The No-Hype Guide to Bitcoin

Strive, Inc. added 759 bitcoin to its balance sheet last week, reinforcing a debt-free treasury strategy designed to make BTC the company’s central reserve asset and performance benchmark. Strive Adds $50M in BTC The Nasdaq-listed company Strive, which trades under ASST, said it purchased the bitcoin between June 15 and June 21, paying an average

Franklin Templeton has completed its acquisition of 250 Digital and formally established Franklin Crypto, a dedicated active digital asset management division aimed at institutional investors. A New Division With Deep Roots The deal closes with the full 250 Digital investment team joining Franklin Templeton, along with all liquid cryptocurrency strategies previously run by Coinfund. Franklin

A Wall Street Journal investigation reports that Polymarket struck a multimillion-dollar deal with streamer Adin Ross and promoted dozens of his videos – at least five of which laid out ways to trade on inside information. A celebrity deal under scrutiny Polymarket struck a multimillion-dollar promotional deal with the streamer Adin Ross, according to a

The Bank of England has published its final policy positions and draft rules for systemic stablecoins, softening parts of its earlier proposal. The central bank dropped individual holding caps and instead proposed a temporary $52.9 billion (£40 billion) issuance limit for each systemic stablecoin. Bank of England Revises Stablecoin Rules to Support Growth The Bank

Moneygram has joined Solana’s proof-of- stake network as an active validator, staking SOL and processing transaction blocks on one of the highest-throughput blockchains in operation today. Moneygram Enters Solana’s Validator Set The Dallas-based global payments company announced the move on Monday, marking its first direct participation at the protocol level of any public blockchain network.

Polymarket paid a network of social-media creators to stage bets and winnings on near-perfect replicas of its website, a Wall Street Journal investigation found. This was part of a campaign aimed at U.S. users; the platform is legally barred from serving. Bets that never happened Polymarket paid mostly college-age social-media creators to stage bets, and

Alan Greenspan has died at 100 after an 18-year tenure as Federal Reserve chairman. Bitcoin and the broader cryptocurrency sector were among the financial topics he weighed in on after leaving office, with the former Fed chief questioning the intrinsic value and long-term viability of digital assets. Central Bank Highlights Greenspan’s Long Influence on Monetary

Intercontinental Exchange, also known as ICE, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, and crypto platform OKX have announced a 50-50 joint venture designed to connect OKX’s 120 million global users to U.S.-regulated futures markets and tokenized equities. The two companies disclosed the deal Monday, describing the venture as infrastructure focused on tokenized

Strategy founder Michael Saylor announced Monday that the company acquired 520 bitcoin for approximately $35 million, a noticeably smaller tranche than recent weeks, bringing the firm’s total reserve to 847,363 BTC. Smaller Buy, Same Cadence The purchase marks the third consecutive week of bitcoin accumulation for Strategy. Saylor disclosed the transaction in a Monday morning

El Salvador added 8 BTC to its national bitcoin reserve over the past seven days, lifting its total holdings above 7,689 BTC worth roughly $490 million. Buying the Dip, Every Day The latest additions, tracked through the country’s official bitcoin reserve data, bring El Salvador’s stack to 7,688.37 BTC. Bitcoin.com News previously reported the reserve