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In brief The U.S. government is considering bringing charges against Dragonfly’s Tom Schmidt and other partners, Assistant U.S. Attorney Thane Rehn said Friday in federal court. Dragonfly invested in Tornado Cash developers’ Pepper Sec in 2020. Federal prosecutors seized Schmidt’s devices and raided his house in connection to their investigation into Roman Storm. U.S. prosecutors…
Institutional crypto firm Galaxy said Friday that it had sold more than 80,000 Bitcoin—over $9.3 billion worth at the current price—for a Satoshi-era investor.In a Friday statement, Galaxy said “it was one of the largest notional Bitcoin transactions in the history of crypto on behalf of a client.” The firm further described the sale as…
In brief BlackRock’s Ethereum ETF (ETHA) became the third-fastest ETF to reach $10 billion in assets, achieving the milestone in 251 days despite initial lukewarm reception compared to Bitcoin ETFs. MicroStrategy is raising up to $2.5 billion through a new preferred stock offering to buy more Bitcoin while facing class-action lawsuits over previous stock offering…
In brief Pump.fun’s PUMP token has crashed more than 60% since its launch, following a $600 million iCO. The meme coin launchpad’s co-founder has said there’s no airdrop coming any time soon, which only intensified the sell pressure. What do the charts say? It’s not looking good. The crypto market’s risk-on sentiment has done little…
In brief Nasdaq-listed Windtree Therapeutics has said it will buy up to $700 million in BNB. The company is following software firm Strategy’s gameplan of buying digital assets. A number of publicly traded companies are now buying crypto—and not just Bitcoin—to boost their stock prices. Another day, another crypto treasury. Biotech firm Windtree Therapeutics said…
In brief Publicly traded Tron uses a communal office space as its principal place of business. The space is still reserved under the company’s former name, SRM Entertainment. Justin Sun rang the Nasdaq’s opening bell in New York earlier this week. At Tron’s principal place of business in Winter Park, Florida, there are no apparent…
In brief Sen. Warren acknowledged the need for crypto legislation but critiqued the industry’s influence on US politics. The senator claimed the GENIUS Act was an instance of the industry writing “its own legislation.” She compared it to another bill—the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000—which may have indirectly influenced the 2008 financial crisis. Sen.…
ETH LEADS, MONEY SUPPLY HITS ATH, PUNKS CONTINUE TO SURGEBTC dips as jobs data diminishes Fed rate cut hopes. US crypto inflows surge hit $60b YTD. Strategy increases pref stock offering to $2b. Tokyo’s Quantum Solutions plans to buy 3k BTC. ETH could outperform BTC for 6 months: Novogratz. Galaxy begins to sell large clips…
In brief Strategy is upsizing its STRC preferred stock offering to nearly $2.5 billion. STRC will offer a variable monthly dividend, starting at 9%. The firm intends to use the net proceeds from the sale to add to its $70 billion Bitcoin stash. Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin treasury firm Strategy is boosting its preferred stock offering…
In brief Analysts noted Galaxy Digital and other large Bitcoin holders moved $3.7 billion worth of BTC to exchanges Friday morning, with 26,100 BTC sold at a loss by short-term holders. Bitcoin dropped 1.8% to $116,365 amid mounting selling pressure, while trading volume surged 37% to $131.6 billion in 24 hours. Over $531 million in…
