Zeynep Geylan

Journalist CryptoSlate

Zeynep is an academic who turned to crypto in 2018. Originating in social sciences, she is especially interested in the social impact of blockchain and cryptocurrencies and strongly believes in their transmuting power. Research and writing are her favorite things in life, followed by dogs and burgers.

Author Stats

Total Articles 569

Since Mar 2022

Last Active May 17, 2023

Primary Beat Bitcoin

Zeynep Geylan Recent Articles

Wallets

Cold wallet Ledger raises $108M as self-custody wallets gain popularity

Hardware wallet ledger raised another $385 million in 2021, and its current valuation sits at $1.41 billion.

3 years ago

Analysis

CipherTrace report reveals almost 50% of crypto total market cap was lost in 2022

Despite the loss, the total crypto market cap increased over 20% from the third-quarter in to the fourth-quarter in 2022.

3 years ago

CBDCs

ECB president warns central banks could “losing control” without CBDCs

Lagarde said Central Banks are like "anchors" to other banks, which mandates them to step into the CBDCs if they want to maintain their role.

3 years ago

Adoption

Hong Kong brings bankers, crypto firms together

The regulators are hosting a meeting between crypto firms and the bankers to come up with a banking solution for crypto firms.

3 years ago

Analysis

Crypto investment products record $160M inflows – breaking six-week negative strike

The six-consecutive-week outflows totaled $408 million, as this week's inflows mark the largest positive movement since July 2022.

3 years ago

Crime

Launch Zone, BSCex suffer contract vulnerability — over $7M drained

The vulnerability was detected by crypto sleuth Scam Sniffer, who claims over 34,000 addresses are at risk.

3 years ago

Analysis

Italy led crypto trading in Q4’22 – $112K per user

The U.K. and the U.S. followed as the second and third highest individual crypto trading volumes with $91,716 and $73,279, respectively.

3 years ago

Analysis

Dormant Bitfinex whales cash out 12K BTC

The Bitcoin has been stale in long positions since June 2022 until they were cashed out at around 13:00 UTC on Mar. 25.

3 years ago

Crime

Venezuela arrests 21 people in crypto-related oil corruption scheme

An investigation started in October resulted in the arrest of 10 officials, 11 businessmen, and arrest warrants for 11 other individuals.

3 years ago

Analysis

Crypto scams, exploits down 71% YoY as $370M lost since January

Euler Finance, BonqDAO, and CoinDeal recorded the highest losses with $196 million, $120 million, and $45 million, respectively.

3 years ago

Wallets

8 out of 10 investors store crypto on hot wallets: CoinGecko survey

7 out of 10 investors hold their crypto on centralized exchanges, while only 3 out of 10 prefer cold wallets.

3 years ago

Featured

Do Kwon charged in the US following confirmed arrest in Montenegro

The U.S. prosecutors accused Kwon of defrauding crypto customers and submitted him to eight criminal counts.

3 years ago