Coinbase’s Jesse Pollak said he is stepping back from leading the Base app after acknowledging that his bet on an onchain social economy failed to drive crypto adoption as he had expected. The Base creator said he had spent the last two years betting that builders and onchain-native social experiences, including Farcaster, Zora, mini apps […]
Vanguard has opened the search for a head of digital assets, creating a senior role that would oversee the firm’s strategy for cryptocurrencies and blockchain-based financial technology. The position, listed within Vanguard Personal Wealth, calls for an executive to develop the firm’s digital asset vision, identify business opportunities and lead execution across product, technology, operations, […]
Strategy (MSTR) last week acquired 1,587 bitcoin for approximately $100 million, increasing its total holdings to 846,842 BTC, according to a Monday morning filing. The latest purchase was made at an average price of $63,024 per bitcoin. The company disclosed it had also increased its USD Reserve by $100 million to $1.1 billion via the […]
The debate over Strategy’s (MSTR) recent dilutive transaction resurfaced, this time featuring Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor and Strike and Twenty One Capital (XXI) CEO Jack Mallers, on Wednesday at BTC Prague, as the two weighed in on how investors should assess the company’s increasingly complex capital structure. Mallers asked Saylor how he defines multiple-to-net […]
Strategy is taking a breather from buying bitcoin. Michael Saylor said Sunday the company would not add to its bitcoin holdings this week, pausing its regular purchase program ahead of Tuesday’s first-quarter earnings release. “No buys this week. Back to work next week,” Saylor wrote on X. The pause is only the second this year […]
Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo), according to its first quarter 13F filing, purchased 1,382,000 shares of Strategy (MSTR) for $172,473,600. This implies an average cost of about $125 per share. With MSTR having rallied to about $175, that position would now be valued at roughly $241 million, representing an unrealized gain of about $69 million. […]
Leading bitcoin treasury company Strategy (MSTR) has filed a proxy that, if approved, would allow for semi-monthly dividends on its STRC “Stretch” series of preferred stock. The move would have no effect on STRC’s annual dividend obligations or dividend rate (currently 11.5%), noted Executive Chairman Michael Saylor. Instead, he said, “[the] proposed changes are intended […]
Charles Schwab’s latest research on digital assets argues that cryptocurrencies’ place in a portfolio hinges less on return forecasts and more on how much risk an investor is willing to take. The report frames bitcoin BTC$68,133.59 and ether (ETH) as high-volatility assets that can quickly reshape a portfolio’s risk profile. “Any allocation to cryptocurrency is […]
Base, the layer-2 network from Coinbase (COIN), is doubling down on its push to build what it calls a “global onchain economy,” outlining a 2026 strategy centered on markets, payments and developers. Base is one of the most widely used layer-2 networks in the Ethereum ecosystem, having opened to public use in August 2023. It […]
Bitcoin-heavy firm Strategy (MSTR) will remain in the Nasdaq 100 index, surviving the annual reshuffle that saw several household names dropped. The firm, which began as business software provider MicroStrategy, pivoted in 2020 to stockpiling bitcoin as its core strategy. It has since then accumulated 660,624 BTC worth $59.55 billion, and it was added to […]
U.S. President Donald Trump took office early this year, with at least part of his 2024 election victory thanks to voters who took to heart campaign promises about a crypto-friendly administration. So far, the Trump administration has indeed taken decisive pro-crypto steps, including signing an executive order rescinding Biden-era policies, establishing the President’s Working Group […]
An overnight crash in the price of bitcoin combined with a difficult to digest capital raise to send Strategy (MSTR) shares tumbling 12.5% to their weakest level in nearly 15 months in U.S. morning trading on Monday. And yet, despite no bounce in the price of bitcoin BTC$86,378.70 — which remained near session lows of about […]