Japanese Bitcoin firm Metplanet has invested another 6.48 billion Japanese yen (roughly $112 million) to fund its treasury, which brought its total holdings to 20,000 BTC. With the latest acquisition, the company is climbing the corporate treasury ladder, but will…
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Crypto exploits surged 15% in August, hitting $163M: PeckShield [btcmanager]
Crypto exploits surged in August, with $163 million lost across 16 exploits. PeckShield highlights rising severity, CEX vulnerabilities, and state-linked attacks.
Raoul Pal sees crypto users hitting a whopping 4B by 2030 [cointelegraph]
Real Vision CEO Raoul Pal also predicted that total crypto market capitalization could reach $100 trillion within the next decade.
Trump’s WLFI derivatives near $1B open interest hours before unlock [cointelegraph]
Derivative contracts for the Trumps’ World Liberty Financial token have seen spikes in volume and open interest just hours ahead of a partial unlock.
Bitcoin’s ‘split personality’ on display as gold hits new record: Analyst [cointelegraph]
Gold surged to a record high after Donald Trump’s “no inflation” comments, but Bitcoin fell to a two-month low, breaking their correlation pattern.
Sonic Labs gets greenlight for its $200M TradFi move [cointelegraph]
Sonic Labs has passed the proposal to make a $200 million foray into the TradFi market, with plans to create a US company and launch an exchange-traded product.
Binance, multiple exchanges to list World Liberty Financial’s WLFI token as trading goes live [btcmanager]
Binance and other exchanges will list WLFI token as trading opens, coinciding with first token unlock.
Trump mulls post-war Gaza plan featuring tokenized land: Report [cointelegraph]
A plan reportedly circulating in the Trump administration would sees the US take over Gaza and give Palestinians a digital token for their land.
Joe Lubin tips 100x Ether as Wall Street adopts decentralized rails [cointelegraph]
Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin says Ether will flip Bitcoin as a “monetary base” as Wall Street adopts staking and DeFi infrastructure into their ecosystems.
Sonic Labs passes proposal to expand to U.S. capital markets [btcmanager]
Sonic Labs’ community has approved a $150M plan to expand into U.S. capital markets, funding an ETF, NASDAQ PIPE, and the launch of Sonic USA.