Liam 'Akiba' Wright Liam 'Akiba' Wright has published within the past 30 days.

Editor-in-Chief CryptoSlate

Also known as "Akiba," Liam Wright is the Editor-in-Chief at CryptoSlate and host of the SlateCast. He believes that together decentralized blockchain and AI technology have the potential to make widespread positive change.

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Since Mar 2022

Last Active Jul 13, 2026

Primary Beat Bitcoin

Liam 'Akiba' Wright Recent Articles

A looming bear cracks through an icy river as a fractured Bitcoin coin slips lower, illustrating mounting red flags and bearish pressure pointing toward a possible drop to $49k

Bear Market

I predicted Bitcoin falling to $49k this year and January delivered some very concerning red flags

Bitcoin heading to $49k? The “dip” looks worse when the plumbing is already breaking - Akiba's 2026 bear thesis update

5 months ago

Market Bullish

Upgrade your Bitcoin investment strategy using these 7 critical demand drivers

Master a repeatable monitoring routine for spot ETFs, liquidity proxies, and regulated derivatives to build a durable, data-driven investment thesis.

6 months ago

Shattered glass globe spilling Bitcoin and coins across a boardroom table, capturing a synchronized global market crash where stocks and crypto sell off together

Analysis Bearish

Global markets crash as everything including Bitcoin sells off at once erasing trillions

Over $800 million in long positions were wiped out in minutes as the US open turned into a brutal liquidity bloodbath for unsuspecting traders.

6 months ago

Macro

Bitcoin’s “mine canary” is fluttering as specific Fed stress signals warn of a silent liquidity trap ahead

Forget the Bitcoin price, several specific stress signals are the only thing standing between stability and chaos.

6 months ago

Analysis Bullish

How long can silver and gold outperform Bitcoin before reverting to type?

While Bitcoin still wears the long-term crown, the "grandpa metal" has quietly generated 84% more wealth over the last five years.

6 months ago

Bitcoin perched on a cracked ledge as storm clouds loom over the Fed and Supreme Court buildings, symbolizing a 72-hour risk window from clashing policy signals and legal uncertainty

Macro

Bitcoin in 72 hour danger zone as both historic Supreme Court battle and Fed decision threaten to tank the dollar

Bitcoin faces a macro inflection window as the Fed’s Jan. 28 decision meets dollar weakness and a Supreme Court case seen as testing Fed independence.

6 months ago

A rain-soaked street shows a decaying US dollar bill washing toward a drain beside a fixed Bitcoin symbol, illustrating dollar erosion versus Bitcoin resilience

Market Bullish

The only thing worse than buying Bitcoin so far this year is selling at this time of the week

Bitcoin’s January weekend death spiral is erasing every single weekday gain and leaving portfolios in the absolute dust.

6 months ago

A metal Ethereum emblem bent inside a workshop jig, surrounded by tools and worn surfaces, symbolizing Vitalik Buterin’s admitted design mistake and questions about Ethereum risk

Technology

Is your Ethereum at risk? Vitalik Buterin admits his biggest design mistake since 2017

Ethereum co-founder abandons old Ethereum vision as hidden censorship risks threaten to trap everyday user funds.

6 months ago

Adoption Bearish

Bitcoin’s $100k breakout silently crippled its adoption curve as on-chain metrics crater

For the first time in Bitcoin’s history, price appreciation is no longer reliably associated with rising on-chain adoption.

6 months ago

Bitcoin coin embedded in an icy city street drain as meltwater rushes past, symbolizing a sharp $1.3 billion outflow that stalled Bitcoin’s $125K rally momentum

Analysis Bullish

Bitcoin breaking $126,000 has clear 3 year pathway but a brutal $1.3 billion exodus changes everything today

As the Fed prepares its next major policy move, the window for a 2026 breakout is slamming shut for investors.

6 months ago

Bitcoin coin teetering on a cliff under storm clouds and lightning, symbolizing Fed meeting risk on Jan. 28 and timing windows that could punish late traders

Macro

Bitcoin hits breaking point this week as the Fed’s hidden liquidity trap threatens to drain markets despite a rate hold

Bitcoin faces Jan. 28 Fed shock even if rates hold, and two timed windows could punish late traders

6 months ago

Dark Bitcoin mining facility with idle rigs behind a heavy vault door, symbolizing a sharp hashrate drop and weakened network security after a US pool loses 30% power

Mining Bearish

Brutal storm weakens Bitcoin security as major mining pool drops 30% of its hashing power

Bitcoin mining just cratered as a massive US winter storm reveals the hidden reason the network slowed down.

6 months ago

Liam 'Akiba' Wright Liam 'Akiba' Wright has published within the past 30 days.

Liam 'Akiba' Wright Recent Articles

I predicted Bitcoin falling to $49k this year and January delivered some very concerning red flags

Upgrade your Bitcoin investment strategy using these 7 critical demand drivers

Global markets crash as everything including Bitcoin sells off at once erasing trillions

Bitcoin’s “mine canary” is fluttering as specific Fed stress signals warn of a silent liquidity trap ahead

How long can silver and gold outperform Bitcoin before reverting to type?

Bitcoin in 72 hour danger zone as both historic Supreme Court battle and Fed decision threaten to tank the dollar

The only thing worse than buying Bitcoin so far this year is selling at this time of the week

Is your Ethereum at risk? Vitalik Buterin admits his biggest design mistake since 2017

Bitcoin’s $100k breakout silently crippled its adoption curve as on-chain metrics crater

Bitcoin breaking $126,000 has clear 3 year pathway but a brutal $1.3 billion exodus changes everything today

Bitcoin hits breaking point this week as the Fed’s hidden liquidity trap threatens to drain markets despite a rate hold

Brutal storm weakens Bitcoin security as major mining pool drops 30% of its hashing power

Liam's Top Stories

One crypto wallet tied to a 20-year-old fraudster processed over $122M before Interpol closed in

Bitcoin’s $60K rebound just collapsed as $427M in long liquidations followed sticky inflation data

Eric Trump’s American Bitcoin forces 1:15 reverse split to avoid Nasdaq delisting amid 8k BTC holding