Grayscale has updated its Top 20 crypto assets for the third quarter of 2025, naming Avalanche (AVAX) and Morpho as new entrants while dropping Optimism and Lido DAO, according to a July 26 report. The firm emphasized that the changes reflect a research-driven selection process that favors on-chain traction over popularity or market capitalization. Following […]
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The first half of 2025 exposed deep vulnerabilities in the crypto industry, with hackers stealing over $2.1 billion across 75 separate incidents. This marks a 10% increase from the previous H1 record of $2 billion in 2022 and nearly matches the full-year figure for 2024, which closed at $2.2 billion, according to a report from […]
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An expected sixth vote to reopen the government didn’t come to fruition on Tuesday, but lawmakers face a new wrinkle: the possibility that furloughed employees won’t be paid. The government shutdown marched into its seventh day with both Senate Republicans and Democrats still at odds on a path forward, and no real clear end in […]
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Senate Republicans confirmed a staggering tranche of President Donald Trump’s nominees on Tuesday as the government shutdown continues. Lawmakers voted along party lines to confirm the batch of 107 of Trump’s nominees, a move that whittled down the remaining pending nominees on the Senate’s calendar to double digits. It also came as the upper chamber […]
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Former FBI Director James Comey will be arraigned in federal court Wednesday morning after being indicted on charges of alleged false statements and obstruction of a congressional proceeding. Comey has said he is innocent. The former FBI director is set to have his first court appearance at 10 a.m. Eastern Time in the Albert V. […]
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Bitcoin miners are holding onto their assets even as mining profitability dips to multi-month lows, a new CryptoQuant report shared with CryptoSlate shows. The data reveals that miner revenues dropped to $34 million on June 22, marking their weakest earnings since April 20. Bitcoin Miners Daily Revenue (Source: CryptoQuant) This comes amid a broader […]
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President Donald Trump met with Edan Alexander, who was freed in May from captivity with Hamas, on Tuesday — exactly two years after Hamas attacked Israel. This marks the second time Alexander, a 21-year-old American–Israeli who spent nearly 600 days as a hostage after Hamas abducted him after its initial attack on Israel, will visit […]
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Crypto markets bounced back in early Asian trading hours on June 24, sparked by US President Donald Trump’s announcement that a ceasefire had been reached between Israel and Iran. On June 24, Trump posted on Truth Social: “CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE! It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be […]
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Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty on charges of alleged false statements and obstruction of congress during his first court appearance in Virginia on Wednesday. The former FBI director appeared at 10 a.m. Eastern Time in the Albert V. Bryan United States Courthouse in the Eastern District of Virginia. Comey’s wife, Patrice, and […]
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Bitcoin Core developer Antoine Poinsot’s merged pull request removing the long-standing 80-byte OP_RETURN relay cap has triggered one of the most divisive mempool policy debates since the block size wars. In a rapid escalation, a separate contributor posted a public bash script to auto-ban every known node running Bitcoin Knots, a policy-opposed implementation now representing […]
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