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Super League Shareholders Back Metaplanet’s 2,100 BTC Investment
The gaming-media company plans to become Superplanet, a Nasdaq-listed US Bitcoin treasury platform, with closing expected in Q4 2026.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Solana treasury firm SkyAI sells all SOL holdings, launches $201M buyback
The former medical device maker has liquidated its Solana treasury and is offering to repurchase shares and warrants using its $223.8 million cash holdings.
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Market participants weigh in on SEC’s proposed crypto regulations
The financial agency is scheduled to close public comments on its ‘Regulation Crypto Assets’ proposed in August.
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AI leads ‘longest losing streak’ for Chinese stocks
The Chinese stock market index CSI 300 lost 3.4% last week, its 10th consecutive weekly decline and its longest losing streak since the index’s creation in 2005, with AI leadership in the wrong direction. Chipmakers and AI companies that powered Beijing’s spring rally are leading the sell-off. The...
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Justin Sun’s TRON stock nears delisting price
While Protos has repeatedly covered the bizarre entity that is Justin Sun’s TRON Inc., including its string of merchandise for children , the stock price has continued to tumble. Now, it's hovering minimally above the $1 threshold necessary to stay listed on Nasdaq. So what’s going wrong and is...
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Trump-associated ALT5 Sigma down 96% since WLFI deal
ALT5 Sigma, the WLFI digital asset treasury firm where Eric Trump was a board observer, fell 96% after its deal with WLFI was announced on Friday. Specifically, the firm, which is operated by AI Financial Corporation, saw its stock price fall from $8.97 before the deal was announced to $0.35....
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Lighter Launches BTC and ETH Binary Options on Core
The Up/Down contracts pay winning shares 1 USDC and require full funding, with no leverage or liquidations.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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STRK Sinks 38% in a Week as Starknet Rally Reverses
Starknet’s DeFi TVL fell a smaller 5.3%, while voting on research into an independent Layer 1 remains open until Oct. 22.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Stablecoin Development Corp goes boom then bust
Stablecoin Development Corp (SDEV), a company that's designed to essentially hold and stake governance token SKY, has seen its stock price rocket nearly 1,000% — and subsequently plummet 92% — in a matter of weeks. Why it pumped and dumped so quickly isn't clear. Protos previously reported on SDEV...
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Strive buys $335M in Bitcoin, boosting holdings to 36,818 BTC
The Bitcoin treasury company added another 1,223 BTC after an earlier purchase pushed it past MARA Holdings, while continuing to expand its reserves through equity financing.
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No ‘Uptober’ Yet: Bitcoin Slips 2% in a Month That’s Historically Bullish
Bitcoin Magazine No ‘Uptober' Yet: Bitcoin Slips 2% in a Month That's Historically Bullish Bitcoin’s price retook $82,000 on Monday as choppy trading last week stunted the coin’s gains. The biggest cryptocurrency by market cap was recently trading for close to $82,393 — up by close to 2% over the...
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Bitcoin is rejected at $83K as US bond yields reverse higher with equities
Bitcoin price action failed to improve with equities as a sell wall at $83,000 kept BTC in a tight range.
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Galaxy’s AI data center business is undervalued amid CoreWeave debt concerns, StoneX says
StoneX reiterates Buy and $57 target on GLXY, saying the market undervalues its Helios AI data center despite CoreWeave debt worries.
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SkyAI sells off entire Solana treasury as it launches $201 million buyback
SkyAI holds $223.8 million in cash after selling all its SOL, with its $3 buyback running through Oct. 29.
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Tom Lee’s Bitmine Adds $30 Million in Ethereum as Buying Nears Its Finish Line
The purchase lifts Bitmine’s stash to 6.04 million ETH—4.9% of supply and 99% of the way to its “Alchemy of 5%” goal—as chairman Tom Lee framed a market-wide selloff as an attractive entry point.
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Echo Protocol Winds Down, Halting New Deposits and Borrowing
Withdrawals and repayments remain open, but the shutdown notice gives conflicting November deadlines before collateral liquidation.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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SkyAI Sells Entire Solana Treasury, Launches $201 Million Tender
The company reports $223.8 million in cash and has dropped the offer’s SOL-price condition, while retaining a $3 share price challenged by Bastion Trading.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitmine adds 12,535 ETH as treasury reaches 6.04 million tokens
Bitmine bought 12,535 ETH last week, lifting its treasury to 6.04 million tokens and total investment holdings to $15.1 billion.
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THORChain Targets Rujira Restart With v3.21 Exploit Fix
The upgrade targets block 28,366,100 around Oct. 23, while Rujira plans to request a conditional 24-hour liquidation grace period for borrowers.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Traders fear another Black Monday — market data says don’t worry
Today is the anniversary of Black Monday, 1987. However, despite countless traders getting spooked over the weekend by suggestions of a repeat performance, today is completely different. For example, index futures pricing late yesterday evening indicated mildly higher prices for Dow contracts up...
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Strategy Buys $22M in Bitcoin, Buys Back $193M of STRC
The Bitcoin treasury firm raised its preferred stock buyback cap to $3 billion and now holds 848,517 BTC, bought at an average of $75,446.
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World Liberty’s USD1 stablecoin sheds $400M in market cap in two weeks
World Liberty Financial’s USD1 stablecoin saw its market cap decrease more than $400 million over two weeks of large redemptions on Ethereum and BNB Chain.
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Bitcoin, Ether ETFs shed $549M as October ETH outflows near $1B
US spot Ether ETFs recorded around $955 million in October net outflows so far, while Bitcoin funds extended their weekly withdrawal streak to two weeks.
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Bitcoin, Korea’s Kospi and Nasdaq futures rally as China GDP beats estimates
Bitcoin, Nasdaq futures and Asian stocks rally as stronger-than-expected China GDP and falling oil prices lift risk appetite.
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Most Americans polled oppose betting on elections: Reuters
The prediction market industry enables people to bet on US elections and sporting events.
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Bitcoin’s $100,000 year-end hope divides analysts as inflation clouds outlook
Bitwise sees a potential return above $100,000, while LO:TECH expects a narrower trading range as interest-rate uncertainty weighs on the market.
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Chip-stock bets lost $52 million in 10 minutes with Wall Street shut
A 10-minute flush hit round-the-clock chip-stock contracts while U.S. markets were shut, leaving traders with no real share price to lean on.
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CoreWeave, Broadcom, Verizon among nine companies objecting to tokenized trading of their shares on OKXICE
Applied Optoelectronics told the WSJ it objected because it was unsure how tokenization would affect its stock price, liquidity and volatility.
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Strive Prices $630 Million SATS Preferred Offering at $90
The $100 dividend base implies a 16.7% simple annual yield at the offer price, above SATA's initial 15%.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Ether ETFs Lose $320 Million, Overtaking Bitcoin's Weekly Outflows
Five crypto ETF groups tracked by Farside lost $610.7 million during Oct. 12–16, while bitcoin withdrawals slowed 66% from the preceding week.... Read the full story at The Defiant