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How do whales influence Bitcoin? If anyone comes close to “moving the market,” it’s the whales. These are the investors holding thousands of BTC, often institutions, funds or OG holders from the early days. And in 2025, they’re more active than ever. The number of wallets holding over 1,000 Bitcoin (BTC) has climbed to 1,455 … Read more

Bitget Partners With Kronos Research to Deliver Institutional-Grade Liquidity and Trading Efficiency

This content is provided by a sponsor. PRESS RELEASE. Victoria, Seychelles, June 2nd, 2025 – Bitget, the leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, has announced a strategic partnership with Kronos Research, a top quantitative trading firm, bringing enhanced market liquidity and trading efficiency to Bitget traders and institutional clients. By integrating Kronos’s advanced capabilities, Bitget … Read more

The urgent need for DePIN.

Opinion by: Carlos Lei, co-founder and CEO of Uplink Seeing Spain, Portugal, and France go dark recently? Sure, millions lost power. It was a connectivity collapse, showing just how brittle communication lifelines become when the power dies. Don’t think for a second this is just a European problem. The same script plays out all over. … Read more

Metaplanet Acquires 1,088 More Bitcoin, Bringing Total Holdings To 8,888 BTC

Metaplanet, Japan’s leading Bitcoin treasury firm, has purchased an additional 1,088 Bitcoin for approximately ¥16.89 billion at an average price of ¥15,519,019 per BTC. This acquisition raises the company’s total Bitcoin holdings to 8,888 BTC, with a cumulative purchase cost of ¥122.27 billion at an average price of ¥13,756,658 per BTC. The company continues to … Read more

Sberbank, Russia’s Biggest Bank, Launches Structured Bond Tied To Bitcoin

Sberbank, the largest bank in Russia, has launched a new structured bond that ties investor returns to the performance of Bitcoin and the U.S. dollar-to-ruble exchange rate. This new financial product represents one of the first moves by a major Russian institution to offer Bitcoin-linked investments under recently updated national regulations. The structured bond is … Read more

Cryptocurrency Exchange OKX Published Its 31st Proof of Reserve (PoR) Report! There Is a Decline in Bitcoin Assets! Here Are the Details

Leading cryptocurrency exchange OKX has released its 31st Proof of Reserves (PoR) report, providing a transparent summary of user assets as of May 10, 2025. OKX Releases 31st Proof of Reserves Report, Reveals Changes to User Assets The latest report reflects significant changes in user balances of major digital assets, including Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), … Read more