Hyperliquid’s HYPE token is holding near $73 as trader Pentosh1 argues its fee-burn engine, set to expand under a mechanism called AQAv2, makes it one of the strongest bets heading into the next bull run. A Trader’s Bull Case for HYPE Crypto trader Pentosh1 argues that HYPE, the native token of the Hyperliquid derivatives exchange, …
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Sharplink Gaming has staked another 39,319 ETH worth roughly $91 million, adding to a treasury that already ranks among the largest corporate ether holdings in the world. Another Staking Batch, Another Data Point Lookonchain flagged the transaction, reporting that Sharplink Gaming staked another 39,319 ETH worth close to $91 million at current prices. The move …
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Kalshi prediction market platform is expanding into regulated perpetual futures trading for copper, a key industrial metal. The proposed COPPERPERP contract would track the spot price of copper in U.S. dollars per pound using a price feed from Pyth Network, a blockchain-based data oracle that aggregates pricing from various participants such as market makers and …
Solana reduced its slot time for the first time since genesis as it works toward a 200-millisecond target aimed at reducing network latency. Solana reduced its slot time to 350 milliseconds, marking the first such reduction since the inception of the network, according to the Solana Foundation’s vice president of technology, Jacob Creech. “We’re in …
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Nomura-backed Laser Digital Japan received registration to provide domestic liquidity before expanding into institutional crypto trading. Nomura Group’s digital asset subsidiary, Laser Digital, received authorization to operate as a crypto asset exchange service provider under Japan’s Payment Services Act (PSA) A list issued by Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) on Friday showed that Laser Digital …
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Binance’s employees were cleared and released after providing statements to UAE authorities about third-party fund flows through a company client account, a spokesperson told Cointelegraph. Binance employees detained in the United Arab Emirates were cleared and released after providing statements about third-party fund flows through a company client money account, a spokesperson for the exchange …
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Arizona-based financial firm On Q Financial is agreeing to a $1.25 million class action settlement over a February 2024 data breach exposing client names and Social Security numbers. The proposed settlement was filed in Maricopa County Superior Court and says the official notice that On Q Financial LLC will pay $1,250,000 into a fund. Eligible …
Standard Chartered’s Geoff Kendrick said Bitcoin could move toward its $126,000 all-time high after Oct. 6 as spot Bitcoin ETF inflows recover. Bitcoin may move toward its all-time high of $126,000 before the end of the year, with the recovery potentially accelerating after Oct. 6, according to Geoff Kendrick, global head of digital asset research …
Coinkite urged Coldcard users to generate new seed phrases, warning that existing vulnerable seeds remain unsafe despite the security upgrade. Coinkite released a new security upgrade to strengthen seed phrase generation by requiring user-supplied entropy mixed with improved device randomness. Coinkite announced firmware 5.6.1 for Coldcard Mk4 and Mk5 devices and 1.5.1Q for the Coldcard …
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TLDR A peer-reviewed study for USENIX Security ’26 found attacker-linked contracts tied to 63% of Ethereum’s EIP-7702 authorization transactions. Researchers tracked 3.66 million authorization transactions across seven chains through July 2025. Detected losses totaled $2.36 million, with another $10.14 million in assets exposed through outdated contract defenses. Attackers were found rebinding accounts to normal-looking code …
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President Donald Trump said Aug. 19 that CFTC Chair Michael Selig is working to bring Hyperliquid to the US in a fully compliant, legal way. Hyperliquid’s official interface currently keeps US persons off the platform, part of the regulatory geography that let crypto’s largest perpetual futures venue grow up outside American oversight. Hyperliquid processed over …
Bitcoin surged toward $80,000 on Friday, extending a three-day rally that has liquidated more than $4 billion in bearish bets and pushed the cryptocurrency to a three-month high. Data from CryptoSlate shows Bitcoin climbed as high as $78,449, gaining more than 10% over the past 24 hours before easing to $77,873 as of press time. …
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan doesn’t think Washington’s crypto-friendly turn is the moment that completely unlocks Wall Street. In an interview with CryptoSlate, he described the real barrier as something far less dramatic than a single landmark bill. The “brutal real answer” is that it comes down to a million small steps, and some of them …
XRP jumped roughly 22% in 24 hours, trading near $1.26 and clearing the level CryptoSlate had flagged in July as the upside target of its breakout setup. That July framework had put $1.18 as the breakout line, with open interest surging as traders positioned for the move. XRP has now cleared the $1.26 shelf that …
Ethereum’s shortcut to smart wallet behavior arrived with a new trust problem: a wallet can make a regular address programmable without moving the user’s assets, while the delegated code gains power to act with that account’s authority. A peer-reviewed study released for USENIX Security ’26 found that attacker-linked contracts were associated with 2,322,548 of the …
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