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South Korean investors’ crypto holdings fell by more than 60 trillion won over about a year, according to local reporting. FIU/FSS survey data showed average daily trading volume fell 15%, from 6.4 trillion won to 5.4 trillion won. Stablecoin holdings reached 871.9 billion won by year-end, showing continued demand for dollar-linked tokens. South Korea’s retail crypto market has contracted sharply from its late-2025 peak, with investor holdings dropping by more than 60 trillion won (AU$56.3 billion) as trading volumes weakened and domestic equities pulled capital away from digital assets. Local reporting from The Chosun Daily said South Korean investors’ crypto…

BitMine has amassed more than 5.1 million ETH, roughly 4.3% of total supply, in less than a year. Tom Lee said the firm could slow purchases after holdings exceed 5.18 million ETH. Supporting coverage said BitMine has been buying more than 100,000 ETH per week, worth about US$230 million. BitMine may slow its Ethereum (ETH) accumulation after building a treasury of more than 5.1 million ETH, putting Chairman Tom Lee’s 5% supply target within weeks of completion. Lee said at Consensus 2026 in Miami that BitMine is approaching what it calls the “alchemy of 5%,” its goal of owning 5%…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on Crypto projects with more than $3 billion in total value locked have migrated their cross-chain infrastructure to Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) following a $292 million exploit at KelpDAO, which heightened scrutiny of bridge security across decentralized finance.Chainlink confirmed the migration wave, saying four protocols, including KelpDAO, Solv Protocol, Re, and Tydro, had begun decommissioning legacy oracles and bridge systems in favor of CCIP.The shift has also fed into LINK’s market performance. CryptoSlate data shows the token rose 15% to $10.52, its highest level since January, as traders responded to the acceleration in CCIP adoption.Blockchain analytics…

NSW Police seized 52.3 Bitcoin allegedly linked to darknet marketplace activity during a raid in Sydney’s south-west. Strike Force Andalusia used blockchain tracing and digital forensics to connect cryptocurrency transactions to suspects. Two men have been charged following the investigation, which police say highlights growing capabilities in crypto crime enforcement. New South Wales Police have seized 52.3 Bitcoin valued at approximately AU$5.7 million during a raid in Ingleburn in Sydney’s south-west, with authorities describing it as one of the largest cryptocurrency seizures in Australia. The operation was carried out on 4 May as part of an investigation into alleged darknet…

Morgan Stanley’s MSBT became the only spot Bitcoin ETF to avoid daily net outflows during its first month of trading. The ETF accumulated US$193.6 million (AU$271 million) in inflows despite volatility across the broader Bitcoin ETF market. Investor demand remained firm even during sector-wide withdrawals, with MSBT trading at a premium to net asset value. Morgan Stanley’s newly launched Bitcoin ETF maintained positive daily flows throughout its first month on the market, even as rival spot Bitcoin funds experienced sharp swings between inflows and withdrawals. The Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust (MSBT), which launched on 8 April, opened with US$30.6 million…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on The rsETH crisis resulted in $200 million in bad debt on Aave’s books, despite not a single line of its contracts misbehaving.On Apr. 18, attackers that Chainalysis preliminarily linked to Lazarus compromised RPC infrastructure, forced a failover to poisoned nodes via DDoS, and injected false data into a 1-of-1 DVN configuration on KelpDAO’s rsETH bridge.The forged message released approximately 116,500 rsETH, and Aave’s incident report confirmed that Ethereum accepted nonce 308 while the Unichain source endpoint never advanced past 307.The attacker supplied the compromised rsETH to Aave and borrowed against it, resulting in bad debt and…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on The Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust completed its first month of trading without a single day of net outflows, providing an early test case for how a Wall Street bank’s brand, pricing, and distribution network can alter the competitive landscape of the digital-asset market.The product, trading under the ticker MSBT, launched on April 8 and has since attracted about $193 million in net inflows, while managing over $240 million in assets.Data from SoSoValue shows the fund’s inaugural month included 17 days of positive inflows and five days of flat flows, with zero daily redemptions recorded.Morgan Stanley Bitcoin…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on Has Donald Trump been net positive for Bitcoin? It is an uncomfortable question for many Bitcoin supporters, including me.My political criticisms of Trump are substantial and longstanding. They extend well beyond policy disagreements into questions about rhetoric, institutional conduct, and the broader political culture surrounding his presidency.None of that disappears because Bitcoin performed well during parts of his administration or because parts of the industry now view him as an ally. Still, the question matters because Bitcoin increasingly sits inside state policy, capital markets, and geopolitical competition.Once that happened, separating political preference from analytical judgment became…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on Mozilla’s latest Firefox security update provides a rare glimpse into what happens when frontier AI capabilities reach defenders before attackers. The company said it fixed 423 Firefox security bugs in April after gaining access to Claude Mythos Preview, compared with roughly 420 fixes over the previous 14 months.That compression is the signal.The defensive side did in one month what had previously taken more than a year, then disclosed a sample of the bugs to show the depth of latent risk still present inside a mature, heavily tested browser codebase.The strongest anchor is age.One of the disclosed…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on BlackRock is accelerating its push to bring Wall Street yields to the blockchain, filing paperwork with US regulators to introduce a pair of tokenized money market funds.The move represents a major escalation in the asset management giant’s strategy to bridge traditional financial instruments with the rapidly expanding digital asset ecosystem.According to May 8 filings submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the world’s largest asset manager intends to issue digital shares for an existing multibillion-dollar treasury fund, alongside an entirely new vehicle tailored specifically for the crypto-native market.The dual rollout targets a growing demographic of…