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Make CryptoSlate preferred on Admiral Samuel Paparo appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Apr. 21 for a posture review for the US Indo-Pacific Command ahead of the fiscal year 2027 defense request.Paparo reportedly disclosed that INDOPACOM is running a Bitcoin node and treating the protocol’s architecture as operationally relevant for securing networks and projecting power.In February 2024, Paparo told Sen. Elizabeth Warren that cryptocurrency’s “opaqueness” was a key enabler of proliferation, terrorism, and illicit trafficking. He added that crypto “makes the world less secure,” and acknowledged that blockchain methodologies held promise for ensuring financial transactions.Washington’s dominant framing was…

In brief The Ethereum Foundation said it agreed to sell over $23 million worth of ETH to BitMine Immersion Technologies. This is the second time that BitMine has bought ETH directly from the Foundation. BitMine holds over $11.5 billion worth of ETH, making it the largest holder of the asset. The Ethereum Foundation said Friday that it finalized a deal to sell 10,000 ETH to the largest Ethereum treasury firm, BitMine Immersion Technologies, marking its second treasury sale of the cryptocurrency to the publicly traded firm.The over-the-counter sale agreement was finalized at an average price of $2,387 per ETH, putting…

In brief Morgan Stanley is positioning itself as a firm that can help stablecoin issuers manage reserves with a money market fund. The product was specifically designed to comply with the GENIUS Act, and address a “significant increase in stablecoin issuers.” Circle parks its reserves in a BlackRock-managed money market fund, which was valued around $78 billion on Friday. Morgan Stanley debuted a money market fund intended for stablecoin issuers on Friday, positioning the product as a way for companies like Circle to manage their reserves.The Stablecoin Reserves Portfolio (MSNXX), which is available on days when the New York Stock…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on On Apr. 22, a malicious version of Bitwarden’s command-line interface appeared on npm under the official package name @bitwarden/[email protected]. For 93 minutes, anyone who pulled the CLI through npm received a backdoored substitute for the legitimate tool.Bitwarden detected the compromise, removed the package, and issued a statement saying it found no evidence that attackers accessed end-user vault data or compromised production systems.Security research firm JFrog analyzed the malicious payload and found it had no particular interest in Bitwarden vaults. It targeted GitHub tokens, npm tokens, SSH keys, shell history, AWS credentials, GCP credentials, Azure credentials, GitHub…

In brief A U.S. soldier charged with using classified military intelligence to bet on the removal of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro failed to pass Kalshi’s KYC procedures. The government’s case will bring attention to differences between Kalshi and Polymarket’s businesses, according to Cole Schotz’ Michael Weinstein. Amanda Fischer, ex-chief of staff to former SEC Chair Gary Gensler, questioned why the CFTC and DOJ didn’t charge Polymarket for the lapse. A U.S. soldier charged on Thursday with using classified military intelligence to bet on the removal of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro failed to open an account on Kalshi due to the…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on Federal prosecutors have charged Gannon Ken Van Dyke, an active-duty U.S. Army soldier who the indictment says has served as a U.S. Army Special Forces master sergeant, with allegedly using classified information about a military operation to make more than $400,000 in prediction-market profits.After months of online discourse around suspected insider trading on Polymarket and Kalshi, the case is a direct test for crypto prediction markets. Prosecutors allege that Van Dyke had access to nonpublic details of Operation Absolute Resolve, the U.S. operation to capture Nicolas Maduro and Cilia Flores, and used that knowledge to trade event contracts…

In brief Amazon Web Services has made Chainlink’s data feeds, data streams, and proof-of-reserve solutions available on AWS Marketplace. The integration maintains enterprise security and compliance standards while bridging cloud and blockchain infrastructure. AWS provides reference architectures for proof-of-reserve monitoring and real-time prediction market trading. Amazon Web Services has launched Chainlink’s data standard on the AWS Marketplace, making the oracle provider’s data feeds, data streams, and proof-of-reserve services available to enterprise developers.The AWS Marketplace integration includes three core Chainlink services designed for enterprise blockchain applications. Chainlink data feeds provide decentralized price and market data for asset valuation, settlement, and risk…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure The Telegram founder has revealed that the Toncoin network is set to see its transaction fees drop by sixfold in one week’s time. Toncoin To Drop Transfer Fees As Part Of MTONGA In a new post on X, Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov has shared that the Toncoin network will undergo a change related to transaction fees in one week. Previously, the blockchain already offered a relatively cheap transfer rate when compared to popular networks like Bitcoin and Ethereum, but the new update will further slash…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on The March and April 2026 drawdown has structural consequences, as Bitcoin ETF holders stayed steady.Bitcoin sits near $78,000, roughly 38% below the $125,761 peak from Oct. 6, and US spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled in $1.32 billion in March, reversing a four-month outflow streak. Then, the ETFs added another $2.42 billion in net inflows between Apr. 6 and Apr. 22.The strongest days were Apr. 17, with $663.9 million in inflows, and Apr. 22, with $335.8 million in inflows. Gemini’s coin-level data show that ETF-held Bitcoin fell only from 1.38 million BTC at the October 2025 high to…

