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A wallet tagged to the US government moved a small amount of Bitcoin linked to assets seized from Alameda Research's Binance.US accounts. The movement revives a familiar fear that Washington could be preparing to liquidate more of its forfeited Bitcoin stash. Bitcoin deposited into the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve “shall not be sold” under President Donald […] The post How one small BTC transfer exposed the fine print behind Trump’s ‘never sell’ strategic Bitcoin reserve appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitfinex Securities completed a record $50 million raise for Alkemya, whose token represents interests in a partnership that holds nickel assets. Bitfinex Securities has completed a record $50 million tokenized capital raise for metals company Alkemya, marking the platform’s largest raise to date as it expands its offering of tokenized real-world assets (RWAs). The raise involved ALKN, a tokenized security representing limited partnership interests in Luxembourg-based Alkemya Metacore SCSp, the companies said in an announcement shared with Cointelegraph on Thursday. The partnership owns about 7 million meters of 99.99% pure nickel wire, which the companies said was independently valued at about $1.64 billion. Bitfinex Securities told Cointelegraph that the $50 million raise surpassed its previous record of $30 million for USTBL, a tokenized US Treasury product issued under El Salvador’s Digital Asset Law. The platform has completed seven capital raises and listed 16 assets to date. Read more

Bitfinex Securities is preparing to list a new security linked to a Luxembourg-based industrial metals platform built around a $1.6 billion stockpile of high-purity nickel wire.

Coordinators pressed agents with little budget left into experiments they called "permadeath," METR's investigation found.

ETH has climbed past $2,500 again, while XRP dipped to $1.40 where it found support.

Bithumb reportedly won first-instance rulings in two suits seeking proceeds from users who sold Bitcoin credited in its $40 billion error. South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has reportedly won first-instance rulings in two lawsuits against its users to recover proceeds from Bitcoin it mistakenly credited to their accounts. The Seoul Central District Court ruled for Bithumb on Wednesday and Thursday in two of four lawsuits against users who sold Bitcoin mistakenly credited to their accounts, according to a Chosun Biz report. Thursday’s ruling concerned a claim for 194 million won ($140,000), while Wednesday’s covered a claim for 5 million won ($3,600). Two other lawsuits seeking about 14.8 million won ($10,700) and 500 million won ($362,000) remain pending. Read more

Strategy, Twenty One Capital and Metaplanet still face a funding bind as common-equity discounts collide with debt, pledged coins and dilution. The post Bitcoin hit $80,000 but failed to restore BTC treasury premiums at Strategy, Twenty One Capital, or Metaplanet appeared first on CryptoSlate.

BlackRock's head of digital assets shared his outlook for bitcoin after the company's spot BTC ETF, IBIT, hit record volume for a positive week.

Nvidia’s earnings beat and strong outlook lifted technology stocks, bitcoin and AI infrastructure companies.

Financial stability would remain its primary duty, with annual reports to Parliament on the new objective being planned.

StarkWare tests a quantum-resistant Bitcoin transaction on mainnet, showing a costly workaround that avoids changes to Bitcoin's consensus rules. The post StarkWare Quantum Bitcoin Transaction: First Quantum-Resistant BTC Transaction Hits Mainnet appeared first on Cryptonews.

U.S. spot bitcoin funds have taken in $2.8 billion since the run began, and ether ETFs are matching it day for day. Three sessions are left to make August their best month since October 2025.

A new SEC filing suggests Ripple could unlock more XRP from escrow. Here's what it means for XRP price levels and where traders are rotating next. The post XRP News: Ripple Latest SEC Filing Shakes Holders appeared first on Cryptonews.

The workaround comes with an important limitation: only private mempools such as MARA's Slipstream can currently accept it.

Direct callers now need API keys, while Sui builders had to align their SDK, endpoint and on-chain package. The post Pyth Network’s API overhaul threatens to freeze unpatched smart contracts across 300 DeFi protocols appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Core Lightning advised operators to use offline mode if they do not install the forthcoming update, keeping their nodes active but disconnected. Core Lightning, an open-source implementation of Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, has confirmed multiple vulnerabilities and urged node operators to install a forthcoming security update. On Thursday, Core Lightning said it had been assessing a high volume of AI-generated Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) reports and found that several are real. The project told operators not to shut down their nodes completely, but to restart them with “--offline,” which prevents payments from entering, leaving or routing through the node. In a subsequent post, Core Lightning clarified that upgrading is its primary recommendation, while restarting with --offline is an alternative for operators who have not upgraded.  Read more

The CLARITY Act would divide SEC and CFTC duties, but firms would still face data, reconciliation and scalability challenges. The post CLARITY Act Sets Agency Roles, Leaves Back-Office Work Open appeared first on Cryptonews.

The SHRINCS proposal would let bitcoin transactions use larger, quantum-resistant approvals while preserving more network capacity than existing post-quantum signature designs.

US spot Bitcoin ETF inflows slowed to $232.1 million as an eight-day streak reached $2.8 billion, while XRP funds posted their biggest inflow since Jan. 5. US-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) drew $232.1 million in net inflows on Wednesday, slowing from the previous day while extending their inflow streak to eight trading days. The latest inflow was down about 26% from Tuesday’s $314.4 million and marked the smallest daily total since Aug. 18, according to SoSoValue data. The eight-session streak has attracted about $2.8 billion, cutting year-to-date net outflows to about $2.03 billion. Cumulative net inflows rose to $54.6 billion, while total net assets reached $98.6 billion. Read more

The working proposal opens staking to future key formats, but replacing validator signatures still requires separate protocol upgrades. The post Staking Ethereum could soon look entirely different under a new deposit proposal appeared first on CryptoSlate.