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October 7, 2026

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Robinhood puts $25 million in Bitcoin on its balance sheet

Robinhood adds $25M in Bitcoin to corporate balance sheet Robinhood has bought $25 million worth of Bitcoin for its balance sheet, marking a direct treasury bet as it expands across crypto trading, perpetual futures, tokenized stocks, Bitstamp integration and its Ethereum Layer 2, Robinhood Chain. Crypto and international GM Johann Kerbrat said the purchase is meant to align the company and its vision more closely with the crypto community.

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Igloo to Wind Down Abstract on Dec. 15 After Product-Market Fit Struggles

Igloo to shut down Abstract layer-2 on Dec. 15, 2026 Igloo Inc. will shut down its consumer-focused Ethereum layer-2 Abstract on Dec. 15, 2026, after failing to find product-market fit despite 18 months of funding, tens of millions of dollars in losses, 144 apps, more than 400,000 users, and partnerships including Red Bull Racing and Disney. Users have been told to bridge assets off the chain before the deadline or funds will become inaccessible.

October 6, 2026

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OKX Extends Funding Round at $25 Billion Valuation With Backing From Circle, Ripple and SC Ventures

OKX extends funding round at $25 billion pre-money valuation Circle, Qube Research & Technologies, Ripple and SC Ventures, Standard Chartered’s venture arm, have invested in crypto exchange OKX at an unchanged $25 billion pre-money valuation, extending a round led by Intercontinental Exchange in March. OKX did not disclose the amount raised; CEO Star Xu said the capital will support growth and plans to tokenize real-world assets.

October 1, 2026

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Stacks Rallies as Muneeb Ali Returns to CEO Role Ahead of Bitcoin Staking Expansion

Stacks jumps 20% as Muneeb Ali becomes Stacks Labs CEO STX rose more than 20% in 24 hours to about $0.38 after Stacks Labs named founder Muneeb Ali CEO on Sept. 30, replacing interim CEO Alex Miller, who will move to an advisory role. The move comes as Stacks opens Bonding Period 2 on Oct. 10, lifting Bitcoin staking capacity to 500 BTC, while Anchorage Digital builds custody support for institutions and HashKey Cloud joins the Genesis cohort.

September 29, 2026

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Riot Platforms repays Coinbase loan and ends $200M Bitcoin-backed credit facility

Riot Platforms repays Coinbase loan and closes $200M BTC-backed facility Riot Platforms said it fully repaid its Coinbase Credit borrowing on Sept. 21, terminating the $200 million Bitcoin-backed facility and releasing Coinbase’s claims on pledged assets. As of June 30, Riot had 5,821 BTC posted as collateral, about 51% of its Bitcoin reserves, and the loan carried a fixed 6.15% annual rate after a May amendment.

September 28, 2026

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Strategy Adds 1,665 BTC, Taking Bitcoin Holdings to 847,666

Strategy buys 1,665 BTC, lifting holdings to 847,666 Bitcoin Strategy said it bought 1,665 BTC for about $142.7 million at an average price of $85,681, raising its total holdings to 847,666 BTC, or more than 4% of Bitcoin’s 21 million maximum supply. The purchase was funded with common stock sales and cash, and brings the company’s cumulative Bitcoin spend to about $64 billion at an average purchase price of $75,437.

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BitMine’s Ethereum Treasury Passes 6 Million ETH After Latest Weekly Purchase

BitMine tops 6 million ETH after another weekly purchase BitMine Immersion Technologies bought 17,362 ETH over the past week, lifting its holdings to 6,001,302 ETH, or about 4.9% of Ethereum’s circulating supply, as it nears its stated goal of owning 5%. The company said 5.06 million ETH is staked, about 84% of its holdings, and valued its crypto, cash, securities and other investments at $17.2 billion.

September 27, 2026

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Riot Repays Coinbase Credit Borrowing and Terminates $200 Million Bitcoin-Backed Facility

Riot repays Coinbase Credit loan and exits $200M bitcoin-backed facility Riot Platforms said it repaid its outstanding borrowing from Coinbase Credit on Sept. 21 and terminated its fully drawn $200 million credit facility, ending Coinbase’s right to make further loans. The move released the lender’s claims on pledged collateral, which as of June 30 included 5,821 BTC worth about $340.7 million, with no early termination fee or penalty.

