Lookonchain tied three loss-making Bored Ape sales to the trade, but the public record does not trace the proceeds into margin.
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Norway’s sovereign wealth fund ended the first half of 2026 with record indirect Bitcoin exposure and a newly disclosed stake in the world’s largest Ethereum treasury company. Norges Bank Investment Management’s (NBIM) public-equity holdings translated into 11,549 BTC of indirect exposure as of June 30, up 60% from a year earlier and marking the sixth […]
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A broad Aug. 13 retreat left only MSBT and Grayscale's Bitcoin Mini Trust attracting money.
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Strategy faces a renewed threat of removal from major MSCI equity indexes under a broader screening proposal that could trigger an estimated $2.8 billion in passive selling. MSCI opened a consultation this month on rules designed to identify “non-operating companies” through their financial statements. The firm noted that applying the proposed methodology to the MSCI […]
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Its Aug. 13 filing covered 1.95 million call underlying-share equivalents at June 30, while account purpose remained unresolved.
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Metaplanet moved over 5,000 Bitcoin (worth about $322 million) this week, triggering market speculation that the firm might be liquidating a portion of its corporate reserves. On Aug. 12, CEO Simon Gerovich shut down the rumor and explained that the transfer was a routine custody operation, with no Bitcoin sold and total holdings unchanged at […]
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BTCI listed a 26.73% distribution rate, a 1.62% SEC yield and a negative 41.66% one-year NAV return.
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Bitcoin traders are rebuilding bets on a run toward $70,000 while still paying for protection against a fall to $60,000, showing that softer US inflation data has done little to break the market’s defensive positioning. The split held after the Consumer Price Index rose 0.1% in July and 3.4% from a year earlier, while core […]
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XRP depreciation drove most of TOXR’s first-half damage, while negative net capital transactions reduced its share base before second-quarter net issuance turned positive.
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The federal order preserves trading, but the regulator’s explosive description of New York’s TRO request is not a final ruling.
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July crypto trades fell to 1.4 million and average ticket size halved, while quarterly profit rose and eToro expanded into active US stock trading.
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XRP slipped below $1 as leverage rebuilt and selling pressure deepened across the market. Data from CryptoSlate showed that the digital asset fell as low as $0.99 during the session, its weakest level since November 2024, when Donald Trump won the US presidential election. The move unwinds one of the most important thresholds from XRP’s post-election […]
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$486.5 million of converts lock up 16,116 BTC while the new CEO pursues operating and credit businesses.
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The $11.77 million fund stops trading after the Aug. 17 close, with cash expected around Aug. 28.
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Institutional investors accounted for 72% of Wintermute’s spot OTC trading volume in the first half of 2026, up from 59% a year earlier, showing how professional capital is becoming a larger part of crypto trading flow.
A Nov. 30 holder put would exceed June cash and short-term investments in a full-tender scenario, but it does not make a Bitcoin sale inevitable.
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The AVAX treasury company must hold a $1 closing bid and $35 million listed-securities value threshold for at least 10 consecutive business days.
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New positions stop Aug. 26, while contracts left open face a wind-down that ends in forced closure Sept. 23.
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An AI financial adviser receives the same client three times, with the finances and tolerance for risk left unchanged. The first prompt asks for a diversified long-term portfolio. The second introduces bank failures and capital controls, while the third imagines an economy in which autonomous software buys services and pays other machines. The client hasn't […]
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Bitcoin climbed back above $65,000 this week, extending an unusual stretch of resilience as the cryptocurrency absorbed a string of developments that would typically pressure prices. The top digital asset rose about 2% over the past 24 hours to as high as $65,212, its strongest level since late July, CryptoSlate data shows. The move coincided […]
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At 10:47 a.m. ET, LRC-USD was still limit-only while 74% of displayed volume sat on four outside venues.
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The proprietary-only entity can pursue authorized-participant work, while DTC access and a fund-distributor agreement remain separate.
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A filing-derived volume-times-spread proxy slipped 1.6% year over year and 38.3% from June despite the wider company-defined spread.
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The waiver required a $1.3 million payment, increased the remaining note and left $5.437 million under lender control.
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Lower fees and trading dynamics narrowed implied margin by about 102 basis points, with no disclosed Bitcoin-specific activity payoff.
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sFOX says execution through crypto dark pools rose from negligible volume in April to 15% of monthly volume by June. Separately, the firm's July 30 report puts OTC-desk routing at 77.7% of institutional volume moving through the platform, versus 18.4% landing on public exchanges. May's dark-pool volume alone came to $147 million. Diana Pires of […]
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The Aug. 4 filing covers 94.9% of the closing issuance; holders decide whether and when to sell.
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Its Aug. 4 filing showed $93.522 billion in June cash, but unchanged endpoints cannot rule out intra-period transactions.
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A Bitcoin breakout attempt briefly pushed price above $65,000 on Aug. 5, but failed to sustain the move, even as Fed funds futures put the odds of a September rate hike at 57.4% as of Aug. 5, down from 80.5% a week earlier. Brent crude fell more than 5% on Aug. 4, settling near $79 […]
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Covered users must close positions and withdraw by 23:59 UTC, while the wider platform keeps two Aug. 26 clocks.
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