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Chainalysis projects stablecoin transaction volume could reach as high as US$1.5 quadrillion by 2035, with a baseline trajectory of US$719 trillion before macro catalysts. Stablecoins processed roughly US$28 trillion in real economic activity in 2025 and the report sees parity with Visa and Mastercard arriving between 2031 and 2039. Up to US$100 trillion in generational wealth is expected to transfer to Millennials and Gen Z between 2028 and 2048. Chainalysis projected this week that stablecoin transaction volume could climb to as much as US$1.5 quadrillion (AU$2.1 quadrillion) by 2035, with payment-rail parity against Visa and Mastercard arriving sometime between 2031…

Bitcoin Depot disclosed in an April 8 SEC filing that 50.9 BTC, worth approximately US$3.665 million, was stolen after hackers compromised internal IT systems and settlement-account credentials on March 23. The company said customer-facing platforms and user data were unaffected, with the breach confined to an internal hot wallet used for settlement between the operator and its kiosk network. Bitcoin Depot disclosed that hackers stole 50.9 Bitcoin (BTC), valued at about US$3.6 million (AU$5.3 million), after breaching its internal IT systems and accessing credentials tied to digital asset settlement accounts in a late-March incident. The Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin ATM operator revealed…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on For most of the past two years, debate about stablecoins in payments has focused on the checkout screen: will consumers ever tap a wallet instead of a card?Visa, Stripe, and Mastercard have answered with their capital. Visa now settles in USDC, Stripe bought Bridge, and Mastercard is acquiring BVNK.Each move reflects the same read that stablecoins are becoming the settlement and liquidity layer beneath existing brands, and whoever controls that layer controls the economics of the next payment cycle.Chainalysis put adjusted stablecoin volume at $28 trillion in 2025 and projected it could reach $719 trillion by…

Crypto card monthly volume reached US$607 million in March 2026, a 211% jump from the US$187 million recorded a year earlier. USDT remains the dominant settlement currency thanks to its grip on Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa, but USDC is steadily eating into that lead in Western markets. Cumulative crypto card usage now stands at US$6.5 billion across 21.4 million transactions, with TRON carrying 35% of payments and Visa handling about 97% of monthly volume. Crypto card spending reached a record US$607 million (AU$880 million) in March, more than tripling from a year earlier as users increasingly spent stablecoins…

Bitcoin broke above US$72,000, with chart structure pointing to a measured-move target of US$90,000. Binance recorded US$2.7 billion in taker buy orders within two hours of the US-Iran ceasefire announcement on April 8, lifting net taker volume to US$1.02 billion, its highest reading since March 17. Analysts say the bullish structure depends on US$70,000 holding as support, with US$80,000 as the next resistance rungs before any push toward US$90,000. Bitcoin (BTC) rose above US$72,000 (AU$104.4k) this week after breaking out of a symmetrical triangle pattern, with easing geopolitical tension and heavy Binance buying helping form a bullish setup that some…

Ryder Ripps and Jeremy Cahen settle with Yuga Labs, permanently barred from using Bored Ape imagery. The dispute centred on whether their RR/BAYC NFTs constituted satire or violated trademark protections. A 2023 court initially awarded US$1.5m, later rising to nearly US$9m before appeals overturned it. A legal dispute between Yuga Labs and artist Ryder Ripps has been brought to a close, with a settlement prohibiting the use of Bored Ape Yacht Club imagery and trademarks by Ripps and Jeremy Cahen. The agreement, confirmed through a recent court filing, concludes a case that has been ongoing since 2022, although the precise…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on A two-week conditional ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran has forced a rapid rewrite of the Strait of Hormuz trade, but it has not fully restored the pre-war macro backdrop.Oil has fallen sharply from the panic highs, global equities have rallied, and Bitcoin has rebounded with them. That is a clear break from the pre-ceasefire view that markets were giving up on any near-term reopening.What has changed is the headline path for energy. What remains unresolved is the normalization path for physical flows, insurance, shipping, and inflation.The market no longer has to price an immediate worst-case…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on Polymarket put the odds of President Donald Trump being impeached before his term ends at 64% on Apr. 7, near the contract’s high-water mark since its Mar. 19 launch.A comparable Kalshi contract, which resolves against Library of Congress records and runs through Jan. 1, 2028, was priced around 67% in the same window.Driving the markets, beyond current events, are the Polymarket odds of the Democrats taking both the House and the Senate in the November mid-term elections. With odds above 80% of the House and 55% of the Senate, a genuine path to impeachment and removal…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on Another mainstream attempt to identify the creator of Bitcoin has landed on Adam Back, the British cryptographer and Blockstream co-founder.This week, The New York Times published a sprawling investigation arguing that Back is the person behind the Satoshi Nakamoto pseudonym, leaning heavily on stylometric analysis of writing and decades-old online records.Back immediately and categorically denied the claim on X, saying:I am not Satoshi.However, inside the Bitcoin development ecosystem, the louder question is no longer whether this latest theory is clever or conclusive. It is a question of physical safety: what happens to the next living person…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on Iran’s reported Bitcoin tolls at Hormuz point to a new use case for crypto, sanctions-resistant trade infrastructureIran is reportedly planning to charge oil tankers a Bitcoin-denominated toll for passage through the Strait of Hormuz. The move would be significant as it extends beyond price action, ideology, or adoption rhetoric.The development places Bitcoin inside a coercive trade corridor, where settlement speed, sanctions exposure, maritime access, and state leverage converge in one of the world’s most strategically sensitive waterways.The reported shift would attach crypto settlement to physical trade infrastructure, with consequences for oil flows, shipping costs, sanctions compliance,…