Strategy Buys 196 Bitcoin for $22.1M

Strategy (MSTR) announced on Monday that it purchased 196 BTC for $22.1 million, bringing its total holdings to 640,031 BTC. The latest purchase was made at an average price of $113,048 per bitcoin, raising the company’s overall average purchase price to $73,983. The acquisition was funded through the issuance...
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IBIT’s Options Market Fuels Bitcoin ETF Dominance, Report Suggests

Analyst James Check and Unchained produced a report on the current bitcoin BTC market landscape, with the most interesting takeaway being the rise of the bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) specifically the success of iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) and the options market that now underpins the product. The report opens...
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Bitcoin Reclaims $112,000 As Ethereum, XRP, Dogecoin Shine After ‘Eventful Weekend Action’

Cryptocurrency markets are ticking higher on Monday morning, led by Bitcoin rebounding to $112,000. Cryptocurrency Ticker Price Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) $112,172.59 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) $4,125.58 Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) $207.04 XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) $2.85 Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) $0.2309 Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) $0.00001182 Notable Statistics: Coinglass data shows 87,737 traders...
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AllUnity and Stripe’s Privy Join Forces to Enable Euro Stablecoin Payments

AllUnity, a German regulated e-money institution backed by DWS, Flow Traders, and Galaxy, and issuer of the EURAU euro stablecoin, has partnered with Privy, the crypto wallet infrastructure firm owned by Stripe. The move enables fintechs, e-commerce platforms, and enterprises to embed EURAU wallets directly into their applications. Users...
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SWIFT to Develop Blockchain-Based Ledger for 24/7 Cross-Border Payments

Global traditional finance (TradFi) payments system SWIFT said it is adding a blockchain-based ledger to its network. SWIFT is working with a group of over 30 financial institutions to build a ledger that could make cross-border payments 24/7, based on a prototype by Ethereum developers Consensys, according to an...
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