Morgan Stanley (MS) has filed a prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) outlining the structure of the proposed Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust, revealing that the trust plans to use Coinbase Custody (COIN) and Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon) to protect its bitcoin holdings, according to a filed Form S-1. The two […]
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Strategy ( MSTR ) sold more of its perennial favorite stock, Stretch ( STRC ) , on Tuesday to buy about 1,000 bitcoin BTC$68,503.15 in the biggest single-day gain for the instrument since it began trading in July 2025, according to data from STRC.live. Strategy is the largest publicly traded holder of bitcoin, and the
Bitcoin BTC$68,503.15 rose on Wednesday, underscoring its growing resilience to unrest in the Middle East, while gold, a traditional safe haven, lagged. The leading cryptocurrency by market capitalization rose to $71,023 during European hours, up more than 6% on a 24-hour basis, according to CoinDesk data. Other majors such as ether (ETH), XRP (XRP) and
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Ray Dalio chose an interesting week to trash bitcoin. The Bridgewater Associates founder said on the popular All-In Podcast on Tuesday that investors should stop comparing bitcoin to gold, arguing that the biggest cryptocurrency lacks central bank backing, has no privacy and faces long-term threats from quantum computers. “There is only one gold,” Dalio said.
The US-listed spot bitcoin BTC$67,035.11 exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are back in demand, with investors pouring $1.4 billion into them in the past 5 days. Still, bitcoin’s spot price remains in limbo. One possible explanation, aside from escalating geopolitical tensions and rising oil prices, is the mechanics of ETFs themselves, according to analysts at cryptocurrency exchange
Bitcoin has now fallen from the $70,000 level three times since the February 5 crash, as Wednesday’s Asian session found the market back at $67,600 after another failed attempt earlier in the week. BTC was trading at $67,612 as of morning Asian hours on Wednesday, down 0.7% over the past 24 hours but up 3.4%
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Ripple is no longer just about moving money. It wants to be the whole pipe. The company shared with CoinDesk on Wednesday a press release outlining a major expansion of Ripple Payments, which turns the platform into a full-stack infrastructure layer for fiat and stablecoin money movements. Businesses can now collect, hold, exchange and pay
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Bettors have long been able to speculate on the chance of a nuclear weapon detonating on Polymarket, but the current conflict with Iran – and scrutiny of insider trading on war – has apparently prompted the platform to remove the contracts. Polymarket has created a market that would make money on a nuclear attack amid
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Bitcoin’s pullback towards $70,000 – trading at $68,000 as Hong Kong hit midday – appears to have been driven more by positioning than conviction, according to market maker Enflux, which said the move largely reflected short-covering after traders leaned bearish amid geopolitical headlines. “The market is not pricing in disaster, but neither is price resolution,”
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Core Scientific (CORZ), a bitcoin mining and digital infrastructure company, sold just over 1,900 bitcoins in January for approximately $175 million, according to the CORZ Q4 earnings call. The sale implies an average price of about $92,100 per BTC, about 35% higher than today’s $67,000 current price, as it accelerates the shift towards AI-focused data
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