Category : Rumours

Domain name “Bitcoin.com” briefly goes on sale for $100 million

Bitcoin.com, one of the most recognizable domain names in the world of crypto, was listed for sale by American Internet domain registrar and web hosting company GoDaddy for $100 million yesterday. “This domain is currently registered but has been lis...

Morgan Stanley reportedly looks to acquire stake in Korean exchange Bithumb

American multinational investment bank Morgan Stanley is currently in talks to acquire a stake in top South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb, local news outlet Naver reported on Friday. “Morgan Stanley participated in the acquisition of Bithumb...

SkyBridge Capital CEO says Elon Musk owns over $5 billion in Bitcoin through Tesla and SpaceX

Electric car giant Tesla’s $1.5 billion investment in Bitcoin is less than one-third of the total crypto reserves held by Elon Musk and his companies, Anthony Scaramucci, CEO of investment firm SkyBridge Capital, asserted today. “Elon Musk didn’t sto...

Justin Sun reacts after allegations of Tron (TRX) paying celebrities for tweets

Tron has been marred with controversy ever since its launch in 2017. First was its plagiarized whitepaper (which was found to be directly lifted off Ethereum), and then came all the negative press around Justin Sun, the project’s starry-eyed, flamboy...

Report: Morgan Stanley’s $150 billion arm contemplates Bitcoin investment

Counterpoint Global, a $150 billion unit of multinational investment bank Morgan Stanley, is considering investing in Bitcoin (BTC), knowledgeable sources told Bloomberg today. Morgan Stanley may bet on Bitcoin in $150 billion investment arm, Bloomb...

Tesla’s in, but who’s next to buy Bitcoin?

Following Tesla’s $1.5 billion purchase of Bitcoin, the internet is awash with rumors on which high profile corporate entity is next. However, even at this stage of the game, corporate BTC buys attract controversy from the trad-fi diehards. The...

Big gains for Stellar (XLM) as multiple banking settlement rumors proliferate

The price of Stellar XLM soared to as high as $0.39 on January 6. Having made a 31 month high, Stellar moved keenly back into the top ten, usurping Chainlink to take 9th place via market cap. Throughout this week, there has been no shortage of positi...

“Only Chainlink,” Loopring clears recent Band Protocol integration rumors

Payments protocol and zkRollup exchange Loopring said this week that rumors of its partnership with oracle provider Band Protocol were greatly exaggerated and a mistake. Earlier this week, Loopring said it was onboarding Band Protocol oracles for the...

Crypto fund behind Chainlink FUD is offering 5 Bitcoin to post bearish positions

A dubious crypto fund, Zeus Capital, is reportedly offering prominent Twitter members up to 5 Bitcoin to post a short-biased price analysis for Chainlink (LINK). Rewards for spreading “FUD” Screenshots and tweets on Thursday showed the fund — whose i...

Report: China’s national blockchain project could adopt Ethereum after Chainlink onboarding

China’s surging ahead with its blockchain aspirations even as the world grapples with the basic regulation around distributed systems and digital currencies. Moving into public blockchains A fund manager revealed Sunday the country will soon onboard...

China: Banks and Alipay won’t shut Bitcoin accounts, 70 percent of firms see blockchain as an economic boost

Reports on China shutting down bank accounts for individual Bitcoin traders and OTC firms are unfounded and untrue, a local investigation found this week. Dispelling FUD China Times said Wednesday the country’s national and central banks were not clo...

Ethereum devs confirm ETH 2.0 will NOT go live in July, despite widespread rumors

Ethereum’s much-awaited move to a PoS consensus algorithm, the so-called 2.0 or “Serenity” update, just got longer. Project developers confirmed late on May 12 any purported shipping dates were a clear case of miscommunication. It’s not coming...

Top-40 altcoin Digibyte rumored to be close to a 51 percent attack [UPDATED]

UPDATE (27 Apr. @18:42 UTC): After publishing, Digibyte founder Jared Tate informed via a series of tweets rectifying the various points reported in this article. We certainly aim to present all the publicly available sides of any story without direc...

[Update] Top-40 altcoin Digibyte rumored to be close to a 51 percent attack

[Update] After publishing, Digibyte founder Jared Tate informed via a series of tweets rectifying the various points reported in this article. Needless to say, CryptoSlate’s authors report exclusively based on facts, social posts, and community...