Bank Indonesia (BI), Indonesia’s central bank, is moving ahead with plans to issue what it describes as its “national stablecoin version,” a digital currency backed by government bonds (SBN). The initiative was unveiled by central bank Governor Perry Warjiyo during the Indonesia Digital Finance and Economy Festival and Fintech Summit 2025 in Jakarta on Thursday,…
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Crypto mining company TeraWulf plans to raise $500 million through a convertible note offering to help finance the construction of a new data center campus in Abernathy, Texas. The private offering is aimed at qualified institutional buyers, the company announced on Wednesday. It granted underwriters the option to purchase an additional $75 million in notes…
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Tokyo-listed Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet Inc. unveiled a 75 billion Japanese yen (about $500 million) share repurchase program backed by a Bitcoin-collateralized credit facility, following a decline below 1 of its market-based net asset value (mNAV). In a Tuesday announcement, the company said the move aimed to maximize Bitcoin (BTC) yield per share and restore…
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KR1, a crypto staking company based on the Isle of Man, is preparing to move its listing from the small-cap Aquis exchange to the main market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE). Co-founder Keld Van Schreven told the Financial Times that the move, expected to be completed next month, represents “a starter gun for this…
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Former Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao’s pardon by US President Donald Trump came after an extensive and expensive lobbying campaign in Washington. Zhao, who served a four-month prison sentence last year for violating US Anti-Money Laundering (AML) laws, benefited from a months-long effort by Binance and its legal team to win over key figures in…
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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has outlined an ambitious plan to move every stage of a startup’s journey, from incorporation to fundraising and public trading, onto the blockchain. Speaking on the TBPN podcast, Armstrong described his vision for an onchain lifecycle where founders could incorporate their startups, raise seed rounds, receive instant capital in USDC (USDC)…
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UK crypto investors could face tax bills even if they haven’t received warning letters from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), as the agency steps up efforts to track undeclared digital asset income. Last week, the Financial Times revealed that HMRC issued nearly 65,000 “nudge letters” in the 2024–25 tax year, more than double the number…
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Spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have logged two straight weeks of outflows amid cooling investor sentiment after months of strong inflows. According to data from SoSoValue, Ether (ETH) products collectively posted $243.9 million in net redemptions for the week ending on Friday, following the previous week’s $311 million outflow. The latest data brings cumulative inflows…
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Revolut obtained a Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) license from the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC), enabling it to offer regulated crypto services across all 30 markets in the European Economic Area (EEA). The move boosts Revolut’s expansion in the crypto market as the fintech prepares to launch its next-generation “Crypto 2.0” platform, the…
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Binance co-founder and former CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao has dismissed crypto critic Peter Schiff’s plan to launch a tokenized gold product, calling it a “trust me bro” asset. In a Thursday post on X, CZ argued that tokenized gold is not “on-chain gold,” but a promise dependent on third-party custody. “It’s tokenizing that you trust…
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