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Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Ten years of careful saving wiped out in a single afternoon. That’s what happened to Garrett Dutton, the American musician known as G. Love, who lost 5.9 Bitcoin — worth roughly $420,000 — after a malicious app tricked him into giving away the one thing he was never supposed to share. A Retirement Fund Built Over Years Dutton had been stacking Bitcoin since 2017, treating it as a long-term retirement plan. On Saturday, he posted about the loss on X, telling his 67,500 followers the coins had…

In brief BitMine Immersion Technologies bought 71,524 ETH last week, valued around $157 million. The firm now holds more than 4% of the entire circulating ETH supply, as its treasury stretched to nearly 4.88 million ETH. Shares of BMNR are up around 1.7% on Monday, close to ETH’s own 24-hour gains. Publicly traded Ethereum treasury BitMine Immersion Technologies last week made its largest weekly purchase of ETH since December, adding 71,524 ETH valued around $157 million. The firm now holds 4,874,858 ETH worth more than $10.7 billion as Ethereum changes hands around $2,208 on Monday. The firm holds the largest stockpile…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the decentralized finance platform backed by President Donald Trump, is navigating a deepening crisis as a precipitous drop in its token price collides with a bitter public dispute involving Tron founder Justin Sun.The turbulence centers on two distinct but compounding controversies: accusations from Sun that the protocol’s team used centralized “backdoor” mechanisms to freeze his eight-figure investment.Additionally, the project is facing mounting market anxiety over a highly concentrated, nine-figure borrowing loop executed by the protocol’s team on a decentralized lending platform.The confluence of these events has wiped out hundreds of millions in…

In brief Strategy notched its largest Bitcoin purchase in nearly a month, expanding its holdings with proceeds that purely came from its flagship preferred share. The Bitcoin-buying firm is within striking distance of surpassing BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF. Michael Saylor said that Strategy could cover its dividend obligation indefinitely if Bitcoin’s price appreciated 2% each year. Strategy indicated on Monday that it spent $1 billion on Bitcoin last week, adding to its stockpile using proceeds that came solely from its flagship preferred share.The Bitcoin-buying firm said in an announcement that it now owns nearly 781,000 Bitcoin, a 1.8% jump compared…

In a foundational move for institutional finance, TD Cowen, a division of TD Securities, has officially formalized a new investable equity category: Digital Asset Treasuries (DATs). This strategic shift, detailed in a report to investors, moves the conversation beyond simple price speculation and establishes a rigorous framework for valuing Public Bitcoin Treasury Companies (PBTCs), operating companies that actively manage Bitcoin as productive treasury capital. For C-suites and institutional allocators, this represents more than just a bullish research note; it is the installation of the professional plumbing required to drive Bitcoin adoption across wealth management, investment banking, and enterprise services. Shifting…

Since the U.S. and Israel began striking Iran on February 28, 2026, markets have had to wrestle with the financial and economic implications. The IEA described the disruption through Hormuz as the largest supply shock in the history of the global oil market. The strait normally carries about a quarter of maritime oil trade and is involved in about a fifth of global petroleum liquids consumption.  The Iran war has made monetary infrastructure visible again The Strait of Hormuz is obviously a physical chokepoint. However, trade also depends on a monetary chokepoint. Cross-border payments usually move through correspondent banks, intermediary…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on Crypto backed Donald Trump for a reason. He gave the industry a simple political promise: less enforcement, friendlier rules, and a White House that would treat Bitcoin and digital assets as part of the American growth story instead of a threat to be contained.That bargain helped Trump build real support inside crypto during the 2024 election cycle. It also helped bring a new type of voter into the coalition, people who saw crypto policy as part of a wider fight over innovation, markets, and state power.The problem now is that the same community that once treated…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Mining costs in parts of the US have climbed past $100,000 for a single bitcoin, pushing operators to pack up and move. Paraguay and Ethiopia have emerged as top destinations, both offering surplus hydroelectric power that keeps electricity bills low. According to crypto exchange KuCoin, the shift is already underway, with hash rate actively migrating toward what analysts are calling the “Global South.” That geographic spread, KuCoin argues, actually strengthens the Bitcoin network by reducing its exposure to any one country’s political or energy shocks. It is…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on Bitcoin price fell during Asian trading hours after a weekend diplomatic push between Washington and Tehran broke down and a new US maritime order raised fresh concern over energy flows from the Middle East.This pulled the top crypto lower alongside equities, reinforcing the market’s sensitivity to oil, inflation, and broader risk sentiment.According to CryptoSlate’s data, the largest digital asset dropped from a weekend high above $74,000 to a low of $70,540 after Vice President JD Vance said the negotiations in Islamabad had ended without an agreement.As of press time, Bitcoin has slightly recovered to $70,877, leaving…

A former bank teller has admitted to stealing thousands of dollars in cash from her own drawer. Former Western Bank employee Kelsie Marie Karr was caught by her manager last year after flagging a cash shortage in her drawer, reports ABC 7 News. When questioned, Karr admitted that she had been stealing cash from her drawer. Court documents show that Karr started taking money from the drawer in May 2025, but managed to conceal her actions using force balancing. “She made it appear her cash drawer was in balance when, in fact, it was not due to the money she…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Crypto analyst Captain Faibik has announced that the Bitcoin price is still very much bearish despite the recovery. This comes after the market sentiment shifted as the Bitcoin price began to surge last week and then eventually claimed the $70,000 resistance, turning it into support again. Despite a lot of Bitcoin investors turning bullish off of this, the crypto analyst is still not convinced, believing that the current uptrend us actually only temporary. Why The Bitcoin Price Is Still Bearish Despite Reaching $73,000 Last week, the Bitcoin…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure The push to pass crypto legislation in the United States has picked up pace again, this time with rare alignment between policymakers and one of the crypto industry’s most influential voices. A new statement from Brian Armstrong has added new weight to calls for Congress to move the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, just as pressure is coming from Washington to bring the bill back into focus. Treasury Steps In As Urgency Builds In Washington One of the most consequential voices in American crypto just changed sides.…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Pseudonymous crypto analyst Crazzyblockk has pointed to a developing structural shift in the crypto market, while also noting a divergence on the Binance exchange. Active Addresses Trends Reveal Changes In User Activity In a Quicktake post on CryptoQuant, Crazzyblockk highlights readings obtained from the 30-Day Change In Exchange Active Addresses metric. For context, this metric tracks how much the number of unique active addresses interacting with exchanges has increased or decreased over the past 30 days. By extension, it also helps to indicate whether exchange usage (and thus…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Bitcoin’s recent bounce above $70,000 is starting to look like more than a price bounce. An interesting on-chain analysis of on-chain data points to a change in how capital is moving across the market, with money that previously rotated into stablecoins beginning to edge back into Bitcoin.  That change is still small, but it is arriving as BTC recently reached an intraday high of $73,720 and as macro fears tied to the US-Iran conflict are changing. The Defensive Phase Is Starting To Fade Bitcoin’s market structure has…