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Valkyrie amends Bitcoin Fund S-1 filing with enhanced custody and valuation rules

Valkyrie Investments refiled an amended Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday for its Valkyrie Bitcoin Fund, adding more precise rules around custody, valuation, seed investments, and risks as the cryptocurrency investment vehicle awaits regulatory approval to trade on Nasdaq. The new filing updates the index used to value the fund’s Bitcoin from Lukka Prime to the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate – New York Variant, which calculates the reference rate as of 4 PM Eastern

Grayscale and Franklin Load XRP ETFs for Launch—Ripple CEO Sees Pre-Thanksgiving Rush

A pre-Thanksgiving surge in new XRP ETFs is gaining momentum as issuers respond to rising institutional demand. Multiple launches scheduled for this week indicate expanding regulated access, increased liquidity, and wider market participation. Ripple CEO Spots Pre-Thanksgiving XRP ETF Drive as Grayscale and Franklin Gear up to Go Live Rising institutional demand for crypto exposure […]

Crypto ATM Count Slips for the First Time Since March

Metrics reveal that, for the first time since March, the global count of crypto automated teller machines (ATMs) has contracted. Even with this recent pullback, roughly 1,480 crypto ATMs have still been added since the year began. 403 Crypto ATMs Vanished Since October According to data compiled by the crypto ATM tracker coinatmradar.com, the global […]

Latam Insights: El Salvador Buys the Dip, Brazil Tightens Crypto Tax Rules

Welcome to Latam Insights, a compilation of the most relevant crypto news from Latin America over the past week. In this week’s edition, El Salvador buys nearly 1,100 BTC as prices plunge, Brazil implements new rules for cryptocurrency tax reporting, and the Argentine Congress releases a damning report on Libra. El Salvador Buys the Dip: […]

This $4.3M crypto home invasion shows how a single data leak can put anyone’s wallet — and safety — at risk

The playbook was simple enough to work once: dress as delivery drivers, knock on the door, force entry at gunpoint, and extract private keys under threat.In June 2024, three men executed that script at a residential address in the UK and walked away with more than $4.3 million in cryptocurrency.Five months later, Sheffield Crown Court sentenced Faris Ali and two accomplices after the Metropolitan Police recovered nearly the entire haul.The case, documented by blockchain investigator ZachXBT, now

Coinbase Quietly Shifts Nearly 800,000 BTC in a Mega Consolidation Move

According to onchain data and social media reports, the crypto exchange Coinbase just shuffled nearly 800,000 BTC—roughly $69.5 billion worth—into fresh wallets. The company gave everyone a heads-up on Nov. 22, noting the platform would “undergo internal wallet migrations.” Coinbase Just Moved 4% of All Bitcoin in Circulation Coinbase opted to move about 4.01% of […]

Why the United States Could See a New Political Party by 2026

Discontent with the two-party system is reaching a rolling boil, and several forces—from party rebranding debates to congressional feuds and billionaire-sized ambitions—are fueling talk that America may be on the edge of a new political party. America May Be on the Brink of a New Political Party A growing chorus of activists, lawmakers, and political […]

Japan’s 20% crypto tax sets a new bar in Asia, pressuring Singapore and Hong Kong as retail costs fall

Japan is quietly preparing the most pro-crypto shift of any G7 nation.According to multiple reports from local media, the Financial Services Agency (FSA) is drafting a sweeping reclassification of digital assets that would bring Bitcoin, Ethereum, and around 100 other tokens under the same umbrella as stocks and investment funds.If the plan moves forward, Japan will treat these tokens as “financial products” starting in 2026, and with that comes a flat 20% tax, insider trading rules,

Digitap Presale Surpasses $2M Amid Market Slowdown

Liquidity is drying up across the crypto market, and bearish sentiment is weighing on almost every chart, yet Digitap’s ($TAP) crypto presale has surged past $2.1 million in just weeks. Traders are scrambling to understand how this project is gaining momentum in a month when everything else is slowing down.The reason is simple: Digitap delivers real-world utility through its multi-rail infrastructure at a time when investors are desperate for practical, usable financial tools.Digitap Leads the R

We Won’t Back Down, Says Strategy’s Michael Saylor

Key Highlights Michael Saylor has stated in the latest post on X that his company is not backing…

