At the close of July, cryptocurrency exchange Bitget shared sustained growth and further international brand development in a new Transparency report. The platform advanced its position on CoinGecko’s Spot ranking, moving from third to fourth place, while also retaining strong standings across other global exchange indices, consistent with its expanding market footprint. July performance reflected…
World’s first professional exhibition dedicated to Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePIN), DePIN Expo 2025, announced strategic support from Hyra Network, a decentralized AI infrastructure protocol. Hyra Network, recognized for its computational transparency in the DePIN space, will showcase its zero-knowledge proof technology at the event, highlighting how verifiable AI models can be applied to global…
Cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin announced the launch of its latest Spotlight token sale featuring AKEDO (AKE), reflecting the exchange’s focus on supporting innovative Web3 projects that intersect AI, gaming, and blockchain technology. Established in 2024 and headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, AKEDO is a multi-agent AI platform designed to revolutionize Web3 gaming through autonomous content creation and…
ElevenLabs, a company specializing in AI audio research and deployment, announced that its Startup Grants program will now provide support for 12 months, offering each recipient 33 million free credits on its platform, equivalent to more than 680 hours of conversational AI audio. This program provides a full year of access to ElevenLabs’ AI audio…
Platform focused on AI agents for gaming and entertainment, Virtuals Protocol launched the “Ethereum is for AI” Hackathon with support from the Ethereum Foundation’s Founder Success program. The event offers $100,000 in prizes for the most advanced AI agent deployments, with winners receiving travel to Buenos Aires and access to DevConnect 2025 in November. AI…
Development platform on Solana, Helius introduced an update that enables users to receive SOL rebates for transactions. The feature, called Helius Backrun Rebates, provides a share of the Maximum Extractable Value (MEV) produced by trades. When a transaction creates profitable arbitrage opportunities, searchers compete to backrun it, and part of their profit is returned to…
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…
Crypto exchange Kraken has announced the suspension of Monero (XMR) deposits following a confirmed 51% attack on the network on August 12. The attack was linked to the Qubic mining pool, which managed to control over half of Monero’s hashrate, peaking at 2.6GH/s. This dominance allowed Qubic to conduct a six-block deep reorganization of Monero’s…
Digital Currency Group (DCG) has sued its lending subsidiary Genesis, asking a bankruptcy court to confirm it is owed more than $105 million plus interest on a financial backstop extended during the 2022 crypto downturn. The case, filed on Aug. 14 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, centers on…
The Federal Reserve (Fed) announced it will shut down its program with additional scrutiny over crypto and fintech activities. On an August 15 statement, the central bank said it will sunset the Novel Activities Supervision Program and return to monitoring banks’ crypto and fintech activities through standard supervisory processes. The Fed established the specialized program…