't […] The post EU staking review threa...

The draft counts banks’ own holdings and crypto-linked instruments against capital but conditionally excludes customer assets. The post Why Russia’s harsh 1% crypto cap actually protects bank customer assets appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Every paycheck eventually has to pay for something: rent, groceries, transport, or bills. Stablecoins can move between wallets in seconds. But that does not mean an employee can spend the money immediately. They may still need to convert the stablecoins into local currency, move the money to a bank account, and pay fees along the […] The post Stablecoin salaries can leave workers paying to access ...

Leveraged funds became 7,275 BTC-equivalent less net short as asset-manager longs fell and weekly ETF demand barely stayed positive. The post Why Bitcoin’s rally above $80,000 isn’t backed by institutional conviction appeared first on CryptoSlate.

You can be right about who will win an election and still pay too much to bet on it. On prediction markets, the price available when you open the app may be gone by the time you try to buy, especially when news sends other traders rushing toward the same outcome. It took very little […] The post Why real-time election odds are misleading prediction market crypto traders appeared first on CryptoSla...

Crypto Twitter (now X) has always been a place where someone with an illustrated animal for a profile picture can explain why your financial future depends on a token you just learned about. Now X’s Cashtag links are shortening the route from that conversation to a crypto exchange. Kraken joined X's US Cashtag partner program […] The post X brings crypto trading closer to your social feed appeared...

The one-year share rose 0.98 percentage points in a month while adjacent age bands shifted around the threshold. The post Why Bitcoin’s 63% HODL wave isn’t the mega bull signal everyone thinks it is appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Like fashion, investing eventually finds something embarrassing in the back of the wardrobe and puts it on again. Millennial-era crypto gave us yield-bearing dog coins and all kinds of food-themed financial contraptions. Now Gen Z has entered the market in JNCO jeans, carrying an ironic digicam and, in at least one corner of the market, […] The post Gen Z are investing like Boomers – with some sur...

Washington came surprisingly close this week to writing a dollar amount into one of its thorniest crypto ethics rule debates. Under the final Senate draft of the CLARITY Act, senior federal officials holding equity worth at least $15,000 in certain businesses that issue or sponsor digital assets would have had to sell that interest or […] The post Why Trump backed a crypto ethics rule that stopped...

Friday broadened demand, yet the two-day rebound left the midweek withdrawal gap partly open. The post Fidelity surge brings in $310M BTC saving Bitcoin ETFs from a disastrous week appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Chelsea has found a cool new shirt sponsor whose main product is…a stablecoin? USDC is designed to be worth one dollar. Today, tomorrow, next Tuesday: one dollar. If everything is working properly, absolutely nothing should happen to its price, so there is not much room for a victory parade. And yet Circle, the company behind […] The post Circle wants you to love USDC a little like you love Chelse...

Anthropic’s prospective $2 trillion IPO has already spawned nearly $80 million in crypto derivatives bets before its public debut. Open interest in futures linked to the Claude developer has climbed to about $79.27 million, close to a record $80 million, as traders position around what could become one of the largest initial public offerings ever […] The post Anthropic’s potential $2 trillion IPO ...

For anyone worried that AI would eliminate every profession except the one sending messages about your frozen crypto account, there's unwelcome news for that last bastion of human enterprise. Fraud has found an automation budget. Scamming has always required a surprising amount of manual labor. Romance scams need someone to keep a conversation going for […] The post AI was supposed to take scammer...

ZCSH holders would receive three shares for every one held as the fund cuts per-share NAV proportionately without changing investment value solely because of the split. The post ZEC’s 100% rally above $1500 sends Grayscale’s Zcash ETF within $85 million of $1 billion appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Trump’s new law sets the clock, but rates, targets and energy-market spillovers will decide whether crypto feels it. The post Bitcoin faces an October 18 test as Trump prepares new Russia tariffs appeared first on CryptoSlate.

A $107.6 billion crossover on selected venues shrinks to about 15.2% when compared with CoinDesk's broader CEX derivatives total. The post Did RWA futures really overtake crypto? Only if you ignore 90% of the market appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Brazil's central bank will bar virtual assets, including stablecoins, from settling one specific type of international payment flow starting Oct. 1. Resolution 561 targets the settlement leg between regulated foreign-exchange providers and their overseas counterparties, requiring that leg to run through a licensed FX transaction or a qualifying non-resident real account. Individual international t...

Bitcoin hit an intraday high of $81,400 on Friday, approaching the low-$82,000 zone that has capped every recovery attempt since late August. US spot Bitcoin ETF shares stop trading once American markets close for the weekend. Any further push through that ceiling over the next two days would occur in continuously open crypto markets, without […] The post Bitcoin survived the Fed and CLARITY, and ...

Faster private inference makes laptop orchestration practical, while spending authority remains behind hard limits, transaction checks and human approval. The post Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin argues that local AI can protect your privacy without losing speed appeared first on CryptoSlate.

A $5.15 million redemption was concentrated in two funds, leaving the next weekly flow pattern to decide whether the pause becomes a broader retreat. The post XRP ETFs hit a speed bump, but big investors aren’t dumping their tokens yet appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Exchange-set rules can shrink borrowing power even when the underlying holdings keep the same market value. The post Exchanges lower token risk values, leaving leveraged traders with less breathing room appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Gilt yields fell as active auctions paused, yet the Bank’s full portfolio unwind keeps a slow-burn rates risk alive. The post Bitcoin faces an eight-year rates test as the BOE unwinds £368 billion appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The yen weakened after the decision, leaving immediate unwind pressure limited as higher funding costs move toward implementation. The post Bitcoin rallies after BOJ’s 1.25% hike, but the real yen-carry test starts next week appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The Singapore firm plans merchant, enterprise-portal and app expansion as SBI joins the Vertex-led round. The post Why SBI just put millions behind a Singapore startup’s stablecoin push appeared first on CryptoSlate.