Steak n Shake just made fast-food and Bitcoin history. On white paper day, the 91-year-old American fast-food chain announced the creation of a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve (SBR), staking its claim (excuse the pun) as the first major U.S. restaurant chain to funnel all BTC payments straight into a corporate Bitcoin treasury. How Steak n Shake […]
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The Bitcoin Lightning Network was once the crown jewel of Bitcoin’s scaling story, a living map of open channels and growing liquidity that reflected adoption in real-time. However, as the network matures, the picture has blurred. Behind the steady decline in public Bitcoin Lightning capacity lies a quiet transformation: exchanges, wallets, and merchants are routing […]
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Mastercard may soon make a significant investment to fully enter the crypto space. According to Reuters, the company is in advanced talks to acquire Zero Hash for roughly $1.5 to $2 billion, a move that, if completed, would fold a regulated crypto-settlement network into one of the world’s largest payment processors. On the surface, it […]
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China has again made its position on stablecoins unmistakably clear. At a recent financial policy forum, Pan Gongsheng, governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), described stablecoins as a “new source of vulnerabilities” within the global financial system. He warned that they could undermine smaller economies’ monetary sovereignty and enable illicit financial flows. According […]
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MetaMask spent years as the default gateway to Ethereum, the browser extension that turned “connect wallet” into muscle memory for millions of users. Now Consensys is betting that same reflex can work across blockchains. In late May, MetaMask flipped the switch on native Solana support, letting its 30 million monthly active users manage SOL and […]
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MetaMask spent years as the default gateway to Ethereum, the browser extension that turned “connect wallet” into muscle memory for millions of users. Now Consensys is betting that same reflex can work across blockchains. In late May, MetaMask flipped the switch on native Solana support, letting its 30 million monthly active users manage SOL and […]
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For decades, Europe’s wealth was measured in gold and bonds. Now, two of its largest economies are preparing to add something new to their strategic vaults. This week, news has emerged that political leaders in Germany and France have each introduced proposals to establish a national Bitcoin reserve in a move that could redefine the architecture […]
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Yesterday, Oct. 28, Metaplanet authorized a share buyback program disclosing a Bitcoin (BTC)-secured credit facility of up to $500 million. This capital allocation tool works best when the stock trades below its market-to-net-asset-value ratio, amplifying gains in Bitcoin rallies and magnifying losses in drawdowns. The Tokyo Stock Exchange filings set a buyback cap of ¥75 billion, […]
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A quiet but historic moment has unfolded, which may reshape how traditional markets value digital assets like Bitcoin. For the first time, a major global rating agency has evaluated a company whose borrowing model is directly tied to BTC. On Oct. 27, S&P Global Ratings assigned Strategy Inc. (MSTR) a “B-” rating with a Stable […]
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For a market supposedly in a bull run, it doesn’t feel like one. Sure, Bitcoin may have set a couple of record highs this cycle, but the rallies have been uneventfully yawn-inducing, and the corrections have been savage. Altcoins are down 90% or more. Retail has vanished. And even the diehards are wondering if this […]
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After years of tension between crypto and traditional finance, a symbolic shift is taking shape inside the world’s largest bank. JPMorgan Chase & Co. is reportedly preparing to let institutional clients use Bitcoin and Ethereum as collateral for cash loans. This means the bank’s borrowers can pledge the two top cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, which […]
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For nearly a decade, XRP has been the underdog of the digital-asset world, overshadowed by Bitcoin’s narrative dominance, Ethereum’s developer gravity, and Solana’s speed headlines. Yet while most of the market debated ETFs and exchange listings, XRP’s core network, the XRP Ledger (XRPL), kept quietly evolving in the background. It is now re-emerging as an […]
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Trezor just unveiled Safe 7 and set a Nov. 23, 2025 ship date with the company is marketing the device as “quantum-ready.” However, the label refers to the wallet’s ability to verify future firmware and device attestation using post-quantum cryptography once those paths are available, not to on-chain protections for Bitcoin or Ethereum today. According […]
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The US has never owed more money that it does today, and some believe the solution isn’t political reform or higher taxes but Bitcoin itself. America’s national debt has crossed $38 trillion, surpassing the country’s annual GDP by nearly 31%. Notably, the figure also marks one of the fastest periods of debt accumulation in modern […]
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T. Rowe Price, one of the biggest old-school fund managers in the US with roots stretching back to 1937, is finally dipping its toes into crypto, but not just with another Bitcoin tracker. A Oct. 22 SEC filing reveals the $1.8 trillion firm wants to run a fund with a “diversified basket of crypto assets,” […]
