Author: Ethan Carter
Ethan is a seasoned cryptocurrency writer with extensive experience contributing to leading U.S.-based blockchain and fintech publications. His work blends in-depth market analysis with accessible explanations, making complex crypto topics understandable for a broad audience. Over the years, he has covered Bitcoin, Ethereum, DeFi, NFTs, and emerging blockchain trends, always with a focus on accuracy and insight. Ethan's articles have appeared on major crypto portals, where his expertise in market trends and investment strategies has earned him a loyal readership.
In brief Publicly traded companies are now racing to accumulate Ethereum. Firms with strategic ETH reserves now account for more than 3% of the entire ETH supply. The top holders include BitMine Immersion Technologies, SharpLink Gaming, and Coinbase. The trend of publicly traded companies adopting crypto treasury strategies may have started with Bitcoin, but it has since expanded to a wide variety of digital assets—including the second-largest crypto asset by market cap, Ethereum. Now the race to accumulate ETH is on, led by key figures like Fundstrat’s Tom Lee and Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin, who are championing public firms as they…
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They say journalists never truly clock out. But for Christian, that’s not just a metaphor, it’s a lifestyle. By day, he navigates the ever-shifting tides of the cryptocurrency market, wielding words like a seasoned editor and crafting articles that decipher the jargon for the masses. When the PC goes on hibernate mode, however, his pursuits take a more mechanical (and sometimes philosophical) turn. Christian’s journey with the written word began long before the age of Bitcoin. In the hallowed halls of academia, he honed his craft as a feature writer for his college paper. This early love for storytelling paved…
Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. All industries are becoming more reliant on AI to support day-to-day operations. Even in the crypto space, AI has been a driver for adoption. However, underneath the surface, the mechanics that power an AI are severely flawed, creating bias and discrimination in its decision-making. Left unattended, this will limit the potential of the technology and undermine its purpose in key markets. Summary Regulatory action on ethical AI has stalled, leaving it to the industry to self‑police data…
Terra/Luna creator Do Kwon pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiring to commit fraud and one charge of wire fraud on Tuesday, following an earlier not guilty plea and a very lengthy extradition process.You’re reading State of Crypto, a CoinDesk newsletter looking at the intersection of cryptocurrency and government. Click here to sign up for future editions.The narrativeTerraform Labs founder Do Kwon, who created the TerraUSD stablecoin and its counterpart Luna (LUNA) token, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit securities, commodities or wire fraud and wire fraudWhy it mattersTerra and its related ecosystem blew up in spectacular fashion in 2022,…
Welcome to Slate Sundays, CryptoSlate’s new weekly feature showcasing in-depth interviews, expert analysis, and thought-provoking op-eds that go beyond the headlines to explore the ideas and voices shaping the future of crypto.Would you take a drug that had a 25% chance of killing you?Like a one-in-four possibility that rather than curing your ills or preventing diseases, you drop stone-cold dead on the floor instead?That’s poorer odds than Russian Roulette.Even if you are trigger-happy with your own life, would you risk taking the entire human race down with you?The children, the babies, the future footprints of humanity for generations to come?Thankfully, you…
In brief On- and off-ramp companies are attractive M&A targets, according to VanEck Ventures’ Juan Lopez. They are increasingly being viewed as valuable touch points for facilitating payments through stablecoins, he said. In the past, they were viewed primarily as a way to fund crypto exchange accounts. Companies that serve as connective tissue between digital assets and legacy payments systems are getting a glow-up from stablecoins this year, according to VanEck Ventures Managing Partner Juan Lopez.As companies continue to explore new use cases with dollar-pegged tokens, those that help customers swap between cash and crypto are becoming some of the…
Litecoin delivered a clear warning for anyone navigating the crypto world: the era of truly decentralized, fairly launched, proof-of-work (PoW) coins without borders, premines, or venture capitalists is behind us. Amid increasing centralization and rising threat of attack, it pays to “choose your freedom money wisely.”“It is basically impossible to duplicate the launch of a fully decentralized, fairly launched, no pre-mine, borderless, void of VC’s, hard capped PoW cryptocurrency like that of bitcoin or litecoin and not have it co-opted or attacked at this point. That ship has sailed, people..”Why security and decentralization matter: the Monero attackRecent events with Monero…
Key takeaways:XRP’s rally to $3 has pushed 94% of supply into profit, a level that historically marked macro tops.XRP is in the “belief–denial” zone, onchain metrics show, echoing peaks in 2017 and 2021.XRP’s (XRP) rally to over $3 has pushed nearly 94% of its circulating supply into profit, Glassnode data shows. As of Sunday, XRP’s percent supply in profit was 93.92%, underscoring strong investor gains as the cryptocurrency rallied by more than 500% in the past nine months to $3.11 from under $0.40. XRP percent supply in profit. Source: Glassnode90%> supply in profit is usually an XRP macro topSuch high…
Every day, there seems to be a new blockchain for stablecoins.Or at least that’s how it felt this week, when USDC (USDC) issuer Circle announced Arc, its own settlement network, shortly after payments giant Stripe accidentally revealed Tempo, built in collaboration with Paradigm.They were the latest in a growing list. Startups Plasma and Stable both raised funds recently to develop dedicated chains for USDT (USDT), the $160 billion and largest stablecoin on the market.Tokenization players are piling in, too. Securitize is building Converge with Ethena, Ondo Finance announced its upcoming in-house chain earlier this year, and, just days ago, Dinari…