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Meta shareholders reject Bitcoin treasury bid in landslide vote

Meta shareholders reject Bitcoin treasury bid in landslide vote

Meta Platforms shareholders rejected a measure that urged the company to add Bitcoin (BTC) to its $72 billion cash pile, voting 4.98 billion shares against and 3.92 million for at the May 30 annual meeting, as reports surfaced. Abstentions totaled 8.86 million shares, while brokers withheld votes on 204.77 million shares. With fewer than 0.1% […]

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Ozark star Julia Garner to play Caroline Ellison in Obama Netflix miniseries on FTX collapse

Ozark star Julia Garner to play Caroline Ellison in Obama Netflix miniseries on FTX collapse

Netflix has green-lit an eight-episode limited series titled The Altruists, a dramatization of the eight-billion-dollar collapse of crypto exchange FTX and the downfall of its co-founder, Sam Bankman-Fried. The show, produced under Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground banner, will star Julia Garner (3x Emmy winner) as former Alameda Research chief executive Caroline Ellison and

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Tether vows Bitcoin mining dominance as Pakistan, UK politicians look to advance Bitcoin reserves

Tether vows Bitcoin mining dominance as Pakistan, UK politicians look to advance Bitcoin reserves

Vegas glitters differently when thirty thousand badge-wearing bitcoiners clog the marble concourses of the Venetian, screens flashing a frothy $105-to-106k tape for BTC, and every espresso line buzzing with “hash-rate” small talk. Three-day festivals usually disperse into noise, yet this one distilled a single theme: the conversation has vaulted beyond legitimacy questions. Governments, regulators, and

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Bloomberg analyst foresees Meta as trailblazer in corporate Bitcoin integration

Bloomberg analyst foresees Meta as trailblazer in corporate Bitcoin integration

Meta could be the first US corporation of its scale to place Bitcoin (BTC) on its balance sheet, according to Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas. In a May 28 post on X, Balchunas argued that a move by a “Big Boy” company would validate corporate treasury adoption of the asset. He added that “it

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Top Win unveils strategic investments in Asian Bitcoin sector following Sora merger

Top Win unveils strategic investments in Asian Bitcoin sector following Sora merger

Top Win International Limited, now trading under the Nasdaq ticker SORA, announced two major strategic investments this week as it accelerates its pivot into Asia’s fast-growing digital assets market. The moves follow the company’s recent ticker change and come ahead of a pending rebrand to AsiaStrategy, as part of its merger with Sora Ventures, a

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How a futures trade literally melted B in gold bullion and crashed the Atlanta Fed’s model

How a futures trade literally melted $29B in gold bullion and crashed the Atlanta Fed’s model

Wall Street’s rare-metal rumour mill began on a freezing January morning at Zurich Airport, where cargo handlers wrestled two-ton pallets of 99.5% pure gold onto a chartered 747 bound for New York. Their destination was a COMEX vault in the city, where warehouse rules hinge not on purity but bar dimensions. The gold came from

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Fast food giant Steak ‘n Shake launches Bitcoin payments, boosts financial efficiency

Fast food giant Steak ‘n Shake launches Bitcoin payments, boosts financial efficiency

Fast food chain Steak ‘n Shake has expanded its payment options to include Bitcoin (BTC) at all of its locations globally, where regulations permit. The rollout, which began on May 16, utilizes the Lightning Network to enable faster and lower-cost transactions. The company’s COO, Dan Edwards, revealed the development on May 27 at the Bitcoin

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Nasdaq-listed Top Win changes ticker to SORA, names Jason Fang board chairman

Nasdaq-listed Top Win changes ticker to SORA, names Jason Fang board chairman

Bitcoin-focused firm Top Win International has officially changed its Nasdaq ticker symbol from TOPW to SORA to reflect its revamp to a Bitcoin Treasury company, according to a May 27 regulatory filing. The firm has also appointed Sora Ventures co-founder Jason Fang as chairman of the board of directors. Fang brings a wealth of experience to

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Strategy’s Michael Saylor rejects on-chain Proof-of-Reserves due to ‘liability’

Strategy’s Michael Saylor rejects on-chain Proof-of-Reserves due to ‘liability’

Strategy, formerly known as MicroStrategy, is unlikely to adopt on-chain proof-of-reserves (PoR) disclosure for its substantial Bitcoin holdings. At the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas, the company chairman, Michael Saylor, dismissed the practice as a potential security threat, saying it exposes firms and users to unnecessary risks. Saylor made the comments while responding to

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Bitcoin balance sheet adoption could hit 20% of BTC supply by 2026

Bitcoin balance sheet adoption could hit 20% of BTC supply by 2026

Bitwise and UTXO Management project that 20% of all Bitcoin (BTC) could migrate to institutional balance sheets by end-2026, according to a new report published by Bitwise and UTXO Management on May 23. The study, called “Exploring the Game Theory of Hyperbitcoinization,” models five demand channels for Bitcoin. Nation-states top the list with a $161.7

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