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 gleaming golden bull strains against chains tethered to marble bank columns while riding a glossy candlestick conveyor, surrounded by bright meme tokens and soaring arrows beneath a ceiling of translucent macro graphs in a high-key, teal-and-gold trading floor.

Adoption

The worst bull run ever? How institutions, memes, and macro turned crypto’s glory cycle into a grind

One frustrated altcoin trader says the quiet part out loud: this isn’t the euphoric bull cycle crypto hoped for; it’s a stripped-down reality check.

9 months ago

Exchanges

How Kraken is quietly becoming the most bankable name in crypto

As Kraken posts record-breaking Q3 profits, up 114% year-on-year, the industry OG has gone from scrappy startup to disciplined financial institution.

9 months ago

A luminous, hyperreal hourglass on a sleek desk pours glittering golden sand that morphs into detailed Bitcoin coins and logos, with a softly glowing antique clock and subtle mechanical gears in the background, bathed in vibrant gold, teal, and deep cyan light, 16:9, mid-to-high key, no text.

Slate Sunday

Jeff Booth wants you to move more of your time into Bitcoin

Jeff Booth, author of The Price of Tomorrow and founder of Ego Death Capital, explains why technology and debt are fundamentally incompatible, and why Bitcoin is the world’s first true free market.

9 months ago

A bright, hyperrealistic 16:9 scene shows a gleaming Bitcoin standing upright on a stack of Iranian rial notes in crisp daylight, while a dilapidated Tehran bank facade spews crumpled banknotes and the Azadi Tower rises softly in the background, conveying stability versus systemic strain.

Banking

Iranian bank crisis underscores Bitcoin’s role as financial hedge

One of Iran's largest commercial lenders, Ayandeh bank, was declared bankrupt and its assets were dissolved in a state take-over, leaving depositors scrambling.

9 months ago

rooftop scene at sunrise shows a gleaming Bitcoin coin under a transparent umbrella with vivid blue and orange volatility curves reflected in nearby glass towers, set against a sweeping city skyline and no text or people.

Market

Bitcoin options market cautious as traders hedge against volatility

The Bitcoin options landscape is flashing caution signs again, with traders paying up for short-term protection and fading rallies after October’s leveraged wipeout.

9 months ago

cityscape at sunset features a gleaming Bitcoin coin and dynamic orange-blue valuation curves in front of the Nasdaq building, symbolizing Bitcoin’s 30% discount against tech market fair value without text or people.

Market

Bitcoin is trading at a 30% discount relative to Nasdaq fair value

The BTC price remains historically undervalued as, based on its long-term correlation with the Nasdaq 100, Bitcoin’s fair value sits near $156,000.

9 months ago

Bitcoin and Ethereum coins ensnared in a wire UK-shaped net on a stone embankment beside the Thames, with Parliament and Big Ben in crisp daylight and structured blue-red data lines arcing overhead toward a magnifying glass with a pound symbol—no text visible, only logos and objects.

Regulation

HMRC tightens the net: UK crypto investors face crackdown on unreported gains

For UK investors, the days of "forgetting" to report their transactions are over as crypto tax rules and enforcements are stepped up, and penalties for non-compliance are brutal.

9 months ago

A hyperrealistic 16:9 scene shows a cracked golden peso cinched by a U.S.-flag lifebuoy and tethered across turquoise water toward a neoclassical building with an American flag, while Argentine banknotes swirl above a sunlit Buenos Aires skyline.

Macro

How the U.S. bailout could bring the end to Argentina’s ‘libertarian utopia’

As the U.S. throws billions of dollars into the Argentine economy, the latest intervention spells the end of the libertarian utopia many hoped for in Argentina.

9 months ago

A solitary golden Bitcoin rises from calm water under a radiant sunrise with vivid oranges, pinks, and soft blues, its reflection shimmering in gentle ripples for a clean, iconic sense of awakening.

Adoption

What if Hyperbitcoinization is really about to start?

With so many signals from the markets, from gold and silver's parabolic run to a collapse in trust in fiat, could hyperbitcoinization be just about to begin?

9 months ago

A brightly lit supermarket entrance shows glass turnstiles and a glowing biometric scanner blocking a shopping cart while a cropped hand raises a phone with a QR code, with abundant food visible just beyond.

Censorship

No Digital ID, no food: coming soon to a Western society near you

Digital identities are reshaping privacy and freedom from China to the UK, thrusting privacy and decentralized tech into the spotlight.

9 months ago

A hyper-realistic 16:9 cinematic scene shows a towering smartphone merged with an open vault door pouring golden light onto a path of biometrics, coins, and contactless symbols, as distant, unidentifiable figures raise their arms beneath a bright teal-and-amber sky signifying financial freedom.

Slate Sunday

Debanked to rebanked? Redefining financial access in the age of executive orders

President Trump's executive order aims to end political debanking and restore fair access to banking for crypto companies like Custodia, but is it working?

9 months ago

A cavernous, brightly lit data center with teal server aisles glows behind a hyperreal stack of golden Ethereum coins as a yellow excavator—branded with a neon BitMine “B”—hoists another ETH into the growing pile, conveying aggressive accumulation in a vibrant blue–teal–neon-green palette.

Digital Asset Treasuries

BitMine boosts Ethereum holdings to 2.5% of total ETH supply in strategic dip-buying spree

Tom Lee's BitMine Immersion Technologies has made yet another purchase of ETH as large investors position into weakness.

9 months ago