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Ghost chains refer to blockchain projects with little to no real activity, adoption or developer engagement. Ghost chains are blockchains that are technically operational but have little to no real-world usage, development, or community engagement. Common warning signs include stagnant developer activity, low transaction volume, inactive communities, and exchange delistings. Even well-funded or corporate-backed projects like Diem, KodakCoin, and Luna can fail if adoption and ecosystem growth stall. Read more

Bitcoin has a new dip target as the week begins with BTC price action targeting all-time highs. Will bulls end up defending $117,000? Bitcoin (BTC) starts a new week in an exciting place as price action knocks on new all-time highs. Bitcoin surges to $122,000, the latest sign that price discovery is around the corner. Dip discussions focus on the weekend’s CME gap, which offered $117,000 as a retracement target. Read more

The tech giant has rebuffed stories published on Chinese social media linking it to rare earth-backed coins.

Corporate Ether holdings surged to $13 billion as ETH’s price broke $4,300, with BitMine, SharpLink and The Ether Machine leading the charge. The total Ether held by companies with crypto treasuries has risen to 3.04 million ETH, worth $13 billion, as the cryptocurrency’s price surged past $4,300. On Monday, Ether (ETH) climbed to $4,332, surging by 20.4% in the last seven days, according to CoinGecko. At the time of writing, ETH had dropped slightly and was sitting at $4,290. The ETH rally is fueled by companies increasing their holdings in the last 30 days.  BitMine Immersion Technologies, which tops the list of ETH treasury holders, boosted its holdings to 833,100 ETH, a 410.68% jump in the amount of ETH it holds over the past 30 days. Read more

Ether ETPs continued to lead the market last week, attracting the biggest inflows among other crypto assets at almost $270 billion. Cryptocurrency investment products posted gains last week, rebounding after the previous week had ended a record 15-week inflow streak totaling $27.8 billion. Global crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) saw $572 million of inflows during the trading week ending Friday, the European crypto asset manager CoinShares reported on Monday. The inflows came amid Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) prices recovering last week, with ETH reaching a psychological mark of $4,000 for the first time since December 2024. Read more

S&P Global’s credit rating of Sky Protocol reflects key concerns over governance centralization, weak capitalization and regulatory uncertainty. S&P Global Ratings assigned a “B-” issuer credit rating to Sky Protocol, formerly known as Maker Protocol, marking the first time a major agency has issued a rating for a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform. The rating is part of S&P’s ongoing assessment of stablecoin issuers, which began in 2023 to evaluate their ability to maintain a stable value relative to fiat currencies. The review covers the creditworthiness of Sky’s liabilities, the USDS (USDS) and DAI (DAI) stablecoins and the sUSDS and sDAI savings tokens.  Sky Protocol, evaluated for the first time, received a 4, labeled “constrained,” for the ability of USDS to maintain its peg to the US dollar. The scale runs from 1 for very strong to 5 for weak. Read more

The ASX-listed crypto investment manager has defended its director's share trades while outlining plans to quadruple its Bitcoin holdings.

LayerZero pitched a $110 million all-token deal to buy Stargate, but not everyone from the crypto protocol’s community is happy with the proposal. The LayerZero Foundation, which backs the cross-blockchain messaging protocol LayerZero, proposed acquiring the crypto protocol Stargate for $110 million, which has boosted the tokens tied to both projects. LayerZero laid out the plan in a post to Stargate’s forum on Sunday, pitching the offer as “designed to accelerate both Stargate and LayerZero, giving Stargate the resources to ship on an aggressive roadmap that expands its prerogative outside of bridging.” LayerZero would swap the platform’s token, Stargate Finance (STG), for its self-titled token LayerZero (ZRO) at a rate of 1 STG to 0.08634 ZRO, it said. Read more

The buy is “bullish in the short-term” but signals “top-down consolidation” that could erode crypto’s decentralization, Decrypt was told.

Speculative positioning and macro tailwinds are driving Bitcoin's momentum ahead of Tuesday’s inflation print. But how far can it run?

As the Trump administration sharpens its crypto stance, Hines' successor will need to align both on policy and politics, Decrypt was told.

In an interview with CoinDesk, Kunkel outlines how oracles are moving beyond price feeds to power real-time risk management for the next wave of onchain credit.

Ethereum is riding on a softer dollar and rate-cut bets, with U.S. policy clarity, and steady ETF demand tightening exchange supply.

The Layer-1 blockchain can still be considered a newcomer to the crypto universe, and it continues to consistently expand.

Bo Hines will continue assisting AI and Crypto Czar David Sacks on AI initiatives, despite stepping down from the council.

Alena Vranova said that personal safety measures should not be ignored by Bitcoin and crypto investors with modest holdings. Alena Vranova, founder of SatoshiLabs, warned of the increase in wrench attacks, physical assaults and abductions carried out against Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto holders in an attempt to steal their private keys. “Every week, there is a Bitcoiner, at least one in the world, who gets kidnapped, tortured, extorted, and sometimes even worse,” Vranova told the audience at the Baltic Honeybadger 2025 conference in Riga, Latvia. She warned that even small crypto investors can be on the radar of violent criminals looking for a target. She added: Read more

Welcome to Slate Sundays, CryptoSlate’s new 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. Lyn Alden is an exceptional human. Broadly recognized as one of the top minds in macroeconomics, during a conversation with Lyn, you can feel […] The post Inside the mind of Lyn Alden: Bitcoin, AI, and the unstoppable deficit train appeared first on CryptoSlate.

July Web3 rally saw DeFi reach $270 billion TVL while NFTs gain 90K new wallets.

The following is a guest post and analysis from Shane Neagle, Editor In Chief fromThe Tokenist. On June 23rd, Midnight Foundation released its first tokenomics paper. Earlier in June, Charles Hoskinson, the co-founder of Ethereum (ETH) and founder of Cardano (ADA), pegged Midnight as “the single biggest event in the history of Cardano,” with a […] The post Is Cardano’s Midnight worth the hype? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The decentralized telecommunication project uses unmanned aerial drones in the stratosphere to provide wireless services to users. World Mobile is launching a blockchain-enabled 5G network using drones to beam connectivity directly to users worldwide. The company partnered with Indonesian telecom firm Protelindo to create World Mobile Stratospheric, an initiative designed to bridge gaps left by traditional communication infrastructure worldwide. The project uses hydrogen-powered drones, flying at 60,000 feet in the stratosphere, to provide wireless coverage of up to 15,000 square kilometers per aircraft using 450 guidable beams, Charles Barnett, the chief business officer of World Mobile Group, told Cointelegraph. This aerial network outperforms satellite-based telecommunications, with “6ms of total latency,” allowing it to provide service “up to 18 times cheaper” per gigabyte than space-based infrastructure, Barnett said. Read more