Metaplanet Issues 8 Billion JPY in 0% Bonds to Acquire More Bitcoin
Metaplanet has made issuance of zero-coupon bonds worth 8 billion JPY, or $50 million, approximately, for financing further purchases of Bitcoin. This step shows the increasing adoption of digital assets by corporates as their treasury reserves. Besides, it indirectly points out changing financing methods in the cryptocurrency and blockchain area. Strategy of Corporate Treasury and
Trump “not happy” with prediction markets – says world is a “casino” as Special Forces soldier arrested for insider trading on Polymarket
Federal prosecutors have charged Gannon Ken Van Dyke, an active-duty U.S. Army soldier who the indictment says has served as a U.S. Army Special Forces master sergeant, with allegedly using classified information about a military operation to make more than $400,000 in prediction-market profits. After months of online discourse around suspected insider trading on Polymarket and Kalshi, […]
Bitcoin price set for best gains since Q4 2024 with $77.5K monthly close
Bitcoin price action has one more week to go until it potentially achieves its biggest month’s gains since late 2024.
DOJ Seizes $700M in Major Crackdown on Myanmar-Based Crypto Scam Network
The U.S. Department of Justice(DOJ) has released a significant enforcement action against a Myanmar-based scam operation, including the seizure of $700M in cryptocurrency assets. The operation is considered one of the largest law enforcement victories targeting “pig butchering” scams that exploit digital asset investors, with authorities revealing 2 arrests and the abolishment of 500+ fake
Mantle Proposes 30,000 ETH Loan to Support Aave After Exploit Losses
Mantle has introduced governance proposal MIP-34, aiming to extend up to 30,000 ETH as a structured loan to Aave DAO following the rsETH bridge exploit. The incident on April 18 disrupted looped restaking positions and triggered one of the most significant liquidity stress events across Aave V3 markets in 2026. Following the KelpDAO’s rsETH bridge
Tom Lee Just Backed a $250,000 Ethereum Price Target: Is It Actually Possible?
Ethereum price is trading near $2,314, down roughly 1% in 24 hours, and yet one of Wall Street’s most-watched crypto bulls just endorsed a price target that would require a 100x move from here. Fundstrat Global Advisors co-founder Tom Lee has thrown his weight behind a $250,000 ETH price target, and the thesis is more […]
Solana Price Just Broke a Months-Long Descending Trendline: Are $120 Targets Finally Back on the Table?
Solana price is trading near $85.50 with a 24-hour decline of roughly 0.4%, putting bulls on defense heading into the weekend, but the more interesting question is whether this dip masks a larger setup quietly forming on higher timeframes. Technical analysts are watching two converging trendlines across the daily and weekly charts, with a confirmed […]
Bitget Launches Pre-IPO Token Trading Starting With SpaceX on Solana
Bitget has launched IPO Prime, a platform offering tokenized exposure to private companies before they go public, with SpaceX as the first listing via a derivative token called preSPAX minted on the Solana blockchain. The offering is issued through Republic, a private markets investment platform, and began trading after a brief subscription window, giving retail […]
Bitcoin Recovery May Not Arrive Until October, Scaramucci Says
Anthony Scaramucci said Bitcoin may not see a meaningful recovery until October or November, arguing that the current drawdown still fits the asset’s historic four-year cycle despite a more favorable regulatory backdrop in Washington. Speaking on the Thinking Crypto podcast from the Solana Policy Summit, the SkyBridge Capital founder framed the market weakness as a […]
Will Ethereum Reach $250,000 Before Bitcoin? Here’s What Needs To Happen
Etherealize, an institutional adoption and advocacy group backed by the Ethereum Foundation, has made a bold prediction, suggesting that ETH could one day reach $250,000 before Bitcoin (BTC). The group said that if Ethereum can capture a share of the combined monetary premium of gold and Bitcoin, the upside could be massive. That target is […]
Morgan Stanley Launches Stablecoin Reserve Fund
Morgan Stanley Investment Management has introduced a new fund designed to support stablecoin issuers. The firm announced the Stablecoin Reserves Portfolio (MSNXX) in New York as part of its Institutional Liquidity Funds Trust, structured as a government money market fund. Changing Market Needs According to an April 23 press release, the fund aligns with the […]
Metaplanet raises $50M in zero-interest bonds to buy more Bitcoin
Metaplanet raises $50 million through zero-interest bonds from EVO FUND to expand its Bitcoin treasury, extending its capital markets-driven accumulation strategy.