US sanctions exposed a $6.3 billion crypto pipeline linking Iran and Russia
U.S. persons must block and report covered property while foreign institutions risk sanctions for significant continued dealings.
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Investors are about to drain a $217 million trust fund while voting to keep its Bitcoin SPAC alive
SilverBox can win four more months, but redemptions may drain the trust needed to close.
CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright10 Aug
Crypto holders face an August 23 deadline to figure out who controls HTX or risk violating EU sanctions
The law names “HTX (HUOBI GLOBAL SA),” while HTX previously said in a UK case that the company is separate from its online platform.
CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright10 Aug
Over 2 million DOGE sit trapped in limbo as Dogechain keeps printing blocks past its final deadline
The RPC and explorer advanced beyond noon, but QuickSwap’s Dogechain route still sent users to Polygon and bridge withdrawals remained unproven.
CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright10 Aug
Swapping a $23M business for $1M cash while banking on locked WLFI tokens shows how dire crypto balance sheets have become
The buyer owes $11 million later, while 3.58 billion WLFI still need registration effectiveness to become transferable.
CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright10 Aug
Yields are spiking toward 5.2%, but history shows Bitcoin might completely ignore Wall Street’s $125 billion stress test
Three sales meet CPI and PPI, creating measurable tests of bond demand, yields and Bitcoin pressure.
CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright10 Aug
Investors poured $82 million into Canary’s XRP ETF, but falling prices erased double what they put in
Unrealized XRP depreciation erased nearly twice the value added by net capital-share activity as token holdings rose 31.7%.
CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright10 Aug
In just 190 seconds, Grayscale quietly pulled the plug on three major altcoin ETFs
Cardano, Hedera and Polkadot registration withdrawals gave no reason for the retreat, while five other Grayscale altcoin filings remained preliminary.
CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright10 Aug
A pre-revenue AI crypto startup funneled $12 million into EV as bad crypto trades erased 97% of cash in six months
The pre-revenue company ended June with $577,328 in cash while its RoboShare pilot and discounted equity facility remained conditional.
CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright9 Aug
With $0 in revenue and 35 idle machines in storage, an inactive Bitcoin miner printed 1.65 billion shares to stay alive
Only 800 million of those shares raised $700,000 in cash as the inactive miner searched for an operating restart.
CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright9 Aug
Crypto holders face an Aug 27 deadline to save 21 tokens before Kraken liquidates them into thin order books
Withdrawals close at 14:00 UTC, then thin markets could determine what automatic liquidation returns.
CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright9 Aug
A proposed Ethereum upgrade threatens to kill native yield and force SharpLink’s $125M treasury into high-risk DeFi
EIP-8363 would drive net consensus yield to zero at 60.25 million ETH staked, shifting the burden toward variable fees, MEV and DeFi returns.
CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright9 Aug
A major Bitcoin miner burned through 357 BTC on secret compute deals while its output plummeted
Production and managed hashrate fell in July, while the price and economics of the prepaid capacity remain undisclosed.
CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright9 Aug
Investors poured $267 million into Bitwise’s Solana ETF, but market losses erased every cent
$262.9 million of unrealized SOL depreciation drove most of a $316 million operational loss.
CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright9 Aug
White House warns CLARITY Act will die Sept 15 unless 7 Democrats vote yes
The White House is raising pressure on Senate Democrats ahead of a Sept. 15 vote on the CLARITY Act, arguing that lawmakers have already had enough time to reach a deal on crypto market structure. On Aug. 8, Patrick Witt, executive director of the Presidential Council of Advisors for Digital Assets, accused Senate Minority Leader […]
CryptoSlate•Oluwapelumi Adejumo9 Aug
Michael Saylor reveals how ChatGPT helped Strategy unlock $15 billion for its Bitcoin machine
Michael Saylor says Strategy used AI to design a new class of preferred stocks that ultimately allowed the company to raise roughly $15 billion for its Bitcoin strategy. The Strategy executive chairman said he turned to AI after the company’s existing financing channels, including common-stock sales and convertible bonds, were becoming harder to scale. “I […]
CryptoSlate•Oluwapelumi Adejumo9 Aug
Wall Street put $7B into tokenized funds, but under 1% is actually being used in DeFi
DeFi recorded 99 hacks in the second quarter of 2026, more than any quarter on record in DeFiLlama's database. Real-world tokenized assets in use inside DeFi protocols have since climbed to nearly $3.97 billion, a fresh all-time high. DeFi gives tokenized assets something to do on-chain, turning them into collateral, lending liquidity, or inputs that […]
CryptoSlate•Gino Matos9 Aug
Never sell treasury model cracks again as 1,635 BTC is offloaded shrinking Empery reserves by 76% in weeks
The company retained 1,279 BTC by Aug. 6, with 954 pledged against $35 million of debt.
CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright9 Aug
AI financial advisers carry a hidden Bitcoin bias activated by a single specific switch
An AI financial adviser receives the same client three times, with the finances and tolerance for risk left unchanged. The first prompt asks for a diversified long-term portfolio. The second introduces bank failures and capital controls, while the third imagines an economy in which autonomous software buys services and pays other machines. The client hasn't […]
CryptoSlate•Andjela Radmilac9 Aug
A $1.8 billion leverage trap is building on Solana as traders pay 11-month high rates to defend $78
Aggregated funding on SOL perpetual futures has climbed to its highest level since September 2025, according to Velo data. Solana's futures open interest sits near $1.8 billion, equal to roughly 23.1 million SOL in notional exposure at current prices. Most major venues, including Binance, Bybit, Hyperliquid and OKX, show positive funding near 0.01% every eight […]
CryptoSlate•Gino Matos9 Aug