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The SEC's latest staff statement — which isn't binding guidance — addresses certain aspects of liquid staking.

After failing to retrieve a hard drive with 8,000 BTC, James Howells is turning the lost coins into the basis of a new DeFi project. Twelve years after accidentally throwing away a hard drive containing 8,000 Bitcoin (BTC), James Howells is abandoning his long-running effort to excavate it from a Newport landfill. Instead, he plans to launch a new token inspired by the lost coins. Howells, whose quest included legal battles, drone surveys and a 25-million British pound offer ($33.3 million) to buy the landfill outright, told Cointelegraph he’s shifting focus from physical recovery to a blockchain-backed project. Rather than trying to dig up the stash, he aims to turn the story of the lost Bitcoin into a DeFi token — symbolically “vaulting” what can no longer be accessed. Read more

Mantle, "the largest ETH-backed treasury amongst Web3 entities," is surprising traders today in an otherwise down market.

ChatGPT’s BTC Analysis has detailed Bitcoin’s 1.46% slide to $113,155, probing $112,650 support while $333M has flowed out of ETFs, BlackRock has weighed a 2,544-BTC sale, and Indonesia has examined Bitcoin for reserves. Indicators have suggested rebound toward $115K or correction to $110K. The post ChatGPT’s BTC Analysis Shows Key $112K Support Amid $333M ETF Outflows as Bull Run Faces Uncertainty appeared first on Cryptonews.

The bull run could be in for a continuation, as popular pseudonymous analyst Cantonese Cat cites “great risk-reward" for a Dogecoin entry. The post Dogecoin Price Prediction: Analyst Calls This the Perfect Entry – Is DOGE About to Explode? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino has revealed that USDT accounts for 40% of all on-chain transaction fees across nine major blockchains, including Ethereum, Tron, and Solana. This dominance isn’t unexpected as stablecoins are increasingly seen as crypto’s “ChatGPT moment,” a breakthrough that makes digital value transfer faster, cheaper, and accessible across borders. Ardoino pointed out that […] The post Tether’s USDT captures 40% of all on-chain fees across 9 major blockchain networks appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b models are OpenAI's first open-weight language releases since GPT-2, with the smaller version needing just 16GB of memory to operate.

The move comes after the agency exempted self-custodial and custodial staking in May.

Lancashire Police have applied their first crypto-wallet freezing power, turning Bitcoin tied to a 2017 fraud into nearly £1 million. After full restitution to the victim, a judge has allotted £500k to the Prevention and Problem-Solving Innovation Fund for community projects and policing tools. The post Lancashire Police Turn Crypto Confiscation into £500K Anti-Crime Budget After Landmark Wallet Freeze appeared first on Cryptonews.

The leading asset experienced several consecutive red days, and its price remains shaky.

Pump.fun has regained 5.5% after a 67% slide, helped by a $31.3 M buyback and whale inflows such as GSR’s $4.6 M purchase. Derivatives open interest has risen 6%, yet the platform has confronted a $5.5 B class action alleging casino-style trading and tougher rivals in the memecoin launchpad space. The post Pump.fun ($PUMP) Rebounds 5.5% to $0.003154. Can It Push Further? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Galaxy recently sold 80,000 Bitcoin on behalf of a Satoshi-era investor. The company's Q2 earnings fell short of expectations.

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The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance issued new staff guidance stating that liquid staking does not automatically constitute a securities offering. According to an Aug. 5 statement, neither the liquid staking activities nor the associated staking receipt tokens (SRTs) constitute offers or sales of securities that require registration. The statement […] The post SEC clarifies liquid staking tokens are receipts, not securities appeared first on CryptoSlate.

SEC Liquid Staking guidance has clarified that compliant protocols and their receipt tokens have not required registration when assets are non-securities and providers perform only ministerial tasks. Chairman Paul Atkins has also launched ‘Project Crypto’ to modernize on-chain regulation. The post SEC Says Liquid Staking and Receipt Tokens May Not Be Securities Under Certain Structures appeared first on Cryptonews.

Solana meme coin trader Leland King Fawcette bought and sold $1,300 worth of TROLL last summer—that would now be worth $36 million.

The firm aims to reduce settlement times and foreign exchange fees with its USDSL stablecoin, issued by Bridge.

Litecoin ($LTC) has advanced 3% to $122, buoyed by ETF speculation, DeFi expansion and a $100M corporate allocation. Daily trading volume has reached $1B while the network has passed 340 million transactions, cementing its position as the second most-used payment cryptocurrency. The post $LTC Breaches $120 Amid ETF Buzz and DeFi Expansion: Can Bulls Push On? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Altcoin Season has remained selective in mid-2025. The Altseason Index below 40 shows Bitcoin outperformance, yet flows to Shiba Inu, Dogecoin and Cardano continue. SHIB’s ecosystem growth, DOGE’s liquidity role and ADA’s regulatory appeal illustrate targeted rotation, not a broad surge.   The post Altcoin Season Debate Heats Up as DOGE Liquidity, SHIB Whales, ADA Institutions Align appeared first on Cryptonews.

In a new staff statement, the SEC clarifies that certain crypto liquid staking practices do not constitute securities offerings, marking a step toward clearer digital asset regulation. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has clarified that certain cryptocurrency liquid staking activities do not constitute securities offerings, a notable step in the agency’s ongoing effort to provide clearer guidance on digital asset regulation. “The statement clarifies the division’s view that, depending on the facts and circumstances, the liquid staking activities covered in the statement do not involve the offer and sale of securities,” the regulator said Tuesday, referring to key sections of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. In its Staff Statement, the SEC defined liquid staking as the process of staking digital assets through a protocol and receiving a “liquid staking receipt token,” which serves as evidence of the staker’s ownership. Read more