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The public Bitcoin treasury structure is gone, while two 2026 payments carry a narrow seven-day release condition. The post Adam Back’s Bitcoin treasury deal died, but its $15M obligation did not appeared first on CryptoSlate.

BTC and the precious metal staged impressive rallies last week while concerns surrounding US debt, the greenback, and Treasury markets returned to central stage.

ZEC traded above its January 2018 peak as futures volume hit billions of dollars and a Grayscale filing showed fresh progress toward converting its Zcash Trust into a spot ETF.

Official Trump (TRUMP) has reentered the top 100 alts after a massive 62% pump. ZCASH is up by 40%. Alts are on fire on Saturday morning.

Treasury buybacks are not QE, analysts said, but the move helped pull long-term yields off 19-year highs and triggered a record short squeeze in a market already leaning too bearish.

Storing an account on Solana used to cost $0.16 and now costs $0.016. Dario Amodei Claude AI predicts that a tenfold reduction changes what developers can build, and the price prediction places SOL at $110 to $120 by year-end 2026, with $115 as the realistic base case.Agave 4.2 was activated the week of August 17. […] The post Dario Amodei Claude AI Predicts Solana Could Be Heading for a Bigger Comeback Than Expected appeared first on Cryptonews.

Warwick says six months of cost reductions restored runway, but the studio has not published its current burn. The post Illuvium says six months of cuts bought it another year as MMO becomes its main remaining bet appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Here's who was the most bullish AI to answer our question and why.

The better.codes contest puts Ethereum’s abstract security target against live certificates, but its score covers only koalaIRS12. The post Ethereum researchers are racing to close a zkEVM security gap before December appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Transactions, transfers and staking remain unavailable after MANTRA said an attacker exploited an upstream dependency. The post MANTRA Chain stays offline after exploit as Aug. 21 restart hinges on patch test appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The Crypto Council for Innovation and the Blockchain Association added another lawsuit against the state for its recently approved 0.2% crypto tax.

Ethereum and Cardano are among the assets the analyst believes could benefit if the 2020 comparison holds.

The gap is verifiable, even as Justin Sun’s broader claims of fraud remain unsupported by available evidence. The post Trump-backed $4 billion USD1 stablecoin has wallet powers its own GitHub does not show appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Coinkite's latest firmware requires users to add their own randomness when generating wallet seeds and fixes additional security issues uncovered during a three-week review.

July output was worth roughly $1.16 million at Aug. 21 spot prices before unsettled hosting costs, as interest begins on $16 million of seller notes. The post A $22.9 million capital deficit threatens to derail an energy firm’s pivot to off-grid Bitcoin mining appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Gracy Chen says macroeconomic uncertainty could keep Bitcoin within $10,000 to $20,000 of current levels, while US government purchases remain unlikely within the next two years. Bitget CEO Gracy Chen expects Bitcoin to remain broadly around current levels through the end of the year despite its recent surge, citing interest rates and broader macroeconomic conditions as key factors shaping the cryptocurrency’s outlook. Speaking on Cointelegraph’s Trade Secrets podcast, Chen said predicting whether Bitcoin (BTC) will finish the year above or below $70,000 is difficult, pointing to the possibility of higher interest rates as one factor that could pressure prices. Cointelegraph host interviews Bitget CEO Gracy Chen. Source: Trade Secrets Read more

Institutional buying, improving macro conditions and a friendlier regulatory outlook are supporting Bitcoin's rally, while billions in short liquidations have accelerated the move.

The latest court ruling keeps potentially sensitive allegations in public view as the wider dispute continues.

The hedge fund founder with an estimated net worth of $15 billion recommended that investors overweight Bitcoin and gold rather than bonds. The founder of the Bridgewater Associates hedge fund, Ray Dalio, called on investors to put money into gold and “a bit of Bitcoin” in response to a looming debt crisis. In a Friday LinkedIn post, Dalio said having between 10% to 15% of one’s portfolio in gold could help reduce risk. He advocated for gold and Bitcoin (BTC) as assets to be overweight compared to debt assets like bonds, citing risks from “internal political and external geopolitical conflicts.” “My guess, which I suppose will be a bad one, is that [a US debt crisis] will come in three years, give or take two, if the course we’re on is not changed,” said Dalio.  Read more

The CFTC ordered a trading ban for former Alameda and FTX executives, and US prosecutors opposed a motion from a US soldier accused of profiting from the removal of Nicolas Maduro. Update (Aug. 21, 9:50 pm UTC): This article has been updated to include information about the criminal case against Edward Zimbardi. On Tuesday, the US District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) entered consent orders related to a 2022 enforcement action against former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison and crypto exchange FTX co-founder Zixiao “Gary” Wang. The orders imposed by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) required that Ellison and Wang receive a five-year trading ban related to their roles in the crypto exchange’s collapse. The CFTC also ordered that the Alameda CEO receive a 10-year registration ban, while Wang received an eight-year registration ban. Read more