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Armed with a slew of new faces, the Cardano Foundation has set its sights on making Cardano the go-to platform for governments and enterprises across the world. However, a mountain of unique challenges lay in its way, ranging from governance problems to long procurement times in large Fortune 500 companies. Luckily, the foundation’s new CEO, […]

The correlation between Bitcoin (BTC) and the S&P 500 reached a 10-month low, according to Santiment. Historically, this has been a bullish sign for the dominant cryptocurrency. A low correlation with the S&P 500 is an optimistic factor for Bitcoin because it means BTC is not trailing the broader risk-on market. Analysts at Santiment said: […]

New research suggests financial risks may not be the only concern for users of DeFi products and dApps, with several “critical but non-financial” issues plaguing popular tools. How vulnerable are DeFi apps? As per a report released this week by crypto data and research firm Brave New Coin, DeFi projects are overrun by scalability, smart […]

From a technical perspective, Bitcoin is bearish, according to many traders. On-chain trends, which show that miners and other large players have begun to liquidate their holds, have also begun to show that there is reason to believe Bitcoin may retrace. But multiple analysts have commented that there’s a crucial reason why they’re hesitant to […]

Bitcoin has been the clear leader in the crypto space since it was launched in 2009. Its market cap strongly eclipses that of any other crypto asset. CryptoSlate market data indicates that Bitcoin has a market capitalization of $334 billion while Ethereum has a market capitalization of closer to $62 billion. But, a leading Wall […]

The popular in-browser extension to access the Ethereum network announced an offering aimed at institutional adoption yesterday. MetaMask introduces institutional DeFi tools Ethereum browser wallet MetaMask announced an “institutional-grade” offering for its popular tool to enable legacy finance firms and players to interact with dApps and DeFi products in the coming years. MetaMask, built and […]

The Bitcoin price has been declining throughout the past four days. Ever since its rejection at $19,420 on December 7, the dominant cryptocurrency has struggled to see renewed momentum. For most traders, the $18,500 and $18,000 support levels were key to hold BTC’s short-term bullish market structure. Throughout December, at least until the recent correction, […]

Unlike Ethereum, which treats the ERC-20 and ERC-721 standards fundamentally different from ether (ETH), Cardano has taken a much more token-friendly approach to this functionality, allowing users to be deployed on the blockchain without the need for custom code. Cardano takes an innovative approach to tokenization The quick expansion of the DeFi sector is something […]

One confusing and little-known crypto sub-category has been exploding in size recently: rebase tokens. Rebasing is a crypto concept popularized by Ampleforth (AMPL), an algorithmic stablecoin. Instead of having a stablecoin that is backed by U.S. dollars, the supply of the cryptocurrency responds to demand, increasing and decreasing over fixed periods to try and ensure […]

Bitcoin has stagnated over the past few days after peaking at $19,950 at the start of December. It currently trades for $18,200, stuck in a consolidation range between $18,000 and $19,500. Some have begun to fear a correction due to technical and on-chain trends. As reported by CryptoSlate previously, addresses affiliated with whales have begun […]