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  • Bitcoin flash crash below $68,000 triggers around $400 million in liquidation in under an hour
    CryptoSlate - 15:10 Jun 02, 2026
    Today's sudden Bitcoin slide under $68,000 forced a rapid unwind across crypto derivatives markets, erasing nearly $400 million in leveraged positions in one hour as traders who had bet on further gains were caught by the move. Data from CryptoSlate shows that Bitcoin fell more than 5%, dropping from $71,765 to $67,895, its lowest level since […] The post Bitcoin flash crash below $68,000 triggers around $400 million in liquidation in under an hour appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • Why a $150M Polymarket bet could pay the side that appeared to lose
    CryptoSlate - 14:05 Jun 02, 2026
    A nearly $150 million prediction market has devolved into chaos after the platform Polymarket moved to deny payouts to traders who accurately predicted that corporate treasury firm Strategy would sell a portion of its Bitcoin holdings. The dispute centers on a fundamental disconnect between when an event occurs and when it is publicly disclosed, exposing […] The post Why a $150M Polymarket bet could pay the side that appeared to lose appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Polymarket
  • Bitcoin faces first jobs-week test as US job openings data arrives before Friday payrolls
    CryptoSlate - 12:35 Jun 02, 2026
    At 10 a.m. ET on Tuesday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey for April, and a market that spent years branding Bitcoin as an escape hatch from central banks now hangs on whatever the numbers imply about the Federal Reserve's next move. This is due to a long […] The post Bitcoin faces first jobs-week test as US job openings data arrives before Friday payrolls appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Friday Bitcoin
  • Bitcoin’s $300K gold pattern now depends on whether Iran’s oil shock rewrites the Fed path
    CryptoSlate - 11:12 Jun 02, 2026
    From a 2011 peak near $1,900, gold spent years carving a deep base, retested resistance around $2,100 in 2020, consolidated again through 2022, then broke decisively higher to reach $3,300 by early 2025 and a record above $5,400 in January 2026. According to analyst and Real Vision affiliate James Easton, Bitcoin's weekly chart is now […] The post Bitcoin’s $300K gold pattern now depends on whether Iran’s oil shock rewrites the Fed path appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Iran Bitcoin
  • Bitcoin starts its first gapless CME week as the market searches for a new signal
    CryptoSlate - 09:45 Jun 02, 2026
    CME Group's cryptocurrency futures and options have been trading continuously since 4:00 p.m. CT on May 29, making this the first full trading week without the classic weekend CME gap. Over the inaugural 48 hours, over 7,200 contracts changed hands, representing roughly $50 million in notional value, enough to confirm that institutional demand for weekend […] The post Bitcoin starts its first gapless CME week as the market searches for a new signal appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • Strategy sold 32 BTC to pay dividends – But the real risk is what happens if it has to sell more Bitcoin
    CryptoSlate - 07:57 Jun 02, 2026
    Bitcoin price has hit $70,000 after Strategy, the world's largest publicly traded corporate holder of the top crypto, sold a portion of its BTC treasury for the first time since 2022. Data from CryptoSlate showed that BTC's price dropped 4% on the news to as low as $69,690 before recovering to $70,120 as of press […] The post Strategy sold 32 BTC to pay dividends – But the real risk is what happens if it has to sell more Bitcoin appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin Strategy
  • XRP’s 15-week low puts ETF inflows to the spot-market test
    CryptoSlate - 19:15 Jun 01, 2026
    XRP is giving traders a contradiction that separates flow data from actual market control. The token has been trading around the low-$1.30s after hitting its weakest level in roughly 15 weeks, even as two data points bulls often treat as supportive moved in the other direction. Spot XRP ETFs have continued to attract money, with […] The post XRP’s 15-week low puts ETF inflows to the spot-market test appeared first on CryptoSlate.
