Christina Comben

Former Author CryptoSlate

Christina is a web3 writer, editor, and content manager with a passion for technology and starting important conversations. As an industry OG, she’s not phased by market volatility and frequently scrimps on Starbucks to BTFD.

Author Stats

Total Articles 213

Since Feb 2020

Last Active Nov 23, 2025

Primary Beat Bitcoin

Christina Comben Recent Articles

A dramatic cinematic scene shows oversized Bitcoin and Ethereum coins plunging over a roaring turquoise waterfall while cash and growth icons speed across a sunlit skybridge above.

Market

Crypto on track to be one of the worst-performing asset classes of the year

In 2025’s final stretch, Bitcoin and Ethereum are both down year-to-date, with crypto on track to be one of the worst-performing asset classes.

8 months ago

a massive golden Bitcoin-anchor emerging from rippling turquoise water in front of glass skyscrapers and a neoclassical building spilling rivers of paper money down its steps under a bright blue sky.

Market

Bitcoin is built for exactly this moment as global money supply explodes to $142 trillion

Short-term pain may be plunging crypto investors into extreme fear but the failings of the fiat system mean the Bitcoin long-term thesis hasn't changed

8 months ago

How Anthropic stopped AI agents working for Chinese state-sponsored spy campaign

Anthropic foiled a Chinese state-backed cyber-espionage attack powered by its own AI agents, with "significant implications" for cybersecurity.

8 months ago

a Harvard-like red-brick building rising behind a towering gleaming stack of Bitcoin coins in the right foreground, framed by vivid golden autumn trees under a bright blue sky.

Academia

‘What does Harvard see coming?’ asks macro analyst as university ups IBIT position by 257%

Harvard University's 257% IBIT ETF stake increase shows rising institutional confidence in Bitcoin, even as ETF outflows dominate headlines.

8 months ago

Slate Sunday

Bitcoin’s midlife crisis: Can the OG crypto win over Gen-Z before it’s too late?

Bitcoin faces a new existential threat; not from Washington, Beijing, or supercomputers, but the risk of generational apathy.

8 months ago

, brushed-gold Bitcoin coin with crisp milled edges replaces the token above Nebraska’s Capitol as luminous teal rails curve in from Wyoming under bright, cinematic light.

Crypto

Nebraska joins the digital asset race (but Wyoming laid the tracks)

Nebraska celebrates its first digital asset bank charter, but Wyoming governor reminds the state, it's not a "first-in-nation."

8 months ago

a golden Bitcoin wedged in an orange life ring at wave height as turquoise water explodes into sunlit spray, the taut rope leads toward a distant buoy and bright skyline, and sinking coins leave swirling trails of vivid red beneath the surface.

Market

At $96k, nearly 99% of BTC investors accumulating in past 155 days are holding at a loss

Almost 99% of recent Bitcoin buyers are in the red after a 12-day slide dragging the BTC price to $96,000 and beyond.

8 months ago

A bright, cinematic still-life shows green-tinted liquidity pouring over stacks of cash beside a metal gauge plunging toward red and a line of dominoes starting to fall against a teal-and-amber cityscape.

Macro

Cheaper cash, higher risk as a key US funding rate suddenly collapses

A dramatic drop in SOFR means businesses can roll credit cheaper and risk appetite can stretch again, but liquidity doesn't erase risk; it only hides it.

8 months ago

A focused James Chanos studies a cracking steel bear glowing with warm light beside bold Bitcoin and MicroStrategy logos against bright teal-and-coral market screens.

Market

Bitcoin treasury bear market ‘gradually’ ending as renowned short seller closes MSTR/BTC position

Bitcoin treasury companies see renewed optimism as renowned short seller James Chanos closes his high-profile MSTR/BTC short after 11 months.

8 months ago

portrait of Michael Burry in a pinstripe suit with a crisp white shirt, set against a split backdrop of cool teal AI server racks and chip iconography on the left and vibrant blue-magenta market bubbles, Bitcoin stacks, and subtle Nvidia/Palantir motifs on the right

Slate Sunday

Michael Burry’s big short: Is the AI bubble bigger than Bitcoin?

Michael Burry, famed investor in “The Big Short,” is betting big on an AI bubble, launching $1.1 billion in puts against Nvidia and Palantir.

8 months ago

A Ledger hardware wallet with a glowing red padlock icon stands in front of London’s skyline at sunset, surrounded by yellow caution tape and watched by a CCTV camera, symbolizing digital restrictions and surveillance.

Censorship

Ledger pages blocked as UK’s crypto crackdown hits education, advertising, banking

Due to new UK financial promotion rules in 2025, Ledger has blocked access to certain educational blog pages for UK users, highlighting a wider crackdown on crypto education, advertising, and banking.

8 months ago

A bright cinematic scene shows a column of multi-currency banknotes and gleaming coins blasting upward through a glass atrium roof into a vivid blue sky, surrounded by sunlit skyscrapers and a domed central-bank façade.

Macro

Global money supply ‘through the roof’, hitting $142 trillion in September

Global broad money supply hit a record $142 trillion in September, with China, the U.S., and EU driving its growth.

8 months ago