Shareholders trimmed support for executive pay packages at leading US Bitcoin (BTC) miners to an average of 64% in this year’s proxy season, far below the over 90% approval norm across the S&P 500, according to a July 10 VanEck research note. VanEck reviewed filings from eight listed miners and found average named-executive-officer (NEO) compensation
Bitcoin surged to an all-time high of $116,000 on July 10, just six days after Donald Trump signed the Big Beautiful Bill into law. The flagship cryptocurrency has gained 6% since the bill’s signing, with Ethereum and other altcoins following close behind. The rally comes amid a wave of macroeconomic shifts, rising US debt, tightening
Bitcoin (BTC) treasury companies shifted BTC’s spot price by an average of 0.59% per day in 2025, even after adding roughly 725,000 BTC to their balance sheets, according to a July 10 Keyrock research report. The study measured the price impact using Kyle’s Lambda across all BTC-USDT markets and found that corporate buying seldom moved
Stablecoin platform Agora has raised $50 million in a Series A round led by Paradigm, with additional backing from Dragonfly Capital, the company announced on Thursday. The funding will support the expansion of Agora’s all-in-one system for issuing and managing stablecoins, as well as the introduction of its new white-labeled stablecoin product. “We believe stablecoins
The most successful asset of the last 15 years is once again annihilating the doubters. In the last hour, a total of $687.22 million in Bitcoin shorts have been liquidated, according to the crypto data aggregator CoinGlass. The shorts have provided rocket fuel for a sudden move above $116,000. BTC began the day at around
MicroStrategy holds 597K BTC worth $64.4B with $22B in unrealized gains but warns of key risks. Public firms with Bitcoin surged from 64 in 2024 to 151 in 2025 amid favorable regulation. Top holders like Tesla, Galaxy, and Mara diversify BTC strategies from mining to direct buys. MicroStrategy has disclosed big risks linked to its
The second quarter of 2025 marked its strongest crypto VC investment performance since 2022. The substantial influx of capital highlights a growing focus on foundational blockchain infrastructure and Bitcoin-centric strategies. Vivek Ramaswamy’s Strive Funds and the newly formed Bitcoin powerhouse Twenty One Capital secured the most substantial funding rounds, totaling hundreds of millions of dollars.
Bitcoin corporate holders accumulated 159,107 BTC in the second quarter of 2025, as 46 new firms joined the space. New Bitcoin treasury firms making waves include Metaplanet, GameStop, Twenty One, and Trump Media. Companies holding Bitcoin (BTC) as a reserve asset continue to expand their holdings. In the second quarter of 2025, these firms accumulated
Fed Governor Christopher Waller has stated that the FOMC members could consider a Fed rate cut this July despite Jerome Powell’s insistence on a wait-and-see approach. His statement comes just a day after the release of the June FOMC minutes and amid calls from Donald Trump for a ‘rapid’ interest rate cut.