Nick Chong

Yesterday, Tesla shocked the crypto space when the firm was revealed to have purchased $1.5 billion—yes, billion—worth of Bitcoin. As reported by CryptoSlate previously, a filing  with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said that the firm had purchased this Bitcoin to provide “more flexibility to further diversify and maximize returns on our cash […]

We’ve made it. Kind of. A paper regarding decentralized finance—which surprisingly included the term “DeFi”— was recently published to the website of the St. Louis Federal Reserve, a branch of the United States’ central bank. Fabian Schär, a professor at the University of Basel who focuses on blockchain and DeFi technologies, wrote the paper. He […]

The day is finally here—today, depends on how you cut it, the CME Group will be launching a futures market for Ethereum. The CME Group is one of the world’s leading financial exchanges, hosting a majority of trade in top commodities, including Bitcoin. The CME Group made crypto headlines in 2017 when it rolled out […]

It appears that crypto’s favorite chief executive, Elon Musk, just gave Dogecoin (DOGE) another bump. The Tesla and SpaceX chief executive recently spoke to TMZ, the media outlet, about Dogecoin, while he later tweeted about the meme cryptocurrency. This latest turn of events comes after a rocky past week for DOGE, which surged some 900 […]

Billionaire investor Mark Cuban has been under the microscope in the crypto space over the past few weeks as he has started to tweet more about Bitcoin, Ethereum, and now even decentralized finance tokens to his over eight million followers. Cuban has long been asked about Bitcoin, being a prominent investor and a prominent media figure […]

After tremendous price surges in decentralized finance coins and many smaller-cap crypto assets, attention is finally returning to Ethereum. The second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization is in the midst of shooting higher to new all-time highs as the altcoin market froth starts to cool down. Ethereum currently trades for $1,650 as per CryptoSlate market data, […]

For some reason, Dogecoin (DOGE) has been the talk of the town over the past 72 hours. It began shortly after GameStop (GME) peaked this past week. After GameStop hype began to die down largely due to certain trading platforms pausing/restricting GME trading, many on WallStreetBets began to turn to new targets. Due to it […]

I don’t know about you but around two hours ago, I had my eyes and fingers glued to my iPhone trying to join the latest Clubhouse even with Elon Musk. Unfortunately, I didn’t get in. Well, kind of. I quickly found a bootleg stream of the event on Youtube and another on Discord set up […]

Even the ever-noisy crypto space has been overrun with comments about the Gamestop (GME) saga playing out in traditional finance. For those that don’t know, a quick recap: Gamestop, the video game retailer, was short over 140 percent of the stock’s float by large hedge funds expecting the stock to go down. Retail investors on […]

Over the past few months, there have been expectations of an extremely strong Dogecoin (DOGE) rally. Each and every bull market/trend over the past half-decade plus now has been marked by an extremely strong rally in the DOGE price. It’s a meme-based cryptocurrency of course, though has done really well. This past day, the rally […]

If you’ve been following the news at all over the past week, you know of the story of GameStop. The GameStop stock, which trades under the ticker GME, has undergone an extreme rally of over 1,000 percent in the past two weeks, which is somewhat of an unforeseen event in financial markets. The long and […]

Bitcoin’s price slipped under $30,000 a few hours ago as selling pressure began to pick up across top exchanges. This came after BTC attempted to push past the $33,000-34,000 resistance region on Monday. The cryptocurrency has since bounced after slipping under $30,000, bottoming in the $29,500 range that Bitcoin bottomed over seven days ago. Bitcoin’s […]

I’m not too sure about you guys but one of the most fascinating things I’ve seen in DeFi is airdrops. In 2017, airdrops were all the rage. But often the case, all users did was dump them, and most of the time, they weren’t worth all too much. But this has changed with the introduction […]

Bitcoin has finally begun to cool down after an extremely strong rally in December and early January. After peaking at $42,000 earlier this month, the cryptocurrency has settled toward $31,000, which is over 25 percent off those highs. Analysts remain confident that this malaise won’t stop the trajectory of the market in the medium to […]

Chainlink (LINK) is bumping higher on Sunday and Monday morning as the altcoin market has begun to rip higher. The seventh-largest cryptocurrency is up five percent in the past 24 hours, making it the top-performing altcoin in the top 10 by market capitalization. LINK is currently trading at all-time highs, having broken out of its […]

Ethereum just rocketed to a new all-time high despite the apathy in the Bitcoin price, which fell toward $30,000 on Sunday morning. The price of ETH is up 15 percent in the past 24 hours, making it one of the top-performing crypto assets in the top 100 by market capitalization, according to CryptoSlate market data. […]

Bitcoin has seen some volatility over the past few weeks. The cryptocurrency has bounced between $30,000 and $40,000, even falling below the former level at one point in time in a move that scared bulls. Unfazed by the recent market volatility, data shows that institutional players have been adding to their Bitcoin positions. Grayscale adds […]

Both Bitcoin and Ethereum have entered periods of consolidation over the past two weeks despite attempts by both to break above and below their respective medium-term price ranges. Ethereum may continue its consolidation for the time being, as there has been one large holder that has appeared with a large amount of ETH to sell. […]