IMF Now Says Donations Funded El Salvador's Bitcoin Growth: CryptoDailyInk
A year ago the fund claimed the total had not moved, and that the reserve was only shuffling coins between government wallets.
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A year ago the fund claimed the total had not moved, and that the reserve was only shuffling coins between government wallets.
The chain just put up its strongest day since mid-July, with $443 million in DEX volume and more than 3 million transactions.

A critical vulnerability in a March 2021 Coldcard firmware release has led to the systematic draining of nearly $89 million in Bitcoin from over 4,500 addresses. Attackers are exploiting weak key generation, with a third, more sophisticated wave now targeting smaller balances and employing advanced on-chain obfuscation

MicroStrategy has significantly increased its cash reserves to $3.75 billion following a substantial stock sale, while also executing a $25 million repurchase of its high-yielding preferred stock, STRC.

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Japan's House of Councillors has passed Cabinet Bill 57, moving regulated crypto activities under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (FIEA), a significant step towards institutional clarity. While a 20% tax on qualifying crypto gains is now legislated, its effective date, potentially as late as 2028, depends on

Swift has launched a pilot program enabling 17 major global banks to conduct 24/7 tokenized deposit transfers, a significant move towards modernizing interbank transactions. However, the ultimate settlement of these transfers still depends on traditional, slower financial infrastructure.

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Liquidity is concentrating in larger lending and exchange venues as risk management takes priority over speculative yield.