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Bitcoin braces for $8B options expiry as war, oil and the Fed threaten a volatility reset

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Bitcoin braces for $8B options expiry as war, oil and the Fed threaten a volatility reset

April 21, 2026

Make CryptoSlate preferred on Bitcoin is heading into one of the year’s largest options expirations at the...

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Banks lobbying efforts seek to ‘kill’ CLARITY Act before US Senate election window closes

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Banks lobbying efforts seek to ‘kill’ CLARITY Act before US Senate election window closes

April 21, 2026

Make CryptoSlate preferred on The US Senate’s most significant effort to establish a comprehensive federal framework for...

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Why Strategy’s multi billion dollar Bitcoin purchases are no longer bullish catalysts for the market

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Why Strategy’s multi billion dollar Bitcoin purchases are no longer bullish catalysts for the market

April 21, 2026

Make CryptoSlate preferred on Strategy, the Michael Saylor-led company formerly known as MicroStrategy, has surpassed BlackRock’s flagship...

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Ripple sets 2028 deadline to harden XRPL after Google’s quantum research sharpens attack risk

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Ripple sets 2028 deadline to harden XRPL after Google’s quantum research sharpens attack risk

April 21, 2026

Make CryptoSlate preferred on Ripple is building a multi-stage plan to prepare the XRP Ledger (XRPL) for...

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Oil tanker attacked after falling for crypto scam granting fake Strait of Hormuz safe passage

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Oil tanker attacked after falling for crypto scam granting fake Strait of Hormuz safe passage

April 21, 2026

Make CryptoSlate preferred on The latest geopolitical risk to crypto from the Strait of Hormuz has come...

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Were tariff refunds bought for 20 cents on the dollar by stablecoin-backed Treasurys custodian Cantor Fitzgerald?

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Were tariff refunds bought for 20 cents on the dollar by stablecoin-backed Treasurys custodian Cantor Fitzgerald?

April 21, 2026

Make CryptoSlate preferred on When Customs launched the CAPE refund portal, it put administrative certainty behind an...

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Nomura, Mizuho, JSCC to trial tokenized collateral on Canton Network

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Nomura, Mizuho, JSCC to trial tokenized collateral on Canton Network

April 21, 2026

Today Nomura, Mizuho and the Japan Securities Clearing Corporation (JSCC) and Digital Asset Holdings unveiled plans for...

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Crypto trading joins wartime propaganda as “digital oil” called out amid volatile US-Iran ceasefire trading

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Crypto trading joins wartime propaganda as “digital oil” called out amid volatile US-Iran ceasefire trading

April 20, 2026

Make CryptoSlate preferred on Tehran is fighting a new price signal in public Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf chose...

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What Happens to Bitcoin if the TradFi rally breaks? Wall Street keeps printing record highs but consumer confidence just hit rock bottom

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What Happens to Bitcoin if the TradFi rally breaks? Wall Street keeps printing record highs but consumer confidence just hit rock bottom

April 20, 2026

Make CryptoSlate preferred on The S&P 500 closed at 7,126 on April 17, another record, while the...

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Six years after “DeFi Summer” is the sun already setting on the decentralized finance revolution?

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Six years after “DeFi Summer” is the sun already setting on the decentralized finance revolution?

April 20, 2026

Make CryptoSlate preferred on KelpDAO’s $292 million rsETH exploit landed at the wrong moment for DeFi. Roughly...

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Wall Street moves beyond the Bitcoin ETF trade as XRP leads altcoins on fragile macro relief

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Wall Street moves beyond the Bitcoin ETF trade as XRP leads altcoins on fragile macro relief

April 20, 2026

Make CryptoSlate preferred on Institutional investors are looking past the crypto market’s two largest behemoths, aggressively rotating...

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Public miners dump record BTC and are pivoting to AI — is Bitcoin’s security backbone starting to hollow out?

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Public miners dump record BTC and are pivoting to AI — is Bitcoin’s security backbone starting to hollow out?

April 20, 2026

Make CryptoSlate preferred on Publicly listed Bitcoin miners liquidated more than 32,000 Bitcoin during the first quarter...

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How Strategy’s STRC could propel the Michael Saylor’s firm Bitcoin holdings past BlackRock’s IBIT this week

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How Strategy’s STRC could propel the Michael Saylor’s firm Bitcoin holdings past BlackRock’s IBIT this week

April 20, 2026

Make CryptoSlate preferred on Michael Saylor has signaled that Strategy, formerly MicroStrategy, may be preparing to buy...

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DeFi users pull $10 billion out of the market as $292 million exploit sparks bank-run optics

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DeFi users pull $10 billion out of the market as $292 million exploit sparks bank-run optics

April 20, 2026

Make CryptoSlate preferred on A $292 million exploit at KelpDAO set off a broad retreat across decentralized...

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NYSE files first SEC rule change on tokenization journey

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NYSE files first SEC rule change on tokenization journey

April 20, 2026

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has filed a rule change with the SEC to enable the...

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