In brief Amazon Web Services has made Chainlink’s data feeds, data streams, and proof-of-reserve solutions available on AWS Marketplace. The integration maintains enterprise security and compliance standards while bridging cloud and blockchain infrastructure. AWS provides reference architectures for proof-of-reserve monitoring and real-time prediction market trading. Amazon Web Services has launched Chainlink’s data standard on the AWS Marketplace, making the oracle provider’s data feeds, data streams, and proof-of-reserve services available to enterprise developers.The AWS Marketplace integration includes three core Chainlink services designed for enterprise blockchain applications. Chainlink data feeds provide decentralized price and market data for asset valuation, settlement, and risk…

In brief Amazon Web Services has made Chainlink’s data feeds, data streams, and proof-of-reserve solutions available on AWS Marketplace. The integration maintains enterprise security and compliance standards while bridging cloud and blockchain infrastructure. AWS provides reference architectures for proof-of-reserve monitoring and real-time prediction market trading. Amazon Web Services has launched Chainlink’s data standard on the AWS Marketplace, making the oracle provider’s data feeds, data streams, and proof-of-reserve services available to enterprise developers.The AWS Marketplace integration includes three core Chainlink services designed for enterprise blockchain applications. Chainlink data feeds provide decentralized price and market data for asset valuation, settlement, and risk…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on I believe the hardest question for DeFi in 2026 is whether the original dream is still alive.The collective bargain was simple. Users would hold their own keys. Code would execute the rules. Markets would stay open. Ledgers would be visible.Intermediaries would lose power because financial services could run on public smart contracts rather than private balance sheets.That framing explains why decentralized finance grew so quickly after 2020. It also explains why the current moment feels so deflating.I’d like to preface this piece by saying that I believe decentralized finance is an essential part of the world…

In brief DeepSeek released its new V4-Pro model with 1.6 trillion parameters. It costs $1.74/$3.48 per million input/output tokens, roughly 1/20th the price of Claude Opus 4.7 and 98% less than GPT 5.5 Pro. DeepSeek trained V4 partly on Huawei Ascend chips, circumventing U.S. export restrictions, and says that once 950 new supernodes come online later in 2026, the Pro model’s already-low price will drop further. DeepSeek is back, and it showed up a few hours after OpenAI dropped GPT-5.5. Coincidence? Maybe. But if you’re a Chinese AI lab that the U.S. government has been trying to slow down with…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on I believe the hardest question for DeFi in 2026 is whether the original dream is still alive.The collective bargain was simple. Users would hold their own keys. Code would execute the rules. Markets would stay open. Ledgers would be visible.Intermediaries would lose power because financial services could run on public smart contracts rather than private balance sheets.That framing explains why decentralized finance grew so quickly after 2020. It also explains why the current moment feels so deflating.I’d like to preface this piece by saying that I believe decentralized finance is an essential part of the world…

In brief The Department of Justice ended its criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday, clearing the path for Kevin Warsh’s confirmation vote. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) had blocked Warsh’s nomination pending the probe’s resolution, calling the investigation “bogus.” Warsh disclosed holdings in multiple crypto projects including Solana and Polymarket during confirmation proceedings. The Department of Justice ended its criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday, removing a key obstacle that had blocked Senate action on Kevin Warsh’s nomination as the next central bank leader.The DOJ probe centered on alleged cost overruns during a…

In brief South Korean police arrested a 40-year-old man for distributing an AI-generated photo of escaped wolf Neukgu. Daejeon city issued an emergency text to residents and displayed the fake image at a press briefing. The charge—obstructing official duties by deception—carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison or a fine of 10 million Korean won. South Korean police arrested a man Thursday for posting an AI-generated photo of an escaped wolf—an image convincing enough to fool city officials and trigger an emergency alert to thousands of residents. According to police, the stunt delayed the capture of an actual…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on I believe the hardest question for DeFi in 2026 is whether the original dream is still alive.The collective bargain was simple. Users would hold their own keys. Code would execute the rules. Markets would stay open. Ledgers would be visible.Intermediaries would lose power because financial services could run on public smart contracts rather than private balance sheets.That framing explains why decentralized finance grew so quickly after 2020. It also explains why the current moment feels so deflating.I’d like to preface this piece by saying that I believe decentralized finance is an essential part of the world…

In brief Tennessee has become the second U.S. state to impose a sweeping ban on Bitcoin ATMs, which is set to take effect in July. In March, Indiana imposed a ban on the machines, which federal authorities have identified as a vector committing fraud against the elderly. The FBI reported that Americans aged over 60 lost $257 million to scams involving Bitcoin ATMs last year. Tennessee has become the second U.S. state to outlaw Bitcoin ATMs, making it a criminal offense in the Volunteer State to own or operate the machines that federal authorities have identified as a vector committing…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure France has emerged as a focal point in a growing wave of kidnappings that, increasingly, appear tied to crypto assets. According to authorities, there have been 41 cases this year alone, reflecting a sharp escalation of a wider international trend often referred to as “wrench attacks.”  The link between the attacks and crypto exposure has also been raised publicly by Telegram founder Pavel Durov. Durov has pointed to what he says are alleged connections involving French tax officials selling crypto owners’ data to criminals, alongside claims of…