September 26, 2026

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CleanSpark Closes $2.276 Billion Secured Notes Deal to Fund Expansion and Refinance Debt

CleanSpark closes $2.276 billion senior secured notes sale CleanSpark said late Sept. 25 that it has completed the closing of $2.276 billion in senior secured notes, turning a proposed raise into cash on hand. The Bitcoin miner said the proceeds will help expand its data-center infrastructure and refinance existing credit facilities, marking one of the year’s largest financings for a publicly traded mining company.

September 23, 2026

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Binance to Shift Funding Assets to Spot Ahead of 2027 Stocks Account Rename

Binance to shift Funding assets into Spot, rename account for stocks in 2027 Binance will start moving non-stock crypto from Funding Accounts to Spot Accounts on Sept. 29, as it repurposes Funding for U.S. equities and stock options ahead of a January 2027 rename to Stocks Account. Six settlement assets — USD, USDC, USDT, USD1, U and BNB — will still move between Spot and Stocks, but Stocks Account will not support direct on-chain deposits or withdrawals.

September 22, 2026

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BitMine reports 5.98 million ETH treasury valued within $17.1 billion asset base

BitMine discloses 5.98 million ETH treasury in Sept. 21 filing BitMine Immersion Technologies said in a Sept. 21 filing that it holds 5,983,940 ETH, just short of 6 million tokens, valuing its combined disclosed treasury assets at $17.1 billion. The filing says the ETH position equals about 4.9% of circulating supply by its calculation and also lists 212 BTC, $714 million in cash and marketable securities, plus stakes in Beast Industries and Eightco.

September 21, 2026

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Strategy Buys 950 BTC for $76 Million, Marking First Purchase Since Aug. 31

Strategy resumes Bitcoin buying with $76 million purchase Strategy (MSTR) said it bought 950 BTC for about $76 million over the past week at an average price of $79,670, lifting its holdings to 846,000 BTC. The purchase is the company’s first since Aug. 31 and follows $432 million in Bitcoin sales since May under its BTC monetization program to support cash reserves and dividends.

September 17, 2026

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S&P Global Agrees to Buy OpenZeppelin to Expand Into Onchain Security

S&P Global to acquire smart contract security firm OpenZeppelin S&P Global has agreed to buy OpenZeppelin to expand its risk assessment business into onchain technology risk, while keeping the smart contract security firm as a standalone business unit. Financial terms were not disclosed, and the deal remains subject to closing conditions; S&P Global said it is not expected to have a material impact on its financial results.

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Anchorage Digital Adds Custody for Etherlink Assets Including Uranium-Backed xU3O8

Anchorage Digital adds custody for Etherlink assets, including uranium token xU3O8 Anchorage Digital Bank has added institutional custody support for Etherlink and seven Tezos layer-2 assets, including xU3O8, a token representing physical uranium. Clients can hold xU3O8, WXTZ, stXTZ, USDT, USDC, USDSM and wrapped Ether in segregated accounts at the federally chartered bank, using the same custody controls and processes as their existing digital asset holdings.

September 16, 2026

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Deutsche Bank targets 2026 launch for institutional Bitcoin and Ether custody

Deutsche Bank plans institutional crypto custody launch in 2026 Deutsche Bank said it plans to launch an institutional digital-asset custody service later in 2026, pending regulatory completion, initially for clients in Germany. The platform is set to support Bitcoin, Ether, USDC, EURC and EURAU, with the bank holding wallets and private keys for clients and enabling transfers to third parties.

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CoinEx to Close on Dec. 22, 2026 and Buy Back CET During Wind-Down

CoinEx to shut down on Dec. 22, 2026 after nine years CoinEx will wind down and close on Dec. 22, 2026, giving users until that date to withdraw funds. Founder and CEO Haipo Yang said he chose a “clean ending” over a sale, citing the prolonged crypto winter and rising compliance costs; the exchange will also repurchase CET at its original 0.005 USDT listing price with no cap from Sept. 15 to Sept. 29, then convert remaining balances at the same rate.

September 15, 2026

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Broadridge Extends DLX Digital Asset Platform to U.S. Wealth Firms

Broadridge expands digital asset platform to U.S. wealth firms Broadridge has launched its DLX digital asset platform for U.S. broker-dealers, RIAs and wealth managers, letting them add cryptocurrencies and tokenized securities to existing books-and-records systems instead of building separate infrastructure. Anchorage Digital and Galaxy are the initial U.S. partners for custody, settlement, liquidity and market infrastructure, while Broadridge says its DLR platform already processes more than $351 billion in tokenized real assets daily.

