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Barclays Purchases $131M of Blackrock’s Bitcoin ETF
15.2.2025
London UK-based Barclays Bank, one of the world’s largest financial institutions with more than $1.5 trillion in assets, purchased $131 million worth of Blackrock’s Ishares spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) in 2024. The details were revealed in a routine regulatory filing submitted...
Plasma Secures $20 Million to Launch Bitcoin-Based Blockchain for Zero-Fee Stablecoin Transactions
14.2.2025
Plasma, a startup focused on developing a blockchain tailored for stablecoin transactions, has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by Framework Ventures, following an earlier $4 million seed round. The investment, which includes participation from notable figures such as Peter Thiel...
Bank of Montreal Has Been Quietly Buying Bitcoin ETFs
14.2.2025
The Bank of Montreal (BMO), Canada’s third largest bank by asset size, quietly purchased approximately $150 million in spot bitcoin ETFs. The information came to light when the bank filed its Form 13F-HR with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday. The regulator requires...
Tether Makes Strategic Investment in Zengo Wallet to Advance Global Stablecoin Adoption
13.2.2025
Tether, the largest company in the digital assets industry, announced a strategic investment in Zengo Wallet, a keyless yet self-custodial crypto wallet. Since its launch in 2019, Zengo has served over 1.5 million users without a single wallet being compromised, thanks to its innovative approach...
Zimbabwe Not Ready to De-Dollarize, Says Finance Minister
13.2.2025
Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube stated that the country must regain access to credit lines before adopting the Zig as its sole currency. He emphasized the need to restructure $21 billion in debt, as Zimbabwe has been locked out of capital markets since 1999 due to defaulting on its debt....
Bitpanda Secures FCA Approval to Expand Operations in the UK
13.2.2025
Bitpanda has secured approval from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to operate in the United Kingdom, marking a significant regulatory milestone for the European cryptocurrency platform. This approval, along with a recently obtained MiCAR license, allows Bitpanda to expand its offerings...
World Liberty Financial Unveils ‘Macro Strategy’ Token Reserve
12.2.2025
World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the Trump family’s flagship crypto project, unveiled its new “Macro Strategy” token reserve on Tuesday evening via a post on X. The reserve will hold a diverse set of assets and aim to “bolster leading projects like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies that...
Bitgo Plans Potential IPO by H2 2025, Aiming to Strengthen Its Position in Crypto Custody Market
12.2.2025
Crypto custody platform Bitgo might be planning to go public with an initial public offering (IPO) by the second half of 2025, according to Bloomberg, which cited sources familiar with the matter. While the California-based company is already in discussions with potential advisors for the listing...
Stablecoin Supply Jumps by $17B Since Beginning of 2025
12.2.2025
Blockchain metrics firm Glassnode has released data showing that circulating stablecoin supply has skyrocketed to roughly $211.2 billion since the beginning of the year, a $17 billion increase in less than two months. The current rate of increase in the supply is roughly $541 million per...
Mexican Billionaire Ricardo Salinas States That Europe Is a Zoo: Citizens to Be Spoon-Fed CBDC
12.2.2025
Ricardo Salinas, one of the wealthiest men in Mexico, has criticized Europe’s stance on cryptocurrency, comparing it to a museum and a zoo. In a recent interview on Lunaticoin’s podcast, Salinas stated that Europe was a museum because nothing happened there and there was no investment....
Binance Accused of Selling off Assets, Denies Rumors
11.2.2025
An X user going by the name AB Kaui Dong sounded the alarm early Tuesday, when he noticed suspicious onchain activity by the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance. “The most discussed topic among peers today should be Binance, which is selling off a large amount of its...
Central African Republic Launches Meme Coin Amid Skepticism
11.2.2025
Central African Republic President Touadéra has reportedly launched a meme-coin, $CAR, to raise the country’s profile. This follows a previous, less successful attempt to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender. While Touadéra claims the CAR launch was a “success,” the coin’s value...
Litecoin ETF Approval Odds at 90%, Analysts Say
11.2.2025
Bloomberg ETF analysts Eric Balchunas and James Seyffart have compiled a list of crypto ETF applications that they believe will have shot at being approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) this year, and assigned a probability of approval to each filing. At the top of that list...
Proton Wallet Emerges From Early Access
10.2.2025
Proton, the team behind Proton Mail, has taken another step into the financial world by launching Proton Wallet beyond its early access phase. This self-custodial bitcoin wallet empowers users to control their BTC, secure their funds with cutting-edge encryption, and transact peer-to-peer using...
El Salvador Continues Buying Bitcoin Despite IMF Pressure
10.2.2025
The government of El Salvador has continued buying bitcoin despite the deal reached with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in December. According to the National Bitcoin Office, in the last 7 days, Bukele’s administration acquired 18 BTC, with its total reserve reaching 6.073 BTC, nearly...
British Crypto Trader Held Hostage in Spain, Escapes Before Police Raid
10.2.2025
Spanish police arrested three British men in Costa del Sol for kidnapping a UK cryptocurrency broker and demanding €30,000 (approximately $31,000) for his release. The victim, a 34-year-old Hindi speaker, escaped by deceiving his captors into thinking he was calling a customer for a crypto wallet...
Lost Fortune: Landfill Containing $750M in Bitcoin to Be Sealed Forever
9.2.2025
A landfill in Newport, Wales, where James Howells accidentally discarded a hard drive containing 7,500 bitcoins (now worth approximately $750m or £620m) is scheduled to close in 2025-26. Howells’ attempts to sue the council for access to the site or compensation were unsuccessful. The council...
Founder of Meme Coin Platform Pump.fun Denies Coin Launch Rumors
9.2.2025
In a recent post, Alon, the founder of the meme coin platform Pump.fun, debunked swirling rumors about a potential Pump.fun token by clarifying that these reports are false and emphasized that only announcements from the official X account should be trusted. He also highlighted that the team, over...
Kanye West Wants to Discuss Crypto With Brian Armstrong
8.2.2025
Hip hop mogul and self-proclaimed billionaire Kanye West wants to chat with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong about purchasing crypto “without a middle man,” according to a Friday post by the rapper on X. It’s unclear if West currently owns any crypto, but back in 2014, he took legal action against...
CFTC’s Crypto CEO Forum Aims to Shape Future of Digital Asset Markets With Pilot Launch
7.2.2025
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) which regulates the U.S. derivatives market said it will hold a CEO Forum with leaders from Coinbase, Ripple, Circle, Crypto.com, and Moonpay to evaluate a digital asset markets pilot program. The announcement was made on Friday and the purpose of...