Metaplanet added another 4,279 Bitcoin at an acquisition cost of around $451 million, bringing its total stack to 35,102 BTC (worth roughly $3 billion) as the Tokyo-listed firm leans harder into a hybrid model of Bitcoin treasury and income business. In a Tuesday filing, the company also reported that revenue from its Bitcoin (BTC) Income…
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For Animoca Brands co‑founder Yat Siu, 2025 will be remembered as “the Trump year,” not because US President Donald Trump saved crypto, but because the industry bet too heavily on him and mispriced everything from tariffs to rate cuts. Trump was supposed to be crypto’s cheat code in 2025. Instead, Bitcoin (BTC) is limping into…
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Hong Kong regulators will proceed with legislating licensing regimes for crypto dealers and custodians after wrapping up consultations, as part of a broader push to tighten oversight. In a Wednesday announcement, the city’s Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB) and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) said that they had concluded consultations on proposed…
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ZOOZ Strategy has received a notice from Nasdaq that its shares no longer meet the $1 minimum bid‑price requirement, giving the Israel‑based company 180 days to get back on track or risk delisting. The dual‑listed firm, which trades on Nasdaq and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, said in a Monday statement that it plans to…
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Wyoming Representative Harriet Hageman intensified chatter about a 2026 Senate run by posting a video days after Senator Cynthia Lummis announced she will not seek reelection. The five-second clip shows the congresswoman alongside a single-word caption: “Soon.” It breaks a months‑long lull on her account and bolsters speculation that she is eyeing Lummis’ open seat.…
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Binance reportedly continued to allow suspicious accounts to move funds in crypto even after the exchange pledged to tighten controls as part of its $4.3 billion US criminal settlement in 2023. According to internal data reviewed by the Financial Times, a network of 13 user accounts processed about $1.7 billion in transactions from 2021, including…
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Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority (OJK) has published a whitelist of 29 licensed crypto platforms, officially spelling out which exchanges are legally allowed to operate in the country. The list, which includes names of entities and their apps or platforms, is meant to serve as an official reference for users to verify whether a provider is…
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Bybit says it is returning to the United Kingdom after a two‑year pause with a new UK platform offering spot trading on 100 pairs and a peer‑to‑peer venue. The Dubai‑based exchange shut off local UK customers in late 2023 when the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) tougher financial promotion rules kicked in. According to a press…
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Coinbase is taking three US states to court in a bid to lock in federal protection for its planned prediction markets, opening a new front in the battle over whether event contracts are finance or gambling. The exchange has sued regulators in Connecticut, Illinois, and Michigan, asking federal judges to declare that prediction markets listed…
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KuCoin announced an exclusive multiyear deal with Tomorrowland Winter and Tomorrowland Belgium from 2026 to 2028, making the exchange the music festival’s exclusive crypto and payments partner. The move comes just weeks after KuCoin secured a Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) service provider license in the European Union. KuCoin’s MiCA play goes mass‑market KuCoin EU…
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