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Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) — the bureau responsible for regulating and supervising all national banks — has announced that US financial institutions may hold crypto assets to cover blockchain network fees. National Banks Allowed To Manage Crypto In a letter released on Tuesday, the OCC stated that banks are permitted to pay network fees to facilitate activities involving digital assets, provided the banks can foresee a legitimate need for holding these currencies. The letter, which was signed by the Senior Deputy Comptroller…
Crypto majors are very red as btc briefly fell below $90k; btc -4% at $91,300; eth -5% at $3,050, bnb -2% at $915, sol -3% at $137. Icp (+9%), aster (+7%) and hype (+5%) led top movers. Crypto fear & greed remained in extreme fear at 11, now in that range for 6 straight days. Bitcoin wiped out its 2025 gains after falling below $92k (briefly sub-$90k), now down 2% on the ytd. The cboe unveiled “continuous” bitcoin and ethereum futures with 10-year terms as a perps-like alternative. The white house is considering to allow the irs to track and…
A single company’s outage today disrupted access to internet services worldwide, revealing just how much global traffic depends on Cloudflare.Cloudflare’s status page described the event as an “internal service degradation” that began at 11:48 UTC, saying some services were “intermittently impacted” while teams worked to restore traffic flows.Earlier, at 11:34 UTC, CryptoSlate noticed services were reachable at the origin, but Cloudflare’s London edge returned an error page, with similar behavior observed through Frankfurt and Chicago via VPN. That pattern suggests trouble in the edge and application layers rather than at the customer origin servers.Cloudflare confirmed the problem publicly at 11:48…
In brief Nayib Bukele highlighted El Salvador’s Bitcoin holdings on Monday. The nation’s stockpile notched its largest daily increase since inception. The IMF has called El Salvador’s Bitcoin purchases into question. El Salvador President Nayib Bukele signaled on Monday that the Bitcoin-friendly nation added 1,000 Bitcoin valued at about $100 million, even as the asset’s price hovered near a six-month low.“Hooah!” the millennial leader said on X, while sharing a screen grab of the country’s official stockpile, which had increased by 17% from the day before.El Salvador now controls around 7,500 Bitcoin worth $698 million, according to a dashboard provided…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure With the market struggling to regain bullish traction, Solana continues to trend downward, now hovering around the $130 price level. During this sharp pullback in SOL’s price, there has been a notable selling spree among investors, which seems to have migrated to those held in treasury reserves. Ongoing Sell-Off Extends Into Solana Treasuries After closing on a negative note on Monday, Solana’s ongoing bearish performance has expanded into another day. At the same time, a surprising shift in institutional sentiment and action has emerged concerning the thriving…
Stablecoins originated as crypto plumbing, tokens pegged to fiat currencies that enable traders to move in and out of volatile assets without relying on traditional banking systems.That narrow use case now sits on a market capitalization of more than $303 billion, up roughly 75% year-over-year, with Tether commanding about 56% of the market and Circle’s USDC holding approximately 25%.Nearly 98% of all stablecoins are pegged to the US dollar, while the euro’s share amounts to less than €1 billion.For the European Central Bank (ECB), those numbers transform what was once a crypto-native curiosity into a new channel for importing American…
In brief Mt. Gox wallets moved Bitcoin for the first time since March, transferring around $1 billion worth of BTC. The defunct exchange still holds around 35,000 BTC, worth $3.2 billion. While Bitcoin repayments began last year, remaining payments have been delayed until October 2026. Almost $1 billion worth of Bitcoin in wallets belonging to defunct crypto exchange Mt. Gox was moved early Tuesday morning, according to on-chain data tracked by blockchain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence. A Bitcoin address labeled by Arkham as “Mt. Gox Cold Wallet” transferred 10,608 Bitcoin, or around $988 million worth, to two separate addresses—185 BTC to…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure MicroStrategy, a publicly traded business intelligence company, is facing new heat as world-class economist Peter Schiff unleashes a blistering takedown of the firm’s all-in Bitcoin (BTC) bet. As the price of Bitcoin slides below key levels, Schiff has warned that MicroStrategy’s model cannot sustain itself, arguing that a critical flaw could push the company into a “death spiral.” His claims have sparked a fierce debate within the crypto community, with many outrightly dismissing his perspective as exaggerated, while others closely monitor the market as pressure intensifies. MicroStrategy…