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Editor-in-Chief CryptoSlate

Also known as "Akiba," Liam Wright is the Editor-in-Chief at CryptoSlate and host of the SlateCast. He believes that together decentralized blockchain and AI technology have the potential to make widespread positive change.

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Primary Beat Bitcoin

Liam 'Akiba' Wright Recent Articles

Banking

Circle wants wrapped Bitcoin to look bank grade before institutions trust it as collateral

cirBTC gives Circle a BTC wrapper, but the harder test is whether custody, reserves, liquidity, and redemption controls can win institutional use.

2 hours ago

Crime Bearish

Lamborghini Bitcoin carjacking puts crypto’s wrench-attack crisis in a US courtroom

A Missouri man's guilty plea links a Danbury kidnapping to the same human-targeting pattern already visible in France.

5 hours ago

Legal

A $239B claim on dormant Bitcoin wallets faces a new obstacle after old address moves

A June 5 court stay and a June 2 spend turned the Noah Doe case into a test of legal title versus private-key control.

1 day ago

Taxes

Congress is weighing whether crypto tax relief should stop at stablecoins

A June 9 Ways and Means hearing pushes crypto policy into the tax code, where small payments, stablecoin use, network fees, mining, staking, and donations all face the same usability test.

1 day ago

Banking

Big banks may have found their answer to the CLARITY Act’s stablecoin challenge

The Clearing House plan gives banks 24/7 tokenized settlement while keeping customer money inside regulated deposit accounts.

1 day ago

Analysis Bearish

Bitcoin price craters to $60,000 as BTC bulls get jobs report they were hoping to avoid

The May payrolls beat was hawkish enough to pressure crypto, while government hiring and cooler yearly wage growth keep the second interpretation from being one-way.

4 days ago

Stablecoins Bearish

A stablecoin tied to Strategy stock depegs putting a new DeFi dollar risk in focus as Bitcoin sells off

apxUSD’s slide during Bitcoin’s selloff shows how preferred-share collateral can turn a dollar token into a DeFi risk signal.

4 days ago

Culture

A 2011 physical Bitcoin loaded with 25 BTC was just unlocked during the $62k selloff

A 2011 physical Bitcoin loaded with 25 BTC was peeled during Bitcoin’s selloff, turning a rare collectible into spendable BTC while its next move remains unconfirmed.

5 days ago

Bear Market Bearish

Bitcoin’s $63k slide shows ETF demand fighting AI equities for dollar liquidity

Bitcoin’s break from the S&P 500 now hinges on ETF flows, AI equity demand, and whether the $66,900-$70,000 shelf can be reclaimed.

5 days ago

Bankruptcy

Mt. Gox-linked wallets moved 10,422 BTC, worth roughly $739 million as BTC price slides

The transfer revived the bankruptcy overhang while BTC was already under pressure, but the watched threshold is onward routing to exchanges, custodians, liquidity providers, or repayment partners.

6 days ago

DeFi

Vitalik wants DeFi price crashes to stop triggering automatic liquidations

The Ethereum co-founder’s options-based synthetic asset proposal attacks a core DeFi failure mode: forced liquidation during crashes. The tradeoff is less sudden damage and a hedge that can drift.

6 days ago

Analysis Bearish

Bitcoin returns to the price that capped 2021, defined 2024, and now tests the rally again

BTC has returned to the $66,900-$68,000 shelf after a liquidation shock, putting the old all-time-high zone back at the center of the market's next move.

6 days ago

Liam 'Akiba' Wright Liam 'Akiba' Wright has published within the past 30 days.

Liam 'Akiba' Wright Recent Articles

Circle wants wrapped Bitcoin to look bank grade before institutions trust it as collateral

Lamborghini Bitcoin carjacking puts crypto’s wrench-attack crisis in a US courtroom

A $239B claim on dormant Bitcoin wallets faces a new obstacle after old address moves

Congress is weighing whether crypto tax relief should stop at stablecoins

Big banks may have found their answer to the CLARITY Act’s stablecoin challenge

Bitcoin price craters to $60,000 as BTC bulls get jobs report they were hoping to avoid

A stablecoin tied to Strategy stock depegs putting a new DeFi dollar risk in focus as Bitcoin sells off

A 2011 physical Bitcoin loaded with 25 BTC was just unlocked during the $62k selloff

Bitcoin’s $63k slide shows ETF demand fighting AI equities for dollar liquidity

Mt. Gox-linked wallets moved 10,422 BTC, worth roughly $739 million as BTC price slides

Vitalik wants DeFi price crashes to stop triggering automatic liquidations

Bitcoin returns to the price that capped 2021, defined 2024, and now tests the rally again

Liam's Top Stories

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson takes “a break” – exposing who really controls ADA’s next move

A $239B claim on dormant Bitcoin wallets faces a new obstacle after old address moves

Washington insider warns US defeat in Iran now “likely” – adding a new macro risk for Bitcoin