Metaplanet Accelerates Bitcoin Acquisition With New $31M Bond Issuance

Metaplanet Inc. plans to issue ¥5.0 billion ($31.9 million) in ordinary bonds to accelerate its Bitcoin buys. The company announced this in a December 20 post on X, adding that…

Craig Wright Receives One-Year Suspended Sentence for Defying Court Orders

Craig Wright, who has repeatedly and falsely claimed to be Bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, was handed a one-year suspended sentence in the United Kingdom for five counts of contempt…

Can profit from cryptocurrency sale be taxed as capital gains? A guide to crypto taxation

A Jodhpur bench of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) recently ordered that the gains on cryptocurrencies sold before 2022 will be treated as capital gains and not as income from other sources.  This…

Meme Coins Overtake BTC, BNB in Popularity Among Crypto Holders: Binance

Cryptocurrency enthusiasts are turning to meme coins over traditional assets like Bitcoin (BTC) and Binance Coin (BNB), according to the latest study conducted by Binance. The findings, released on December…

Top CFOs say bitcoin isn’t fraud, but they won’t hold on balance sheet

In recent months, billionaire bitcoin investor Michael Saylor tried to convince Microsoft to use some of its more than $78.42 billion in cash and cash equivalents on its balance sheet…

The Bitcoin (BTC) Bull Run Could End Sooner Than You Think: Analyst

TL;DR Bitcoin (BTC) surpassed $108,000 on December 17, with predictions of a possible $220,000 peak by March 2025. Bitfinex analysts foresee the bull run lasting until late 2025, with the…

Metaplanet Establishes Bitcoin Treasury Operations as Official Business Line

Japanese-listed company Metaplanet announced on December 18 that it will formally run Bitcoin Treasury Operations as a new business line. This move, approved by the firm’s board of directors, is…

Bitcoin Sets Another All-Time High in Climb Toward $110,000

(Bloomberg) — Bitcoin reached an all-time high for a second consecutive day, with traders eyeing the $110,000 price level.   The original cryptocurrency rose as much as 2.1% to $108,315…

sBTC Launches on Stacks Mainnet With Deposit-Only Functionality

Bitcoin L2 Labs, the development firm behind Bitcoin layer-2 Stacks, has announced the mainnet release of sBTC, Stacks’ programmable 1:1 BTC-backed asset. sBTC allows the decentralized movement of BTC in…

Asian shares mostly decline after Nasdaq sets record ahead of Fed meeting

Bangkok, Shares fell in Asia on Tuesday after the Nasdaq set a record ahead of a meeting by the Federal Reserve later this week that could set the direction for…