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  • Traders may be walking into a Binance “bank-run” trap as $2B outflow claims go viral
    CryptoSlate - 10:34 Feb 13, 2026
    Binance is at the center of renewed speculation as the specter of insolvency has once again cast a long shadow over the crypto sector. Over the past weeks, rumors have emerged that the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange is facing a liquidity crunch, and these rumors have spread across social media platforms, underscoring the fragility of […] The post Traders may be walking into a Binance “bank-run” trap as $2B outflow claims go viral appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • New Cardano deal opens a path to $80 billion in omnichain assets, but liquidity still isn’t guaranteed
    CryptoSlate - 18:18 Feb 12, 2026
    Cardano is aggressively expanding the types of tokens that can operate on its network and raise the ceiling for its decentralized finance ecosystem over the next 12 to 18 months. On Feb. 12, the Charles Hoskinson-led blockchain announced it would integrate with LayerZero, a widely used cross-chain messaging system. This move represents the single largest interoperability […] The post New Cardano deal opens a path to $80 billion in omnichain assets, but liquidity still isn’t guaranteed appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Bitcoin price looks to bottom out near $50,000 as recession fears retreat despite scary headlines
    CryptoSlate - 16:55 Feb 12, 2026
    Bitcoin can bottom soon because a 2026 recession, or a stock market crash, keeps looking like the outlier scenario My core idea around the Bitcoin market has remained the same since last September, before we hit the all-time high in October. I laid it out clearly in my medium-term $49,000 Bitcoin bear thesis published on […] The post Bitcoin price looks to bottom out near $50,000 as recession fears retreat despite scary headlines appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • Ethereum price decline is testing Wall Street as ETF flows flip while a $1,800 retest looms
    CryptoSlate - 16:16 Feb 12, 2026
    Ethereum's slide toward $2,000 has left its exchange-traded fund (ETF) investors holding more than $5 billion in paper losses, extending a marketwide crypto drawdown that has also hit Bitcoin. According to CryptoSlate's data, the move has tracked a broader risk-off wave that has pushed the global crypto market value down by $2 trillion since October’s […] The post Ethereum price decline is testing Wall Street as ETF flows flip while a $1,800 retest looms appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Vitalik Buterin pitches Ethereum as the AI settlement layer, but one hidden leak could ruin it
    CryptoSlate - 14:14 Feb 12, 2026
    Vitalik Buterin just published a research proposal that sidesteps the question everyone keeps asking: can blockchains run AI models? Instead, the research claims Ethereum as the privacy-preserving settlement layer for metered AI and API usage. The post, co-authored with Davide Crapis on Ethereum Research, argues that the real opportunity isn't putting LLMs on-chain. The real […] The post Vitalik Buterin pitches Ethereum as the AI settlement layer, but one hidden leak could ruin it appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Can Bitcoin handle global economic uncertainty being worse than ever as it now doubles 2008 recession levels?
