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Christina Comben

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Slate Sunday

Vibe coding, no-code, and the new rules of web3 development

Eric Chen and the Injective team are using vibe coding to remap how software gets created, built, and shipped in web3.

4 weeks ago

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Market

Crypto on track to be one of the worst-performing asset classes of the year

In 2025’s final stretch, Bitcoin and Ethereum are both down year-to-date, with crypto on track to be one of the worst-performing asset classes.

1 month ago

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Market

Bitcoin is built for exactly this moment as global money supply explodes to $142 trillion

Short-term pain may be plunging crypto investors into extreme fear but the failings of the fiat system mean the Bitcoin long-term thesis hasn't changed

1 month ago

How Anthropic stopped AI agents working for Chinese state-sponsored spy campaign

Anthropic foiled a Chinese state-backed cyber-espionage attack powered by its own AI agents, with "significant implications" for cybersecurity.

1 month ago

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Academia

‘What does Harvard see coming?’ asks macro analyst as university ups IBIT position by 257%

Harvard University's 257% IBIT ETF stake increase shows rising institutional confidence in Bitcoin, even as ETF outflows dominate headlines.

1 month ago

Slate Sunday

Bitcoin’s midlife crisis: Can the OG crypto win over Gen-Z before it’s too late?

Bitcoin faces a new existential threat; not from Washington, Beijing, or supercomputers, but the risk of generational apathy.

1 month ago

, brushed-gold Bitcoin coin with crisp milled edges replaces the token above Nebraska’s Capitol as luminous teal rails curve in from Wyoming under bright, cinematic light.

Crypto

Nebraska joins the digital asset race (but Wyoming laid the tracks)

Nebraska celebrates its first digital asset bank charter, but Wyoming governor reminds the state, it's not a "first-in-nation."

1 month ago

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Market

At $96k, nearly 99% of BTC investors accumulating in past 155 days are holding at a loss

Almost 99% of recent Bitcoin buyers are in the red after a 12-day slide dragging the BTC price to $96,000 and beyond.

1 month ago

A bright, cinematic still-life shows green-tinted liquidity pouring over stacks of cash beside a metal gauge plunging toward red and a line of dominoes starting to fall against a teal-and-amber cityscape.

Macro

Cheaper cash, higher risk as a key US funding rate suddenly collapses

A dramatic drop in SOFR means businesses can roll credit cheaper and risk appetite can stretch again, but liquidity doesn't erase risk; it only hides it.

1 month ago

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Market

Bitcoin treasury bear market ‘gradually’ ending as renowned short seller closes MSTR/BTC position

Bitcoin treasury companies see renewed optimism as renowned short seller James Chanos closes his high-profile MSTR/BTC short after 11 months.

1 month ago

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Slate Sunday

Michael Burry’s big short: Is the AI bubble bigger than Bitcoin?

Michael Burry, famed investor in “The Big Short,” is betting big on an AI bubble, launching $1.1 billion in puts against Nvidia and Palantir.

1 month ago

A Ledger hardware wallet with a glowing red padlock icon stands in front of London’s skyline at sunset, surrounded by yellow caution tape and watched by a CCTV camera, symbolizing digital restrictions and surveillance.

Censorship

Ledger pages blocked as UK’s crypto crackdown hits education, advertising, banking

Due to new UK financial promotion rules in 2025, Ledger has blocked access to certain educational blog pages for UK users, highlighting a wider crackdown on crypto education, advertising, and banking.

1 month ago

Bitcoin metrics signal a breakout, but a massive “underwater” supply wall is secretly pinning prices below $93,000

Ethereum Foundation refocuses to security over speed – sets strict 128-bit rule for 2026

XRP ETFs are booming, but a quiet $15 billion payment layer matters more than the price

Bitcoin ETF outflows look terrifying, but a hidden derivatives pattern proves the smart money isn’t actually fleeing

CLARITY Act explicitly leaves DeFi rules blank, risking a total retail protection collapse if negotiations fail

Over $17 trillion missing when on-chain “proof of reserve” standards are applied to Trump’s tariff data

Elizabeth Warren is using PancakeSwap to force Trump’s regulators into a conflict trap they can’t escape

How Solana neutralized a 6 Tbps attack using a specific traffic-shaping protocol that makes spam impossible to scale

Google is secretly bankrolling a $5 billion Bitcoin pivot using a shadow credit mechanism

Christina Comben

Vibe coding, no-code, and the new rules of web3 development

Crypto on track to be one of the worst-performing asset classes of the year

Bitcoin is built for exactly this moment as global money supply explodes to $142 trillion

How Anthropic stopped AI agents working for Chinese state-sponsored spy campaign

‘What does Harvard see coming?’ asks macro analyst as university ups IBIT position by 257%

Bitcoin’s midlife crisis: Can the OG crypto win over Gen-Z before it’s too late?

Nebraska joins the digital asset race (but Wyoming laid the tracks)

At $96k, nearly 99% of BTC investors accumulating in past 155 days are holding at a loss

Cheaper cash, higher risk as a key US funding rate suddenly collapses

Bitcoin treasury bear market ‘gradually’ ending as renowned short seller closes MSTR/BTC position

Michael Burry’s big short: Is the AI bubble bigger than Bitcoin?

Ledger pages blocked as UK’s crypto crackdown hits education, advertising, banking

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Christina Comben

Vibe coding, no-code, and the new rules of web3 development

Crypto on track to be one of the worst-performing asset classes of the year

Bitcoin is built for exactly this moment as global money supply explodes to $142 trillion

How Anthropic stopped AI agents working for Chinese state-sponsored spy campaign

‘What does Harvard see coming?’ asks macro analyst as university ups IBIT position by 257%

Bitcoin’s midlife crisis: Can the OG crypto win over Gen-Z before it’s too late?