MicroStrategy has acquired 2,530 BTC for approximately $243 million, at a price of approximately $95,972 per Bitcoin, and has achieved a 2025-to-date BTC yield of 0.32%. As of January 12, 2025, MicroStrategy holds 450,000 BTC at a price of approximately $62,691 per Bitcoin, at an acquisition price of approximately $28.20 billion.
In the latest news, the Litecoin team announced that it has regained control of the account, saying that the hack was due to the breach of the delegated account, which has now been deleted. In recent months, there have been a series of account hacks on X, resulting in fake tokens or phishing links being promoted with the aim of stealing funds and sensitive data.
MicroStrategy announced in a post on the X platform that it has received AWS Government and AWS Education Competency Certification, which means that MicroStrategy can provide data analytics solutions for government and education sectors.
Standard Chartered has been granted a Luxembourg license to launch digital asset custody services in the European Union
DePIN network Hivera recently announced that it has received a $2 million investment from the IPN Foundation. Hivera is a decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) powered by Ton Incubator that allows users to contribute data for AI training through the Telegram Mini Program and earn tokens based on device bandwidth speed.
MicroStrategy has acquired 1,070 BTC for around $101 million, or around $94,004 per Bitcoin, and achieved a BTC yield of 48.0% in Q4 2024 and 74.3% in FY 2024. As of January 5, 2025, MicroStrategy held 447,470 BTC at a price of approximately $62,503 per bitcoin, with an acquisition price of approximately $27.97 billion.
Crypto payment platform MoonPay has announced that it has received a Money Transmitter License from the Texas Department of Banking. From now on, Texas users can buy 64 cryptocurrencies through Venmo and PayPal. According to statistics, more than one-fifth of Texas's voting-age population owns cryptocurrencies. MoonPay plans to expand its service in 2025 to allow Texas residents to sell cryptocurrencies including BTC, ETH and SOL. Currently, MoonPay has obtained money transfer licenses in 45 sta...
According to Lookonchain, a whale received a 116.70 million PENGU ($3.52 million) airdrop, and today he paid 5,250 SOL ($1 million) for an additional 34.42 million PENGU. The whale has yet to sell any PENGU and now holds a total of 151.12 million PENGU ($5.08 million).
Coliseum, a gaming competition platform backed by Kraken Ventures and NBA star Kevin Durant, announced the launch of the $2 million Web3 Game Fund to accelerate the development of Web3 game projects, focusing on game studios, game guilds, etc. It is reported that the fund plans to provide $5- $250,000 for each selected project and will integrate it into the Coliseum ecosystem.
MicroStrategy has acquired 5,262 BTC for about $561 million, or about $106,662 per bitcoin, and achieved a quarter-to-date BTC yield of 47.4% and a year-to-date BTC yield of 73.7%. As of December 22, 2024, MicroStrategy held 444,262 BTC at a price of approximately $62,257 per bitcoin, and the acquisition price was approximately $27.70 billion.
According to Ledger Insights, German tokenization company Cashlink Technologies has been granted a cryptocurrency custody license by the country's regulator, BaFin. The company already has a cryptocurrency securities registrar license. Under German law, a registrar can be used instead of a central securities depository (CSD) when issuing securities on DLT. With the new license, Cashlink can now manage the private keys associated with the tokenized securities it participates in issuing and regist...
Germany's DekaBank has been granted a crypto custody license for banks by the country's regulator BaFin and the European Central Bank (ECB). Commerzbank was the first German bank to receive a license last year, while other major banks have not yet been granted a license, including DZ Bank. BaFin has issued an additional 11 cryptocurrency custody licenses, primarily for cryptocurrency companies. One of them is the digital asset custody sub-unit of Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe Privatbank.
Dubai-based tokenization platform Allo has announced a $100 million bitcoin-backed credit line financed by Greengage and a "long-running US institution". The funds will be used to expand on-chain lending and physical asset tokenization services.
AE Coin, a dirham-pegged stablecoin, has received final approval from the UAE Central Bank. Headquartered in the UAE, AE Coin will soon be available through an appointed agent. The digital currency is fully backed by the UAE's reserves and pegged to the US dollar, ensuring price stability.
21X, a tokenized asset trading platform running on Polygon, has been approved to go live by German financial regulator BaFin. It plans to launch a tokenized financial instrument trading platform at its headquarters in Quarter 1 in 2025. It is planned to support the trading of tokenized equity, debt securities, funds, and real-world assets (RWA), such as real estate or artworks eligible for financial instruments. It is reported that in addition to BaFin, Deutsche Bundesbank (Deutsche Bundesbank),...