    CryptoSlate - 12:25 Feb 12, 2026
    The World Uncertainty Index, a GDP-weighted measure constructed from the frequency with which “uncertainty” appears in Economist Intelligence Unit country reports, reached 106,862.2 in the third quarter of 2025 and remained elevated at 94,947.1 in the fourth quarter. The index isn't a volatility gauge. It's a text-based barometer of policy, geopolitical, and economic ambiguity that […] The post Can Bitcoin handle global economic uncertainty being worse than ever as it now doubles 2008 recession levels? appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Uniswap is bringing BlackRock’s $2.2 billion BUIDL to DeFi, but the trade access comes with a catch
    CryptoSlate - 10:35 Feb 12, 2026
    On Feb. 11, Uniswap announced that BlackRock's $2.2 billion USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) would trade on UniswapX via a partnership with Securitize. The integration enables BUIDL holders to swap into USDC via an on-chain request-for-quote system that settles atomically with quotes from allowlisted market makers, including Flowdesk, Tokka Labs, and Wintermute. Additionally, BlackRock […] The post Uniswap is bringing BlackRock’s $2.2 billion BUIDL to DeFi, but the trade access comes with a catch appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • XRP Ledger just flipped Solana in RWA tokenization value and the holder count reveals why
    CryptoSlate - 21:25 Feb 11, 2026
    The XRP Ledger (XRPL) has overtaken Solana on one closely watched metric over the past month, flipping it in real-world asset tokenization, excluding stablecoins. Data from RWA.xyz indicate that the Ledger has approximately $1.756 billion in total on-chain real-world asset value, excluding stablecoins, compared with approximately $1.682 billion for Solana. While this gap is not […] The post XRP Ledger just flipped Solana in RWA tokenization value and the holder count reveals why appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Prediction markets hit $64 billion in 2025 but reliance on centralized logins has created a critical security flaw
    CryptoSlate - 19:35 Feb 11, 2026
    Prediction markets entered the mainstream in 2025, with a fourfold surge in annual trading volume as a handful of venues consolidated control over what is rapidly becoming an institutional-scale product, according to a new report from blockchain security firm CertiK. The sector’s total volume rose from $15.8 billion in 2024 to $63.5 billion in 2025, […] The post Prediction markets hit $64 billion in 2025 but reliance on centralized logins has created a critical security flaw appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • If crypto rewards survive CLARITY Act banks are likely to rapidly build their own branded digital dollars
    CryptoSlate - 18:55 Feb 11, 2026
    Washington’s stablecoin stalemate is hardening into a fight that banks recognize immediately as a deposit issue. The dispute is no longer centered on whether dollar-linked tokens should exist. It centers on whether they should be treated as deposits, especially if consumers can earn interest-like rewards simply for holding them. A recent White House meeting aimed […] The post If crypto rewards survive CLARITY Act banks are likely to rapidly build their own branded digital dollars appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Bitcoin price is sliding today because the government admitted nearly 1 million jobs from last year never existed
    CryptoSlate - 16:00 Feb 11, 2026
    At 8:30 a.m. Eastern, the U.S. labor market handed traders a breaking story with two timelines, one for today, one for last year. Nonfarm payrolls grew by 130,000 in January, unemployment held at 4.3%, and wages kept climbing. The details came straight from the BLS, the monthly snapshot that tells markets how hiring and paychecks […] The post Bitcoin price is sliding today because the government admitted nearly 1 million jobs from last year never existed appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • Odds Bank of Japan raises rates hits 80% with Bitcoin on the sideline – one hidden signal decides everything
    CryptoSlate - 14:41 Feb 11, 2026
    Bank of America Securities expects the Bank of Japan (BoJ) to raise its policy rate from 0.75% to 1.0% at its April 27-28 meeting. Markets already price roughly 80% odds of that outcome, according to swap data cited in recent BoJ meeting minutes. The 25-basis-point move itself sounds modest, but the debate it has sparked […] The post Odds Bank of Japan raises rates hits 80% with Bitcoin on the sideline – one hidden signal decides everything appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Blanket crypto ban targets Russia rails but one chokepoint decides whether flows die or just relocate offshore
    CryptoSlate - 12:06 Feb 11, 2026
    The European Commission's 20th sanctions package proposes a comprehensive ban on all cryptocurrency transactions involving Russia, an escalation from targeting specific bad actors to attempting to sanitize the rails themselves. The question is whether the EU can raise the cost of evasion sufficiently by controlling chokepoints: regulated exchanges, stablecoin issuers, and third-country financial intermediaries. The […] The post Blanket crypto ban targets Russia rails but one chokepoint decides whether flows die or just relocate offshore appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Sam Bankman-Fried requests new trial claiming FTX had $16.5 billion surplus in 2022, but does it matter?
