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Wednesday reserves fell $88.236 billion while their weekly average rose $17.897 billion, exposing the limits of reserve-based Bitcoin liquidity signals. The post Why an $88 billion bank reserve drop doesn’t prove a Bitcoin liquidity squeeze – yet appeared first on CryptoSlate.
El Salvador is turning to stablecoins for remittances, further separating everyday payments from the country’s pioneering Bitcoin experiment. Sivar, a new national community and payments app developed by Modveon, will use Coinbase infrastructure to settle transfers in stablecoins on Base, according to a Sept. 29 announcement. Users in the US can fund transfers with debit…
Ethereum’s historical contract-held share fell as issuance expanded, while Tron’s hovered near 1% in the study. The post USDT grew on Ethereum through 2024, but smart contract holdings stalled, BIS data show appeared first on CryptoSlate.
Court records identify Capstone-held accounts, while Tether has not disclosed whether its bank balance belongs to USDT reserves. The post An $84 million US asset seizure just sparked a massive question for Tether appeared first on CryptoSlate.
The fixed-base cost depends on how much granted BAL becomes eligible before the treasury snapshot; the fork’s proposed return is conditional. The post Balancer fork’s 6 million BAL ask could cut holders’ redemption value appeared first on CryptoSlate.
At $1 billion outstanding with no non-reserve revenue, the proposed operating-risk baseline would be $20 million before adjustments. The post Fed stablecoin proposal would make circulation a capital cost for supervised issuers appeared first on CryptoSlate.
You can spend weeks paying for everything with your phone and still feel better knowing there’s some cash at home. That might sound old-fashioned until your bank’s app stops working, your card gets declined for reasons nobody can explain, or the power goes out while you need groceries. In those moments, the idea of financial…
Digital Asset Haven’s ISO 20022 adapter supports tokenized-deposit instructions, while final settlement stays with existing systems. The post IBM links 17 banks to the SWIFT ledger, but the cloud risk persists appeared first on CryptoSlate.
The principal output dated to April 2022, and the Sept. 25 destination still held the full balance at the time checked. The post Dormant whale moves $380M Bitcoin, leaving the sale question unanswered appeared first on CryptoSlate.
The exchange says the revision adds assets from the same incident and will announce a withdrawal plan by Sept. 26. The post Bitget’s hack just got $36 million bigger, and now there’s a bounty on the stolen crypto appeared first on CryptoSlate.