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How Aave’s DeFi monopoly created a risky feedback loop with only a $460M backstop

CryptoSlate - 10:16 Jan 28, 2026

Aave now controls 51.5% of the DeFi lending market share, the first time any protocol has crossed the 50% threshold since 2020. The milestone arrives not through competitor collapse but through steady accumulation: Aave's $33.37 billion in total value locked sits atop a $64.83 billion lending category that has consolidated around a single liquidity hub. […] The post How Aave’s DeFi monopoly created a risky feedback loop with only a $460M backstop appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Gold demand breaks into the crypto whale market as it hits a rare extreme last seen over a decade ago

CryptoSlate - 22:45 Jan 27, 2026

Crypto whales are reaching for gold as Bitcoin stalls, but the trade may be less of a verdict on crypto than a hedge for a specific macro window. On Jan. 27, blockchain sleuth Lookonchain flagged three addresses that collectively withdrew about $14.33 million in tokenized gold from centralized exchanges, including Bybit, Gate, and MEXC. The […] The post Gold demand breaks into the crypto whale market as it hits a rare extreme last seen over a decade ago appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Take away the violent weekends and Bitcoin’s bull run is still alive while the dollar continues to fall

CryptoSlate - 20:25 Jan 27, 2026

Bitcoin’s 2026 problem is the weekend I keep coming back to this line because it feels brutally true in the way only markets can be true. The only thing worse than buying Bitcoin this year was not buying Bitcoin. If you held dollars, you got quietly taxed. The dollar has been sliding, and the mood […] The post Take away the violent weekends and Bitcoin’s bull run is still alive while the dollar continues to fall appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Vitalik Buterin admits his biggest design mistake since 2017 – so is your Ethereum at risk?

CryptoSlate - 18:05 Jan 27, 2026

Vitalik Buterin said he no longer agrees with his 2017 tweet that downplayed the need for users to personally verify Ethereum end-to-end. This week, he argued the network should treat self-hosted verification as a non-negotiable escape hatch as its architecture gets lighter and more modular. Buterin’s original position grew out of a design debate over […] The post Vitalik Buterin admits his biggest design mistake since 2017 – so is your Ethereum at risk? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Bitcoin breaking above $100k silently broke its positive adoption curve as usage craters

CryptoSlate - 16:10 Jan 27, 2026

Bitcoin Is Being Bought, Not Used For most of Bitcoin’s history, price and usage told broadly the same story. When price moved higher, more people showed up. More wallets became active. More transactions hit the chain. The relationship was never perfect, but it was stable enough to treat price as a rough signal for adoption. […] The post Bitcoin breaking above $100k silently broke its positive adoption curve as usage craters appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Bitcoin faces slide to $60,000 if impending US shutdown triggers a statistical blackout

CryptoSlate - 14:05 Jan 27, 2026

Bitcoin traders are aggressively positioning for a US government shutdown that could begin Jan. 31 if Congress fails to extend funding that expires Jan. 30. The urgency of the setup is visible in prediction markets, where odds changes have become tradable headlines in their own right. Shutdown contracts on prediction platforms like Polymarket have swung […] The post Bitcoin faces slide to $60,000 if impending US shutdown triggers a statistical blackout appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Ethereum’s massive fee shock: New post-quantum signatures are 40x larger, threatening to crush network throughput and user costs

CryptoSlate - 12:14 Jan 27, 2026

Ethereum elevated post-quantum cryptography to a top strategic priority this month, forming a dedicated PQ team led by Thomas Coratger and announcing $1 million in prizes to harden hash-based primitives. The announcement came one day before a16z crypto published a roadmap arguing that quantum threats are frequently overstated and premature migrations risk trading known security […] The post Ethereum’s massive fee shock: New post-quantum signatures are 40x larger, threatening to crush network throughput and user costs appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Panic selling Bitcoin on Coinbase triggers a Binance price gap that reveals a “messy” institutional market failure

CryptoSlate - 10:49 Jan 27, 2026

Coinbase's Bitcoin (BTC) price dropped below competing exchanges this week, and the gap continues to widen. CoinGlass reported on Jan. 26 that its Coinbase Bitcoin Premium Index, which tracks the price difference between Coinbase's BTC/USD and Binance's BTC/USDT, turned sharply negative, indicating Bitcoin trades at a discount on the largest US venue compared to offshore […] The post Panic selling Bitcoin on Coinbase triggers a Binance price gap that reveals a “messy” institutional market failure appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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From marginal experiment to global market infrastructure: Tokenization is rewriting finance

CryptoSlate - 04:00 Jan 27, 2026

The following is a guest post and opinion from Laura Estefania, Founder and CEO of Conquista PR. The past decade of digital assets has been shaped as much by debacle as by innovation. High-profile collapses, sensational headlines, and regulatory whiplash distorted public perception, leaving technologies capable of modernizing global finance viewed through a lens of […] The post From marginal experiment to global market infrastructure: Tokenization is rewriting finance appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Security of the US government’s $28B Bitcoin reserve threatened after weekend theft reveals flaw

CryptoSlate - 21:25 Jan 26, 2026

The US government has been trying to execute a historic pivot with its Bitcoin holdings, shifting from a messy, case-by-case inventory of seized crypto into a strategic national reserve for almost a year now. That ambition, often framed as a “digital Fort Knox,” is now facing a credibility test after allegations that roughly $40 million […] The post Security of the US government’s $28B Bitcoin reserve threatened after weekend theft reveals flaw appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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The next Bitcoin all-time high has a clear 3 year window but a brutal $1.3 billion exodus changes everything today

