Metaplanet hopes to buy 210,000 Bitcoin by the end of 2027, which would make it the second-largest holder of Bitcoin among public companies. Japanese investment company Metaplanet’s shares spiked on market opening after announcing its plan to raise $5.4 billion to buy Bitcoin last week.  Metaplanet’s stock (3350T) shot up… Listen ⇢

Last week’s weak PMI reports showed manufacturing activity contracting for a third month in a row and services activity shrinking for the first time in 11 months. Additionally, crypto markets have settled a little following the volatility in the wake of the spat between US President Donald Trump and tech… Listen ⇢

Tony Kim Jun 05, 2025 07:09 Linea has relocated its blog from Mirror to a new platform, Linea.build/blog, urging subscribers to re-register for updates on the latest news and developments. In response to the deprecation of the Mirror platform, Linea has announced the relocation of its blog to a new… Listen ⇢

U.S. seizes $7.7M in crypto from North Korean IT workers. North Koreans laundered funds using NFTs, stablecoins, and false identities. FBI warns of job scams; OpenAI, Google shut accounts. In a major development, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has taken decisive legal action against North Korea’s use of cryptocurrency… Listen ⇢

[PRESS RELEASE – Singapore, Singapore, June 9th, 2025] TrueNorth, led by a former chief of hybrid CeFi/DeFi exchange WOO and AI experts, raises a strategic angel round to pioneer the agentic economy. The founders of LayerZero, SEI, Selini Capital, Virtuals, Plume, and Presto Labs have collectively backed an AI platform that… Listen ⇢

BlackRock considers XRP ETF, hinting at changing views on altcoins. XRP and SOL ETFs may launch alongside Bitcoin, Ethereum products. Analysts expect more crypto ETF filings as investor interest continues rising. There is growing talk in the financial world about BlackRock possibly filing for an XRP Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF). This… Listen ⇢

Singapore, Singapore, June 9th, 2025, Chainwire TrueNorth, led by a former chief of hybrid CeFi/DeFi exchange WOO and AI experts, raises a strategic angel round to pioneer the agentic economy. The founders of LayerZero, SEI, Selini Capital, Virtuals, Plume, and Presto Labs have collectively backed an AI platform that uses autonomous… Listen ⇢

Most of the cryptocurrencies remain in the green zone on the last day of the week, however, there are some exceptions, according to CoinStats. SOL chart by CoinStats SOL/USD Unlike other coins, the rate of Solana (SOL) has dropped by 1.75% over the last 24 hours. Image by TradingView On the hourly… Listen ⇢

Current “thinking” AI models still can’t reason to a level that would be expected from humanlike artificial general intelligence, the researchers found. The race to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI) still has a long way to run, according to Apple researchers who found that leading AI models still have trouble… Listen ⇢