Japan-based Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet announced today that it has successfully completed its public offering process. Metaplanet Grows Bitcoin Treasury with $1.4 Billion IPO The company’s CEO, Simon Gerovich, stated in a post on the X platform that a large number of institutional investors participated in the process. Among the investors, mutual funds, sovereign wealth
MoneyGram, the ubiquitous send and receive cash network for retail customers, has made U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoins and blockchain settlement rails the digital backbone of its revamped mobile app, the company said on Wednesday. Customers in the Latin American country of Colombia, where MoneyGram has an extensive retail network of over 6,000 locations, will be the
Bitcoin traded at $116,236 as of 14:04 UTC on Sept. 17, up about 1% in the past 24 hours, holding above a key level as markets await the Federal Reserve’s policy announcement. Analysts’ comments Dean Crypto Trades noted on X that bitcoin is only about 7% above its post-election local peak, while the S&P 500
BTC is facing a decision, as the price hovers almost perfectly between two liquidation zones. Positions have accrued at the $115,000 and $118,000 levels, with traders left to decide which positions to attack. BTC may go through added volatility in the next few hours based on accrued short and long positions. BTC traded at $116,353,
U.S. stocks were largely flat at the open on Wednesday as Wall Street awaited the Federal Reserve’s decision on interest rates and as Nvidia stock slipped following reports that China had banned local companies from buying the chipmaker’s semiconductors. Summary Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq were largely flat on Wednesday morning. Wall
X account @SaniExp, which belongs to the founder of the Timechain Index explorer, has published data showing that a dormant BTC wallet was activated after staying in hibernation for 6 years. However, it was set up 13 years ago, according to the tweet, – the time when Satoshi Nakamoto’s shadow was still around, so to
Layer-1 network Mavryk said it raised $10 million in a strategic investment led by financial derivatives provider MultiBank Group to expand its real-world asset (RWA) tokenization plans. Mavryk Network and MultiBank have an existing partnership to tokenize over $10 billion worth of real estate in the United Arab Emirates through the latter’s RWA platform. The
In a significant development for corporate Bitcoin adoption, BTC Inc. and Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: STRF/STRC/STRK/STRD/MSTR) have announced a five-year renewal of their strategic partnership for the Bitcoin for Corporations (BFC) initiative. The partnership aims to accelerate global corporate Bitcoin adoption through 2030, with BFC currently representing 38 member companies that collectively hold 69% of all
Zypher Network ($POP), a Web3 project for AI agent infrastructure, has partnered with Pilot AI, a next-gen AI co-pilot initiative for Web3. The partnership is focused on advancing Web3 wallet interactions, simplifying NFT and token management, and streamlining airdrop claims to fortify real-world commerce via natural language commands. As the platform disclosed in its official
Blockchain industry participants and regulators continue battling for privacy rights as the European Union’s sweeping Anti-Money Laundering (AML) rules look set to ban privacy-preserving tokens and anonymous crypto accounts starting in 2027. Credit institutions, financial institutions and crypto asset service providers (CASPs) will be prohibited from maintaining anonymous accounts or handling privacy-preserving cryptocurrencies under the