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Metaplanet Buys 103 Bitcoin, Now Holds 18,991 BTC Valued at .95B

Metaplanet Buys 103 Bitcoin, Now Holds 18,991 BTC Valued at $1.95B

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Metaplanet Inc. (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 3350) reported it acquired 103 BTC for about $11.7 million (approximately $113,491 per bitcoin), bringing total holdings to 18,991 BTC acquired for roughly $1.95 billion (approximately $102,712 per bitcoin). The company also reported a year‑to‑date 2025 BTC Yield of 479.5% and reaffirmed its BTC Yield, BTC Gain and BTC ¥ […]

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Apple Issues Emergency Patches for Zero‑click Exploit That May Enable Crypto Wallet Theft

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Apple released emergency security updates addressing CVE‑2025‑43300, a zero‑click Image I/O vulnerability that researchers warned may be exploited to steal crypto wallets from targeted devices. Apple stated it was aware of reports of an “extremely sophisticated” attack and urged users to install iOS, iPadOS and macOS patches immediately. The company described the bug as an

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Lombard Launches Community Sale to Advance Liquid Restaking and Onchain Bitcoin Capital Markets

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Lombard announced the upcoming pre‑launch Community Sale of its native token, BARD, on Buidlpad, a compliant token access platform that connects protocols with verified communities. The sale will distribute BARD to users as part of Lombard’s effort to broaden participation in its bitcoin-focused decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol and allow community members to engage in staking,

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DBS Expands Blockchain Capabilities by Tokenizing Structured Notes on Ethereum for Wider Investor Access

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DBS Bank has announced the expansion of its blockchain capabilities by tokenizing structured notes on the Ethereum public blockchain, making them accessible to eligible investors through three digital investment platforms. This marks DBS’s first token distribution, featuring crypto-linked structured notes that allow non-DBS clients to access this asset class via the bank’s digital asset ecosystem.

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Xapo Bank Receives Regulatory Approval for New Bitcoin Yield Product

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Xapo Bank has announced that it has received full regulatory approval from the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission for its new bitcoin yield product, developed in partnership with Hilbert Capital. This development allows Xapo Bank members to access the Xapo Byzantine Bitcoin Credit Fund, which is managed by Hilbert Capital, providing a regulated pathway to generate

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Kraken Acquires Israeli Vibe Coding Startup Capitalise.ai to Enhance No-Code Trading Automation on Kraken Pro

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Kraken has announced the acquisition of Capitalise.ai, an Israel-based pioneer in no-code, natural-language trading automation. Founded in 2015, Capitalise.ai has developed a platform that allows users to transform everyday text into executable trading strategies across various asset classes, including equities, crypto, FX, futures, and options. The integration of Capitalise.ai’s technology into Kraken Pro is set

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Robinhood Launches Football Prediction Markets Through Kalshi

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Robinhood has announced the launch of pro and college football prediction markets within the app, allowing customers to trade on the outcomes of popular football games. Since the introduction of prediction markets last year, over 2 billion contracts have been traded on the platform. The new markets will feature contracts for all regular season pro

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Capital B Announces Over .5 Million Capital Increase, Fully Subscribed by Adam Back, to Expand Bitcoin Holdings

Capital B Announces Over $2.5 Million Capital Increase, Fully Subscribed by Adam Back, to Expand Bitcoin Holdings

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Puteaux, August 18, 2025: Capital B, a European Bitcoin Treasury Company listed on Euronext Growth Paris, has announced a capital increase of approximately $2.57 million (€2.2 million), fully subscribed by Adam Back. This capital infusion is expected to facilitate the acquisition of approximately 17 additional BTC, potentially raising the company’s total holdings to 2,218 BTC.

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Nebraska Man Sentenced to 1-Year Prison for .5M Cryptojacking Scheme

Nebraska Man Sentenced to 1-Year Prison for $3.5M Cryptojacking Scheme

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Charles O. Parks III, also known as “CP3O,” was sentenced today in federal court in Brooklyn by U.S. District Judge Eric Komitee to one year and one day in prison for operating a large-scale illegal cryptojacking scheme in which he defrauded two cloud computing providers of over $3.5 million in computing resources to mine nearly

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Japan’s FSA to Approve First Yen-Denominated Stablecoin, JPYC, This Autumn

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Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) is set to approve the issuance of the country’s first yen-denominated stablecoin, JPYC, this autumn, with the fintech firm JPYC based in Chiyoda, Tokyo, expected to be registered as a funds transfer service by the end of August. The stablecoin will be pegged at 1 JPYC = 1 JPY and

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