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SideSwap reports full L-BTC backing, while customer payouts still depend on its own Bitcoin wallet and manual refills. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
The Fed's November 2 survey shows tougher approvals alongside stronger nonbank demand, with no evidence of forced Bitcoin sales. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Strategy‘s deployable USD Cash fell 45.3% during the week ended Nov. 1, from $242 million to $133 million, as preferred-stock buybacks exceeded its Bitcoin purchases. That balance is available for broader treasury uses. Strategy also held a separate $4.79 billion USD Reserve intended for preferred-stock dividends and debt interest. The company bought 811 Bitcoin between… Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Gasoline drove most of September's monthly CPI rise, while persistent oil constraints could delay financing relief for Bitcoin. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Borrowers can repay or add other eligible collateral, but Aave withdrawals do not reopen Threshold’s paused Bitcoin redemption route. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
North Korean hackers could target BlackRock's $62 billion Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), crypto wallet maker OneKey founder Yishi Wang warned. “I suspect IBIT is already on North Korea's shortlist,” Wang said, following the $6 billion Binance hack that US authorities attributed to North Korea's TraderTraitor operation. The warning puts fresh attention on Coinbase, which serves… Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Bitcoin staking platform b14g suffered a $1.47 million exploit on Oct. 31, losing approximately 97 million CORE tokens. The attacker drained 91 staking positions in a single transaction by submitting withdrawal requests for zero CORE, according to an investigation by blockchain analytics firm Bitquery. The staking platform confirmed the unauthorized withdrawals and said it had… Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Bitcoin miners spent years securing cheap electricity, building substations, and negotiating the grid connections needed to power their operations. Now AI companies want those connections so badly they're willing to make aging mines valuable real estate. The ASICs that mine Bitcoin are practically useless for training AI models, but the land, substations, and power agreements… Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Strategy posted a record $20.9 billion in third-quarter operating income as Michael Saylor declared a new Bitcoin bull market. The company's Oct. 29 financial results showed net income of $19.5 billion, compared with roughly $2.8 billion a year earlier. The record operating income came almost entirely from a $20.9 billion gain from changes in the… Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
he Federal Reserve asked for more information before changing interest rates. Eighteen and a half hours later, the economy supplied it: growth was strong, inflation remained elevated, and households were spending more without buying much more. But before investors could settle what that combination meant for Bitcoin, a Binance security breach raised a more immediate… Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Bitcoin hit an intraday low of $78,297 on Binance spot on Oct. 29 and sat near $79,126 at press time, as large transfers left Binance-labeled wallets. Binance shared on X that the exchange is “aware of reports of a potential security issue and are actively investigating.” It added: “Our security teams are reviewing all relevant… Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
About 82% of its modeled valuation comes from gold-and-Bitcoin demand, exposing a sharp divide with JPMorgan’s return assumptions. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Bitcoin treasury firms Strategy and Strive made record purchases last week, but directed their capital toward different assets. While Michael Saylor's Strategy intensified its preferred-stock buybacks, Strive accelerated its Bitcoin accumulation, highlighting diverging priorities in how the companies deploy capital. Strategy's STRC purchases exceed $2 billion Strategy's Bitcoin buying streak ended after five consecutive weeks… Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Michigan’s new historical comparison finds elevated long-run expectations that could complicate easier financing conditions for Bitcoin. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Bitcoin briefly lost the $81,000 footing on Oct. 22, while the Nasdaq lost more than 2%, spot gold dropped about 2.7% to $4,025, and silver sank about 5.8% to near $54.63. The 10-year Treasury yield fell from 5.146% to below 5%, marking its biggest one-day drop in more than two years. Brent crude hit an… Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Bitcoin holds the $80,000 area, where Glassnode places the estimated average acquisition costs of US spot Bitcoin ETFs and publicly traded corporate treasuries, while ETF inflows slowed by 95.6% in a day. Farside Investors recorded $526.7 million in net inflows on Oct. 19 and $23.2 million on Oct. 20, with both sessions positive. A $26… Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Elon Musk confirmed that Tesla and SpaceX are exploring a merger that could combine their existing Bitcoin holdings under one company. Speaking during SpaceX's Oct. 20 earnings call, Musk said both companies had established special committees of independent directors to evaluate a potential combination. Musk described the merger as a good idea but said he… Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
FINMA permits a Swiss-law retail fund to concentrate on Bitcoin while keeping custody safeguards, risk disclosures and sales duties. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Bitcoin lost less than the Nasdaq-100 in last week's tech selloff. Hedge funds cut technology positions at the fastest pace since at least 2016 over the five trading sessions through Oct. 15, according to a report citing Goldman Sachs prime brokerage data. The Nasdaq-100 fell 5.49% from its Oct. 9 close of 30,883.15 to 29,187.55… Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
BlackRock filed with the SEC on Oct. 19 for the iShares Bitcoin Managed Protection ETF (PBIT), a fund that would hold options and fixed-income securities and gain Bitcoin exposure through derivatives. The preliminary prospectus excludes direct Bitcoin and spot Bitcoin ETP holdings. The securities cannot be sold until the registration statement becomes effective. Money that… Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