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S&P Global Backs Kaiko as Crypto Data Firm Extends Series B to $110 Million

S&P Global leads Kaiko funding extension to $110 million S&P Global led a strategic investment extending crypto data provider Kaiko’s Series B round to $110 million, with BNP Paribas, Coinbase Ventures, Nasdaq Ventures, Royal Bank of Canada and others joining. Kaiko, which provides market data across more than 150 exchanges and blockchain protocols, said the capital will strengthen its core data business and expand infrastructure for onchain capital markets.

September 12, 2026

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Payward and Latitude drive $151 million crypto funding week

Nasdaq Ventures leads weekly crypto funding with $100M Payward deal Crypto companies disclosed $151 million across five financings for Sep. 5–11, 2026, with Nasdaq Ventures agreeing to invest $100 million in Payward, Kraken’s parent, and Latitude raising a $35 million Series A led by Oak HC/FT. Those two deals made up about 89% of the week’s total, while Antarctic Exchange announced $7 million, RealGo $6 million, and TINA $3 million.

September 9, 2026

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Circle to Buy Tazapay in $400 Million Stock Deal, Targeting 2027 Close

Circle to acquire Tazapay in $400M all-stock deal Circle agreed to buy Singapore-based payments firm Tazapay for $400 million in Class A stock, adding more than $25 billion in annualized payment volume and payout rails across 100+ markets. Circle said about 60% of Tazapay’s transaction volume already uses stablecoins, and it plans to use the deal to expand USDC-based payments across Asia-Pacific and emerging markets. The acquisition is subject to regulatory approvals, including MAS, and is expected to close in 2027.

September 8, 2026

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Strategy Expands STRC Buyback Program to $2 Billion After $176 Million Repurchase

Strategy expands STRC buyback program to $2 billion Michael Saylor said Strategy repurchased $176 million of STRC and doubled its Digital Credit Securities Repurchase Program from $1 billion to $2 billion in an SEC filing, expanding the company’s capacity to buy back its U.S. securities. Saylor also said that as of Sept. 7, 2026, Strategy held 845,050 BTC and $6.5 billion of USD assets.

September 7, 2026

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Capital B Adds 376 BTC After New Equity Raises, Taking Treasury to 3,521 Bitcoin

Capital B raises fresh capital to buy 376 more BTC France-listed Capital B bought 376 bitcoin for about $29.4 million, lifting its treasury to 3,521 BTC after raising roughly $35 million through private placements and an ATM-style equity program with investors including Adam Back and TOBAM. The company said its total bitcoin holdings were worth about $279.7 million on Sept. 7, versus an aggregate acquisition cost of $359.3 million.

August 27, 2026

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Bitcoin Tops $80,000 as Charles Schwab Expands Crypto Accounts to Solana, Avalanche and Chainlink

Charles Schwab to add Solana, Avalanche and Chainlink to crypto accounts Charles Schwab said it will expand Schwab Crypto accounts to include Solana, Avalanche and Chainlink in the coming months, widening a lineup that has offered only bitcoin and ether since May. The move gives the three tokens access to a retail brokerage platform, and they outperformed the market on Thursday: SOL rose 12.9%, LINK 5.5% and AVAX 3.6%, while bitcoin traded around $80,020, up 2.1%.

August 25, 2026

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Lisk proposes chain shutdown, DAO dissolution, and 100 million LSK burn

Lisk moves to shut down blockchain and burn 100M LSK Lisk plans to exit blockchain infrastructure and pivot to a business finance platform, with a proposal before the Lisk DAO to burn 100 million LSK from the treasury and dissolve the DAO. If approved, total supply will fall from 400 million to 300 million, while users holding or staking on Lisk Chain must bridge to Ethereum before Oct. 31; LSK on Ethereum or exchanges is unaffected.

August 22, 2026

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BitMart shifts from full shutdown plan to restructuring review

BitMart explores restructuring instead of full shutdown BitMart said on August 22 it is considering a restructuring as an alternative to closing the exchange, replacing its earlier plan to wind down trading by January 31, 2027. The company said a potential plan could include a phased resumption of some operations and payouts to creditors, has hired White & Case as restructuring counsel, and plans its next update by September 9, 2026.

August 21, 2026

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BitMart Signals Partial Restart Under Restructuring Days Before Trading Halt

BitMart signals partial restart as shutdown plan shifts to restructuring BitMart said Friday it may reopen parts of its exchange under a restructuring plan, reversing its July 26 decision to shut down and landing five days before its August 26 trading halt deadline. The update says any phased restart would run “alongside distributions to creditors,” and BitMart has hired White & Case as restructuring counsel, signaling potential balance-sheet stress rather than a simple strategy reset.

