Strategy, the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, reported that 12 of its top 15 institutional shareholders expanded their positions in the company’s stock during the second quarter of 2025. Combined, these institutions added approximately $1.2 billion in MSTR holdings, signaling sustained confidence from major financial players despite broader market fluctuations. Key Institutional Moves in Q2
OpenAI’s second-quarter revenue rose 18% from the previous quarter to $6.7 billion, but its operating loss, including stock-based compensation, widened from $9.3 billion to $12.3 billion, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Tuesday. Meanwhile, rival Anthropic more than doubled its revenue to $11.6 billion, reported a small adjusted operating profit and overtaking OpenAI for
Crypto traders spent the days before Unitree Robotics’ Shanghai listing pricing the company at more than four times its IPO valuation. The stock opened even higher. Unitree, a Hangzhou company that makes humanoid and four-legged robots, opened at 1,100 yuan on Wednesday, 629% above its IPO price of 150.8 yuan. The first trade valued the
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev called on US policymakers to modernize securities rules so tokenized stocks can trade in America, in a long post published Tuesday that named the absence of US Stock Tokens as “one glaring gap” in the company’s tokenization push. The post landed five days after the SEC pulled a scheduled discussion of
Latin America’s largest bank Itaú Unibanco is warning that a rapid shift from bank deposits into stablecoins could disrupt credit creation in Brazil, echoing concerns that have become central to the debate between US banks and the crypto industry over landmark digital asset legislation. Speaking at Blockchain.RIO 2026 conference, Guto Antunes, head of Itaú Digital
Prediction market participants on Kalshi are pricing in a 29% probability that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates by 25 basis points at its September meeting, according to the latest trading data. The majority of traders, 70%, expect the central bank to hold rates steady, while a slim 1% anticipate a quarter-point cut. These
Following the intense investment period in the cryptocurrency sector in 2020 and 2021, the weeding-out process is reportedly accelerating. Ryan Kirkley, CEO of Global Settlement Network (GSN), stated that projects that achieved high valuations but failed to create a sustainable revenue model are beginning to exit the market. According to Kirkley, since the beginning of
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has identified tokenization as the next major market trend, signaling a significant shift in how mainstream financial institutions view blockchain technology. According to a recent Forbes report, Fink stated that after nearly a decade of hype, multiple launch setbacks, and promising pilot projects, financial institutions are now moving real-world assets onto