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Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and other tech titans are pouring money into brain-computer interfaces, betting the next platform will be neural.

Ross Ulbricht, creator of Silk Road and one of Bitcoin’s earliest public champions, didn’t waste time calling out Kamala Harris after she labeled him “the fentanyl dealer” in her new book, also criticizing President Trump for commuting his sentence. Ulbricht set the record straight: he was never prosecuted for dealing drugs personally, and fentanyl wasn’t […] The post Ross Ulbricht sets the record straight as Kamala Harris’s critique misses the mark appeared first on CryptoSlate.

James van Straten sees a slow grind with 10–20% pullbacks while Michaël van de Poppe flags $112K as the trigger for an altcoin rally.

October drops heavy hitters with Ghost of Yōtei, Battlefield 6, Ninja Gaiden 4, and The Outer Worlds 2 leading the charge.

XRP price must hold above $2.75 to ignite a recovery in October, which could be triggered by spot ETF approval and the potential influx of institutional capital. Key takeaways: XRP holds above a critical level in September, raising hopes about a potential recovery in October. Breaking above the $2.81 resistance is key, with technicals projecting about a 30% rally to $3.62. Read more

With fewer than 100 days left in 2025, Bitcoin is trading at just over $109,000, roughly 12% below its August all-time high. A growing chorus of analysts and investors is starting to question whether the ambitious $200,000 BTC price targets set by big-name institutions can still be reached this year, or if the door to […] The post The clock is running out on Bitcoin’s $200k dreams in 2025 appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Web3 launchpads have become cash-grab funnels funding ideas without substance. The industry needs platforms that build better, not just raise more. Opinion by: Tim Hafner, founder and CEO of OpenServ Launchpads were introduced to give Web3 projects access to early investors. As they operate today, however, they too often result in cash grabs over long-term success. This has resulted in a flood of half-formed products hitting the market without real support for builders.  Virtuals Protocol has facilitated over 17,000 AI agent token launches as of February 2025, indicating that infrastructure for token launches is not slowing down. Questions remain, however, regarding the long-term sustainability and accountability of launchpads.  Read more

XRP price prediction heats up as traders brace for ETF rulings and liquidity rotation from Bitcoin into Ripple’s token. The post XRP Price Prediction: Liquidity Rotation From Bitcoin to XRP Expected After SEC Approvals appeared first on Cryptonews.

If you thought studying the world’s idle capital was akin to watching paint dry, think again. There’s a new reality show on the blockchain called synthetic stablecoins, and it’s packed with action, intrigue, and more market moves than a Wolf of Wall Street outtake. Remember the days when stablecoins were the dullest asset in the […] The post Where did all the boring dollars go? How synthetics are turning stablecoins into green, lean, yield machines appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Singapore and the UAE rank as the world’s most crypto-obsessed countries amid high ownership, search activity and rapid adoption growth. Singapore and the United Arab Emirates rank globally as the most “crypto-obsessed” nations, according to a recent report by ApeX Protocol. Singapore claimed the number one spot with a composite score of 100, driven by 24.4% of its population owning crypto and leading the world in search activity, with 2,000 crypto-related queries per 100,000 people. In 2021, only 11% of Singaporeans held digital assets, but that figure more than doubled by the following year. Close behind, the UAE scored 99.7, ranking first globally for crypto ownership at 25.3%. The Gulf nation saw a 210% increase in adoption since 2019, with a significant boom in 2022 when over 34% of the population reported holding crypto. Read more

Platforms like M^0 and Agora are addressing the issue by allowing stablecoin infrastructure to be built to route yield to applications or directly to end users.

HyperDrive DeFi protocol suffered a $773,000 exploit affecting two accounts in its Treasury Bill market with stolen funds split between BNB Chain and Ethereum networks through bridge transfers, as the attacker exploited an arbitrary call vulnerability in the router contract stealing 672,934 USDT0 and 110,244 thBILL tokens. The post Hyperliquid’s HyperDrive DeFi Loses $773K in Account Compromise, Funds Bridged to BNB Chain and Ethereum appeared first on Cryptonews.

Ethereum price prediction at $4,000 faces pressure from $800M ETF outflows and fear index at 34. Can ETH hold its ground or break lower? The post Ethereum Price Prediction: The $4,000 Psychological War Zone – Why ETH Must Hold This Line Against BTC’s Fear at 34 appeared first on Cryptonews.

“I think we’re on the tail end of gradually, and we’re at the beginning phases of suddenly,” Mow told host Danny Knowles. The post Samson Mow: Nations Are Entering the ‘Suddenly’ Phase of Bitcoin Adoption appeared first on Cryptonews.

Jump Trading's Firedancer team proposed eliminating Solana's fixed compute unit block limits through SIMD-0370, allowing validators to dynamically scale transaction capacity based on hardware performance rather than arbitrary protocol restrictions to create market-driven incentives where block producers continuously upgrade equipment for higher revenues. The post Jump’s Firedancer Proposes Removing Solana’s Fixed Block Limits, Scaling with Validator Power appeared first on Cryptonews.

XRP is down by over 7% weekly, but what about in the next seven days?

Ethereum exchange-traded funds recorded their steepest weekly outflows to date, shedding nearly $800 million last week as crypto markets slipped. The post Spot Ethereum ETFs Suffer $800M in Outflows, Worst Week Since Launch appeared first on Cryptonews.

Bitcoin may soon join gold as a reserve asset on central bank balance sheets, according to analysts at Deutsche Bank. The post Deutsche Bank: Bitcoin Could Join Gold on Central Bank Balance Sheets by 2030 appeared first on Cryptonews.

HASH is today's top performer, having surged by over 20%.

Despite being one of the few viable options for Bitcoin treasury firms, PIPEs have hurt companies' stock performance.