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Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure More of XRP’s supply is being chipped away, as whales continue to accumulate the token, increasing their control of the cryptocurrency. According to new reports from on-chain analytics platform Santiment, Whales are currently holding over 450 billion coins, setting a record 8-year high. With more tokens being swallowed up by this group of investors, speculation about a fresh bull run is emerging, one that could propel the price from its current downtrend to new highs. XRP Whales Now Control Over 68% Of Token’s Supply On May 18,…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on The CLARITY Act is moving toward the Senate floor with a promise crypto has spent years asking for: a clearer federal map for digital asset markets.The under-covered risk is that the map runs through the CFTC, making CFTC crypto regulation a capacity test for spot-market oversight after its payroll workforce fell by more than one-fifth.The Senate Banking Committee advanced H.R. 3633 on May 14 by a 15-9 vote, putting the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025 closer to floor consideration after the House passed the bill in July 2025.Votes and signing timelines have dominated the…

In brief Senate Bill 163 was signed into law by South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster on Tuesday. The bill effectively bans the use of CBDCs in the state and protects authorities from participating in any CBDC tests. It also allows for the use and self-custody of crypto assets in the state, including offering protections to Bitcoin miners. Individuals, businesses, and Bitcoin miners in South Carolina have earned protections for the use, custody, and mining of digital assets thanks to a new bill signed by the state’s governor Henry McMaster. First introduced in January 2025, Bill 163, also effectively bans the state’s…

In brief GitHub says an employee installed a malicious VS Code extension that gave attackers access to roughly 3,800 internal repositories. The company says only GitHub-internal repos were affected, and no customer data outside those repositories was compromised. Hacker group TeamPCP is claiming credit and asking for at least $50,000 for the stolen code. GitHub confirmed Tuesday that a hacker group stole roughly 3,800 internal code repositories after one of its employees unknowingly installed a malicious Visual Studio Code extension.VS Code extensions are plugins downloaded through Microsoft’s official marketplace that add features to the code editor. In this case, the…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Ethereum is just a few dollars away from losing the $2,100 price level as volatility across the broader cryptocurrency market continues to intensify. After days of downside pressure, this price action has started to impact investors’ behavior, which is currently leaning heavily toward the bearish side. Extreme Bearishness Takes Hold Among Ethereum Traders While the Ethereum price has been trending downward over the past few days, investors are beginning to react strongly to this waning performance. A recent report has revealed that sentiment surrounding the leading altcoin…

As I write this, Bitcoin is coming off of conceivably its worst week ever. It started out with the January 31, 2026 release of batch number two of the Epstein files, which implicated none-too-few Bitcoiners and early stage Bitcoin companies (I wonder, will we still be talking about Epstein in 2036?). The release now reads like a nasty omen. Because on Thursday of the same week, bitcoin suffered its fourth worst drawdown ever, a 21% bludgeoning that bled $16,000 from its price as it went from $76,000 to $60,000 in a single day.  This was gnarly for bitcoin holders, of…

On Saturday, May 16, 2026, the world’s newest physical Bitcoin space opened in Nairobi, Kenya. It’s called Node NBO (NBO is short for Nairobi), and it will serve as a co-working space for notable Bitcoin, freedom tech, compute, and energy companies and organizations in Africa, including Fedi, Gridless, and BTrust as well as the Human Rights Foundation (HRF). A screenshot from the homepage of the Node NBO website. The facility will also be home to three labs — an open-source energy lab, an open-source Bitcoin mining lab, and an AI compute lab. These labs will serve as places where teams can…

In brief HYPE is up 91% year-to-date while Bitcoin is down 12%, a decoupling tied to Hyperliquid’s revenue diversification beyond crypto perps. Hyperliquid pulled $255M in revenue YTD, more than the next two apps combined, with 97% accruing to HYPE holders via buybacks. Bitwise and 21Shares have filed for HYPE ETFs, with Bitwise committing to hold 10% of management fees in Hyperliquid on its balance sheet. Hyperliquid’s native token HYPE has surged 101% year-to-date while Bitcoin is down 12% over the same period, highlighting a decoupling that Wall Street is starting to pay close attention to.HYPE’s run looks set to…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Ethereum has emerged as the leader in real-world asset (RWA) tokenization despite the XRP Ledger’s (XRPL) popularity in this sector. This comes amid the rise in tokenization, with institutions bringing their products on-chain.  Ethereum Leads XRP In The RWA Sector  Token Terminal data shows that Ethereum currently leads the XRP Ledger and other networks in the RWA sector, which consists of tokenized stocks, ETFs, and Funds. The market cap of these tokenized assets currently stands at $38.3 billion, with Ethereum accounting for 67% of the market share. …

In brief Trump Media & Technology Group has withdrawn its Bitcoin and Bitcoin-Ethereum ETF applications. Sponsor and investment advisor Yorkville America said that it will pursue a different regulatory framework under the ’40 Act instead of the ’33 Act. The withdrawal highlights intense fee pressure in the $57.4 billion U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF market, following the launch of Morgan Stanley’s MSBT. The firm behind Donald Trump’s social media platform Truth Social has filed to withdraw its applications for crypto exchange-traded funds, abandoning plans for both Bitcoin and Bitcoin-Ethereum ETFs.In its filing, Trump Media & Technology Group stated that “The Company…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Trump Media-linked Truth Social Bitcoin ETF, B.T. has asked the US Securities and Exchange Commission to withdraw its spot Bitcoin ETF registration, ending, at least for now, one of the more politically visible attempts to enter the already crowded US Bitcoin fund market. The withdrawal request, dated May 19, 2026, was addressed to the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance and its Office of Crypto Assets. In the filing, the company requested “the immediate withdrawal” of its Form S-1 registration statement, which had originally been filed on June…