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A leaked Flock presentation shows the surveillance firm pitching a plan to pull license-plate data from rideshare and delivery drivers.

The Treasury's OFAC targeted Shelbit and Aban Tether as Washington continues its effort to cut Tehran's access to crypto and foreign currency.

The Q1 loss confirms crypto-price exposure, while BitGo’s prospectus contains explicit warnings the lawsuit now challenges. The post BitGo investors face flood of Aug. 7 class-action deadline warnings appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Ethereum remains near $1,900, but hidden strength is building through technical breakouts, institutional interest, and massive treasury purchases.

The rollout gives X Layer users access to Circle-issued USDC and crosschain transfers as the stablecoin expands across major blockchain ecosystems. Circle has launched its USDC stablecoin on X Layer, OKX’s Ethereum layer-2 network, extending the stablecoin to an ecosystem connected to one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges by trading volume. Circle announced Friday that native USDC and its Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) are now available on X Layer. The network is compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), allowing applications built for Ethereum to run on it with relatively few changes. CCTP allows USDC to move between X Layer and other supported blockchains by burning the tokens on the source chain and minting an equivalent amount on the destination chain. The integration supports uses including payments, decentralized finance lending and borrowing, trading and crosschain transfers. Read more

XRP is taking the Clarity Act news harder than the rest of the crypto market. Here's why.

The US Senate has abandoned plans to vote on the landmark CLARITY Act legislation before its August break. On Aug. 6, Senate Majority Leader John Thune confirmed that the legislation will have to wait until lawmakers return Sept. 14, reversing his earlier expectation that the Senate would act before leaving Washington. A spokesperson for the […] The post Senate abandons August CLARITY Act vote – leaving 14 ‘work days’ until midterm election season kills it appeared first on CryptoSlate.

As the chairman of the Reform UK calls for an investigation into a FTX-linked political donation, the party’s leader prepares to face voters amid his own crypto-related scandal. The chairman of the UK’s Reform party has called for an investigation following reports of a $50,000 political donation linked to former FTX CEO Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried. According to a Friday report from the Telegraph, Reform UK chair Lee Anderson called for the parliamentary commissioner for standards to probe Defense Secretary Wes Streeting over reported $50,000 in donations from a think tank in 2022 and 2023. The reported donations came from Labour for the Long Term, whose founder reportedly accepted a $675,000 gift from Bankman-Fried before sending funds to Streeting. Notably, Reform leader Nigel Farage is set to face voters next week in a by-election triggered by his resignation as a member of parliament amid his own crypto scandal. The UK politician received $6.7 million in donations from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne ...

Potential buyers, including Exodus, passed on BitMEX amid concerns over founder ownership and its shrinking business, according to a source familiar.

PI has surpassed BTC, ETH, XRP, and several other major cryptocurrencies on one interesting front.

Microsoft said compromised websites are retrieving malicious instructions from the blockchain before tricking visitors into running them on Windows devices.

The exchange has secured a preliminary injunction freezing stolen assets.

At 10:47 a.m. ET, LRC-USD was still limit-only while 74% of displayed volume sat on four outside venues. The post Coinbase is pulling Loopring trading today – finding a safe place to sell LRC tokens is getting complicated appeared first on CryptoSlate.

A soft July payrolls print pulled September rate-hike odds down. It gives investors in risk assets hope, but Bitcoin remains in bear territory.

Designed with Jony Ive's LoveFrom studio, the screenless gadget is slated for 2027 and will use cameras, lights and moving parts.

The proprietary-only entity can pursue authorized-participant work, while DTC access and a fund-distributor agreement remain separate. The post Wintermute takes aim at Wall Street’s crypto ETF gatekeepers appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Ethereum has continued to stabilize following its sharp correction from the yearly highs, with buyers attempting to regain control after breaking out of the long-term descending channel. While the recovery has improved the near-term outlook, ETH still faces a cluster of major resistance levels overhead that must be reclaimed before a broader trend reversal can […]

The Coldcard hack wallet moved 30.185 BTC to a new address, prompting scrutiny as analysts track possible movement of stolen funds. The post A Coldcard Hacker Just Moved $1.94 Million in Stolen Bitcoin for the First Time, Is a Cash-Out Coming? appeared first on Cryptonews.

A Bitcoin address that had stayed silent for 15 years just sent its coins out for the first time.

Bitcoin hit month-to-date highs above $65,000 as risk-assets gained on low US nonfarm payrolls data. Bitcoin (BTC) hit new August highs into Friday’s Wall Street open as markets reacted to weaker US jobs numbers. Key points: Data from TradingView showed BTC/USD hitting $65,340 on Bitstamp, up 1.3% on the day, as fresh US labour-market data was released. Read more