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Metaplanet (3350) extends rally to over 20% year-to-date after MSCI index decision

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Digital asset Treasury company Metaplanet (3350) rose 4% in Tokyo on Wednesday after index provider MSCI decided not to exclude firms building cryptocurrency stocks from its global indexes. Metaplanet is now up 20% since the start of the year. The increase means the company is valued at a premium to its bitcoin holdings, with a […]

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Hedge fund Karatage hires IMC veteran Shane O’Callaghan as senior partner

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Karatage, a leading London-based proprietary hedge fund specializing in digital assets and emerging technology, has appointed Shane O’Callaghan as senior partner and head of institutional strategy. O’Callaghan joins from Dutch market maker IMC Trading, where he was employed as global head of institutional partnerships and digital asset sales for the past year. Before joining IMC,

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Crypto traders can now take leveraged bets on silver via Binance Futures

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Binance Futures, the derivatives arm of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, will launch perpetual silver contracts on Wednesday, allowing crypto traders to place leveraged bets on 2025’s rare precious metal. Perpetual futures contracts, or “perps,” are derivatives that let traders bet on an asset’s price without owning it and without expiration dates,

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Bitcoin miners chase AI demand as Nvidia says Rubin is already in production

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company’s next-generation Vera Rubin platform is already in “full production,” revealing fresh details at the CES technology event in Las Vegas about hardware he says can deliver five times the artificial intelligence of Nvidia’s previous systems. Expected to arrive later this year, Rubin is aimed squarely at the fastest-growing

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Arthur Hayes’ Maelstrom enters 2026 with ‘near maximum risk’ bet on altcoins

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Maelstrom, the investment fund founded by Arthur Hayes, is starting 2026 with what Hayes calls “near maximum risk” exposure, extending an aggressive stance taken in the second half of last year and pointing to minimal exposure to the stablecoin. Hayes said Maelstrom remains deep in risk assets, but with a refined focus on privacy coins

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‘SavingsCoin’ Buck (BUCK) aims for 7% returns, supported by strategy stocks

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Cayman Islands-registered Buck Labs has introduced the “BUCK” crypto token, positioning it as a yield-bearing “savings coin” aimed at users seeking returns on dollar-denominated crypto holdings without relying on traditional stablecoins. The token is backed by shares of Strategy (MSTR) shares, the largest corporate owner of bitcoin with nearly 675,000 BTC on its balance sheet.

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