Ethereum Price Stalls as Derivatives Traders Load up for the Week Ahead

Ethereum is hovering at $2,818 this Sunday, but the quieter spot price action is wildly out of sync with what’s happening under the hood. Derivatives traders are loading up, shifting size across venues, and positioning ahead of a dense cluster of expiries that could force ethereum out of its holding pattern sooner rather than later. […]

Vibe coding, no-code, and the new rules of web3 development

Welcome to Slate Sunday, CryptoSlate’s weekly feature showcasing in-depth interviews, expert analysis, and thought-provoking op-eds that go beyond the headlines to explore the ideas and voices shaping the future of crypto.If you’ve been anywhere near tech Twitter this year, you’ve probably heard someone talk about “vibe coding.” Maybe you scrolled past the viral memes, caught Karim’s thread about it reshaping web3, or even noticed that Collins Dictionary anointed it as their Word of the Year. Bu

How M2 money supply and the dollar REALLY move Bitcoin price – The truth influencers aren’t telling you

Influencers on X love pointing to rising M2 charts or a softening dollar as proof that Bitcoin is about to blast off.Those overlays make for great engagement, but they flatten a far more complex relationship. They matter, but not in the simple, linear way they’re often sold.Money printing, which increases the global M2 money supply, is said to lead Bitcoin price movements by about 12 weeks. The thinking is that once more liquidity enters circulation, it takes a little while to find its way into

DNS Attack Strikes Aerodrome and Velodrome as Aero Merger Nears

According to a myriad of reports, Aerodrome Finance and Velodrome Finance spent Saturday putting out fires after a DNS hijack quietly rerouted users to phishing sites. Aerodrome–Velodrome Front Ends Compromised The Base and Optimism platforms woke up on Nov. 22 to find their front ends hijacked, sending unsuspecting users straight into malicious look-alikes designed to […]

Bitcoin Price Watch: $86K and Climbing—But for How Long?

Bitcoin is trading at $86,550 with a market cap of $1.72 trillion and 24-hour trading volume standing firm at $45.17 billion. The intraday price range of $83,402 to $86,828 paints a picture of resilient bulls and hesitant bears locking horns across multiple timeframes. Bitcoin Chart Outlook The 1-hour chart showcases a short-term uptrend, prancing with […]

Security warning: Top-ranked Chrome ‘wallet’ that steals your seedphrase

For a few days in November, a malicious Chrome extension ranked as the fourth result for “Ethereum wallet” on the Chrome Web Store.The extension, called “Safery: Ethereum Wallet,” looked polished enough to pass as legitimate. It had a clean icon, a generic name adjacent to security language, a flood of five-star reviews, and boilerplate descriptions familiar to anyone who’s downloaded a crypto wallet.Behind that frontend was a purpose-built attack designed to steal seed phrases and empty user wa

Bitget Copy Trading Review 2025: Is It Legit And Profitable?

Bitget Copy Trading is an investment tool that allows you to automatically mirror the trades made by professional or “elite” traders. Currently, Bitget has more than 190,000 professional traders and over 800,000 followers who have executed more than 100 million copy trades, with gains exceeding $530 million.This Bitget copy trading review explains what it is, why many users consider it legit, how the different copy modes work, and the fees and minimum investment required. You’ll also

Bitwise XRP ETF, BTC Narrative Collapse, and More — Week in Review

Bitwise XRP ETF, BTC Narrative Collapse, SEC Speeds Crypto ETFs, Bitcoin Panic Selling, and more in this Week in Review. Week in Review Bitwise’s new XRP ETF launched on the NYSE as mainstream interest grows, a sharp bitcoin price drop led analysts to call the BTC narrative collapse “inevitable” amid a market rout that cut […]

China Steadies US Treasury Exposure as Debt Balloons Over $38 Trillion

While China’s holdings of U.S. Treasuries ticked up slightly in August and September, the broader outlook for 2025 remains unchanged. China continues a steady retreat from U.S. debt instruments amid concerns about its growth. China’s U.S. Treasury Figures Hold Steady, Overall ‘Derisking’ Policy Continues The Facts The figures of U.S. Treasuries held by China have […]

Bitcoin Hashprice Falls to Record Low as Network Hashrate Shows Early Signs of Pullback

Bitcoin’s hashprice has fallen to a new all-time low below $35 per petahash per second (PH/s), hit by the combination of bitcoin’s price drop and persistently high network difficulty. This article is from Theminermag, a trade publication for the cryptocurrency mining industry, focusing on the latest news and research on institutional bitcoin mining companies. BTC […]