For decades, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has operated as the financial system’s invisible backbone — the institution that processes virtually every securities trade in the United States, sitting between buyer and seller in near-total anonymity. On Monday, it stepped into the open with something that Wall Street has been debating for years: … Read more
Lomond School in Helensburgh, Scotland has launched a fully funded “Satoshi Scholarship,” extending its experiment with Bitcoin from the payments desk into the heart of school life. The award will cover two years of tuition and boarding at Burnbrae, the school’s boarding house, for one student who would struggle to access this kind of education … Read more
Bitcoin price crossed the $80,000 threshold late Sunday and into today, posting a brief 2% gain over 24 hours to reach a high of $80,750 — a level analysts describe as a major psychological resistance zone that has flipped to potential support. The move caps a recovery of 15-20% from February lows, placing the bitcoin … Read more
Dallas-based Strive, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASST) disclosed Monday that its Bitcoin treasury has crossed the 15,000 BTC threshold, following the purchase of 444 bitcoin for $33.9 million at an average cost of $76,307 per coin. CEO Matt Cole announced the acquisition on X, and the company filed an 8-K with the SEC confirming the details. The … Read more
Strategy halted its bitcoin buying streak days before earnings, a pause that underscores how much the company now revolves around capital markets rather than software. Chairman Michael Saylor said Sunday the firm would skip purchases this week and resume next week, marking only the second break this year in what has become a steady accumulation … Read more
U.S.-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has integrated trading protocol DFlow, allowing traders to exchange value across spot and prediction markets natively on Solana, the companies said on Monday. Coinbase adding DFlow as its primary router will mean eight times less trade failures. The move also increases liquidity on tokens that were previously untradeable, and improves the … Read more
Three tests land inside one week. The first is jobs data, with April payrolls print coming, the first read after a delay caused by the 2025 federal shutdown. A weaker-than-expected print gives the Federal Reserve cover to cut sooner. A strong one delays it. The second is additional insight into the bitcoin treasury trade. Strategy, … Read more
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 … Read more
Morgan Stanley expects bitcoin to reach U.S. bank balance sheets, though key hurdles remain, according to Amy Oldenburg, the bank’s head of digital asset strategy. Speaking at the Bitcoin Conference in Las Vegas, Oldenburg, who was appointed new head of digital-asset strategy this year, outlined how the firm is laying the groundwork for the expansion … Read more
U.S. voters placed cryptocurrencies toward the bottom of a list of their highest priorities for the upcoming midterm election. Just 1% of respondents said they ranked crypto as their top concern, according to a survey of 1,000 randomly selected registered U.S. voters, though other responses revealed a wider view of the technology as an important … Read more