Metaplanet Lines Up $531 Million in New Capital for Its 210,000 Bitcoin Target
Metaplanet, Japan’s largest corporate Bitcoin treasury, said Monday it raised approximately $255 million from global institutional investors through a placement of…
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ShapeShift Founder Erik Voorhees Buys Back $56M in Ethereum a Year After Selling Near the…
Erik Voorhees, founder of ShapeShift, a non-custodial exchange that lets users swap digital assets without an account or identity verification, has returned to…
The Iran Oil Shock Is a Bitcoin Revenue Problem, Not a Power Bill Problem, Analysts Say
When US and Israeli forces struck Iranian targets on February 28, disrupting tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, the waterway through which roughly 20% of…
TRUMP Memecoin Just Announced Its Second Presidential Dinner
The company behind President Donald Trump’s TRUMP memecoin announced on Thursday via X that it will host a gala luncheon for the token’s top 297 holders at Trump’s…
Crypto Whale Loses Nearly $50 Million on a Single AAVE Swap After Ignoring Slippage…
A wallet on the Ethereum network lost approximately $50 million in a single onchain swap on AAVE Thursday evening, in what may be the largest slippage-driven loss…
Lawsuit Claims JPMorgan Accounts Were the Backbone of a $328 Million Crypto Ponzi
A California investor has filed a proposed nationwide class action lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase Bank, the largest bank in the United States by assets, accusing it…
Prosecutors Move to Block FTX Sam Bankman-Fried’s Retrial Bid, Calling His New Evidence…
US prosecutors filed a 44-page opposition brief on March 11 in Manhattan federal court, asking Judge Lewis A. Kaplan to deny FTX Sam Bankman-Fried’s request for a…
Bonk.fun’s Website Hijacked: Users Who Clicked Lost Everything in Their Wallets
Bonk.fun, the Solana-based memecoin launchpad formerly known as LetsBonk.fun and backed by the BONK community and decentralized exchange Raydium, had its domain…
Wells Fargo Files ‘WFUSD’ Trademark, Signaling a Push Beyond Internal Blockchain…
Wells Fargo & Company, one of the four largest banks in the United States by assets, filed a trademark application on March 9 for the name “WFUSD” with the…
Thailand Has Now Frozen Nearly 58,000 Crypto Mule Accounts Since 2025
Thailand’s crypto industry is freezing accounts at a meaningful pace. Licensed digital asset operators, the exchanges and brokers that operate under the oversight…
A Hacker Stole $21.5M in Bitcoin From South Korean Prosecutors. Then Gave It Back
The Gwangju District Prosecutors’ Office in South Korea has completed the sale of 320.8 Bitcoin (BTC), worth approximately $21.5 million, that were originally…
Winklevoss Twins Move $130 Million in Bitcoin to Gemini as Post-IPO Lock-Up Expires
Wallets identified by Arkham Intelligence as belonging to Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, co-founders of crypto exchange Gemini, moved approximately 1,773 bitcoin to…
Congress Probes Trump-Linked Brokerage Over Chinese Ramp-and-Dump IPO Schemes
The House Select Committee on China, chaired by Representative John Moolenaar (R-MI) with Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) as ranking member, sent letters on Monday…
Bhutan Has Sold 58% of Its Bitcoin After Moving Another $11.8M in BTC
Bhutan has been selling Bitcoin quietly and consistently since late 2024, and Monday’s transfer was more of the same. Arkham Intelligence, the blockchain analytics…
Nigel Farage Invests $287K in Stack BTC, Becomes Largest Individual Shareholder
Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, current poll-topper, and, as of Monday, a Bitcoin company shareholder, has invested £215,000 in Stack BTC, a small London-listed…
Prosecutors Push for Tornado Cash Developer Retrial One Day After Treasury Said Mixers…
A Manhattan jury spent four weeks last summer hearing evidence in the case against Roman Storm, the Auburn, Washington-based developer who co-founded Tornado Cash,…