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Bitcoin casually breached $28,500 this morning, setting a new all-time high after breaking its previous $19,800 ATH level last month. The move came amidst new narratives spinning for the volatile asset, such as its further positioning as a “digital gold” and an American bank stating it was “too big to fail.” casual new ATH, nbd$BTC […]

CryptoSlate recently had the opportunity to chat with Jonathan Squires, the CEO of Currency.com, a top platform for digital asset trading with a broad spectrum of fiat and crypto on-ramps. Squires was previously CEO of iBus Media, part of the Stars Group. With his traditional MBA background, he is one of the new bunch of […]

In a recent YouTube video, Charles Hoskinson, the CEO of IOHK, looked back at 2020 and how it helped shape Cardano into a future-proof, third-generation blockchain. With 2021 right around the corner, Hoskinson also laid out what next year will have in store for the blockchain, with governance being the central point of the project’s […]

Bitcoin has seen an influx of institutional adoption over recent months. As has been covered extensively by this outlet, the past few months have seen prominent institutional investors allocate capital to cryptocurrencies to hedge their portfolios against the current macroeconomic inflation taking place. Further, many believe that Bitcoin will play an increasingly important role in […]

DeFi altcoins have been hammered hard over the past few weeks despite immense strength in Bitcoin, which has subsequently been reflected in Ethereum’s price action. Top coins such as Yearn.finance (YFI), Aave (AAVE), Balancer (BAL), 0x (ZRX), and more, are down by a handful of percent over the past seven days. For context, Bitcoin has […]

The XRP price increased by 35% within 45 minutes subsequent to a large correction after Coinbase suspended XRP trading. The main catalyst behind the sudden spike in the XRP price seems to be a short squeeze. According to data from Bybt.com, $96 million worth of XRP futures contracts were liquidated in the last 12 hours. […]

It’s undeniable: 2020 is the year of DeFi. Everyone in crypto knows it. If you’ve got a friend interested in crypto, you’ve probably heard them raving and ranting about DeFi this year. Even if you’re not engaged in the crypto realm, you’ve probably seen the word DeFi littered around the news or gleaned whispers of […]

Stably announced its collaboration with the Tezos ecosystem in a release this week. The move will bring the USD-backed stablecoin, USDS, to the latter. From Ethereum to Tezos Stablecoin development project Stably said in a release that its USD-pegged stablecoin, USDS, will be issued and deployed on the Tezos blockchain. The latter is a decentralized, […]

Two of the biggest cryptocurrencies surged skyward over the weekend amidst greater retail interest and improving fundamentals. ADA and DOT surge Cardano and Polkadot logged big gains for speculators and investors over the weekend amidst greater retail interest and improving fundamentals. The former, a decentralized public blockchain that aims to support the deployment of smart […]

CryptoSlate recently had the opportunity to chat with Lucas Huang, the Head of Growth at Tokenlon, a popular decentralized exchange (DEX). Before joining Tokenlon, Huang spent years working at Kyber Network and Deloitte Consulting. Huang studied computer science at the University of Chicago and accounting information systems at Michigan State University. In the interview, we […]