Month: August 2025

Billionaire investor Ken Griffin is placing a major bet on a company that’s far outperformed expectations this year. According to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Griffin’s hedge fund Citadel has acquired 3,824,329 shares of NioCorp Developments Ltd (NB), a company advancing critical minerals development in the United States. NioCorp’s flagship

Story Highlights Harvard University is the 29th largest holder of IBIT out of the 1,300 investors. Brown University reported 212,500 IBIT shares as of June 30, valued at over $13 million. BlackRock’s IBIT endowment by Ivy League universities has helped it grow to over $86 billion in net assets. The mainstream adoption of BlackRock’s iShares

Strategy founder Michael Saylor has raised the possibility of investors ditching gold for Bitcoin amid rumors that the U.S. could impose tariffs on imports of the precious metal. The Strategy founder also made a case for why the flagship crypto is the safest asset to hold rather than the metal.

Over half of the 25 largest US banks are now weighing or rolling out crypto-related products. An Aug. 8 status chart shared by River that tracks the giants across two lanes, custody and trading. The snapshot shows multiple firms moving from “not yet” to “exploring,” “announced,” or restricted access for high-net-worth clients, indicating that digital

Harvard University’s investment arm has invested $120 million in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT). Harvard owns 1.9 million shares of the fund, according to a 13F filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Harvard’s portfolio also includes shares of tech giants like Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Nvidia, as well as large companies

Whale Alert recently flagged a significant development in the crypto world: a staggering 250 million USDC minted at the USDC Treasury. This isn’t just a large number; it’s a noteworthy event that provides crucial insights into the evolving stablecoin landscape. Understanding this substantial stablecoin minting helps us gauge shifts in liquidity and anticipate potential crypto

During a Friday appearance on Bloomberg, Michael Saylor, executive chairman at Strategy, opined that the tariffs on Swiss gold bars will accelerate migration to Bitcoin. He has stressed that the big appeal of Bitcoin is that it is not physical, quipping that there are “no tariffs in cyberspace.” “It doesn’t have weight. You can settle

Exodus will partner with Superstate to tokenize its own shares, first available on Solana. Summary Exodus will issue tokenized assets to represent its own Class A shares. The firm will leverage Superstate’s stock token issuance platform, Open Bell Tokenized stocks will first launch on Solana, with plans to expand to other networks Tokenization is a

Bolivia is in the middle of a money crisis, and the boliviano is no longer the safe bet it once was. Inflation has blown up to 25%, the highest in 34 years. Dollars are almost impossible to get. Trust in the government is hanging by a thread. So people are moving fast into cryptocurrencies, as

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