Strategy pauses bitcoin buying, spends $205M on record STRC preferred share buyback
The largest corporate bitcoin holder bought no BTC last week, directing capital to its preferred stock instead while its cash balance fell to $242.4 million as
Theblock · +13 outlets
Bitcoin dips below $80,000 as Strategy's buying pause and Fed caution weigh on risk assets
BTC slid under $80,000 ahead of the Fed's midweek rate decision, with ether and XRP leading major-token losses as the AI trade sold off in Asia.
Coindesk · +8 outlets
Strive buys 6,182 BTC for $511M, lifting treasury to 43,000 BTC and filing $1B ATM
Strive's purchase brings it within about 1,000 BTC of Metaplanet as the second-largest corporate bitcoin treasury, funded partly by a new $1 billion preferred s
Theblock · +14 outlets
Anthropic files for Nasdaq IPO, reporting $16.3B first-half revenue and $80.7B net loss
The Claude developer's S-1 filing comes as crypto traders value the company near $2 trillion, with some investors warning an AI IPO could mark the top of the bu
Coindesk · +14 outlets
CoinDCX confirms $16 million USDT loss from retired wallets days after CEO called breach reports a false alarm
India's largest crypto exchange is absorbing the loss from what it now describes as an internal process failure tied to a failed sweeping procedure.
Theblock · +14 outlets
Ripple wins final OCC approval to launch national trust bank, bringing RLUSD under federal oversight
The approval places Ripple's reserve management and custody under federal supervision while issuance stays with its New York-regulated entity.
Theblock · +14 outlets
Keystone to destroy nearly 19,000 devices after breach exposed 25,964 buyer records
The hardware wallet maker kept customer data past its 180-day deletion policy after an automated tool failed without detection.
Coindesk · +2 outlets
Bitmine buys more ETH and repurchases $46M of shares as Tom Lee calls crypto bull market underway
The Ethereum treasury firm reported 6.05 million ETH and $15 billion in total holdings while shifting capital toward record buybacks as crypto declined.
Coindesk · +7 outlets
Vanguard discloses 4.5M-share stake in bitcoin treasury firm Metaplanet
The $13.3 trillion asset manager's small-cap fund bought roughly $7.5 million of Metaplanet shares, raising questions about institutional exposure to bitcoin tr
CoinGape · +5 outlets
Galaxy says bitcoin bear market is over, calls it a time to accumulate
The firm argues improving price trends, resilient ETF demand and rising U.S. debt support a recovery toward bitcoin's previous high.
Coindesk · +14 outlets
Solana now charges 1 SOL burn per bug report after AI-fueled spam floods security team
A monthlong contest drew 809 submissions, with AI believed to have helped generate nearly all of them, prompting a permanent submission fee.
Coindesk · +2 outlets
Ethereum developers fix Glamsterdam bug that could have diverted staking deposits to block builders
Developers first rejected the change before reversing course as delayed testing gave them time to examine the flaw in the upcoming upgrade.
Coindesk · +1 outlets
CZ pitches BNB Chain's AI role as BNB Standard rings Nasdaq bell and rebrands
The world's largest corporate BNB treasury says it plans to expand beyond simply holding tokens, as CZ frames AI as a driver of crypto adoption.
Theblock · +8 outlets
OCC approves Ripple's national trust bank; regulator urges community banks into stablecoin payments
The U.S. banking regulator is encouraging smaller lenders to build stablecoin services as new federal licensing requirements approach.
Coindesk · +14 outlets
Bitcoin wallet bug let rogue servers steal funds when users raised transaction fees
Attackers replaced legitimate transactions with fake ones and waited for users to approve higher fees; at least one person lost bitcoin before the patch.
Coindesk · +10 outlets
NBA signs CFTC prediction market pact with Kalshi and Polymarket as NFL balks
The NBA becomes the third pro league to agree on integrity standards with the derivatives regulator, which has been gathering allied sports leagues.
Theblock · +14 outlets
South Korea weighs fourth delay of crypto gains tax, pushing start to 2029
Officials cite plans to align with the U.S. schedule for sharing crypto trading data under the OECD's CARF framework.
Coindesk · +1 outlets
Aviva Investors and Ripple launch tokenized share class of sterling fund on XRP Ledger
The British asset manager invested £50 million in a blockchain-based share class of its Sterling Liquidity Fund, expanding XRP Ledger's institutional reach.
Theblock · +1 outlets