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Withdrawals remain open, but Term has not confirmed the loss or promised to cover any shortfall. The post Term Finance kills Meta Vaults after governance process clears path for $8.5 million drain appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Strategy's average Bitcoin purchase price remains above $75,000, keeping the position sensitive to further price moves.

Robinhood Chain-based Cash Cat jumped more than 50% in a day, while several smaller animal-themed tokens have gained between 50% and 130% over the past week.

Traders are spending millions to position for further Bitcoin upside after its staggering rally to $80,000, though demand for downside protection remains firm, according to Laevitas.

The US Treasury expanded sanctions to Iran’s digital asset sector, alleging a UAE-based broker processed over $100 million in crypto for oil sales. The US Treasury has expanded its Iran sanctions framework to cover the country’s digital asset sector, citing more than $100 million in crypto payments allegedly used to facilitate Iranian oil sales.  On Monday, the Treasury said the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued sectoral sanctions determinations covering digital assets, technology, gold, aviation and shipping. The agency also sanctioned nearly 60 entities, individuals and vessels across nuclear, missile, cyber and oil networks. The digital asset determination allows OFAC to sanction foreign individuals and companies that operate in or provide services supporting Iran’s digital asset sector. The Treasury said Iran increasingly uses crypto as a “tool of choice for sanctions evasion,” including for transactions linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and government insiders.  Read mor...

BTC is up more than 25% on the week after Treasury’s bond-buyback expansion sparked a rally, while Solana led majors Tuesday as validators vote on proposals to slow new SOL creation and raise daily burns.

Version 1.22.2 adds two signing-state safeguards, but public physical validation of the alleged substitution path is limited to Flex. The post Ledger patched an Ethereum app bug that could show one transaction and sign another appeared first on CryptoSlate.

It took a few attempts, but BTC finally did it earlier this morning.

BNB Chain activates the Pasteur hard fork on BSC, closing bridge and validator security gaps while targeting greater transaction capacity. BNB Smart Chain (BSC) activated its Pasteur hard fork on Tuesday, closing bridge verification and validator authorization gaps while introducing a new route intended to fit more transactions into each block.  In a Tuesday post, BNB Chain confirmed that Pasteur was live on the BSC mainnet. The team said the upgrade strengthens the network’s bridge, staking and governance security while giving blocks more capacity without changing its 450-millisecond block time.  The upgrade combines three BNB Evolution Proposals. BEP-682 rejects duplicate validator entries during cross-chain light-block verification, while BEP-695 tightens controls involving validator key rotation, slashing and governance voting. Furthermore, BEP-675 changes how specialist builders submit blocks to validators. Read more

Ethereum could target $5,363 after breaking its current resistance, but a pullback toward the $2,235 realized price first remains possible.

EIP-8390 proposes offchain ZK finality proofs but defines no replacement API or prover incentive and supplies no reproducible GPU benchmark. The post Ethereum proposal would cut 33,800 ETH issuance and break every deployed Altair light client appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Comparable single-security or narrow-index contracts outside the joint listing regime would move under SEC oversight. The post FalconX asks SEC to bring single-stock perpetuals from DeFi under swap rules appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Asia’s biggest crypto hubs are locked in a tax-cut arms race, while Ripple will help Korea’s Jeonbuk Bank move money across borders. KOREA South Korea’s Jeonbuk Bank has partnered with blockchain payments company Ripple to deploy its cross-border payment system for business customers. The service targets businesses including import-export companies, technology startups and online content creators.  Read more

DVLT's first cure period ends Aug. 24, while another 180 days depends on other listing tests and a written split notice. The post Datavault hits Nasdaq deadline 68% below $1 as extension or delisting decision looms appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Picture the last week of December with Bitcoin (BTC) back above $100,000. That is the scene behind the latest Google Gemini AI price prediction, which puts the base case at $102,000 by Christmas 2026.The full bullish range spans $95,000 to $110,000. Gemini also flags a full expansion target of $105,000 before year-end.The setup started with […] The post Google Gemini AI Predicts Most Likely Bitcoin Price by Christmas 2026 appeared first on Cryptonews.

BTC has now surged 38% following its June plunge as shifting U.S. Treasury policy helped bring buyers back to crypto, rejuvenating ETF demand.

The reported-loss comparison lacks disclosed dollar totals, but the pressure lands squarely on recovery, signing and payment. The post AI scammers no longer need to hack your wallet if they can convince you to use it for them appeared first on CryptoSlate.

A rally of a few days has repriced an entire year of drift. The latest Microsoft Copilot AI price prediction leans into that, and the model predicts Ripple (XRP) reaching $4 to $7 by the end of 2026, with a base case near $5.XRP price trades at $1.50 as that call gets made. The August […] The post We Told Microsoft Copilot AI to Be Brutally Realistic About XRP Predicts, This Was Its Target appeared first on Cryptonews.

Can a single upgrade close a gap of more than 50%? That is the question behind the latest Claude AI price prediction, where the model predicts Ethereum (ETH) reaching $3,500 to $4,000 by year’s end 2026, with $3,800 as the realistic base case.The chart already moved first. Ethereum price spent July and August pinned near […] The post Dario Amodei Claude AI Predicts Ethereum Needs to Do One Thing Before $4,000 Is Back on the Table appeared first on Cryptonews.

FSOL reported 99.64% staked at June 30, while FETH disclosed no current amount and Ethereum has no guaranteed exit timeline. The post Fidelity grants ETFs power to stake 100% of crypto while outlining exit delay risks appeared first on CryptoSlate.