Cryptocurrency whales, or big investors, are buying hundreds of millions of Ether, as analysts point to an organic rotation of investor mindshare toward altcoins with more upside potential. Nine “massive” whale addresses bought a cumulative $456 million worth of Ether (ETH) from Bitgo and Galaxy Digital, blockchain data platform Arkham said in a Tuesday X…
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Japanese investment company Metaplanet approved a plan to raise 180.3 billion yen ($1.2 billion) through an overseas share issuance, with almost $835 million set aside for Bitcoin purchases. According to a Wednesday filing, the company plans to issue up to 555 million new shares, which could increase its total outstanding stock from 722 million to…
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A cryptocurrency trader upsized his multimillion-dollar social media pressure campaign against MEXC after claiming that the digital asset exchange requested an in-person meeting to unfreeze the user’s $3 million worth of personal funds. In July 2025, centralized cryptocurrency exchange (CEX) MEXC allegedly froze $3.1 million worth of personal funds without any terms of service violations,…
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Key takeaways: Bitcoin price needs to hold above $110,000 to avoid further losses. The Taker-Buy-Sell-Ratio is down to levels last seen in November 2021, when BTC price reached its cycle peak. Bitcoin’s (BTC) price saw modest gains on Wednesday, rising 0.9% over 24 hours to trade at around $111,000. Several analysts said the next most…
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The Australian arm of the trading platform Webull has launched crypto services in Australia just days after relaunching its crypto offering in the US, after exiting the market two years ago. Webull Australia said on Wednesday that the platform will offer 240 cryptocurrencies in a partnership with Coinbase Prime. “The addition of cryptocurrencies and digital…
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US prosecutors appealed the sentences of time served given to the co-founders of HashFlare, a crypto mining service and $577 million Ponzi scheme. Prosecutors told a Seattle federal court on Tuesday that the government was appealing the sentences handed down earlier this month to Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin. Potapenko and Turõgin were in custody…
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Bitcoin’s market cycles are not anchored around its halving events as widely believed, according to analyst James Check, who says other factors drive bull and bear cycles. “In my opinion, Bitcoin has experienced three cycles, and they are not anchored around the halvings,” Check said on Wednesday, referring to the blockchain’s cutting of mining rewards…
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Around a quarter of British adults say they’re open to crypto forming part of their retirement plan, suggesting that crypto could claim a larger share of the UK’s multitrillion-dollar pension fund market. UK insurance company Aviva said on Tuesday that its poll of 2,000 UK adults found 27% were open to crypto in their retirement…
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Shares in the Healthcare company KindlyMD dropped on Tuesday after it announced a $5 billion at-the-market equity offering program to raise funds to expand its Bitcoin holdings. The healthcare services company, which recently merged with Nakamoto Holdings and adopted a Bitcoin (BTC) treasury strategy, said on Tuesday that it filed with the Securities and Exchange…
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Outgoing US Commodity Futures Trading Commission commissioner Kristin Johnson says she will be leaving the regulator next week, on Wednesday, Sept. 3, after saying earlier this year she’d leave the agency before 2026 after completing her term. Johnson said in a statement on Tuesday she considered it an “honor and privilege” to work as a…
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