Trump Media’s 14,139 Bitcoin stash faces options exposure and a looming $1 billion debt test
A Nov. 30 holder put would exceed June cash and short-term investments in a full-tender scenario, but it does not make a Bitcoin sale inevitable.
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Bitcoin futures carry trades are quietly beating Treasuries at 7.89% driving $850M Wall Street Bitcoin ETF spree
Aug. 7 gross futures carry ranged from 5.69% to 7.89%, above the 4.19% Treasury yield, but public data cannot identify investor motive.
On-chain data shows $50 million at risk as Tether’s Alloy shutdown deadline boils down to 5 forgotten gold vaults
Five open positions held 399,088.74 aUSD₮ of debt, while the cutoff hour and any later platform route remain unpublished.
Bitcoin enters CPI week caught between a $63,000 on-chain demand zone and $69,000 holder resistance
Bitcoin trades near $64,000 heading into the most consequential US macro week of August, sitting almost on top of the market's largest nearby demand concentration. The Aug. 12 inflation report, due less than 48 hours out, will help decide whether…
Cardano finally cleared the SEC shortcut for a spot ETF, but its last remaining sponsor quit two days too early
Grayscale withdrew its registration for the Cardano Trust ETF on Aug. 7, telling the SEC only that it “does not intend to proceed with the planned distribution.” The move was voluntary and came along with parallel registrations for Hedera and…
LINK could be next in line after Standard Chartered’s UNI and AAVE targets sparked sharp repricings
Standard Chartered initiated coverage of Chainlink (LINK) with a $200 price target for 2030, laying out a staged path to get there: $13 by the end of this year, $41 in 2027, $82 in 2028, $133 in 2029, and $200…
Grayscale turned more than $1.1 billion of staked crypto into a recurring reward-sale machine for ETF holders
ETHE, GSOL and GAVA must sell earned rewards at least quarterly, creating recurring cash payouts without scheduling principal liquidation.
SharpLink posts $1B loss as its $1.7B Ethereum treasury could take 90 days to fully convert to cash
The six-month loss was predominantly non-cash, while the company estimates its full staking portfolio could take about 90 days to convert.
South Korea puts crypto exchanges on a seven-day clock under new seizure rules
Civil creditors could compel custodians to freeze, disclose, transfer, swap and sell debtors’ assets if the rules advance.
Athena Bitcoin agreed to a $4.5 million settlement, but claimants may have less than $3 million to split
If the court grants the proposed fee and expenses stay within the stated estimate, at least $2.985 million remains before other deductions.
Strategy has $785 million left to close STRC’s final $5 gap after selling $213 million in Bitcoin
Strategy’s preferred stock STRC is steadily moving back toward its $100 target as the Bitcoin treasury company increases its purchases of the shares. Data from STRC.live showed that STRC traded around $95 on Monday, extending a recovery from its late-June…
Nasdaq puts $675 million Avalanche Treasury on the clock over two listing failures
The AVAX treasury company must hold a $1 closing bid and $35 million listed-securities value threshold for at least 10 consecutive business days.