Metaplanet revealed a revised capital allocation framework proposing to allocate as much as 15% of total assets to strategic investments to fund its Bitcoin accumulation.Japanese investment and Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet introduced a net interest income strategy on Monday, seeking to invest capital in income-generating assets and use the net interest to fuel its Bitcoin…

Strategy bought 334 Bitcoin for $28.7 million last week while spending $176.3 million to repurchase about 1.77 million shares of STRC.Michael Saylor’s Strategy last week spent more than six times its weekly Bitcoin buying budget on its repurchases of one of its preferred stocks.Strategy bought 334 Bitcoin (BTC) for $28.7 million between Monday and Sunday,…

Unique wallets sending P2P stablecoin transactions in China grew 43-fold between Q1 2024 and Q2 2026 as crypto activity increasingly shifted toward direct wallet-to-wallet transfers.The number of unique wallets sending peer-to-peer (P2P) stablecoin transactions in China grew 43-fold between the first quarter of 2024 and the second quarter of 2026, according to Chainalysis.The blockchain analytics…

Calls to slow down development of the most powerful AI models are colliding with an $800 billion investment boom. Could an AI slowdown tank the US economy?The artificial intelligence industry in the United States has powerful forces pulling it in completely opposite directions.Top AI industry leaders are jointly calling for a slowdown in the pace…

The Ohio Republican candidate holds a stake in a digital asset manager and received donations from many in the industry, but has avoided making crypto a central campaign issue.Two years ago, then-presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy couldn’t stop praising the virtues of cryptocurrency.Running to be the 2024 Republican nominee in the race for the White House,…

Bitcoin bulls renewed pressure on range highs with the 2026 yearly open forming the next key resistance to break through.Bitcoin (BTC) is eyeing a key level as BTC/USD is on the cusp of turning the 2026 yearly candle green.Read more

The partnership will enable select institutions in Asia and the Gulf region to instantly settle US dollar transactions through the bank’s SGB NetKraken parent company Payward has partnered with Singapore Gulf Bank (SGB) to enable 24/7 US dollar settlement for select institutional clients in Asia and the Gulf region. Payward has integrated SGB Net, the Bahrain-regulated…

Bitcoin ETF inflows reached a third straight week, while Ether ETFs swung to outflows and Zcash funds posted their first weekly outflow.US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded a third consecutive week of net inflows as Ether ETFs flipped back to net outflows.Bitcoin ETFs attracted $241.1 million last week, lifting cumulative net inflows to $57.8…

Zcash’s NU7 upgrade is now live on testnet, giving developers several weeks to assess 25-second blocks and other protocol changes before a planned November mainnet activation.Zcash has activated its NU7 network upgrade on testnet, moving the planned protocol changes into live testing about a month before its targeted mainnet rollout.According to Zcash testnet block explorer…

The stock trading platform seeks to offer tokenized shares in more than 60 US-listed companies under the SEC’s recently introduced innovation exemption.An OKX joint venture has filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to launch a tokenized stock trading platform.OKXICE LLC, a joint venture between cryptocurrency exchange operator OKX and New York Stock Exchange…