Archive snapshot · Strategy
Tue, Oct 13, 7:16 AM ET
Strategy buys 250 BTC for $21.5M, spends $192.4M on STRC buybacks, smallest weekly purchase of 2026
Strategy's holdings reached 848,250 BTC, roughly 4% of the 21 million supply cap, while its preferred-stock repurchases dwarfed its coin purchases for a second
Theblock · +14 outlets
Bitcoin rebounds above $83,000, decoupling from Korean chip-stock selloff and weak Nasdaq futures
BTC whipsawed between roughly $81,000 and $84,000 as AI-spending concerns hit South Korean equities ahead of Thursday's US CPI print.
Coindesk · +4 outlets
Ledger confirms unauthorized 'spy' chip in CryptoBilis-sold wallets transmitted master keys
Ledger says confirmed compromise cases are limited to devices sold by the Southeast Asian reseller, with up to $93 million traced and $10 million frozen.
Coindesk · +3 outlets
Evernorth begins Nasdaq trading holding 473M XRP, worth far less than at deal signing
The Ripple-backed XRP treasury vehicle listed as XRPN after its SPAC merger closed, with about 80% of SPAC investors redeeming and the stash down roughly 40%.
Decrypt · +14 outlets
IMF finds more than half of tokenized US stock trading happens outside Wall Street hours
The Fund said off-hours volume carried roughly 1.5 times the volatility of traditional counterparts, a data point for the tokenized-equities push.
Cryptoslate · +10 outlets
Sberbank wins approval to trade crypto, plans full client rollout Dec. 1
Russia's largest bank is already testing BTC, ETH and USDT trades inside its app ahead of opening the service to all clients.
Coindesk · +6 outlets
UK court ruling boosts government's bid to keep 61,000 BTC seized in Zhimin Qian case
The decision concerns bitcoin worth about 3.8 billion pounds seized by the Metropolitan Police in a fraud investigation that ensnared thousands of victims in Ch
Coindesk · +1 outlets
Blur to shut down NFT marketplace frontend Nov. 12 after volumes collapse 99%
Monthly trading fell from about $1.43 billion at its 2023 peak to under $7 million, ten days after sister project Blast announced its own shutdown.
Coindesk · +12 outlets
Bitmine adds 12,532 ETH to reach 6.03 million tokens, closing on 5% of Ethereum supply
The ETH treasury firm's holdings are 84% staked, with chairman Tom Lee pointing to a $2 trillion wealth transfer as a demand driver.
Theblock · +11 outlets
Bitcoin whale dormant since March 2020 moves $378 million in BTC
The wallet originally received 4,582 BTC in March 2020, when the coins were worth about $40.8 million.
Coindesk · +7 outlets
Global watchdog warns $300 billion stablecoin market could face runs even with full reserves
Coins jointly issued by multiple companies can trap reserves in one jurisdiction while redemption demand hits another, complicating cross-border crisis response
Cryptoslate · +3 outlets
Metaplanet to issue $329M convertible bonds to repay bitcoin debt and fund buybacks
The Japanese bitcoin treasury company is using the raise to pay down loans and repurchase shares.
TradingView · +3 outlets
Africa Bitcoin Corporation board resigns after shareholder clash, leaving two directors
The JSE-listed bitcoin pioneer's board walked out amid a power struggle, leaving the company with a two-director rump.
TechCentral · +6 outlets
Standard Chartered adds Ripple's RLUSD to Dubai custody, plans LMAX collateral link
Eligible clients can custody the XRPL-issued stablecoin through the bank's DIFC branch, with the LMAX collateral arrangement still conditional.
Coindesk · +12 outlets
XRP Ledger patches decade-old bug that could have minted trillions of XRP
An overflow in the payment engine could have let an attacker mint roughly 18 trillion spendable XRP in one transaction; the foundation says normal parameters ne
Theblock · +14 outlets
Crypto liquidations top $770 million as Asia chip rout wipes out leveraged positions
About 86% of the wiped-out positions were bullish, with tokenized chip-stock contracts on crypto venues taking a chunk of the damage.
Coindesk · +1 outlets
South Korea's Jeonbuk Bank issues first traditional won loans backed by bitcoin
The loans rely on third-party custodians for the bitcoin and court-ordered sales if borrowers default.
Coindesk · +1 outlets
South Korea clears courts to seize and sell bitcoin for unpaid debts under November rules
The October 12 amendment standardizes court-led debt recovery with separate procedures for exchange claims and directly held crypto.
Cryptoslate · +1 outlets

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