Bitcoin Treasury Model Faces Collapse — Strategy Stands Strong

Bitcoin treasuries in 2025: A corporate reserve strategy under pressure By 2025, the Bitcoin treasury model has reached critical mass. Over 250 organizations,  including public companies, private firms, ETFs and pension funds, now hold BTC on their balance sheets.  The Bitcoin (BTC) treasury model trend was ignited by Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin plan, with Strategy pioneering…

Programmable Regulation is Essential for DeFi’s Legal Future

Opinion by: Raks Sondhi, chief operating officer of Freedx Governing composable, borderless and programmable ecosystems with rules made for simple, static financial systems presents a fundamental challenge. In the past year alone, decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms held over $60 billion worth of crypto assets locked in their protocols. Yet most jurisdictions still lack a clear…

Ethereum Surges as Preferred Treasury Asset Among Corporations: Ray Youssef

Corporations are increasingly viewing Ethereum as a critical infrastructure component, fueling a surge in ETH allocations within corporate treasuries, according to Ray Youssef, CEO of finance app NoOnes. “Ethereum starts to look like a hybrid between tech equity and digital currency. This appeals to treasury strategists looking beyond passive storage,” Youssef told Cointelegraph. Top corporate…

Core introduces first Revenue-Sharing Model for Devs, Stablecoin Issuers

The Core Foundation, the organization behind the Core blockchain, is launching a new revenue-sharing mechanism for the Web3 industry intended to shake up how stablecoin issuers and developers raise funds. Rev+ claims to be the first protocol-level program that directly rewards developers, stablecoin issuers and decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) based on their created user value….

Ex-Wemade CEO Jang Hyun-guk Acquitted of WEMIX Manipulation Charges

A South Korean court acquitted Jang Hyun-guk, the former CEO of blockchain gaming firm Wemade, of manipulating the WEMIX crypto token’s circulation. On Tuesday, local news outlet News1 reported that the Seoul Southern District Court ruled Jang did not intend to influence crypto market prices using deceptive means.  This ruling cleared him of violating the…

Is Bitcoin Price About to Fill a $114K Bitcoin CME Futures Gap?

Key takeaways: High whale activity on Binance and profit-taking by long-term holders may increase selling pressure and volatility. Bitcoin may drop to fill the CME gap below $115,000. After starting the week with new all-time highs, Bitcoin (BTC) reverted to negative returns as its price dropped 5% to $116,850 on Tuesday. The price rejection occurred…

Bitcoin’s (BTC) Volatility Will Continue to Decline as Adoption Grows: Deutsche Bank

Bitcoin’s (BTC) volatility could continue to fall as mainstream acceptance grows and the cryptocurrency is adopted by companies, retail investors and governments, Deutsche Bank said in a research report on Tuesday. Excitement over upcoming legislation in the U.S. has spurred bitcoin’s recent rally, the german lender said, but it is notable that the crypto’s rise…

Satoshi-Era Whale Transfers $4.6B Bitcoin after 14-year HODL

A Satoshi-era Bitcoin whale has reawakened after 14 years of dormancy, potentially looking to sell more than $4 billion worth of BTC. The major cryptocurrency holder has 80,000 Bitcoin (BTC) in their stash. The whale transferred 40,010 BTC worth over $4.6 billion on Monday, of which 28,600 BTC were subsequently transferred to Galaxy Digital, data…

Ex-Wemade CEO Jang Hyun-guk Acquitted of WEMIX Manipulation Charges

A South Korean court acquitted Jang Hyun-guk, the former CEO of blockchain gaming firm Wemade, of manipulating the WEMIX crypto token’s circulation. On Tuesday, local news outlet News1 reported that the Seoul Southern District Court ruled Jang did not intend to influence crypto market prices using deceptive means.  This ruling cleared him of violating the…

Standard Chartered Launches Institutional Bitcoin and Ether Trading

Multinational bank Standard Chartered has launched a new trading service allowing institutions and corporations to trade major cryptocurrencies. Standard Chartered is rolling out spot trading for Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) through its UK branch, the company said in a statement shared with Cointelegraph on Tuesday. Following the spot trading launch, the bank plans to…