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Ming Shing Group Holdings, a Hong Kong construction firm listed on Nasdaq, said it has agreed to acquire 4,250 Bitcoin in a transaction valued at roughly $483 million. The deal, if completed, would make Ming Shing one of Hong Kong’s largest corporate Bitcoin holders, surpassing firms that currently
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The United Kingdom has announced sanctions on a group of Kyrgyz financial institutions, cryptocurrency exchanges and individuals that it says were being used by Russia to evade Western restrictions. The measures target what the UK describes as a ruble-backed stablecoin operation and related infrastructure alleged to have processed roughly $9.
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Gemini wins MiCA licence in Malta as European expansion advances Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini has secured a Markets in Crypto‑Assets (MiCA) licence in Malta from the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA), a regulatory step the company says will support its continued expansion across Europe. Gemini described the approval as a
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Australian authorities uncovered a large-scale fraud and money‑laundering operation that investigators say moved around $123 million and ultimately converted much of the proceeds into cryptocurrency. The probe was the result of an 18‑month investigation led by the Queensland Joint Organized Crime Taskforce, which began tracing suspicious transactions in
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A new nonprofit advocacy group called the American Innovation Project (AIP) has launched in Washington, D.C., aiming to educate policymakers and the public about emerging technologies such as AI and blockchain. Kristin Smith, president of the Solana Policy Institute, will chair AIP’s board. The organization’s leadership also
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Decentralized exchange 1inch has introduced direct cross‑chain swaps between Solana and EVM-compatible networks, removing the need for bridges or messaging protocols. The feature, deployed on 1inch’s DApp, wallet and Fusion+ API, enables secure, MEV-protected swaps from Solana into more than a dozen EVM chains without wrapping assets or
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A Spanish decentralized finance (DeFi) investor was charged about €9 million (roughly $10.5 million) in back taxes after authorities treated a crypto-backed stablecoin loan as a taxable capital gain. According to reports, the investor had already declared crypto activity and paid about $5.84 million in taxes, but three
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SharpLink Gaming said it bought 143,593 ether in the week ended Aug. 15, lifting its total holdings to 740,760 ETH, worth roughly $3.18 billion at prevailing prices. The Nasdaq-listed firm, led by Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin, has rapidly shifted to an ether-focused treasury strategy since late May
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XRP climbed sharply during the Aug. 18–19 session, briefly hitting about $3.10 before activity abruptly halted at the $3.00 mark, where trading showed a zero-volume print at 08:19 — a halt that left traders debating whether the stoppage reflected an exchange glitch or a sudden liquidity vacuum.
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A block trade for one million contracts of the $4 call option on XRP, expiring Dec. 26, was executed on Monday, drawing attention amid a recent price pullback. On Deribit, where contracts represent 1,000 XRP each, that trade size equates to a very large position and was recorded as
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Published Aug. 19, 2025 — KindlyMD, through its Nakamoto Holdings subsidiary, completed a large Bitcoin purchase of 5,743.91 BTC, its first significant acquisition since the companies merged. The transaction increases the firm’s total Bitcoin holdings to 5,764.91 BTC. The purchase was executed at a weighted average
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Wyoming’s Stable Token Commission has launched the mainnet for the Frontier Stable Token (FRNT), marking one of the first instances of a U.S. state issuing a stablecoin. The commission says FRNT is a fully collateralized token backed by short-duration U.S. Treasury bills and U.S. dollars, and