    CryptoSlate - 10:19 Feb 11, 2026
    Sam Bankman-Fried filed a motion for a new trial on Feb. 10, advancing a claim that reframes FTX's collapse not as fraud-driven insolvency but as a recoverable liquidity crisis. The motion invokes Rule 33 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, which permits courts to grant new trials when “the interest of justice so requires,” […] The post Sam Bankman-Fried requests new trial claiming FTX had $16.5 billion surplus in 2022, but does it matter? appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • China Bitcoin legalization is priced at 5% but Beijing’s February 2026 Ban 2.0 made one detail brutal
    CryptoSlate - 21:15 Feb 10, 2026
    Polymarket traders are pricing the prospect of China legalizing onshore Bitcoin purchases at roughly 5%. At first glance, the number appears dismissive. Still, it raises the question of whether the Chinese government will explicitly permit citizens to convert renminbi into Bitcoin within mainland China by the end of 2026. That distinction matters because the regulatory […] The post China Bitcoin legalization is priced at 5% but Beijing’s February 2026 Ban 2.0 made one detail brutal appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Why Bitcoin ETFs bleed billions while Gold makes 53 new all-time highs with $559B in demand
    CryptoSlate - 19:45 Feb 10, 2026
    Gold demand reached a record $555 billion in 2025, driven by an 84% surge in investment flows and $89 billion in inflows into physically backed ETFs. The World Gold Council reports ETF holdings climbed 801 tons to an all-time high of 4,025 tons, with assets under management doubling to $559 billion. US gold ETFs alone […] The post Why Bitcoin ETFs bleed billions while Gold makes 53 new all-time highs with $559B in demand appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Ripple Custody just unlocked Ethereum and Solana staking, and institutions may finally get XRP yield without messy validator risk
    CryptoSlate - 17:35 Feb 10, 2026
    Ripple has enabled staking for Ethereum and Solana within its institutional custody business, expanding beyond safekeeping to include asset servicing features that large investors increasingly consider standard. The new capability, delivered through a partnership with staking infrastructure provider Figment, enables Ripple Custody clients to offer staking on major proof-of-stake networks without setting up validator infrastructure. […] The post Ripple Custody just unlocked Ethereum and Solana staking, and institutions may finally get XRP yield without messy validator risk appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Ripple Custody Solana Ethereum
  • Bitcoin whales just moved $4.7B dollars into cold storage while regular investors are busy panic selling the dip
    CryptoSlate - 15:15 Feb 10, 2026
    Bitcoin’s sharp selloff last week appears to have triggered one of the largest buy-the-dip episodes of this market cycle. Data tracking accumulator addresses showed a record surge of coins moving into wallets associated with long-term holding behavior, even as flows through exchange-traded fund (ETF) products stayed net negative. The timing mattered. The inflow landed right […] The post Bitcoin whales just moved $4.7B dollars into cold storage while regular investors are busy panic selling the dip appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Ethereum wants home validators to verify proofs but a 12 GPU reality raises a new threat
    CryptoSlate - 13:20 Feb 10, 2026
    Ethereum researcher ladislaus.eth published a walkthrough last week explaining how Ethereum plans to move from re-executing every transaction to verifying zero-knowledge proofs. The post frames it as a “quiet but fundamental transformation,” and the framing is accurate. Not because the work is secret, but because its implications ripple across Ethereum's entire architecture in ways that […] The post Ethereum wants home validators to verify proofs but a 12 GPU reality raises a new threat appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Ethereum
  • Bitcoin failing 7 times to break $71,500 is much more ominous than boring ‘sideways action’
    CryptoSlate - 11:15 Feb 10, 2026
    Bitcoin has a habit of turning certain numbers into places. A number becomes a shared memory, a public square where enough humans stare at the same line long enough that it starts to feel real. For the last few days, that place has been $71,500. Two days ago, I published a piece saying Bitcoin needed […] The post Bitcoin failing 7 times to break $71,500 is much more ominous than boring ‘sideways action’ appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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