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Strategy Raises $2B As Bitcoin Holdings Stay Flat For The Week

Strategy Raises $2B As Bitcoin Holdings Stay Flat For The Week

Strategy Inc., formerly MicroStrategy, has raised $2.01 billion through an at-the-market equity offering while reporting no new Bitcoin purchases during the latest weekly window. In an 8-K filed on August 24, the company said it sold 18.26 million shares between August 17 and August 23. The proceeds were used to establish a new “USD Cash” […]

Treasury Proposes Stablecoin Licensing Rules Under GENIUS Act

Treasury Proposes Stablecoin Licensing Rules Under GENIUS Act

The US Treasury Department has proposed new licensing rules for payment stablecoin issuers under Section 3 of the GENIUS Act, opening another major comment period for digital asset regulation. The proposed rulemaking was issued on August 18 and published on August 21. Under the proposal, payment stablecoin issuers would need to obtain a federal or […]

Crypto Groups Sue To Block Illinois Digital Asset Tax Act

Crypto Groups Sue To Block Illinois Digital Asset Tax Act

The Blockchain Association and Crypto Council for Innovation have filed a joint lawsuit challenging Illinois’ Digital Asset Tax Act, setting up a legal fight over whether the state can impose a transaction tax on digital asset activity. The lawsuit was filed in Illinois state court on August 21 and seeks to block the law before […]

Bitcoin And Ethereum ETFs Add $492M As Inflow Streak Continues

Bitcoin And Ethereum ETFs Add $492M As Inflow Streak Continues

US spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs recorded a combined $492 million in net inflows for the August 21 session, extending a positive flow streak across both crypto ETF cohorts. Farside Investors data showed spot Bitcoin ETFs adding $307 million, led by BlackRock’s IBIT with $239.3 million. Spot Ethereum ETFs brought in another $185 million, led […]

Tron Inc. Expands TRX Treasury To $245M In Nasdaq Corporate Crypto Bet

Tron Inc. Expands TRX Treasury To $245M In Nasdaq Corporate Crypto Bet

Nasdaq-listed Tron Inc. has expanded its corporate treasury to 711.2 million TRX, bringing the value of its token holdings to roughly $245 million. The company, formerly SRM Entertainment, disclosed the purchase of 145,002 TRX on August 24 in regulatory filings. Its stock closed up 7.49% at $2.01 on the same day. This is not a […]

CleanCore Dumps Dogecoin Treasury To Fund $100M AI Pivot

CleanCore Dumps Dogecoin Treasury To Fund $100M AI Pivot

CleanCore has disclosed plans to liquidate its Dogecoin treasury holdings as part of a broader $100 million funding plan tied to a strategic move into AI infrastructure. The Nasdaq-listed company revealed in an SEC registration statement dated August 20 that it is issuing 275.8 million shares to raise $100 million. The filing also shows a […]

Home-jackings en France : ZachXBT accuse M1llionz d’avoir blanchi 667 000 $

Suivez l’argent. L’enquêteur blockchain ZachXBT a publié ce lundi 24 août un rapport sur X visant un individu connu sous les pseudonymes M1llionz et RichMilly666. Selon lui, ce dernier aurait blanchi des fonds issus de deux home-jackings commis en France en avril. Le montant total en jeu : 667 000 dollars. Les points clés de […]

Grayscale Zcash ETF Filing Puts Privacy Coin Back In Regulatory Spotlight

Grayscale Zcash ETF Filing Puts Privacy Coin Back In Regulatory Spotlight

Grayscale has filed Amendment No. 5 to its Form S-3 registration statement as part of its effort to convert the Grayscale Zcash Trust into a spot Zcash ETF. The filing, submitted on August 21, targets a listing on NYSE Arca on or about August 25, according to the filing materials. It also discloses a 2.5% […]

Alibaba plonge de 10% après une levée record de 10,2 milliards $ pour l’IA

Qui ne risque rien n’a rien. Une chute à deux chiffres pour financer un pari qu’on ne peut plus perdre : voilà où en est Alibaba. Le groupe chinois a levé 80 milliards de dollars de Hong Kong, soit 10,2 milliards de dollars, via un placement d’actions destiné en totalité à son infrastructure IA. La […]

Bitcoin Traders Watch Jackson Hole As Kevin Warsh Prepares First Fed Keynote

Bitcoin Traders Watch Jackson Hole As Kevin Warsh Prepares First Fed Keynote

Bitcoin traders are turning their attention to Jackson Hole, where Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh is scheduled to deliver his first keynote as Fed Chair later this week. The 2026 Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium runs from August 27 to August 29, with this year’s theme centered on “Financial Innovation: Implications for Payments and Policy.” […]

De la crise à l’hypervigilance : comment Bybit a réinventé sa sécurité après le choc de 2025

En février 2025, Bybit subissait un séisme : le vol de 1,46 milliard de dollars par le groupe Lazarus, exploitant autant les failles techniques qu’humaines. Un choc d’une telle ampleur aurait pu laisser des cicatrices indélébiles. Pourtant, dix-huit mois plus tard, Bybit livre une tout autre lecture de cet épisode : celui d’un électrochoc salutaire. […]

PrimeXBT: Is this the start of a Bitcoin bull run? A 2022 signal appeared before the rally

PrimeXBT: Is this the start of a Bitcoin bull run? A 2022 signal appeared before the rally

A weekly momentum divergence formed on the Bitcoin chart ahead of last week’s advance, and the daily reading has since made a move last seen in January 2023. By Jonatan Randin – Senior Market Analyst at PrimeXBT Bitcoin (BTC) ran from around $64,000 to just under $80,000 inside four sessions last week. The explanations offered […]