Author: Gino Matos

Owner-key signatures and old bot wallets reveal the stakes of service controls, while @BloomTrading denies private-key compromise. Read the full story on CryptoSlateUnderstand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox…

About 82% of its modeled valuation comes from gold-and-Bitcoin demand, exposing a sharp divide with JPMorgan’s return assumptions. Read the full story on CryptoSlateUnderstand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox…

The Independent Community Bankers of America sued the OCC in federal court in Washington on Oct. 2, two weeks after the agency approved Agora National Trust Bank, Catena Trust Bank and Bastion Platforms. American Banker reported that the complaint asked the court to vacate the OCC’s national trust bank rule and Interpretive Letter 1176…

The circulated proposal would give eligible dollar-stablecoin purchases no-gain/no-loss treatment without a stated value cap, while ordinary Bitcoin spending retains disposition reporting. The post Senate tax bill frees stablecoin spending while Bitcoin stays on IRS forms appeared first on CryptoSlate…

Crypto projects spent about $638 million with token buybacks through late August 2026, according to Allium Labs data. That is already a record, up from $545 million over the same stretch of 2025. Hyperliquid accounted for roughly $370 million and Pump.fun for about $200 million, together close to 90% of the total…