ETF
XRP’s $2.14 bull case just met a $474 million ETF tailwind
Six months of inflows are supporting the upside case, but CryptoSlate’s median 90-day forecast remains much lower at $1.47.
Oluwapelumi Adejumo 3 min read
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BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF barely beat the S&P 500 after putting investors through a 53% crash
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Quantum
USDC may be only as quantum-safe as its slowest wallet, bridge or blockchain
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Memecoins
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August activity reached a new high after the memecoin fee boom that inflated revenue a year earlier had faded.
DeFi
Uniswap trading volume explodes to record levels over 7 million per day – but actual fees lag far behind
More than 7 million daily swaps fit the record pace, while public data cannot show what share reached fee-enabled pools.
Hacks
TAC blockchain remains frozen for over 10 days after a massive exploit forces a 1.26 billion token bailout
One transaction emptied 28.6% of supply from the bonded pool, while 1.66 billion attacker-held TAC remains unresolved.
Regulation
The SEC is rewriting 50-year-old Wall Street rules to let public blockchains decide who legally owns a stock
A sweeping transfer-agent rewrite embraces blockchain recordkeeping while preserving names, physical addresses and regulated intermediaries.
Regulation
What the $344M crypto political spending spree wants from Congress next
Crypto corporations have contributed $206 million to the 2026 cycle as founders press Congress to lock in market structure, banking access, and tax rules.
Derivatives
North Korea’s $30M crypto cashout just handed legacy finance its best weapon to kill DeFi’s US debut
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Bitcoin hits $77,000 wall as the Fed gets trapped between weak jobs and $90 oil
Technology
A layer-1 blockchain froze for 4 hours to stop a $4.9 million hack, then claimed it was just an upgrade
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