Have AI agents made the entire $148 billion DeFi sector unsafe?

[ad_1] A warning from one of decentralized finance’s (DeFi) early security figures has turned a difficult stretch of hacks into a broader test of how the industry can defend itself against artificial... Read more »

Bitcoin’s drop toward $72,000 shows how US-Iran tensions are again hitting ETFs, leverage, and flows

[ad_1] Bitcoin fell toward the $72,000 level after a new wave of reported US military strikes on Iran pushed oil higher and sent another shock through risk assets. The largest cryptocurrency fell... Read more »

Bitcoin just absorbed a single $1.3B IBIT block trade with barely any price movement

[ad_1] At 10:30:34 a.m. ET, a single IBIT print of 29,212,864 shares, crossed at $43.16, for a notional of roughly $1.26 billion. The next-largest visible movement was 1.3 million shares, making one... Read more »

Tether’s Georgia stablecoin plan moves early on national payment rails

[ad_1] Make CryptoSlate preferred on Tether and the Government of Georgia plan to launch a stablecoin, pushing a national currency directly onto private stablecoin rails before most governments have settled on how... Read more »

BitMine’s $126M Ethereum buy sets up a Russell index test tied to $12.2T in assets

[ad_1] Make CryptoSlate preferred on BitMine bought an additional 60,000 ETH worth about $126 million as Ethereum traded near $2,000, extending one of the largest corporate accumulation strategies tied to the second-largest... Read more »

Bitcoin’s hard-money thesis is colliding with 5% Treasury yields

[ad_1] Make CryptoSlate preferred on Bitcoin was created as a response to the kind of debt-financed monetary disorder now playing out across global bond markets. The original thesis was that when governments... Read more »

HYPE’s path to $100 runs through Hyperliquid becoming crypto’s on-chain Wall Street platform

[ad_1] Make CryptoSlate preferred on While major cryptocurrencies remain mired in a prolonged slump, the native token of the decentralized exchange Hyperliquid has surged to a record high. Data from CryptoSlate showed that... Read more »

Cardano founder warns network could lose its scientists in Input Output’s 33M ADA funding vote fails

[ad_1] Make CryptoSlate preferred on Cardano could lose a core group of scientists if Input Output fails to secure treasury funding for a slate of research and infrastructure proposals that are still... Read more »

Canaan earnings show Q1 revenue collapse as BTC and ETH treasury nears $148M

[ad_1] Make CryptoSlate preferred on The latest Canaan earnings revealed a new split among Bitcoin mining’s best-known hardware suppliers: the company selling mining machines reported a much weaker quarter just as its... Read more »

World Liberty Financial rebound gives WLFI holders an exit

[ad_1] World Liberty Financial’s WLFI token is facing renewed scrutiny as the Donald Trump family-backed crypto project tries to rebuild demand and confidence after its recent slide to an all-time low. World... Read more »