Crypto

North Korea and Iran are among the states leveraging digital assets to bypass international sanctions, says the Financial Action Task Force.

Meme coins highlight the absurdity of crypto investing. No more than Chillhouse flipping Housecoin and aiming for Chillguy next.

In the UAE’s complex crypto landscape, founders who treat legal and regulatory structuring as a core element of their go-to-market strategy — not an afterthought — are the ones who thrive. Opinion by: Irina Heaver, crypto lawyer. Founders who treat regulatory structuring as a central part of their go-to-market strategy are the ones who thrive in the UAE. Unfortunately, many founders view licensing as an afterthought.  The UAE is not a place where you can cut corners. It is, however, a place where thoughtful, well-prepared founders are rewarded with speed, clarity and access to a highly supportive ecosystem. Read more

PayPal chief executive Alex Chriss said the United States remains far from widespread stablecoin adoption, telling Bloomberg TV on June 26 that consumers lack meaningful incentives to shift away from existing payment rails, a view surfacing as the company advances new initiatives around rewards and cross-border transfers. His comments follow the Senate’s passage of the […] The post PayPal CEO says US consumers need incentives to try stablecoins as PYUSD expands appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Strong technical indicators propel Avalanche’s token to test key short-term resistance levels.

Volume spike and strategic buying patterns suggest strong bullish momentum as TON breaks key resistance levels.

Russian miners packed 95 crypto rigs into a KamAZ truck. The scam is now busted, but the case reveals how mobile farms exploit weak energy enforcement in remote areas. A mobile cryptocurrency mining operation involves installing mining equipment, such as application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) or graphics processing units (GPUs), in portable units like trucks, vans or shipping containers.  Mining equipment can be easily relocated to take advantage of inexpensive or unregulated electricity sources, often in remote or industrial areas. Unlike fixed mining farms, mobile setups avoid detection by frequently moving, bypassing electricity meters or directly accessing power lines. While these operations make it easier for illegal miners to participate, they create significant risks to energy infrastructure. Read more

Crypto analysts and several metrics suggest that an "altcoin season" will begin once Ether’s price breaks new all-time highs. Key takeaways: Ether’s technical breakouts suggest ETH price may hit $10,000 this cycle.  Altcoin Season Index says it’s prime time to accumulate “lagging” altcoins. Read more

Bitcoin juggernaut Strategy is facing at least five copycat lawsuits—but law professors told Decrypt that the number of suits isn't unusual.

Countries that ban crypto payments often have no restrictions on using crypto abroad, but such legal overlaps may attract scrutiny from global regulators like the FATF. The popularity of stablecoins for cryptocurrency payments has increased in recent years, with many global companies embracing new payment methods. Despite the trend, crypto payments remain prohibited for retail users in multiple countries, including China, Indonesia, Russia, Turkey and others. Still, while domestic crypto payments may be banned in these jurisdictions, using cryptocurrency to pay for services abroad may be legally permissible, according to some legal experts and observers of crypto regulation. Read more

Bitcoin lending is making a quiet comeback with tighter controls, but volatility still threatens sudden liquidations. Bitcoin lenders are betting that tighter controls and clearer risk management can rebuild trust in a sector still haunted by the collapse of predecessors Celsius and BlockFi. Major Bitcoin lenders of the previous cycle imploded after turning user deposits into undercollateralized loans. When Bitcoin (BTC) prices fell and liquidity dried up, billions in customer funds were frozen or gone. But those implosions don’t prove that crypto-backed loans are doomed by design. The failures were largely the result of poor risk management rather than the model itself. Some platforms are now taking the right steps, such as overcollateralization, while enforcing stricter liquidation thresholds, according to Alice Liu, head of research at CoinMarketCap. Read more

After breaking below the ascending flag pattern, Ethereum has retraced to retest the broken trendline. Should the selling at this level pressure intensify, a deeper decline toward the $2K support zone may follow. Ethereum (ETH) Price Analysis: Technicals By Shayan The Daily Chart ETH recently broke down from its ascending flag pattern, triggering a corrective […]

The past week was a wild one at the cryptocurrency market but that’s also true for legacy markets as well. This just goes to show that the mounting institutional involvement in crypto is, in part, responsible for the correlation, but that’s a topic for another discussion. Even though Bitcoin is trading almost flat on the […]

Ripple (XRP) joined Filecoin (FIL) as an underperformer, declining 1.8% from Thursday.

The new feature enables faster, cheaper cross-border payments for merchants and shoppers, the company said.

Midas’ mF-ONE, a blockchain-native investment certificate, is structured to track Fasanara’s F-ONE fund.

Meanwhile, XRP's price continues to struggle.

Across Protocol founders are accused of manipulating DAO governance to funnel $23 million in tokens to their affiliated for-profit company, Risk Labs. The founders of the crosschain bridge Across Protocol have been accused of siphoning $23 million of funds to their own for-profit company. In a Friday X thread, Ogle — the pseudonymous founder of layer-1 project Glue and onchain sleuth — accused some founders of Across Protocol of covertly manipulating decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) votes to fund their for-profit company, Risk Labs. Ogle accused the project of being among the “DAOs that are DAOs in name only.” Hart Lambur, who founded both Risk Labs and Across, denied the claims in a separate post. He said that Risk Labs is a Cayman Islands-based nonprofit with no shareholders. He shared a certificate of incorporation and claimed that the company operates under fiduciary obligations. Read more

A Moscow court sentenced "Bitmama" to seven years in jail over a crypto scheme saw millions moved daily through informal deals.