August 19, 2026

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Zhibao Technology Completes $154.7M Bitcoin-Funded Private Placement

Zhibao Technology closes $154.7M Bitcoin-funded private placement Nasdaq-listed Zhibao Technology said non-U.S. investors funded a $154.7 million private placement by transferring 2,380 BTC directly to the company wallet, valued at a July 30 reference price of $65,000 per coin. In return, investors received 442 million units at $0.35 each, combining a Class A ordinary share and a two-year warrant, with about 396 million units issued at closing and the rest pending shareholder approval.

August 18, 2026

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July Crypto VC Funding Reaches $1.36B as Deal Count Falls to a 12-Month Low

July crypto VC hits $1.36B, but deal flow drops to 12-month low Crypto companies raised $1.36 billion across 41 VC rounds in July, down just 6.8% from June, but the number of rounds fell 28.1% to a 12-month low, showing funding became more concentrated. Crypto.com’s $400 million strategic round alone made up 29.4% of the total; without it, July VC funding would have been $960 million, down 34.2% month over month.

August 17, 2026

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Greenlane’s BERA Treasury Marked Down to $16.4 Million at End of Q2

Greenlane’s BERA treasury drops to $16.4M in Q2 filing Nasdaq-listed Greenlane Holdings said its BERA-focused digital asset treasury was worth $16.4 million at the end of Q2, about 76.6% below its $70 million cost basis. The company held 81.3 million BERA and equivalent tokens as of June 30, up from 77.7 million at the end of March, and recorded a $19.1 million digital asset fair value loss and a $24.8 million net loss for the quarter.

August 13, 2026

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Sharplink Allocates $200 Million of Its Ether Treasury to Lido Staking

Sharplink deploys $200M in ETH treasury to Lido staking Sharplink (Nasdaq: SBET), one of the largest corporate ETH holders, said it is staking $200 million of its Ether treasury through Lido and will hold the resulting wstETH with Anchorage Digital. The move follows Anchorage’s wstETH integration last month and is aimed at making Sharplink’s ETH treasury more productive while keeping institutional custody in place.

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Forward Industries reports $69 million Q3 loss after Solana treasury writedowns

Forward Industries posts $69M Q3 loss on Solana writedowns Forward Industries reported a $69 million fiscal Q3 net loss, or $0.80 per share, after booking a $49.8 million digital-asset loss and a $15.2 million impairment tied to its Solana treasury under US GAAP fair-value rules. Despite that, the Nasdaq-listed company increased its holdings to more than 7.55 million SOL by June 30, while SOL per share rose 9% quarter over quarter to 0.0730 and revenue jumped to $10.8 million from $2.5 million.

August 12, 2026

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eToro Crypto Unit Reports $7.2 Million Q2 Loss as Trading Activity Declines

eToro crypto unit swings to $7.2M Q2 loss as trading activity slumps eToro’s crypto business lost $7.2 million in Q2 as cryptoasset revenue fell to $1.35 billion from $1.91 billion a year earlier, hit by weaker trading activity. In July, crypto trades dropped 73% year over year to 1.4 million and average trade size fell 50% to $182, even as total net contribution rose 9% to $229 million and funded accounts climbed 18% to 4.28 million.

August 11, 2026

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TON Strategy Reports $15 Million in Q2 Staking Revenue as GRAM Holdings Reach 230.5 Million

TON Strategy reports $15M in Q2 staking revenue after TON upgrade TON Strategy said Q2 staking revenue jumped to $15 million from $3 million in Q1 after the TON network’s Catchain 2.0 upgrade cut block time to about 0.4 seconds from roughly 2.5 seconds, lifting validator rewards and staking yield to an annualized 17%. The company held about 230.5 million GRAM at end-June, with 229.9 million staked, and posted $83.5 million in pretax income, largely driven by an $82.8 million valuation gain on its GRAM holdings.

Companies

MARA’s $600M Bitcoin-Backed Loan Signals a More Institutional Lending Market

MARA secures $600M in bitcoin-backed loans without selling BTC Public companies are increasingly borrowing against bitcoin instead of selling it, and MARA Holdings is a clear example: it pledged 18,750 BTC to secure $600 million in term loans from Coinbase Credit and Two Prime Lending at a fixed 7.65% rate, due in August 2028. Two Prime said the market is maturing, with larger, longer-dated and more tailored bitcoin-backed financing becoming part of corporate funding.

