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Strive raising $500 million to buy additional bitcoin with new preferred share class
Strive is raising $500M through a new preferred share class paying a fixed 15% dividend to buy more bitcoin. It is a treasury financing move with a high-yield structure that readers should weigh carefully.
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Researchers Build First Working Post-Quantum Defense for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network
Researchers report a working post-quantum signature defense for Lightning Network, a second-layer protection concern beyond base-layer Bitcoin. Details depend on the original paper.
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Square to offer 3% Bitcoin rewards for credit card holders
Square Credit Card will offer 3% bitcoin cashback, another step in Block's bitcoin push.
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Binance Is Shutting Down Its Bitcoin Mining Pool After Six Years
Binance is closing its Bitcoin mining pool and related cloud mining services, a retreat from mining infrastructure.
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Bitcoin Whale That Sat Through Every Crash Since 2020 Just Moved $377M
A long-dormant 4,581 BTC wallet from March 2020 moved its holdings, now worth about $377M; notable on-chain movement but mostly a single transfer.
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Strive Buys $280 Million in Bitcoin, Its Largest Purchase in Months
Strive bought $280M of bitcoin at about $84,500, bringing its holdings to 32,773 BTC.
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UK Court Rules Chinese Law Governs Victims’ Claims to 61,000 Bitcoin
A UK court ruled Chinese law governs victims' claims to about 61,000 BTC, a ruling that shapes ownership of a large contested holding.
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9/11 victims claim bitcoins seized from Chinese-Iranian mining pool
Alleged 9/11 victims are claiming bitcoin the US seized from the LuBian mining pool, a legal fight over a large government-held BTC stash.
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Half of the top 20 quantum-exposed bitcoin addresses belong to exchanges and custodians, holding ~1.06M BTC
Weekly UTXO scan finds about 1.06M BTC in top quantum-exposed addresses, with half held by exchanges and custodians reusing addresses.
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Mezo Sets Oct. 13 Bridge-Out Deadline for swBTC and USDe
Mezo sets an Oct. 13 deadline to bridge out swBTC and USDe, with SolvBTC withdrawals closing Oct. 29 and deposits already suspended.
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Strive reports $208M in warrant exercises as Bitcoin holdings jump 11%
Strive reports $208M in warrant exercises and now holds 32,773 BTC as the fifth-largest public corporate holder.
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Working Together on Bitcoin’s Post-Quantum Readiness
Coinbase discusses collaborating on Bitcoin's post-quantum readiness, a relevant long-term security topic (snippet is empty, so depth is unclear).
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Strive buys 3,311 bitcoin for $280 million in largest acquisition since January
Strive bought 3,311 BTC for $280M, lifting holdings to 32,773 BTC.
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Strive Adds 3,311 Bitcoin as Warrants Covering 15.3 Million Shares Near Expiry
Strive added 3,311 BTC as warrant exercises of about $208M came due, and set a binding $100 minimum for SATA preferred shares.
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Is Bitcoin kidding itself about the Lightning Network?
Paul Sztorc challenges claims that Lightning usability has improved enough for everyday adoption.
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Alex Gladstein: How The Bitcoin-AI Convergence Impacts the Fight for Freedom
Interview arguing AI risk is centralized control rather than extinction, and that local open-source AI supports freedom.
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Binance Closes Its Mining Pool and Cloud Mining, Gives Miners Four Weeks to Move Hashrate
Binance Pool stops accepting mining shares Nov. 10, with miners having until Nov. 24 to view records and payouts before the pages close.
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UK High Court rules Chinese law governs claims over $5 billion in seized bitcoin
A UK High Court ruling that Chinese law governs victim claims over 61,000 seized bitcoin, leaving ownership unresolved; significant for crypto legal precedent.
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Metaplanet to issue $329M convertible bonds to pay debt, fund share buybacks
Metaplanet plans a zero-interest five-year bond to refinance Bitcoin-collateralized loans and fund buybacks without selling BTC.
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Chinese fraud victims lose key court battle over 61,000 Bitcoin
A UK court ruled Chinese law governs fraud victims' claims to 61,000 seized BTC, a setback for claimants seeking recovery.
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Bitcoin’s Quantum Wake-Up Call: 1.79 Million Exchange BTC Have Exposed Public Keys.
Analysis claims 1.79 million exchange-held BTC have exposed public keys, a quantum-risk exposure worth understanding, though sourced from a forum post.
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Bitcoin whale that sat through the March 2020 crash moves $378 million
An early-2020 bitcoin whale that held through the Covid crash moved $378 million on-chain. Mostly an on-chain movement story with limited context.
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Binance to shut down crypto mining pool services in November
Binance will shut its mining pool services on Nov. 10 and is urging miners to move to other pools.
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Bitcoin whale moves $378 million in BTC after six years of dormancy: onchain data
A wallet dormant since March 2020 moved about 4,582 BTC, now worth roughly $378 million, per onchain data. Notable for a large old-coin wake-up, though the snippet is thin.
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ARK’s Research Director Says Most Adviser Questions Are About Quantum, Not Token Revenue
ARK's Lorenzo Valente says wealth manager questions center on quantum risk rather than token revenue, and he is more confident Bitcoin will migrate signatures in time.
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Thoughts on institutional ownership of btc? Is it a threat to the original intent of the technology?
Discussion on whether institutional ETF ownership of bitcoin undermines its decentralized, peer-to-peer original intent.
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Bitcoin miners face widening AI financing costs as lenders scrutinize deals
Bitcoin miners need roughly $50B for AI infrastructure, with funding gaps at IREN, Riot and HIVE and lenders scrutinizing deals.
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BTC Market Pulse: Week 42
Glassnode's weekly on-chain pulse: BTC slipped below $83k, led by perp and ETF selling, while new on-chain capital kept arriving.
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Strategy Spends $192 Million Buying Back Its Preferred Stock, Nearly Nine Times Its Bitcoin Buy
Strategy spent $192M repurchasing Stretch preferred stock, about nine times its bitcoin buys last week, leaving $354.8M of authorization.
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South Korea just got its first traditional bank loans backed by bitcoin
South Korea's first traditional bank loans backed by bitcoin use third-party custody and court-ordered sales on default.