LMAX Group Lets Wall Street Use Crypto Like Real Money
The gap between owning crypto and using it like a real financial instrument just got narrower for institutions that have been watching from the sidelines.
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Michael Saylor Built a $62B Bitcoin War Chest Using Other People's Money
The world's most aggressive corporate Bitcoin buyer just admitted he might sell some, and the market yawned. Strategy's Michael Saylor revealed in a CoinDesk interview plans to potentially sell 0.2% of holdings while buying 5-10x more, calling any sale concerns "a big nothing burger"
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Arthur Hayes: Bitcoin Hits $1M as Governments Print Trillions for AI
When nation-states start printing money to win the AI race, the hardest money on earth becomes the obvious escape hatch. Arthur Hayes predicts Bitcoin could surge past $126K as governments flood markets with liquidity to fund AI infrastructure and compete for technological supremacy
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Bhutan Dumps $230M in Bitcoin and No One Knows Why
A tiny Himalayan kingdom is unwinding its Bitcoin position at $50 million a month, and nobody's asking why now. Bhutan moved another 100 BTC worth approximately $8.1 million in its latest transaction, according to Arkham Intelligence data
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Poland Debates Four Crypto Bills While Ruling Party Pushes Total Ban
While Brussels writes rules for digital assets, Warsaw is writing rules *and* a ban bill at the same time. Polish lawmakers are debating four separate cryptocurrency bills, including one from the opposition PiS party that would ban crypto activity nationwide.
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Bitcoin Miner MARA Sells Entire $1.5B Bitcoin Stash for AI Pivot
The Bitcoin HODLers just watched one of their own turn in the membership card. MARA sold 20,880 BTC for $1.5 billion in Q1, liquidating its treasury to fund a pivot toward AI and power infrastructure
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JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank Just Funded Crypto's Top Cop
When Deutsche Bank and Nasdaq cut checks to a blockchain surveillance company, they're not betting on crypto — they're betting on being the gatekeepers. Elliptic raised $120 million in Series D funding at a $670 million valuation, with Deutsche Bank, Nasdaq Ventures, and JPMorgan backing the round.
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Exodus Dumps 63% of Its Bitcoin While Users Flee Platform
When a crypto wallet company sells 63% of its Bitcoin to fund acquisitions while losing users, you're watching the difference between balance sheet optimism and product reality.
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Circle Stock Jumps 15% as Stablecoin Issuer Beats Revenue Forecast
The company that prints digital dollars just showed Wall Street it can still grow — and now it's building the blockchain to prove it won't stay a payment rail forever.
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XRP ETFs Pull $26M in Biggest Day Since January While Bitcoin Steals Headlines
While everyone was watching Bitcoin ETFs set records, XRP funds just quietly had their best day in four months. Spot XRP ETFs recorded $26 million in net inflows on their strongest single day since January 2026
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Bitcoin NFT Infrastructure Collapses While Mainstream Still Thinks It's Coming
The Bitcoin NFT gold rush is shutting down its infrastructure before most people realized it even existed. Ord.io, a major Bitcoin Ordinals explorer, and its trading app Zap will shut down June 1, marking another casualty in the Bitcoin NFT experiment
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Bitcoin Investors Get Rich While Everyone Else Loses Hope
The people holding Bitcoin are getting rich while the people holding dollars are losing hope. Bitcoin and Nasdaq rallied sharply while U.S. consumer sentiment fell to historic lows, creating the widest Wall Street-Main Street divide in years
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Bitcoin holds $81K as whales dump during Iran crisis
Bitcoin's $81K floor is getting stress-tested by exactly the kind of macro chaos crypto was supposed to ignore. Bitcoin holds above $81,000 as Iran rejects US peace terms and Brent crude tops $104, while a whale dumps $1B in ETH into an otherwise bullish backdrop.
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Neuberger Berman Gives Ripple $200M to Build Wall Street's Crypto Margin Machine
Traditional finance just handed Ripple the capital to make crypto margin trading look boring. Ripple Prime secured a $200 million debt facility from Neuberger Berman to expand margin lending across equities, fixed income, and crypto.
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Crypto Funds Pull $858M as Washington Signals the Green Light
Institutional money is voting with its wallet, and the vote is: stablecoin clarity matters more than price action. Digital asset funds pulled in $858 million last week, marking the sixth consecutive week of positive flows as Senate progress on the Clarity Act shifted sentiment.
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Capital B Raises $17.8M to Build Europe's MicroStrategy
Europe just launched its counter-offensive in the corporate Bitcoin arms race, and it's speaking French. Capital B raised €15.2 million (~$17.8M) from Blockstream founder Adam Back and asset manager TOBAM to buy 182 BTC and compete with US Bitcoin treasury companies
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Adam Back Bets $18M on French Firm That Only Buys Bitcoin
Adam Back, the guy who invented the proof-of-work system Bitcoin runs on, is now backing a French firm that does nothing but buy Bitcoin with other people's money.
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Strategy May Dump Bitcoin to Pay $1.5B Dividend It Just Announced
The loudest Bitcoin maximalist in corporate America just admitted he might sell. Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) may sell Bitcoin to cover $1.5B in annual dividend obligations for its preferred stock STRC, reversing years of "never sell" rhetoric from Michael Saylor
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Strategy Will Buy 10 Bitcoin for Every One It Sells
Strategy's bitcoin playbook just got more aggressive: sell one, buy ten more back, and fund dividends from the spread. Michael Saylor told investors Strategy would buy "10 to 20" bitcoin for every one it sells, turning disposals into accumulation events rather than exits.
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Mining Pools Controlling 75% of Bitcoin Just Surrendered Their Power
The people who actually run the mining rigs just took back power from the people who run the pools. Seven major Bitcoin mining pools controlling 75% of global hashrate joined the Stratum V2 working group, including Foundry, AntPool, F2Pool, SpiderPool, and MARA Pool.
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