Strategy and Metaplanet Just Became Tradeable Securities on Blockchain
The same regulatory arbitrage that built offshore finance just went on-chain, and it's starting with the most Bitcoin-obsessed public companies on Earth.
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MSCI Moves to Eject Bitcoin Treasuries From Indexes They Dominate
MSCI wants to kick Bitcoin treasury companies out of its indexes for holding too much Bitcoin — the exact strategy that made them worth indexing in the first place.
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Trump Attacks Fed as Bitcoin's 26% Rally Faces New Chair's Hawkish Doctrine
Bitcoin's 26% August rally just ran headfirst into the new Fed chair's doctrine, and the bond market is calling his bluff. Bitcoin surged 26% in August on speculation that cheap money would continue, but new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh says that era is over
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North Korea's Lazarus Group Just Moved $30M Through Trump's Favored Crypto Platform
Trump wants to bring crypto home while North Korea's most prolific hacking group is already making themselves comfortable on a platform he's championing. Lazarus Group wallets sold over $30 million in bitcoin on Hyperliquid in just three weeks, according to blockchain data reviewed by CoinDesk
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Russia's Largest Bank Now Accepts Ethereum as Loan Collateral
When Russia's largest bank projects $46 billion in crypto trading volume and starts treating ether like car titles, the global banking playbook just got a new chapter written in Cyrillic.
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Bitcoin Rockets Through Iran Strike Chaos While Stocks Crater
While traditional markets flinch at geopolitical chaos, Bitcoin just logged its best month in nearly a decade without breaking a sweat. Bitcoin held above $78,000 as U.S. strikes on Iran triggered a classic risk-off move in stocks and sent oil prices climbing
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Strive Buys 1,800 Bitcoin While Shareholders Eat the Dilution
The corporate Bitcoin playbook just got a new Chapter 2: buy aggressively, dilute shareholders, hope the market rewards conviction over caution. Strive bought 1,800 BTC for $143M, lifting holdings to 23,156 BTC and vaulting past Bullish to become the fifth-largest publicly traded corporate holder
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Governors Who Gave AI Billions Now Want Their Money Back
The AI land grab just hit its first real political ceiling. Governors in Pennsylvania, Texas, and other states are reversing course on data center incentives, imposing new environmental standards and requiring local approval after years of aggressive courtship with tax breaks and fast-track permits.
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Bitcoin Stalls at $78K While Japan's Currency Crisis Returns
The same macro force that's making Japan sweat currency intervention is the ceiling over Bitcoin's head. Bitcoin is holding just under $78,000 as August closes, while the yen breaks past 160 against a surging dollar
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Bitmine Drops $200M on Ethereum in Seven Days
Corporate treasuries just got a new playbook, and it's not denominated in dollars. Tom Lee's Bitmine acquired 53,501 ETH in the past week, bringing total holdings to 5.9 million ether tokens worth $15.6 billion
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Strategy Drops $370M on Bitcoin After Selling It 29% Cheaper This Summer
Strategy's first Bitcoin buy in two months came at a 29% premium to what it sold for this summer, a flex that only makes sense when you're playing a different game than everyone else.
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MicroStrategy Breaks Silence With $370M Bitcoin Bet Against Doubters
The world's most committed Bitcoin treasury just proved that conviction, not volatility, drives accumulation strategy. MicroStrategy purchased 4,603 BTC for $369.7 million at an average price of $80,318 per coin, ending a 10-week buying pause that began in late June
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Russia's Largest Bank Chooses Tether Over Kremlin's Digital Ruble
While the Kremlin pushes its digital ruble, the country's biggest bank is quietly building the opposite: a stablecoin-collateralized loan market pegged to the dollar. Sber plans to accept USDT and Ether alongside Bitcoin as loan collateral under Russia's new regulated crypto trading law
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Metaplanet Moves $186M in Bitcoin to Coinbase as Japan Mirrors MicroStrategy Playbook
Japan's answer to MicroStrategy just moved a quarter-billion dollars in Bitcoin to institutional custody, and the pattern reveals something bigger than portfolio rebalancing.
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Japan Burns $97 Billion in One Month and the Yen Still Crashes
When a G7 central bank burns through $97 billion in a month and the currency still tanks, that's not policy — that's a preview of what happens when sovereign debt meets digital exits.
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Aschenbrenner's Billion-Dollar Bet: Bitcoin Miners Now Power AI
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Bitcoin ETFs See First Outflows in Nine Days While Ethereum Keeps Winning
The reversal came fast, but the month-long surge already rewrote Bitcoin's institutional story. Bitcoin ETFs posted $201.9 million in outflows on Aug. 28, ending a nine-day streak as BTC dipped below $78K, while Ethereum funds extended their run to 10 days
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Sberbank Now Accepts Bitcoin as Loan Collateral After Dollar Cutoff
When sanctions force you off the dollar rails, turns out you build new ones. Sberbank, Russia's largest bank, plans to accept Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USDT as loan collateral once new Russian crypto regulations take effect, though domestic crypto payments remain banned.
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Michael Saylor Breaks 8-Week Bitcoin Buying Silence at $79K
The corporate Bitcoin maximalist who bought every dip for two years just went silent for eight weeks, and now he's clearing his throat again. Michael Saylor hinted at Strategy's first bitcoin purchase in two months as BTC rebounds toward $79,000 and bitcoin dominance climbs above 60%
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Crypto Miners Ditch Bitcoin for AI, Revenue Jumps 2,400%
The infrastructure built to mine imaginary internet money is now powering the AI revolution — and the economics aren't even close.
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