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Michael Saylor, known for his strong advocacy of Bitcoin, recently posted a message on X (formerly Twitter) encouraging followers to "Buy the Future." The post featured an AI-generated image of Saylor himself, with a stylized "B" reminiscent of the Bitcoin symbol. The timing of Saylor'
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Lomond School in Scotland will begin accepting Bitcoin for tuition payments in the Autumn semester of 2025. This initiative makes Lomond the first school in the United Kingdom to offer this payment option, joining a growing trend of educational institutions worldwide incorporating cryptocurrency into their operations. The school plans to
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BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager with $11.6 trillion in assets under management, reported $3 billion in digital asset inflows during the first quarter of 2025. This amount represents 2.8% of the company's total $107 billion in net inflows to iShares exchange-traded funds (ETFs)
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A member of Sweden's parliament has proposed adding Bitcoin to the country's foreign exchange reserves. MP Rickard Nordin sent an open letter to Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson, recommending Bitcoin as a national reserve asset. The proposal, registered on April 8, points to Sweden's history
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Tokenized gold trading volume has exceeded $1 billion for the first time since the March 2023 US banking crisis. This surge comes as investors move toward safe-haven assets amid global uncertainty triggered by President Trump's import tariffs. The milestone marks the highest weekly trading volume in two years,
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Vienna-based fintech company Bitpanda has obtained its third license under the European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) framework. The Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) granted the approval on April 10, adding to Bitpanda's existing licenses from Germany and Malta. The company announced the new license
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Core, a proof-of-stake blockchain built on Bitcoin, has exceeded $260 million in dual-staked assets. This development comes as institutional interest in Bitcoin-based decentralized finance continues to grow, according to Rich Rines, Core's initial contributor. As of April 7, over 44 million Core tokens have been dual-staked with 3,
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Spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) experienced $326.27 million in outflows on Tuesday, their largest single-day exodus since March 11. This withdrawal coincided with the full implementation of President Trump's new tariffs, which took effect at midnight Wednesday. BlackRock's IBIT led the retreat with $252.9
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ARK Invest has purchased $26.6 million worth of Coinbase stock while selling $12 million in Bitcoin ETF shares during April, following President Donald Trump's trade tariffs announcement. The investment firm made two major Coinbase purchases: $13.3 million on April 4 and $13.2 million on April
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Apollo Global Management has invested in Plume Network, a company focused on tokenizing real-world assets (RWAs). The investment, worth over seven figures and made through funds managed by Apollo, will help Plume grow its ecosystem, according to a Tuesday statement. Plume Network operates as a modular, Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)
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The world's largest publicly listed corporate holder of Bitcoin, Strategy, did not add to its Bitcoin holdings last week as the cryptocurrency's price fell below $87,000. According to an April 7 filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the company made no Bitcoin purchases
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Mantra blockchain network has established a $108,888,888 ecosystem fund focused on advancing startups in real-world asset (RWA) tokenization and decentralized finance (DeFi). The announcement came on April 7 amid growing demand for stable, asset-backed digital products in the cryptocurrency market. The Mantra Ecosystem Fund (MEF) will deploy capital
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The cryptocurrency market is displaying notable strength as US equities experience a sharp decline following President Donald Trump's announcement of reciprocal tariffs. This policy revelation triggered a massive $5.4 trillion wipeout in US equities markets over just two days. The S&P 500 index fell to
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The integration of blockchain technology with national Bitcoin reserves creates verifiable supply chain tracking systems that reduce fraud and improve efficiency across agriculture, manufacturing, and shipping sectors. Nations holding Bitcoin reserves can leverage the same underlying technology to build transparent supply networks where product origins, handling conditions, and transportation routes
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Malta's Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) has fined Okcoin Europe, the European subsidiary of cryptocurrency exchange OKX, 1.1 million euros ($1.2 million) for violations of Anti-Money Laundering laws, according to an announcement on April 3. The fine comes despite acknowledgment from Maltese authorities that OKX has
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Texas House Bill 4258, which would authorize the state comptroller to invest up to $250 million in bitcoin from the state's "Rainy Day Fund," has been referred to the Delivery of Government Efficiency Committee. The bill was introduced on March 11, 2025, with bipartisan support from