Block (XYZ) said it added 114 bitcoins BTC$76,521.28 in the first quarter, bringing its corporate holdings to nearly 9,000 BTC, worth about $691 million, according to a public proof of reserves dashboard. He held 8,883 BTC at the end of last year. Adding in the 19,357 BTC held on behalf of clients, the payments company […]
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Oil prices continued to rise Tuesday as peace talks between the United States and Iran appeared to be at an impasse, with negotiators deadlocked over proposals to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to tanker traffic and restrict Iran’s nuclear program. The price of crude oil has risen steadily over the past week as talks stalled
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A second corporate cryptocurrency accumulator is starting to look a lot like the first. Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), the treasury company chaired by Tom Lee of Fundstrat, purchased 101,901 ether (ETH) last week worth approximately $234 million. This is close to regular weekly purchases of Strategy (MSTR), the bitcoin run by Michael Saylor. BTC$76,968.77 digital
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Ondo Finance brings tokenized stocks closer to their traditional counterparts, providing investors with a way to participate in corporate governance. The feature, built with Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), allows holders of more than 250 tokenized securities on Ondo’s platform to review company filings and submit their voting preferences through Broadridge’s ProxyVote system. Investors can log
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The Bank of Japan’s (BoJ) monetary policy decision on Tuesday reinforced expectations of higher borrowing costs by the end of the second quarter. The yen loves it, while bitcoin remains under pressure. The central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 0.75%, as expected. The decision was not unanimous, however, since three members of
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XRP finally gave way to $1.40, and how it broke matters more than the move itself. It wasn’t a slow drift downward. This is a high volume surge that broke through a level that buyers had been defending for weeks. Once this type of support disappears, it usually does not return quickly. It tends to
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Bitcoin has been rejected at $79,000 three times in eight sessions. The level now defines the range. Bitcoin traded at $76,923 on Tuesday morning, down 2.4% over 24 hours after climbing to $79,399 on Monday and reversing during the day. Ether fell 3.7% to $2,290, XRP fell 3.2% to $1.39, Solana fell 3.9% to $84.10,
Bitcoin BTC$76,929.87 is down 3% in Asian morning trading, holding near $77,000 as markets prepare for a week filled with macroeconomic catalysts. This decision seems motivated more by caution than by a change in sentiment. In a note to CoinDesk, Enflux, a Singapore-based market maker, said traders were reluctant to push bitcoin higher ahead of
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Volatility returned to crypto markets on Monday as Bitcoin BTC$77,107.60 rose as high as $79,480 before quickly dropping back to $77,800. The move began around 11:00 p.m. UTC with the opening of US stock and Bitcoin CME futures, a time that often sees increased volatility. At 05:30 UTC, the price began to decline after failing
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KBank, the digital-only South Korean bank that serves as the exclusive banking partner for crypto exchange Upbit, is set to test on-chain cross-border remittances with Ripple, the bank announced Monday. The two companies have completed the first phase of a proof of concept using a wallet-based funds transfer system and are now in the second
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