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‘Monumental’: Russia is likely buying silver for its reserves

According to Gold Telegraph, it’s “likely” that Russia is buying silver for its reserves, sending shockwaves through precious metals markets. For the first time, a central bank is disclosed to be actively accumulating silver, marking a sharp shift in global reserve strategy and a “monumental” moment for silver itself. A new era if Russia is […]
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Institutions like Strategy and Metaplanet now hold 12.3% of the total Bitcoin supply

Institutional money, funds, and public companies continue to increase their BTC holdings and currently control 12.3% of all Bitcoin supply. According to Bitcoin analytics platform Ecoinometrics, this figure has dramatically increased over the past 12 months. Institutional money added 5% to their combined holdings in the past year alone, helping propel Bitcoin’s price by over […]
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Beyond stablecoins, what’s fueling the tokenized RWA $30T explosion? Insights from Polygon Labs

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. Tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) reached just under $300 billion in 2025, with some projections placing the market at $30 trillion by 2034. Much of […]
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$7.5T in US money market funds could soon be seeking a new home

$7.5 trillion is now parked in U.S. money market funds. This vast amount of capital marks a new all-time high that risk asset traders are closely watching. Why? Because as yields trend lower and the Fed prepares to cut rates, this colossal dry powder could be primed to flood into risk assets, including tech stocks […]
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Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin calls ‘AI governance’ a “bad idea”

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin claims it is a “bad idea” to use artificial intelligence (AI) for governance. In an X post on Saturday, Buterin wrote: “If you use an AI to allocate funding for contributions, people WILL put a jailbreak plus “gimme all the money” in as many places as they can.” Why AI governance […]
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