Metaplanet Issues $50M Bonds for Bitcoin Purchases ¥8 billion exactly – that’s the zero-interest bonds Metaplanet tapped EVO FUND for on April 24, 2026, with every yen earmarked for stacking more Bitcoin.[1][3] This 20th series issuance matures in April 2027, unsecured, no coupons…
Bitmine Buys 10,000 ETH for $23.9M from Ethereum Foundation A straight OTC deal at $2,387 per ETH – that’s 3% above Friday’s spot price of around $2,310 – closed between Bitmine Immersion Technologies and the Ethereum Foundation on April 24, 2026[1][2]. The $23.87…
STABLECOIN SUPPLY HITS $315B IN Q1 2026 AS USDC SURGES PAST USDT Stablecoin supply reached a record $315 billion by end of Q1 2026, up roughly $8 billion quarter-over-quarter, even as broader crypto markets struggled-marking the slowest expansion since Q4 2023 but still…
Metaplanet Raises $50M via Zero-Interest Bonds for Bitcoin Tokyo-listed Metaplanet issued ¥8 billion ($50 million) in zero-interest bonds on April 24, 2026, its 20th such series, with proceeds allocated entirely to Bitcoin purchases.[1][2] The bonds, fully subscribed by Cayman Islands-based EVO Fund, mature…
Litecoin’s 13-Block Reorg Exposes Coordination Gaps in Network Defense A 13-block chain reorganization spanning 32 minutes on April 25-26 reversed roughly $600,000 in suspicious transactions after attackers exploited a vulnerability in Litecoin’s Mimblewimble Extension Block (MWEB) protocol to execute a denial-of-service attack against…
8 of Europe’s 20 Largest Banks Now Offer Live Crypto Services BlockStories data tallies 8 of Europe’s 20 largest banks with operational crypto trading or custody as of March 2025, up from zero four years prior when many blocked such transactions.[1] This shift…
Proposal to Freeze 5.6 Million Dormant Bitcoin Enters Discussion Jameson Lopp, a Bitcoin Core developer, proposed freezing 5.6 million BTC dormant for over a decade-valued at $420 billion-to shield them from potential quantum computing attacks.[1][3] Bitcoin developer Jameson Lopp outlined this stance amid…
Bitcoin at $40,000 Marks Statistically Rare Milestone Bitcoin trading at $40,000 would register as a 0.4th percentile event on historical percentile rankings, placing it below any meaningful deviation across major price anchors like realized price and power law trends.[1][4] Analyst James Check, creator…
US DOJ Sentences Man to 70 Months in $263M Crypto Scam Evan Tangeman, 22, of Newport Beach, California, received a 70-month prison sentence for laundering at least $3.5 million from a social engineering scheme that stole over $263 million in cryptocurrency.[2][1] The U.S.…