Companies

H100 Lifts Bitcoin Treasury to 3,506 BTC Through Moonshot and PDI Share Deal

H100 boosts Bitcoin treasury to 3,506 BTC via Moonshot and PDI deal Swedish health tech firm H100 added 2,455.7 BTC by acquiring Norwegian companies Moonshot and PDI in an all-equity transaction, lifting its treasury to 3,506 BTC worth about $226.7 million at current prices. H100 funded the deal by issuing about 790.5 million new shares valued at roughly SEK 1.47 billion at SEK 1.86 each, moving the company from 42nd to 26th among public firms by Bitcoin holdings.

August 10, 2026

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Bitmine Raises Ethereum Holdings to 5.81 Million ETH, Closing In on 5% Supply Goal

Bitmine lifts Ethereum treasury to 5.81M ETH, nearing 5% supply target Bitmine Technologies bought another 7,391 ETH, raising its treasury to 5.81 million ETH, or about 4.8% of Ethereum’s total supply. At an ETH price of $1,928, the holdings are worth roughly $11.2 billion, and the company said 5.07 million ETH is staked. BMNR shares still fell 3.61% Monday to $18.14 and are down 39.66% this year.

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Empery Digital Sold 1,635 BTC Since July, Leaving 325 Bitcoin Unrestricted

Empery Digital sells 1,635 BTC for $102.2M, unrestricted holdings drop to 325 BTC Empery Digital said it sold 1,635 BTC for $102.2 million between July 1 and Aug. 6, cutting total holdings to 1,279 BTC, of which 954 BTC remain pledged to a lender and 325 BTC are unrestricted. The Nasdaq-listed company also repaid $20 million of its master loan, reducing borrowings to $35 million, while a proposed $62.1 million property commitment remains subject to due diligence through Aug. 13, 2026.

August 9, 2026

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MARA Uses 18,750 BTC to Secure $600 Million in New Loans for Expansion Plans

MARA pledges 18,750 BTC to secure $600M in new loans MARA closed two bitcoin-backed loans on Aug. 4 with Coinbase Credit and Two Prime Lending, drawing $600 million after pledging 18,750 BTC valued at about $1.2 billion at closing. The miner said the funds will support general corporate purposes, including its planned Long Ridge Energy & Power acquisition as it expands into power generation and a potential AI infrastructure site; if BTC falls, MARA may have to post more collateral or face liquidation of the pledged coins.

August 8, 2026

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BitMEX to close after two-year sale effort failed to produce a buyer

BitMEX to shut after failed two-year sale process BitMEX will move to reduce-only trading on Aug. 26 and close on Sept. 23 after HDR Global Trading ended a two-year effort to sell the exchange, with no deal reached. Potential buyers reportedly included rival crypto exchanges and Exodus, but founder control, declining trading activity and BitMEX’s U.S. legal history reportedly weighed on talks as the company sought about a $1 billion valuation.

August 7, 2026

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Circle Extends Coinbase USDC Distribution Agreement Through 2029

Circle renews Coinbase USDC distribution deal through 2029 Circle said on its Q2 earnings call that it renewed its commercial agreement with Coinbase through 2029, keeping Coinbase as USDC’s main retail and institutional distribution partner and removing a key uncertainty around its core revenue split. Circle also said it will not make routine payouts, with CFO Jeremy Fox-Geen prioritizing balance-sheet strength and infrastructure reinvestment over shareholder distributions.

August 6, 2026

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PowerCompute Refinances $18M Debt With 307 BTC-Backed Arch Lending Facility

PowerCompute refinances $18M debt with Bitcoin-backed Arch Lending facility PowerCompute has rolled three debt facilities into an $18 million Bitcoin-backed credit line with Arch Lending, pledging 307 BTC as collateral instead of selling its treasury. The company said the new facility cuts its initial borrowing cost to about 2% APR from 12% on its previous Liebel loans, while renewing every 30 days with terms reset to market conditions.

August 4, 2026

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SpaceX reports $540 million bitcoin markdown under fair-value accounting

SpaceX books $540M bitcoin hit under new accounting rules SpaceX said the value of its bitcoin holdings fell by about $540 million in H1 2026, from $1.64 billion at the end of 2025 to $1.10 billion by June 30, helping drive a $541 million net loss in Q2 under FASB fair-value rules. The filing also showed SpaceX held 18,712 BTC, up from 8,285 BTC previously tracked, revealing a much larger bitcoin position than the market had believed.

