Multinational banking giant Standard Chartered is reportedly preparing an expansion into digital assets with a new prime brokerage platform. $849 Billion Titan in Early-Stage Discussions to Compete in Digital Asset Industry Citing people familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified, Bloomberg reports that Standard Chartered is planning the launch of a crypto …
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Bitcoin surged past $92,000 at the start of the week after the DOJ subpoenaed the Federal Reserve, sparking global market volatility and a flight to safe-haven assets like gold, which hit a record $4,600. Political Friction Triggers Global Flight to Safety In what proved to be a high-velocity opening to the trading week, bitcoin ( …
World Liberty Financial has launched its first web application, World Liberty Markets, introducing lending and borrowing functionality for its USD1 stablecoin through an integration with Dolomite. World Liberty Financial Introduces Lending and Borrowing Web Application World Liberty Markets marks the second major product release from World Liberty Financial, positioning the platform as a new venue …
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Strategy (MSTR) just announced a new, massive Bitcoin purchase. The preeminent BTC treasury company says it has purchased 13,627 Bitcoin for approximately $1.25 billion. That’s the firm’s largest weekly purchase since last summer. The acquisition was made at an average price of about $91,519 per Bitcoin, pushing the company’s total holdings to 687,410 BTC. The …
HodlX Guest Post Submit Your Post For a long time, traders and investors treated ‘perps’ (perpetual futures) as one of the riskiest instruments, characterized by high leverage and constant volatility. But as trading matured, those same mechanics started to connect among markets, turning perps from a niche derivative into the backbone of crypto liquidity. Today, …
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HodlX Guest Post Submit Your Post Market data shows that only 0.79% of Bitcoin’s total supply is currently locked in DeFi. The rest sits comfortably in centralized custody – with exchanges, ETFs, corporate treasuries or nation-states. Given that BTC is the world’s largest crypto asset, that’s an astonishingly small number to talk about. Bitcoin remains …
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HodlX Guest Post Submit Your Post Stablecoins are having their “boring is beautiful” moment. While the headlines bounce between memes, ETF flows, and the latest L2 drama, the most important product-market fit in crypto keeps compounding quietly: dollar tokens that move at internet speed. That success creates a question outsiders often ask with genuine confusion: …
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OKX user’s desperate plea An OKX user trying to get around restrictions on Chinese users has become desperate after the crypto exchange froze funds saying the money was needed to cover urgent family medical expenses. The user, who shared a lengthy personal appeal on X, said about $40,000 in crypto became inaccessible after OKX’s risk …
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Institutional investors are once again selling Bitcoin and crypto investment projects. After an opening week of inflows, digital asset products saw $454 million in outflows for the week ending January 10th, according to CoinShares. This reversed much of the $1.5 billion gains from early January, driven by fears over delayed Federal Reserve rate cuts. Bitcoin …
TLDR: Bitmine purchased 24,266 ETH for $75.59M, its lowest weekly buy since mid-2025 tracking began last year The company now holds 4.17M ETH worth $12.98B, representing 3.45% of Ethereum’s circulating supply Bitmine increased cash reserves by $73M to $988M while maintaining position as largest public ETH holder Tom Lee expects crypto recovery in 2026 following …
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Bitgo has filed a fourth amended Form S-1 with U.S. regulators, outlining plans for an initial public offering that would bring the digital asset custody firm to the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker “BTGO.” Bitgo Files Amended S-1 The amendment, filed Jan. 12, details an offering of 11.8 million shares of Class A …
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Digital asset treasury (DAT) company Bitmine Immersion Technologies disclosed that its ethereum holdings climbed to more than 4.16 million tokens as of Jan. 11, lifting total crypto and cash holdings to about $14 billion, according to a company statement released Monday. Bitmine Grows Ethereum Per Share Strategy With Fresh Token Purchases Following Strategy’s latest announcement, …
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President Donald Trump is pressing major U.S. oil companies to invest billions in Venezuela’s battered energy sector, but his enthusiasm cooled quickly after Exxon Mobil’s CEO dismissed the country as “uninvestable.” Trump Pitches Venezuela Oil Revival Venezuela reportedly holds the world’s largest officially recognized oil reserves, yet its production capacity has withered after years of …
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Bitcoin briefly joined a rally in gold and silver sparked by U.S. political tensions, but failed to hold its gains. Options activity and persistent selling pressure suggest traders are pushing bullish expectations further out. Political Tensions Spark Safe-Haven Bid as Bitcoin Lags Bitcoin, gold, and silver moved higher during early Asian trading as the U.S. …
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Bitcoin treasury firm Strategy scooped up more bitcoin after Michael Saylor teased the move Sunday by adding “₿ig Orange” to the Strategy Tracker chart. Saylor’s company snapped up another 13,627 BTC at roughly $91,519 per coin. Michael Saylor and company revealed the purchase of $1.25 billion worth of bitcoin ( BTC) early Monday. “Strategy has …
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