Strategy buys 334 BTC for $28.7M as holdings hit 848,000, buybacks on STRC preferred reach $1.45B
The company says its 848,000 BTC stack equals about 4% of the 21 million supply cap, and its preferred-share buybacks are now outpacing new bitcoin purchases.
Theblock · +11 outlets
Strategy estimates $20.9B-$21B Q3 gain on digital assets, swinging back to profit from Q2 loss
The mark-to-market gain reverses a second-quarter loss and comes with an estimated $4.12 billion tax benefit.
finance.yahoo · +6 outlets
Metaplanet sold 10,000 BTC in Q3, rebought 11,000, ending at 44,000 BTC to 'demonstrate liquidity'
The Japanese treasury added a net 1,000 BTC while pitching rating agencies on its liquidity and launching an income strategy built on preferred securities.
Theblock · +15 outlets
Strive buys 2,000 BTC for $169M, its biggest purchase since June, holdings near 29,500 BTC
The buy narrows the gap to MARA among the largest public bitcoin treasuries, and the company also disclosed a preferred-stock buyback facility it plans to fund
Theblock · +15 outlets
CFTC opens rulemaking for leveraged retail crypto trading in the US, proposing Regulation CTX and CAM
The derivatives regulator offers exchanges a federal route to retail leverage while Congress remains stalled on market-structure legislation, leaving the spot-m
Theblock · +14 outlets
FinCEN withdraws crypto mixing rule and $10,000 self-custody wallet reporting proposals
Both proposals had hung over mixers and self-custody for years without ever taking effect, and Treasury cited a chilling effect on legitimate activity.
Theblock · +10 outlets
Bitmine adds 15,112 ETH worth about $41M, treasury tops 6 million tokens, 99% of its 5% target
Chairman Tom Lee says ether is dwarfing other macro assets as the company stakes roughly $13.8 billion in ETH.
Theblock · +13 outlets
ZachXBT says he spent $349,700 posing as a client to infiltrate alleged Chinese launderers tied to Bybit hack
He says the intelligence helped trace funds from the $1.5 billion Bybit hack and secure a 442,000 USDT freeze.
Theblock · +10 outlets
US Treasury sanctions network it says moved $2M for Hamas through purported charities, including crypto
The action highlights continued enforcement focus on crypto funding channels tied to designated groups.
Coindesk · +4 outlets
Bitcoin slips below $85,000 after third rejection at $87,000, treasuries bought into the dip
Sellers capped BTC near $87,000 while Nasdaq set a record and Treasury yields climbed; Fed minutes are due Wednesday.
Coindesk · +5 outlets
Kraken parent Payward joins Singapore Gulf Bank for 24/7 institutional dollar settlement rails
The service starts with select institutional clients in Asia and the Gulf, with customer-trade pricing planned for coming months.
Cryptoslate · +9 outlets
OKX and NYSE parent ICE joint venture notifies SEC of plan for tokenized US stock trading venue
The venue would trade dozens of tokenized US stocks around the clock against stablecoins through blockchain-based liquidity pools rather than an order book.
Theblock · +13 outlets
Solana Foundation launches open-source program for institutional trade settlement in seconds, with JPMorgan input
The program targets settlement times measured in seconds rather than days for institutional trades.
Coindesk · +14 outlets
Ethereum's Glamsterdam test gets late client fix ahead of Sepolia run raising block capacity to 200M gas
One of Ethereum's main validator clients shipped an update hours before the test, a step toward a major capacity increase.
Coindesk · +4 outlets
Corporate bitcoin treasuries add 3,334 to 3,342 BTC in one week as BTC fell below $85,000
Strategy, Metaplanet and Strive accounted for the bulk of the weekly corporate accumulation.
Bitget · +6 outlets
Spiko raises $90M Series B to expand $2.7B tokenized cash fund business into new markets
The raise is one of the larger funding rounds this cycle for tokenized money market products.
Theblock · +1 outlets
Bitcoin is down about 32% a year after its $126,000 record, a milder bear market than past cycles
Previous downturns saw drops of 77% to 85%, with ETF flows and retail leverage cited as factors in this cycle's shallower decline.
Coindesk
Ethereum staking queues stretch: exit line hits longest of 2026 with nearly 1.5M ETH waiting
Ether waiting to enter staking has fallen more than a quarter since early September while the exit queue reached a 2026 high.
Coindesk · +1 outlets