Japan’s Metaplanet Fires off $13M Bond Round to Accelerate Bitcoin Reserves

Japan’s publicly listed bitcoin treasury company, Metaplanet Inc., is doubling down, issuing $13.3 million in zero-interest bonds to aggressively expand its bitcoin holdings. Japan’s Metaplanet Gears Up for Bitcoin Accumulation Japan’s publicly listed bitcoin treasury company, Metaplanet Inc. (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 3350 / OTCQX: MTPLF), announced on March 31 its intention to further invest in … Read more

Bitcoin’s Transaction Drought: Network Fees Hit 1 Satoshi per Transfer as Mempool Clears

According to current metrics, at around 6 p.m. ET on March 31, the Bitcoin blockchain experienced a curious decline in transactional throughput, with blocks failing to reach optimal capacity. Beginning at block 890,138, a sequence of more than a couple dozen blocks exhibited diminished size, deviating from the network’s typical operational rhythm. Where Have All … Read more

Truflation: Inflation Movements Predict Upcoming Bitcoin Rally

Truflation, a real-time data provider for inflation indexes, presented a correlation between its real-time inflation data and bitcoin’s price movements. The company stated that every time its disinflation trend pauses or reverses, bitcoin tends to rally shortly after. Truflation, which classifies bitcoin as a risk asset, believes that these instances when inflation is relatively stable … Read more

With Strategy’s 528K BTC Hoard, 4 Entities Now Dominate 7.53% of Bitcoin

With the acquisition of 22,048 bitcoin on Monday, Strategy (formally Microstrategy) elevated its total holdings to 528,185 BTC. This positions the firm as the second-largest corporate holder of the leading cryptocurrency, surpassed only by Blackrock’s IBIT exchange-traded fund (ETF). Strategy’s Bitcoin Cache Is Closing Gap with Blackrock Kicking off the week, Michael Saylor, Strategy’s founder … Read more

Bitcoin ETFs Post Second Straight Week of Inflows With $196 Million Inflow

Bitcoin ETFs recorded a second consecutive week of inflows, adding $196 million despite a sharp Friday outflow. Blackrock’s IBIT and Fidelity’s FBTC led the charge, while ether ETFs saw their fifth straight week of outflows, losing $8.64 million. Bitcoin ETFs Secure Another Week of Inflows as Ether ETFs Weekly Outflow Streak Reaches Fifth Week The … Read more

Blackrock CEO Says US Debt Crisis Could Propel Bitcoin as Reserve Currency Challenger

Blackrock CEO Larry Fink cautions that the United States risks forfeiting its global economic leadership to digital assets such as bitcoin if it fails to confront its mounting debt. He advocates for modernization through tokenization and decentralized finance (DeFi), emphasizing the potential to democratize investment opportunities. Fink Touts Tokenization as Fix for ‘Broken’ Finance System … Read more

Trump Sons Take 20% Stake in US Mining Venture With 61,000 ASIC Rigs and Big Ambitions

Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., progeny of U.S. President Donald Trump, have embarked on a financial foray into the realm of cryptocurrency, channeling capital into a bitcoin mining operation, The Wall Street Journal reported in a Monday dispatch. The article details the duo’s strategic pivot toward digital asset infrastructure, positioning them within a niche … Read more

Bitcoin Price Watch: Bitcoin Dangles Above $80K With Little Relief in Sight

Bitcoin hovers around $81,966 to $82,126, commanding a market valuation of $1.62 trillion and a daily trading volume of $19.42 billion, oscillating between $81,287 and $83,340 amid a downward trajectory visible across multiple intervals. Bitcoin Bitcoin‘s 1-hour chart paints a vivid portrait of decline, with prices retreating from a recent zenith of $87,481. A formidable … Read more

Bitcoin Tsunami: Strategy Loads 22,048 More Coins, Holdings Explode to 528,185 BTC

Strategy just spent $1.92B to buy 22,048 more bitcoin, pushing its total stash past 528K BTC—worth over $35.6B and counting. 22,048 Bitcoin in One Shot—Strategy’s Crypto War Chest Surges Past 528K BTC Software intelligence firm Microstrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR), which recently rebranded as Strategy, announced on March 31 that it has acquired an additional 22,048 bitcoin … Read more