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JUST IN: $15,400,000,000 worth of Bitcoin & Ethereum options expire today

28 Nov 2025 1 minute read 0 comments DanMalam

Crypto traders are buckling up for one of the biggest fireworks shows of the year: Nearly $15 billion in Bitcoin and Ethereum options contracts expire today at 8:00 a.m. UTC on Deribit, the exchange that's become the beating heart of crypto derivativ...

$USDT issuer Tether becomes largest independent holder of Gold in the world

27 Nov 2025 1 minute read 0 comments DanMalam

Tether, the powerhouse behind the $184 billion USDT stablecoin, just flexed some serious old-school muscle quietly stacking up 116 tonnes of physical gold to become the globe's biggest non-central-bank holder. That's about $14 billion at current pric...

BlackRock clients buy $42.95 million worth of $BTC

27 Nov 2025 1 minute read 0 comments DanMalam

In a classic case of "buy the dip" amid the dread, BlackRock clients just shelled out $42.95 million for Bitcoin roughly 488 BTC at today's $88,000 clip marking one of the few bright spots in an otherwise brutal month for spot ETFs. The purchase, fla...

Texas becomes first state to buy Bitcoin, investing $10 million into its Strategic Reserve

26 Nov 2025 1 minute read 1 comment DanMalam

In a move that's got the crypto world buzzing louder than a bull run, Texas just became the first U.S. state to buy Bitcoin for its official treasury. On November 20, the Lone Star State snapped up $10 million worth of BTC roughly 115 coins at an ave...

$4 trillion JPMorgan filed to launch a leveraged Bitcoin

26 Nov 2025 1 minute read 0 comments DanMalam

Wall Street's biggest skeptics are turning true believers. JPMorgan Chase, the $4 trillion behemoth that's long eyed crypto with a wary squint, just filed with the SEC for a structured note that lets investors supercharge their Bitcoin play, tied dir...

Franklin Templeton, says $XRP “plays a foundational role in global settlement infrastructure

25 Nov 2025 1 minute read 0 comments DanMalam

Barely a day after Franklin Templeton doubled down on XRP's "foundational role" in global settlements, the numbers from its freshly launched ETF are telling a story of real Wall Street appetite. The Franklin XRP ETF (XRPZ), trading on NYSE Arca since...

Solana's Privacy Push: $GHOST Drops GhostPay Launch Date, Backed by Crypto's Loudest Voices

25 Nov 2025 2 minute read 0 comments DanMalam

In a crypto world where transparency is the default and often the problem, GhostwareOS is about to flip the script. On November 22, the Solana-based privacy protocol announced that GhostPay, its flagship anonymous payments layer, goes live on Novembe...

Jack Dorsey: “Bitcoin Will Serve Billions of People for Decades”

23 Nov 2025 1 minute read 0 comments DanMalam

Jack Dorsey doesn’t give many interviews these days, but when he does speak, the Bitcoin world listens. At the Oslo Freedom Forum this week, the Block CEO and former Twitter founder delivered a calm, almost quiet prediction that still managed to feel...

Peter Thiel: “Bitcoin Is the One Asset I Most Strongly Believe In

23 Nov 2025 1 minute read 1 comment DanMalam

In a rare public appearance at the Economic Club of New York this week, billionaire investor and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel didn’t mince words when asked about his favorite investment in today’s uncertain world. “Bitcoin is the one asset I most st...

$MSTR: The $53 Billion Time Bomb Inside Bitcoin - Geoffrey Fang

22 Nov 2025 4 minute read 0 comments DanMalam

  $MSTR is often mistaken for a passive Bitcoin holding company or a leveraged ETF. This is financially inaccurate. Microtrategy is an active, highly engineered securitization vehicle. It’s a brilliant mechanism for harvesting volatility, but it's al...