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Metaplanet Issues $13M Zero-Coupon Bond to Buy More Bitcoin

The Japanese hotel firm secures 15.5% weighting in crypto-focused exchange-traded fund.

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Michael Saylor's Strategy Adds Another 22K Bitcoin for $1.92B

The purchase was funded mostly common stock issuance and brought the company's holdings to 528,185 BTC.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor at the Digital Asset Summit in New York City on March 20, 2025. (Nikhilesh De)

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Trump Family Enters Bitcoin Mining With New Venture, American Bitcoin

Eric and Donald Trump Jr. have partnered with Hut 8 to launch a major U.S.-based bitcoin-mining company.

Eric, Donald and Donald Trump Jr. (Desiree Navarro/WireImage)

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Ether-Bitcoin Ratio Slumps to 5-Year Low as Traders Seek Less Risky Assets: Van Straten

Ether has underperformed bitcoin since last year's reward halving. The first time that's happened.

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Bitcoin May be on 25% of S&P 500 Firms' Balance Sheets by 2030: Architect Partners


Strategy pioneered BTC as a treasury asset and so far 90 companies have adopted the cryptocurrency as a treasury reserve asset.

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Chart of The Week: Will April Bring Good Luck or Fool's Hope for Bitcoin?

Based on bitcoin's price performance since 2010, April could be the start of an uptrend, but risks remain.

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Bitcoin Miner MARA Starts Massive $2B Stock Sale Plan to Buy More BTC

The company, which has the second-largest bitcoin stash among publicly-traded companies, could use the funds to finance further BTC acquisitions.

MARA Holdings CEO Fred Thiel (CoinDesk "First Mover" screenshot)

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Why Is the Crypto Market Down Today? Bitcoin Drops to $82K as Traders Flee Risk Assets Amid Macro Worries

Crypto markets see over $300M in liquidations as investors flee risk ahead of April policy changes and over concerning macroeconomic data.

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Bitcoin Plunges Below $84K after $115B Sell-Off Wipes Out Weekly Gains

Ethereum's ETH hit its weakest price against bitcoin in almost five years as macroeconomic concerns added pressure to risk assets.

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Strategy Holders Might be at Risk From Michael Saylor's Financial Wizardry

Though Strategy has been buying bitcoin for nearly five years, the recent aggressive pace of purchases means another moderate leg lower in prices would put the company in the red on its BTC stack.

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (Credit: CoinDesk/Danny Nelson)