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 cinematic 16:9 scene of a golden Bitcoin squeezed between towering red (China) and blue (U.S.) shipping containers at a bright, misty port, subtle downward candlesticks in the sky, glossy reflections on wet ground, and crisp mid-to-high key lighting in a vivid palette of electric blue, crimson, teal, and gold to evoke anxious déjà vu without using text or faces.

Crypto

Trade wars and Bitcoin blues: déjà vu as U.S.–China tensions weigh on crypto

The current drawdown feels a lot like déjà vu as U.S.–China trade tensions trigger a sharp correction that could endure into November.

9 months ago

A gleaming Bitcoin stands on a bright trading desk between shattered red MicroStrategy and teal Metaplanet logos, with vivid red-and-green market screens plunging in the background.

Market

The $17 billion lesson: how retail turned Bitcoin proxy plays into pain trade

A new 10X Research report reveals that retail investors lost $17 billion chasing indirect Bitcoin exposure through firms like Metaplanet and Strategy.

9 months ago

A bright, cinematic 16:9 photograph shows gleaming gold bars stacked on a sunlit stone plaza with the Pentagon’s beige facade and crisp blue sky in the background, balancing warm gold tones against cool blues and subtle greens.

Macro

From gold bars to rare earths: Pentagon’s billion-dollar bet on America’s resource security

The Pentagon’s $1 billion rare earths stockpile bid marks a new era for minerals, with major implications for gold, bitcoin, and global resource security.

9 months ago

A bright candlelit memorial on Kyiv’s cobblestones features a framed black-and-white portrait of Konstantin Galich surrounded by glowing candles and red-yellow flowers, with the sunlit blue-and-gold domes of St. Michael’s softly out of focus behind.

Culture

Ukrainian crypto trader Konstantin Galich found dead after crypto’s historic wipeout

Konstantin Galich, a prominent Ukrainian crypto trader, was found dead in his Lamborghini as the crypto market experienced a historic crash.

9 months ago

Digital Asset Treasuries

Bitmine acquires 128,718 ETH after the crash as institutions buy the dip

Bitmine accumulated 128,718 ETH ($480 million) after the crypto market crash, leveraging their holdings for staking and liquidity yields.

9 months ago

A cinematic 16:9 scene shows a bright stadium and an incomplete stone bridge in a sunlit desert as a large orange Bitcoin emblem erupts from cracked ground, kicking up dust and casting a long shadow under a clear turquoise sky.

Slate Sunday

Build it and they will come may not be enough for Bitcoin DeFi

There's a thriving ecosystem called Bitcoin DeFi (BTCFi for those in the know). The only problem? As 65% of Bitcoin holders can't name a single protocol, not that many people are in the know.

9 months ago

A bright, cinematic 16:9 scene shows a towering golden Bitcoin standing firm on a sunlit shoreline while a vivid teal-and-orange candlestick wave—woven with numbers—crashes through scattered Ethereum, Solana, and altcoin tokens, suggesting a temporary washout amid a clearing sky.

Market

A blip in ‘Uptober’: crypto’s October reckoning beyond the $20B washout

As the dust settles on the biggest crypto market crash in history and leverage’s excesses were forcibly purged from the ecosystem, Bitcoin's resilience shines.

9 months ago

Liquidations

$9.4B in liquidations over 24 Hours triggers ‘2021 type situation for altcoins’

The crypto market just nuked, with the largest ever liquidation event in 24 hours and a bloodbath for altcoins triggering traders' PTSD.

9 months ago

A bright, cinematic Berlin scene with the Reichstag and Brandenburg Gate under a vivid blue sky, where oversized surveillance cameras and drones watch as colorful chat bubbles and location icons stream into a glowing EU-star cube, symbolizing Germany’s shift toward EU-wide chat scanning and the alarm over privacy.

Privacy

The end of privacy in Europe? Germany’s shift on EU Chat Control raises alarm

Germany’s possible U-turn on the EU Chat Control proposal is alarming privacy advocates. Signal messaging app warns this could mark the end of encrypted privacy rights in Europe.

9 months ago

A glowing stadium-style scoreboard hovers over a bright world map, with a radiant Bitcoin coin on one side and glossy stacks of fiat-flag coins (USA, EU, Japan) on the other, dynamic light bars and upward arrows hinting at shifting “scores” in a vivid orange–teal–gold palette under crisp, high-key lighting.

Macro

Bitcoin’s hidden scoreboard: the currency war no one knows they’re fighting

Bitcoin’s explosive all-time high above $125,000 is exposing the silent currency war, shredding illusions of wealth in dollars and gold.

9 months ago

Slate Sunday

The ultimate battlefield: 1inch cofounder Sergej Kunz is coming for centralized exchanges

1inch co-founder Sergej Kunz is transforming DeFi by uniting fragmented liquidity, pioneering seamless cross-chain swaps, and laying the groundwork for a UX to render centralized exchanges obsolete.

9 months ago

A bright, cinematic dawn-lit trading room with an oversized translucent Bitcoin symbol and quiet rows of monitors showing a steady upward price trend over a calm city skyline.

Market

Bitcoin breaks $125k in one of the quietest rallies ever

A new Bitcoin all-time high above $125,000, with no FOMO or euphoria, just strong institutional flows and more upside in sight.

9 months ago

Christina Comben

Christina Comben Recent Articles

Trade wars and Bitcoin blues: déjà vu as U.S.–China tensions weigh on crypto

The $17 billion lesson: how retail turned Bitcoin proxy plays into pain trade

From gold bars to rare earths: Pentagon’s billion-dollar bet on America’s resource security

Ukrainian crypto trader Konstantin Galich found dead after crypto’s historic wipeout

Bitmine acquires 128,718 ETH after the crash as institutions buy the dip

Build it and they will come may not be enough for Bitcoin DeFi

A blip in ‘Uptober’: crypto’s October reckoning beyond the $20B washout

$9.4B in liquidations over 24 Hours triggers ‘2021 type situation for altcoins’

The end of privacy in Europe? Germany’s shift on EU Chat Control raises alarm

Bitcoin’s hidden scoreboard: the currency war no one knows they’re fighting

The ultimate battlefield: 1inch cofounder Sergej Kunz is coming for centralized exchanges

Bitcoin breaks $125k in one of the quietest rallies ever

The $17 billion lesson: how retail turned Bitcoin proxy plays into pain trade