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Sequans Cuts Bitcoin Holdings to 314 BTC as It Clears Debt and Refocuses on IoT

Sequans cuts Bitcoin treasury to 314 BTC after selling 1,200 in Q2 Sequans Communications sold 1,200 BTC in the second quarter, cutting its holdings from 1,514 to 314 coins by June 30, as the French chipmaker redeemed its convertible debt and shifted focus back to its IoT semiconductor business. The sales generated a $5.3 million realized net gain, and the company ended the quarter with $21 million in cash and no debt, CEO Georges Karam said.

August 3, 2026

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Bitmine Adds 10,399 ETH, Taking Treasury to 5.8 Million Coins

Bitmine adds 10,399 ETH, treasury nears 5.8 million Bitmine Immersion Technologies said it bought another 10,399 ETH over the past week, lifting its treasury to 5,797,813 ETH, or 4.8% of circulating supply, and reinforcing its position as the largest corporate holder of Ethereum. The company said its ETH stash is worth about $10.9 billion, while 4.92 million ETH, or 85% of the treasury, is deployed in staking via MAVAN.

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ZeroStack flags going-concern risk after $82.5 million digital asset loss

ZeroStack warns of going-concern risk after $82.5M digital asset loss ZeroStack, a Nasdaq-listed crypto treasury firm, said in its latest Form 10-Q that there is substantial doubt about its ability to continue operating over the next 12 months. As of June 30, it had $2.6 million in cash, negative working capital of $600,000 and a $339.1 million accumulated deficit, while its 0G holdings were valued at $15.2 million against a recorded cost of $163.3 million. The company said it relies on staking rewards and token sales to fund operations.

July 31, 2026

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Bhutan’s Gelephu appoints 3iQ to manage part of Bitcoin treasury

Bhutan’s Gelephu City taps 3iQ to manage part of its Bitcoin treasury Bhutan’s Gelephu Mindfulness City has appointed Canadian digital-asset manager 3iQ to manage an undisclosed portion of the Bitcoin earmarked for the city’s development, marking the next step in its push to build a digital-asset investment hub. The parties did not disclose the amount under management, custody terms, or whether the mandate allows lending, derivatives or other yield strategies.

July 30, 2026

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Strategy reports $8.22B Q2 loss as Bitcoin markdowns weigh on earnings

Strategy posts $8.22B Q2 loss as Bitcoin markdown hits earnings Strategy reported an $8.22 billion net loss in Q2 2026, driven almost entirely by an $8.32 billion unrealized fair-value loss on its Bitcoin holdings as BTC fell. Despite that, the company raised its stash to 843,775 BTC by July 26, cut convertible debt 18% by repurchasing $1.5 billion of notes, and increased its USD reserve to $3.75 billion.

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Luno to cut 20% of staff as exchange shifts toward automation and platform overhaul

Luno cuts 20% of global workforce in second major layoff round Crypto exchange Luno is cutting 20% of its global staff and reorganizing into three platform units as retail trading declines and automation takes a bigger role. The company did not disclose how many jobs will be affected, including in South Africa, where formal consultations are underway, and said it will exit non-core markets before Sept. 1, 2026 after a previous 35% layoff round in January 2023.

July 28, 2026

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Galaxy Digital Buys 500 Acres in Texas for AI and HPC Campus

Galaxy Digital buys 500 acres in Texas for AI and HPC campus Galaxy Digital signed a development agreement with the City of McGregor to buy about 500 acres for an artificial intelligence and high-performance computing campus in the McGregor Industrial Park, its second major Texas data center investment. The land sale brought McGregor about $7.5 million, while Galaxy said the first phase targets 74 MW, with power expected in 2028 and potential expansion to a multi-hundred-megawatt facility by 2030.

July 27, 2026

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Kraken to Buy Magic Labs’ Wallet Business as Exchanges Push Deeper Onchain

Kraken agrees to buy Magic Labs’ wallet infrastructure business Payward, Kraken’s parent, said it will acquire Magic Labs’ wallet-as-a-service unit, the embedded wallet infrastructure used by apps including Polymarket. The deal would let Kraken bring onchain trading into its main app without pushing users into a separate wallet, tightening links between its exchange, xStocks tokenized equities, and Ink Ethereum L2 as major platforms race to become the main venue for both onchain and offchain trading.