Jarrod Patten, a director at Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), has sold approximately $10.4 million worth of company stock this year, according to data tracked by Bitcoin Treasuries. The sales, executed across 31 transactions, were all tied to stock options granted in 2016 and 2017, before the company’s transformation into a Bitcoin-focused treasury. Background of the Stock
Stacks, a Bitcoin layer-2 project, has announced it will reveal its second institutional participant in Bitcoin staking this week. The disclosure follows the earlier participation of UTXO Management, a Bitcoin-focused asset manager and subsidiary of Nakamoto (NAKA), which became the first institution to join Stacks’ Bitcoin staking initiative in May. Context and Background The Stacks
The Dallas Federal Reserve has warned that the increasing prevalence of tokenized deposits in the banking sector could have unforeseen consequences for the financial system. According to Fed researchers, tokenized deposits could lead customers to move their money between banks much faster in search of higher returns, significantly weakening banks’ liquidity management and lending capacity.
In brief Bitcoin is holding near $78,000 after a hot PCE inflation reading knocked it back from an $81,000 high, with a $6.4 billion options expiry, Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s first Jackson Hole speech, and Nvidia earnings all landing within 48 hours of each other. The CME FedWatch tool now prices a 38.4% chance of
Tron’s total accounts reached over 400 million on August 23, with the last 100 million wallets being added in about 16 months. Now the network settles more than half of all $USDT in circulation. Tron settles 51.4% of all circulating $USDT The network grew from 300 million to 400 million accounts between April 12, 2025,
Banks defend themselves against stablecoins by saying they are building tokenized deposits to modernize payments, with programmable money and around-the-clock settlement. Falcon Finance chief RWA officer Artem Tolkachev told CryptoSlate that the explanation covers only half the reason: “It is the balance sheet, not the technology.” A tokenized deposit keeps the money a stablecoin would
Private company shares still trade through bilateral, paper-heavy processes that keep most investors out of venture-backed growth. Citi is now applying the depositary receipt model, long used to give investors access to foreign public equities, to that opaque market with a new Digital Depositary Receipt (DDR) product, according to an Aug. 25 announcement from Caplight,
Stablecoin compliance could determine which issuers win institutional adoption as new US accounting and regulatory rules raise standards for redemption, reserves and risk controls, according to Aquanow CEO Phil Sham. The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued a proposal on Aug. 18 that would clarify how the existing definition of cash equivalents applies to certain digital
Bitcoin fell below $78,000 after its breakout above $81,000 reversed, triggering a wave of long liquidations as traders took profits and bullish leverage unwound. Strong US spot ETF inflows, however, suggest underlying demand has not disappeared. Bitcoin price retreats after $81K breakout Bitcoin’s pullback followed a round of profit-taking and an increase in leveraged long