Michael Saylor’s MSTR Declines 7.8% Alongside Drop in Bitcoin
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Crypto-related stocks tumbled on Tuesday in a broad-market crypto slide that brought bitcoin down to $113,000. Strategy (MSTR), the largest corporate owner of BTC, closed the session 7.8% down at $336, at its weakest price since April 22. Ethereum treasury firms SharpLink Gaming (SBET) and BitMine (BMNR) lost 8%-9%, while Solana-focused accumulators DeFi Development (DFDV) […]

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U.K. 30-Year Yield Tops U.S. as Pressure Mounts on Government Borrowing
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The U.K.’s fragile fiscal situation is back in focus as yields on long-term government bonds surged, topping their U.S. counterparts for the first time this century. The 30-year U.K. government bond offered a yield of 5.61% at press time. That’s 68 basis points more than the 30-year U.S. Treasury yield according to data source TradingView. […]

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Metaplanet Expands BTC Treasury, Assets Outweigh Debt 18-Fold
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Tokyo-listed Metaplanet Inc (3350) has acquired an additional 775 bitcoin for 13.73 billion yen (about $94 million), according to its most recent filing. The purchase, made at an average price of 17.72 million yen ($120,500) per bitcoin, lifts the company’s total holdings to 18,888 BTC, worth roughly 284.1 billion yen ($1.95 billion). This purchase keeps […]

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Brevan Howard, Goldman Sachs and Harvard Lead Billions in Bitcoin ETF Buying Spree
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Wall Street ramped up its exposure to bitcoin in the second quarter, adding positions not only in spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) but also in U.S. stocks closely tied to the cryptocurrency’s price, according to new filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Brevan Howard nearly doubled its position in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust […]

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BlackRock’s Rick Rieder on Why Current Investment Environment Is Best Ever
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Rick Rieder, BlackRock’s chief investment officer of global fixed income, said earlier this week the current backdrop represents the “best investment environment ever,” citing unusually favorable dynamics in both equity and bond markets. Speaking on CNBC, Rieder described “extraordinary” technical conditions in equities, with trillions of dollars still parked in money market funds and robust […]

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Gemini Hires Goldmans (GS), Citi (C), Morgan Stanley (MS) and Cantor as Lead Bookrunners For its IPO
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Crypto exchange Gemini filed an updated registration statement for its initial public offering effort, sharing a few more details in its push to become a publicly traded firm. Goldman Sachs (GS), Citigroup (C), Morgan Stanley (MS) and Cantor acting as lead bookrunners on the IPO, Gemini said in a press release Friday. Evercore ISI, Mizuho, […]

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MSTR, BMNR, SBET Plunge as BTC, ETH, SOL Rally Cools
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Digital asset treasury (DAT) firms, seen as high-beta plays on crypto prices, sold off sharply on Friday as the August crypto rally showed signs of exhaustion. Strategy (MSTR) fell another 3% on Friday, extending its decline to 20% since July’s high and 33% from the November 2024 all-time high. The MSTR/IBIT ratio dropped to 5.43, […]

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U.S. Fed Officially Scraps Specialist Group Meant to Oversee Crypto Issues
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The Federal Reserve continued its relaxation of crypto oversight on Friday with a move to shut down a two-year-old supervisory program intended to keep a special eye on banks’ crypto ties, instead folding that task back to its day-to-day oversight work. The central bank established its short-lived Novel Activities Supervision Program during the tenure of […]

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Hong Kong SFC Tightens Custody Standards for Crypto Exchanges Under ASPIRe Roadmap
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Hong Kong’s securities watchdog rolled out new custody requirements for licensed crypto exchanges, reinforcing its pledge to protect client assets as the city advances its bid to become Asia’s digital asset hub. In a circular issued Friday, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) set minimum standards for licensed virtual asset trading platforms (VATPs) covering senior […]

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Wall Street Joins Consumer Advocates to Call for Edit to GENIUS Act on Stablecoins
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Wall Street bankers are hammering away at some provisions of the new U.S. stablecoin law that was hailed by President Donald Trump and the crypto sector as a huge first step toward establishing a fully regulated U.S. industry, and the banks are joined by unusual bedfellows from the consumer-advocate world in sounding alarms. Hoping to […]

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BTC Realized Price Breaks Above 200WMA, Signaling Possible Bull Run
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Bitcoin surged past $124,000, setting its fourth all-time high of 2025. On-chain data from Glassnode suggests this could mark the early stages of a continued bull market. A key metric underpinning this view is the realized price, which measures the total value of all bitcoins at the price they were last moved on-chain, divided by […]

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