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Stablecoins were used to move roughly $46 trillion over the past 12 months, according to new a16z crypto report. Beyond that, over $80 trillion has been processed in crypto trading volume across the same time period. Framed against payment “flows,” the stablecoin tally places on-chain dollars within low single-digit share of global settlement, and it […]
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Moon Inc. (HKEX: 1723), formerly HK Asia Holdings Limited, has raised about US$8.8 million through new shares and convertible notes and will roll out a Bitcoin prepaid card across Asia, positioning a Hong Kong–listed issuer on retail cash rails. The company secured roughly HK$65.5 million via a private placement, combining the allotment of new shares […]
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Crypto retail checkouts now have two levers that can move quickly, merchant rails that reduce processing cost, and consumer apps that toggle on crypto buying and spending. Walmart’s OnePay sits at the intersection of both, as a recent Zero Hash partnership allows the app to support Bitcoin and Ethereum trading, hosted wallets, peer-to-peer transfers, and […]
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Bitcoin set an all-time high near $126,000 in early October while the altcoin market (excluding stablecoins), measured by TradingView’s TOTAL2ES index, remains below its November 2021 top, around $1.6 trillion, keeping the cycle confirmation test open for rotation beyond BTC. TOTAL2ES continues to trade under that band into mid-October, which means altcoins have not printed […]
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The question came from veteran macro investor Dan Tapiero, one of the few old-guard financiers whose entire career has revolved around spotting inflection points. “What if hyperbitcoinization is really just about to start?” he asked on Sunday, just as gold went vertical and confidence in fiat money began to crack like thin ice. It’s a question […]
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Ripple appears to be preparing one of its most ambitious experiments through a $1 billion digital-asset treasury (DAT) designed to accumulate and manage XRP as a long-term reserve. According to a Bloomberg report, the initiative would be financed through a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC). This structure is often used in traditional finance to raise […]
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Florida is back with another attempt to put Bitcoin on the state’s balance sheet. The new bill, HB 183, revives last year’s failed effort but with sharper teeth and broader reach. It once again sets a ceiling of 10% of certain state funds that could be allocated to digital assets, including Bitcoin and regulated ETFs. […]
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Elon Musk recently revived the “51 % renewables” benchmark, stating that the energy backing Bitcoin “can’t be faked.” The reference is to his earlier promise that Tesla would resume accepting Bitcoin payments once at least half of mining energy came from clean or low-carbon sources. However, now that the latest data suggests the network may […]
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On Oct. 14, the SEC received a set of filings containing math that can destroy portfolios overnight. Volatility Shares, the issuer behind the first leveraged Bitcoin ETF, wants to launch a suite of 5x funds tied to Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and XRP. If approved, these ETFs would magnify daily returns by a factor of five, […]
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“Number go up” is not a retirement strategy. Long-term planning needs explicit assumptions, clear knobs to turn, and a way to translate a BTC balance into annual spending power. CryptoSlate’s Bitcoin retirement calculator does exactly that, marrying a transparent price path with macro toggles and two spending frameworks so you can think in dollars, years, […]
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The UK has taken a decisive step toward mainstream crypto adoption after the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) lifted its three-year ban on retail trading of crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs). The decision, announced on Oct. 8, reverses a January 2021 restriction that prevented retail investors from accessing crypto exchange-traded notes (ETNs) over volatility and consumer-protection concerns. […]
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BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF is pulling in cash at a speed never seen in the fund industry. After another $4 billion streak of inflows this week, IBIT now holds more than 800,000 BTC, worth roughly $98 billion, and is within striking distance of a milestone that no ETF has ever reached this quickly. Bloomberg Intelligence […]
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Luxembourg has become the first country in the Eurozone to invest in Bitcoin through its sovereign wealth fund, allocating 1% of its $730 million Intergenerational Sovereign Wealth Fund (FSIL) to Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), Finance Minister Gilles Roth announced on Oct. 9 during the 2026 national budget presentation. The investment marks a milestone for the […]
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Ripple is deepening its presence in the Middle East through a new partnership with Bahrain Fintech Bay (BFB), the kingdom’s leading fintech incubator and blockchain ecosystem builder. The collaboration, announced on Oct. 9, strengthens Ripple’s foothold in a region rapidly becoming a testing ground for digital asset infrastructure. Indeed, Bahrain has long positioned itself as […]
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On Capitol Hill, Senator Cynthia Lummis wants to make Bitcoin “everyday money.” The Wyoming Republican is quietly drafting legislation that could do what years of evangelism never managed: make buying coffee with Bitcoin practical again. Her proposal, a de minimis tax exemption for small crypto transactions, would let Americans spend a few hundred dollars’ worth […]
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