Cryptocurrencies
Binance Executes First $100M Bitcoin Treasury Swap; $900M to Follow
Binance has swapped $100.7M in stablecoins for 1,315 BTC, initiating a 30-day plan to denominate its $1B insurance fund in Bitcoin.
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Receipts: Eric Trump Signed $500M UAE Deal Days Before Inauguration
Documents show Eric Trump signed a $500M equity deal with UAE royals days before the inauguration, preceding a major AI chip export approval.
Cryptocurrencies
BitRiver CEO Arrested; Russia’s Mining Empire Collapses Into Bankruptcy
BitRiver founder Igor Runets is detained on tax charges as an En+ lawsuit pushes Russia's largest miner into bankruptcy proceedings.
Cryptocurrencies
GameStop Capitulates on Bitcoin: Cohen Eyes $100B Consumer Rollup
GameStop moves its entire 4,710 BTC treasury to Coinbase Prime as CEO Ryan Cohen pivots to a "transformational" consumer acquisition strategy.
Cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin Surrenders $80K as Warsh Fed Pick Triggers $2.5B Liquidation Shock
Crypto markets shed $2.5 billion in liquidations as Kevin Warsh's nomination signals a hawkish regime change at the Federal Reserve.
Cryptocurrencies
WSJ: Trump Family Secretly Sold $500M Stake in World Liberty Financial to UAE Royal
A WSJ investigation reveals a secret $500M UAE investment in Trump's crypto venture days before his 2025 inauguration, netting the family $187M.
Cryptocurrencies
Bed Bath & Beyond Acquires Tokens.com Domain to Front-Run $24B RWA Market
The retailer-turned-holding-company paid $2.25M for the premium domain to build a consumer frontend for its tZERO and Figure-powered real estate tokenization stack.
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NY Prosecutors Torch ‘GENIUS Act’; Claim Tether & Circle Pocket $1B from Frozen Reserves
NYAG Letitia James claims the GENIUS Act allows Tether and Circle to earn $1B annually from yield on frozen illicit assets.
regulations
Unsealed Files: Epstein Capital Flowed Into Blockstream, MIT Core Devs
New DOJ documents reveal Jeffrey Epstein held a $500,000 allocation in Blockstream's seed round and indirectly funded Bitcoin Core developers via MIT.
Cryptocurrencies
Crypto Markets Shed $290B as Institutional ‘Boomer Bid’ Goes Underwater
A $290 billion weekend rout leaves Bitcoin ETF holders with $7B in unrealized losses while BitMine's massive ETH treasury goes underwater.