Formerly known as Lightning Pay, Stacked may be the only Bitcoin exchange left standing after a series of mergers and bankruptcies in the New Zealand crypto industry. Doubling down on their vision to make Bitcoin “useful as money,” they just launched a self-custodied Lightning wallet. Found at StackedBitcoin.com, the company has taken a different path
Bhutan cuts Bitcoin holdings from 13,000 BTC to 3,954 BTC in 18 months, with $215.7M transferred out and mining inflows declining Bhutan has reduced its Bitcoin holdings over the past 18 months, based on new blockchain data. Arkham data shows a steady decline in the country’s reserves since late 2024. The figures also point to
SpaceX is sitting on 8,285 BTC worth $603 million in Coinbase Prime custody while reporting a loss of nearly $5 billion for 2025, according to Arkham Intelligence data and a report from The Information published late Friday. The loss marks a sharp reversal from a year earlier when SpaceX generated roughly $8 billion in profit
TD Cowen this week initiated equity research coverage on three public Bitcoin treasury companies (PBTCs) and one Ethereum digital asset treasury, publishing proprietary valuation models and KPIs specific to the sector. The move marks one of the more concrete steps a major bank has taken to build formal research infrastructure around Bitcoin-focused equities. The firm’s
France advances new crypto reporting rules, tightens oversight, and considers new tax measures for digital assets. France is moving forward with stricter crypto rules to improve transparency and control. Officials are taking steps from two directions at the same time. Thus, new policies are being formulated by both lawmakers and central bank leaders. These are
Iran is reportedly demanding $1 per barrel of oil in crypto from ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz during the current ceasefire with the United States – and the operational details are striking. Hamid Hosseini, a spokesperson for Iran’s Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Products Exporters’ Union, told the Financial Times that vessels must email
Crypto exchanges are starting to take on a new role: pricing traditional assets while Wall Street is closed. The growing market for perpetual futures contracts tied to traditional financial instruments including commodities like gold and oil that runs around the clock on cryptocurrency exchanges is responsible. Data from Binance Research suggests these markets, which hit
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Bhutan is quietly unwinding one of the most unusual bitcoin experiments any government has ever run. The Royal Government of Bhutan transferred roughly 319.7 BTC worth $22.68 million to two addresses on Thursday, according to Arkham Intelligence data. Roughly 250 BTC went to a wallet previously used to route funds for sale via Galaxy Digital