CryptoSlate - 19:35 Jan 26, 2026

Bitcoin’s path back to a new all-time high and subsequent price discovery is being set by whether spot ETF flows turn persistent again after a two-way start to 2026 that tested how “sticky” institutional demand is in the post-ETF era. CryptoSlate tracked $1.29 billion of net outflows from U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs from Dec. 15 […] The post The next Bitcoin all-time high has a clear 3 year window but a brutal $1.3 billion exodus changes everything today appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Disastrous Bitcoin losses loom this week as the Fed’s hidden liquidity trap threatens to drain markets despite a rate hold

CryptoSlate - 17:45 Jan 26, 2026

Bitcoin traders will parse Federal Reserve guidance on Jan. 28 for signals on real yields, the dollar, and dollar-liquidity plumbing. Those channels can move spot prices even if the policy-rate corridor is unchanged. The Fed’s calendar shows the Federal Open Market Committee meeting runs Jan. 27–28, with the press conference on Jan. 28. Traders often […] The post Disastrous Bitcoin losses loom this week as the Fed’s hidden liquidity trap threatens to drain markets despite a rate hold appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Bitcoin hashrate collapses weakening security as major mining pool drops 30% of its power

CryptoSlate - 15:35 Jan 26, 2026

One thing we rarely think about is how bad weather can affect Bitcoin's security, but it happens fairly regularly. Snow can legitimately pose a risk to Bitcoin miners who secure the blockchain. The snow shows up on the weather map first, a fat smear of color stretching across state lines. Then it turns into the […] The post Bitcoin hashrate collapses weakening security as major mining pool drops 30% of its power appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Traders panic sell XRP even though a rare “buy signal” reveals Wall Street is buying up the distressed supply

CryptoSlate - 13:16 Jan 26, 2026

The crypto market is flashing a rare signal for XRP, suggesting the asset may be undervalued and presenting a potential buying opportunity for investors. Data from blockchain analytical firm Santiment shows that XRP’s 30-day Market Value to Realized Value (MVRV) is at -5.7%, a level the analytics firm characterizes as a potential “buy zone.” This […] The post Traders panic sell XRP even though a rare “buy signal” reveals Wall Street is buying up the distressed supply appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Gold’s vertical surge toward $7,150 exposes Bitcoin but there’s 4 ways the narrative could flip fast

CryptoSlate - 11:05 Jan 26, 2026

Gold just did what safe havens are supposed to do: it went vertical. On Jan. 26, bullion surged past the psychological $5,000 barrier and briefly topped $5,100 an ounce as investors stampeded toward insurance. This move extends a historic run that saw the precious metal rise 64% in 2025, marking the metal's biggest annual gain […] The post Gold’s vertical surge toward $7,150 exposes Bitcoin but there’s 4 ways the narrative could flip fast appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Deloitte warns of dangerous “blind spot” in tokenized settlement that will make market manipulation nearly impossible to stop

CryptoSlate - 08:45 Jan 26, 2026

Wall Street’s next leap may look boring from the outside, but it's a huge development that's shrouded in corporate speak: T+0 settlement, shorthand for settling a trade the same day it happens. Deloitte’s 2026 outlook flags it as one of the main themes of the year, alongside signals that regulators want to streamline rules, encourage […] The post Deloitte warns of dangerous “blind spot” in tokenized settlement that will make market manipulation nearly impossible to stop appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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How BlackRock just lost control of the $10B tokenized Treasury market to Circle for one simple, mechanical reason

CryptoSlate - 20:20 Jan 25, 2026

Tokenized US Treasuries crossed $10 billion in total value this week, a milestone that confirms the category has moved from proof-of-concept to operational infrastructure. Yet, something happening underneath this achievement is just as important: Circle's USYC has edged past BlackRock's BUIDL as the largest tokenized Treasury product, signaling that distribution rails and collateral mechanics now […] The post How BlackRock just lost control of the $10B tokenized Treasury market to Circle for one simple, mechanical reason appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Will your crypto rewards survive upcoming CLARITY law? A plain-English guide to Section 404

CryptoSlate - 17:45 Jan 25, 2026

The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, better known as the CLARITY Act, was supposed to draw clean lines around crypto assets and which regulator gets the first call. CryptoSlate has already walked readers through the bill’s larger architecture ahead of the January markup, including what changed, what stayed unresolved, and why jurisdiction and state preemption […] The post Will your crypto rewards survive upcoming CLARITY law? A plain-English guide to Section 404 appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Terrifying Solana flaw just exposed how easily the “always-on” network could have been stalled by hackers

CryptoSlate - 15:15 Jan 25, 2026

When Solana maintainers told validators to move quickly on Agave v3.0.14, the message arrived with more urgency than detail. The Solana Status account called the release “urgent” and said it contained a “critical set of patches” for Mainnet Beta validators. Within a day, the public conversation drifted toward a harder question: if a proof-of-stake network […] The post Terrifying Solana flaw just exposed how easily the “always-on” network could have been stalled by hackers appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Bitcoin trades bleed cash during these “toxic” hours because market depth is a total illusion right now

CryptoSlate - 13:05 Jan 25, 2026

Institutions have learned to live with Bitcoin’s volatility because volatility is measurable and, for many strategies, manageable. What still holds back large allocations is the risk of moving the market while getting in or out. A fund can hedge price swings with options or futures, but it can't hedge the cost of pushing through a […] The post Bitcoin trades bleed cash during these “toxic” hours because market depth is a total illusion right now appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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