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And still no one knows where Ross Ulbricht's BTC came from

9 Jun 2025 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road who was recently pardoned by US President Donald Trump, received a crypto donation of 300 BTC, worth around $31 million when he got it. No one knows why, but internet and crypto sleuths concluded the crypto wa...

Guess who's filing blockchain patents left and right

8 Jun 2025 1 minute read 1 comment LeftFooted

Visa, the world's most famous and used credit/debit card network along with MasterCard, has been filing blockchain-related patents like its life depended on it. Some sources claim 58 in total, others say more than 20. The truth is, there's one in p...

Uber wants to integrate stablecoins to lower costs

6 Jun 2025 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

Uber is apparently considering using stablecoins to reduce costs. As it turns out, transferring money globally is a huge (and daily) part of the business, and it costs money (duh). This is interesting, because it once again highlights how huge busi...

Solana Seeker smartphone - here's my experience

5 Jun 2025 1 minute read 1 comment LeftFooted

I ordered a Solana Seeker smartphone back when it was still called Solana Saga Chapter Two, here's my experience. I placed the order in the spring of 2024, during the pre-early adopter phase (or whatever they call it) which, for reference, was the e...

Meta shareholders said no BTC, and it's not even close

5 Jun 2025 1 minute read 1 comment LeftFooted

Meta shareholders voted no to a proposal to add Bitcoin to the company's balance sheet, and it wasn't even close. The 'Bitcoin treasury assessment' proposal garnered five billion votes in total, and only 3.92 million votes were in favour, that's les...

Circle is raising the bar

2 Jun 2025 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

Circle, the company behind USDC, is raising the bar ahead of its IPO. The company originally said they were aiming to raise between $400 million and $500 million but now they're saying it's going to be $896 million. They made the announcement today...

A company you may never heard of is now the ninth largest BTC holder

2 Jun 2025 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

Metaplanet, a Japanese investment firm, has become the ninth-largest corporate Bitcoin holder globally. The company now holds 8,888 BTC, having just bought an additional a $117.9 million purchase of 1,088 BTC at $108,400 per coin. Aside from Strate...

Another one bites the... bullet?

2 Jun 2025 1 minute read 1 comment LeftFooted

We're going to see a lot of 180s in the next few years, that's for sure. We're already seeing plenty of those. People who swore they'd never buy BTC, people who called it trash, a scam, and so on, they're doing a 180 and buying BTC. GameStop never...

Things are looking good for this particular crypto project

2 Jun 2025 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

Sui is doing great. Sui Basecamp just took place, for the second year in row, and now some analysts are saying Sui (SUI) is poised for a potential 100% rally. The main indicator, according to these analysts, is the fact that Sui might get an ETF....

BlackRock wants to buy 10 percent of USDC

30 May 2025 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

Circle, the company behind the USDC stablecoin, is going to go public, like Coinbase. Apparently, BlackRock is planning to buy a 10 percent stake in Circle’s upcoming initial public offering (IPO). For reference, Circle is aiming to raise $624 mill...