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Old Ether wallets moved 37,806 ETH as long-term whale profitability turned negative for the first time since 2019, signaling mixed sentiment among large holders. Eight-year-old Ether (ETH) wallets have started moving coins for the first time since 2017, adding fresh supply to the market as Ether trades just above $1,500. Onchain data shows 37,806 ETH from long-dormant addresses became active, while separate whale transactions point to continued accumulation by other large investors.  The mixed positioning comes as total long-term ETH whale profitability has fallen below zero for the first time since 2019, leaving every major whale cohort sitting on unrealized losses.  According to Lookonchain, four Ethereum wallets that received 37,602 ETH nearly eight years ago at an average price of around $830 became active after years of dormancy. The wallets held through the 2021 and 2025 bull markets, when their unrealized gains exceeded $150 million, sold 33,623 ETH for about $52.5 million at around $1,560 on Thursday....

On-chain analysis reportedly found limited holdings of major assets, raising concerns about the exchange's liquidity.

Kalshi’s broader board is now visible, but depth, spreads, funding, and venue habit will decide whether alt markets matter. The post US crypto perps are live but Bitcoin may be the only market many traders can actually use appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Regulated securities rails could give BTC treasury firms a new engine, if product demand and mNAV math hold up. The post Metaplanet bets Bitcoin treasury firms can survive by packaging Bitcoin income appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Securitize expects to begin trading next week under the ticker symbol “SECZ,” following the completion of a merger with a blank-check firm.

Large LINK holders moved millions of tokens to Binance before Project Pangea.

Tokenized stock trading fueled fresh momentum across the Solana ecosystem, while Aave founder hinted at token buybacks coming under new framework.

BIS research puts private dollar tokens closer to sovereign funding markets than the payment-rail debate suggests. The post Stablecoins are becoming a central bank problem hiding in T-bill markets appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Maxine Waters, the ranking Democrat on House Financial Services, asked the chief of the Department of Labor to withdraw its proposal on alternative assets.

A coalition of 19 organizations—including every major AI lab and Wall Street banks—just built the security team that open-source maintainers never had.

Carlos San Basilio said that “there will be no exceptions ​or extensions” to the MiCA deadline requiring crypto exchanges offering services to EU-based users to be licensed. The chair of the Spanish National Securities Market Commission reportedly said that there would be no extensions or waivers for crypto companies that did not receive approval to operate in European Union member states under the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework by July 1.  According to a Friday Reuters report, Chair Carlos San Basilio said that “there will be no exceptions ​or extensions” to the July 1 MiCA deadline, referring to Binance and other cryptocurrency exchanges affected by the framework. Binance’s operations in the EU are expected to scale back after it withdrew its application with Greece’s Hellenic Capital Market Commission and had not received approval from any other authority as of Friday. “What we are concerned about, however, is how this period — the end of the transitional period — will unfold, and how the adapta...

Senators are seeking answers from the CFTC about recent allegations of deceptive marketing from Polymarket.

Martinez warned that bulls need to hold the $0.073 level, or the setup becomes invalid.

OpenAI introduced the GPT-5.6 family of AI models on Friday, but only limited users can access them for now thanks to the U.S. government.

The warning list does not stop the network, but it shifts pressure to the front end users actually see. The post Singapore puts Hyperliquid on warning list over protections it says it never claimed appeared first on CryptoSlate.

A former Ethereum Foundation member says the network must quickly build new funding institutions as the Foundation steps back.

An anti-human trafficking advocate said a Clarity Act provision could weaken accountability despite existing criminal laws.

The next phase of AI agents may be less about chat and more about earning, spending and coordinating.

Crypto firms operating in the European Union will be forced to cease operations if they do not obtain a MiCA license by July 1.

Fernando Irarrázaval posted his OpenClaw assistant's inbox to Hacker News and watched Claude Opus 4.6 hold off thousands of attackers.