Slate Sunday
Macro
Leaving the gold standard was the ‘most costly mistake we ever made’
Leaving the gold standard eroded families, culture, and savings, but Bitcoin offers a chance to fix the money, and fix the world.
Analysis
As September looms, is Ethereum due a seasonable pullback?
Ethereum has been on a tear, fueled by institutional buy-in and macro tailwinds, but if history rhymes, ETH could be due a September pullback.
Slate Sunday
Beyond the hype: why crypto payments are still stuck in beta
Crypto payments are booming, but clunky UX, high fees, and red tape risk undermining adoption. Can they truly compete with banks and credit cards?
Adoption
The latest data from Bitcoin Is Dead dropped this week: Bitcoin has ‘died’ no less than 431 times
The latest data from Bitcoin Is Dead show Bitcoin has ‘died’ 431 times, with gold bug Peter Schiff topping the Bitcoin obituary list.
Investments
Real estate’s quiet crash: your home is worth less than ever in Bitcoin
While property prices show modest increases in fiat terms, Bitcoin’s explosive growth reveals the depth of real estate's quiet crash.
DeFi
1inch launches trustless Solana cross-chain swaps, bypassing bridges entirely
1inch’s new Solana cross-chain swaps eliminate the bridge attack surface while deepening cross-chain liquidity.
Adoption
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink appointed as WEF interim co-chair
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has been appointed interim co-chair of the World Economic Forum, alongside Roche’s André Hoffmann.
Crypto
100 days over $100k and nobody cares: Why Bitcoin’s bull run feels lonely
Despite Bitcoin’s record run, 100 days above $100k and battering all-time highs, retail remains strikingly absent from this Bitcoin bull run.
Slate Sunday
‘People deserve to know this threat is coming’: superintelligence and the countdown to save humanity
Superintelligence and AI pose an unprecedented risk to our survival, yet few people realize how close we are to potential catastrophe and that the time to act is now.
Adoption
Choose your freedom money wisely, Litecoin warns
Litecoin urges caution in choosing your freedom money amid rising attacks on smaller PoW coins and increasing centralized PoS chains.
Crypto
Escape the fiat farm: How Bitcoin breaks the chains of ‘wage slavery’
How Bitcoin can break the cycle of wage slavery, restore lost purchasing power, and offer an exit from persistent inflation eroding your wealth.
Adoption
Bitcoin treasury companies are ‘using gas pipes to fund your electric future’: Analyst
Bitcoin analyst Mark Moss reveals how Bitcoin treasury companies are leveraging old financial systems to fund the shift to digital assets.