Oluwapelumi Adejumo

Articles by Oluwapelumi Adejumo

Poland’s crypto licensing deadlock is handing foreign EU firms an advantage

Crypto September 9, 2026

Polands failed crypto vote has left domestic firms unable to seek licenses while EU-authorized rivals continue entering the market. The Sejm failed Sept. 4 to override President Karol Nawrockis veto�...

Tether-backed crypto exchange freezes withdrawals after $7 million leaves custody

Crypto September 9, 2026

Tether-backed Orionx is shutting down with customer withdrawals frozen after more than $7 million left its custody. The Chilean crypto exchange said a forensic audit found that customer assets had b�...

XRP’s $2.14 bull case just met a $474 million ETF tailwind

Crypto September 4, 2026

XRP could climb above $2.14 by late November as sustained exchange-traded fund (ETF) demand adds momentum to its recent rebound. CryptoSlates 90-day model places the bullish outcome at the 80th perc�...

Nearly $10 million must escape a dying Ethereum L2 network before New Year’s Eve or risk becoming unrecoverable

Crypto September 4, 2026

Silicon Network is shutting down with nearly $10 million still on-chain, giving users until year-end to exit. The Ethereum layer 2 stopped accepting new bridge deposits and ended its network on Sept�...

BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF barely beat the S&P 500 after putting investors through a 53% crash

Crypto September 3, 2026

BlackRocksBitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) has narrowly outperformed the S&P 500 since launch despite subjecting investors to a drawdown nearly three times as deep. The iShares Bitcoin Trust, �...

Bitcoin’s 316-day hashrate drought shows why AI could make this mining downturn harder to reverse

Crypto September 3, 2026

Bitcoins hashrate has spent 316 days below its record as miners redirect power toward AI. The seven-day network average stood near 914 exahashes per second on Aug. 31, about 20.6% below its October �...

Bitcoin Knots is trying to fork Bitcoin again after its last chain died in two blocks

Crypto August 30, 2026

Bitcoin Knots is preparing a Sunday rehearsal for a BLAKE2b fork after its previous breakaway BIP-110 chain stalled. On Aug. 29, Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjrtold SHA-2 miners to stop mining ahead o�...

UK crypto investors declared £1.38B in gains, but half came from just 240 people

Crypto August 30, 2026

HMRC has disclosed £1.38 billion in reported UK crypto gains, with just 240 investors accounting for more than half. The figures mark the first time HM Revenue & Customs has published crypto-spe...

Ethena is targeting the $120 trillion Wall Street stock market to hunt yields 5x higher than Bitcoin

Crypto August 30, 2026

Ethena is expanding USDe into equity perpetual-basis trades, targeting funding yields more than five times higher than Bitcoins as the synthetic dollar looks to recover from its 2026 contraction. On�...

KuCoin can block your crypto transactions even if you never sent it to these 17 sanctioned platforms

Crypto August 29, 2026

KuCoin has expanded sanctions screening to indirect crypto transfers across 17 crypto platforms, including Justin Sun-linked HTX. Under an Aug. 27 compliance notice, KuCoin said Shelbit, Aban Tether�...