The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is putting the finishing touches on a framework that would allow digital, blockchain-based versions of publicly traded stocks to trade on crypto platforms — a move that signals how far Washington has traveled in its relationship with an industry it once treated with suspicion. According to a Bloomberg report … Read more
Strategy announced Monday it has acquired an additional 24,869 bitcoin for approximately $2.01 billion, averaging roughly $80,985 per coin, pushing the firm’s total holdings to 843,738 BTC — cementing its standing as the world’s largest corporate bitcoin treasury by a wide margin. The disclosure came via a Form 8-K filing with the U.S. Securities and … Read more
Iran is reportedly launching a bitcoin-settled maritime insurance platform called Hormuz Safe, targeting cargo owners and shipping companies that transit the Strait of Hormuz and Persian Gulf — and projecting more than $10 billion in revenue for the Islamic Republic. The platform, backed by Iran’s Ministry of Economy and Financial Affairs, was first reported by … Read more
Capital B, the Paris-listed Bitcoin Treasury Company formerly known as The Blockchain Group, has completed the purchase of 192 bitcoin for €13.0 million, bringing its total holdings to 3,135 BTC — one of the largest bitcoin reserves held by a European public company. The acquisition, announced May 18, 2026, was funded through three capital raises … Read more
The White House is on the verge of a formal announcement on the U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve — and the official leading the charge says the hard part is done. Patrick Witt, Executive Director of the President’s Council of Advisors for Digital Assets, told an interviewer this week that the administration has cleared a major … Read more
Standard Chartered announced Monday that its non-binding offer to acquire Zodia Custody — the digital asset custodian it co-founded in 2020 through its innovation arm SC Ventures — has been accepted by Zodia’s shareholders and noteholders. The deal, subject to regulatory approvals, will fold Zodia’s regulated custody operations into Standard Chartered’s existing Financing and Securities … Read more
Bitcoin Depot (NASDAQ: BTM), once the largest Bitcoin ATM operator in North America, filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. The Atlanta-based fintech company said it intends to wind down all operations and pursue a sale of its assets — marking one … Read more
Polish lawmakers have approved a long-debated cryptocurrency bill, moving to align the country with the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation as a fraud probe tied to a major exchange fuels political tension in Warsaw. The legislation, passed on Friday, sets a framework for licensing, supervision, and consumer protection across the crypto sector, according to … Read more
Today DMND and RootstockLabs announce a new feature rollout intending to further the decentralization of Bitcoin mining. The new feature uses Stratum V2 to enable miners at the pool engaging in their own block template construction to also handle the selection and inclusion of merge-mined block commitments from the Rootstock (RSK) sidechain as well. Merge-mining … Read more
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss made their boldest statement yet about Gemini Space Station’s future: a $100 million strategic investment into their own company, funded not with cash but with Bitcoin. The announcement, paired with a first-quarter earnings report that showed 42% revenue growth year-over-year, sent GEMI shares climbing more than 20% in after-hours trading Thursday … Read more