BlackRock’s IBIT ETF has now made more money from fees this year than its well-known iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV). This shows that big investors are becoming more interested in cryptocurrency. As of July 1, 2025, Bloomberg says IBIT earned $187.2 million in fees, just above the $187.1 million made by IVV. This happened even though IBIT manages less money overall. It highlights how Wall Street is moving more toward digital assets instead of traditional stock funds. Since it started in January 2024, BlackRock’s IBIT ETF has gathered $75 billion in assets, thanks to $52.4 billion of new money…

Design software company Figma has shared in a filing that it owns almost $70 million in Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and has set aside $30 million in stablecoins to buy Bitcoin. Figma sent paperwork to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday, because it plans to become a public company on the New York Stock Exchange. The company wants its stock to trade under the symbol “FIG.” The filing showed details about Figma’s current financial situation. According to the filing, Figma put $55 million into the Bitwise Bitcoin ETF (BITB) on March 3, 2024. By the end of…

The crypto community is buzzing amid a mysterious Bitcoin transaction, where an unknown wallet sent around $20,000 worth of Bitcoin to the first-ever Bitcoin wallet on the planet, which belongs to Satoshi Nakamoto, the anonymous creator of Bitcoin. The transaction, which took place on June 30, 2025, and involved 0.185 BTC, was detected by blockchain intelligence firm Arkham Intelligence. The firm said this is the largest such transfer in four months.  The wallet address receiving the funds is linked to the Genesis Block, the first block mined on the Bitcoin blockchain. A Regular Pattern or Just a Mistake? Arkham analysts…

American Bitcoin, a crypto mining company linked to the U.S. President Donald Trump’s family has secured $220 million in a private funding round. The move is expected to expand its mining operations and increase Bitcoin reserves. The fundraising effort unveiled a regulatory filing submitted on June 27, 2025, which details the issuance of 11 million shares in a private placement, with gross proceeds amounting to $220 million.  Notably, $10 million of that was raised through a Bitcoin-for-equity transaction, with the firm accepting BTC instead of cash.  The average acquisition price for the Bitcoin transaction stood at approximately $104,000 per coin.…

Alex Gladstein, chief strategy officer of the Human Rights Foundation (HRF), says Bitcoin is a financial lifeline for citizens living under oppressive regimes. Speaking at the Bitcoin Policy Summit in Washington, Gladstein told U.S. political leaders that Bitcoin empowers individuals with financial freedom where traditional systems fail.  “Bitcoin is bad for dictators,” Gladstein declared during his address.  “With Bitcoin, the ability of these leaders to do these things is completely decimated.” Gladstein He went on to emphasize that unlike fiat currencies, which can be manipulated, devalued, or weaponized by governments, Bitcoin allows individuals to maintain autonomy over their finances, particularly…

Metaplanet is a Japanese investment firm aggressively building its Bitcoin reserves. The latest purchase of 1,234 BTC makes it surpass Tesla in BTC holdings.  Metaplanet indeed disclosed on Thursday that it had acquired a new batch of Bitcoin at an average price of 15.6 million yen (approximately $108,000) per coin.  The new purchase brings Metaplanet’s total holdings to 12,345 BTC  a layer above Tesla’s current reported reserve of 11,509 BTC.  Metaplanet now also holds the seventh largest corporate Bitcoin treasury globally, edging closer to CleanSpark’s 12,502 BTC stash. Bitcoin was trading at $108,150 Thursday, up 1.4% in the past 24…

Japanese investment firm Metaplanet has raised more than $517 million on the first day of its ambitious “555 Million Plan”.  With a sweeping Bitcoin focused capital raise,  the company aims to acquire up to 210,000 BTC by 2027. On Wednesday, the firm disclosed that it had issued 54 million new shares, following partial exercise of stock acquisition rights by EVO Fund.  The shares were priced at ¥1,388 (approximately $9.59), raising a total of ¥74.9 billion ($517.8 million). The issuance marks the first part of Metaplanet’s plan to issue up to 555 million shares and raise as much as $5.4 billion…

The United Kingdom listed mineral exploration company, Panther Metals Plc, revealed plans to buy approximately $5.4 million worth of Bitcoin to hold in its treasury.  This move, which marks a shift in how the company plans to fund future projects, combines traditional mining assets with digital currency. Panther Metals will use £1.3 million, equivalent to $1.75 million, of its Bitcoin holdings as collateral to complete its purchase of the Pick Lake mining deposit in Ontario, Canada. Panther Metals said in a statement that this allows them to secure the asset while still maintaining full exposure to Bitcoin. “This approach treats…