Five men convicted after demanding $150,000 from two French crypto investors during a 52-hour ordeal in London. Five men were convicted of false imprisonment after abducting two French cryptocurrency millionaires in London and holding them for 52 hours. The victims transfe
Strategy Corp sold Bitcoin and MSTR shares to fund STRC repurchases and dividends, lifting the stock 24% from June lows. Strategy’s perpetual preferred stock STRC climbed back to $90 after a 24% rebound from its June closing low. The recovery followed the company’s disclos
The acquisition aims to integrate BVNK’s on-chain infrastructure with Mastercard’s network to enhance cross-border and digital currency payments. Mastercard has completed its acquisition of BVNK, a stablecoin payments infrastructure provider, for up to $1.8bn, including $3
Joint US-Japan action to support the yen at 164 per dollar marks first such move since 1998, signaling potential dollar liquidity shifts. The US and Japan conducted a rare joint currency intervention last week to bolster the yen, which hit a 40-year low of 164 per USD. Thi
Italy’s largest bank reduced its BlackRock Bitcoin ETF position while increasing exposure to a staked Ethereum ETF in Q2. Intesa Sanpaolo cut its common-share stake in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) by 93.7% to 40,723 shares as of June 30. The bank also reduced i
Japan and the US intervened in currency markets for the first time since 1998, spending up to $36.6 billion to support the yen. Bitcoin traded near $63,600 as Japan and the US conducted a rare joint intervention to prop up the yen, spending as much as $36.6 billion. The mo
Joint intervention by Washington and Tokyo to support the yen raises concerns over leveraged bets funded by low-cost Japanese borrowing. Bitcoin traded steady at $63,600 on Monday after the U.S. and Japan intervened to prop up the yen, a rare coordinated move that stoked f
Bhutan’s sovereign fund shifts part of its bitcoin holdings into a low-risk, yield-generating strategy amid undisclosed mandate size. Bhutan’s Gelephu Mindfulness City has engaged Toronto-based 3iQ Corp. to manage a portion of its bitcoin treasury using a market-neutral ap
The migration, set for September 9, will transfer accounts and positions to Deribit while pausing trading for 30 minutes. Coinbase will migrate institutional clients’ International Exchange accounts, balances, and positions to Deribit on September 9. Trading will pause for
New guidelines require digital asset platforms to withhold and remit taxes, including payments in cryptocurrencies for certain obligations. Nigeria’s revenue agency has introduced tax collection rules for digital asset platforms, including exchanges and peer-to-peer market
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