  • Cardano just canceled is 2026 Summit – exposing the power and risk of its governance vetos
    CryptoSlate - 17:05 Jun 01, 2026
    Cardano's 2026 Summit in Singapore is off after the network's treasury governance process failed to approve funding for it. The official event page now says the Summit will not take place on Oct. 5-6 as previously announced. The cause is governance: Cardano Foundation said treasury-funded initiatives are subject to community vote, and the community decided not to proceed with […] The post Cardano just canceled is 2026 Summit – exposing the power and risk of its governance vetos appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Summit Cardano
  • Failed Ethereum ICO from 2016 just unlocked 1,003 ETH by exploiting itself
    CryptoSlate - 15:45 Jun 01, 2026
    A whitehat and HongCoin's original multisig used a preserved overflow bug to reopen refunds trapped since 2016. The post Failed Ethereum ICO from 2016 just unlocked 1,003 ETH by exploiting itself appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Failed Ethereum ICO
  • Trader turns $2,480 into $12 million after holding Binance memecoin for 8 months
    CryptoSlate - 14:05 Jun 01, 2026
    A memecoin trader turned a $2,480 bet into more than $12 million, creating one of the sector’s rare breakout winners at a time when the broader memecoin market is collapsing. On-chain analyst Ember CN reported June 1 that the trader bought Binance Life, also known as BianRensheng, within half an hour of its deployment and […] The post Trader turns $2,480 into $12 million after holding Binance memecoin for 8 months appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Trader Binance
  • A mystery whale paid $30 million to exit BlackRock Bitcoin ETF before the market fell
    CryptoSlate - 12:30 Jun 01, 2026
    Last week, an institutional investor executed the largest single off-exchange trade in the history of US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds, offloading a $1.26 billion position in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT). While the transaction has sparked intense debate on Wall Street, an analysis from NYDIG suggests the sale was a targeted, urgent retreat by a […] The post A mystery whale paid $30 million to exit BlackRock Bitcoin ETF before the market fell appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: BlackRock Bitcoin ETF
  • Europe is actively trying to stop the dollar stablecoin takeover
    CryptoSlate - 11:05 Jun 01, 2026
    Europeans conduct 38% of global stablecoin transactions, but euro-denominated tokens account for just 0.3% of the total stablecoin supply. The continent is among the world's most active users of stablecoins, and almost none of them are based on the euro. That gap was one of the main talking points of a consequential meeting in Nicosia, […] The post Europe is actively trying to stop the dollar stablecoin takeover appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Europe
  • Aave now has a regulated path from bank accounts to DeFi lending – The hard part is keeping users there
    CryptoSlate - 08:53 Jun 01, 2026
    On May 28, Aave Labs announced that its UK subsidiaries Push Labs Ltd. and Push Virtual Assets Ltd. received FCA registration as cryptoasset exchange providers, layered on top of the group's existing Electronic Money Institution authorization. Combined with the MiCAR CASP license that Push Virtual Assets Ireland Limited secured from the Central Bank of Ireland […] The post Aave now has a regulated path from bank accounts to DeFi lending – The hard part is keeping users there appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Aave DeFi
  • UK treats crypto network like a sanctioned bank after claims it processed $90B for Russia
    CryptoSlate - 19:05 May 31, 2026
    Western governments spent three years building what they believed was an airtight financial blockade around Russia, severing its banks from SWIFT, freezing sovereign reserves, and barring major institutions from clearing dollar transactions. And according to British authorities, Russia may have spent much of that same period engineering an alternative financial system designed to circumvent it […] The post UK treats crypto network like a sanctioned bank after claims it processed $90B for Russia appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Russia
  • Revealing the moment crypto started reshaping American elections
    CryptoSlate - 17:10 May 31, 2026
    Less than four years after the collapse of FTX triggered calls for a sweeping crackdown, the crypto industry has emerged as one of the fastest-growing forces in American politics. It is spending millions across both parties, reshaping key elections, and transforming itself from a regulatory target into a powerful new political machine. In 2022, Washington's […] The post Revealing the moment crypto started reshaping American elections appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Revealing American
  • How a disputed $1 billion claim became a powerful weapon against prediction markets
    CryptoSlate - 15:05 May 31, 2026
    On the American Gaming Association's website, a counter has been climbing for months, tallying what the casino-and-sportsbook lobby says states and tribes have lost to prediction markets. On Thursday, it rolled past $1 billion, and the AGA moved fast to make a headline out of it, with President Bill Miller going on CNBC to warn […] The post How a disputed $1 billion claim became a powerful weapon against prediction markets appeared first on CryptoSlate.
  • New US inflation report leaves Bitcoin with a problem the Fed cannot solve yet
    CryptoSlate - 13:30 May 31, 2026
    Headline PCE inflation has been confirmed to have risen 3.8% in April year-on-year, its hottest pace in two years and nearly double the Federal Reserve's 2% goal, while core PCE held at 3.3%, its highest reading since October 2023. The monthly numbers ran cooler, with core easing to 0.2% against the 0.3% economists had expected. […] The post New US inflation report leaves Bitcoin with a problem the Fed cannot solve yet appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • The US says it grabbed Iran’s crypto in a $1B seizure – will it end up in Trump’s Bitcoin Reserve?
    CryptoSlate - 12:05 May 31, 2026
    reasury Secretary Scott Bessent said at the Reagan National Economic Forum that the US had seized roughly $1 billion in Iranian crypto assets, turning the Iran crypto seizure into an early test of Trump’s reserve framework Bessent added the authorities “just outright grabbed the wallets,” with CBS reporting he also described the assets as money […] The post The US says it grabbed Iran’s crypto in a $1B seizure – will it end up in Trump’s Bitcoin Reserve? appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Iran Bitcoin Reserve Trump
  • Hyperliquid’s HYPE rally is bigger than a new all-time high
    CryptoSlate - 09:50 May 31, 2026
    The Hyperliquid HYPE rally reached a new HYPE all-time high of $68.64 on May 30, extending a month that has already delivered roughly 50% in gains and over $1.4 billion in single-day trading volume. The HYPE price move came the day after the CFTC approved KalshiEX's BTCPERP contract, the first Bitcoin perpetual futures product cleared […] The post Hyperliquid’s HYPE rally is bigger than a new all-time high appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: HYPE Hyperliquid
  • The US debt machine is getting harder to stabilize – So where does Bitcoin fit in?
    CryptoSlate - 18:55 May 30, 2026
    The US Treasury market is the foundation of the global financial system. It determines mortgage rates, government borrowing costs, corporate lending, and the price of money across the world. For decades, investors treated it as the safest and most stable market on Earth. But after years of exploding government debt, repeated liquidity scares, and increasingly […] The post The US debt machine is getting harder to stabilize – So where does Bitcoin fit in? appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin

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