Tether Backs Ark Labs’ $5.2M Seed to Reboot Bitcoin Stablecoins with Arkade

Ark Labs raises $5.2M, backed by Tether and Anchorage Digital, to expand stablecoins and tokenized assets on Bitcoin via Arkade—an off-chain, programmable layer with fail-safes.

Bitcoin Miners’ AI Pivot Exposes a Valuation Gap—and a New Role in the Power Grid

VanEck’s Matthew Sigel says Bitcoin miners can repurpose power and sites for AI at scale, offering grid flexibility and trading at discounts to data-center peers as BTC holds a range.

Bitcoin Reclaims $70K as Gulf Tanker Strikes Drive Oil Past $100 and Push Out Rate-Cut Hopes

BTC climbs back above $70K while Gulf attacks lift Brent to $101. With oil spiking, a near-term Fed pivot looks unlikely—keeping Bitcoin’s Q1 path choppy and range-bound.

Metaplanet Pivots to Bitcoin Infrastructure: $25M Plan, Miami Asset Arm, and a Strategic Yen Stablecoin Bet

Tokyo-listed Metaplanet shifts from pure BTC accumulation to funding Japan’s Bitcoin rails, backing JPYC’s yen stablecoin and launching venture and asset arms to diversify revenue.

Metaplanet builds Bitcoin rails in Japan: new ventures arm, Miami asset manager, and a strategic bet on JPYC

Metaplanet launches Ventures and a Miami-based asset manager, invests ¥400M in JPYC’s yen stablecoin, and commits ¥4B to Bitcoin infrastructure as Japan’s crypto framework matures.

VanEck: Bitcoin miners are turning into AI power providers — and still trade at a discount

VanEck says bitcoin miners are pivoting to AI power and compute, yet remain undervalued on a market-cap-per-megawatt basis. Stocks of Core, Riot surge; NODE ETF tops 30% since launch.

India’s CBI arrests Darwin Labs CTO at Mumbai airport in GainBitcoin Ponzi probe

India’s CBI detained Darwin Labs CTO Ayush Varshney over the alleged GainBitcoin Ponzi. Probe cites MCAP token, ERC-20 contracts, and GBMiners; ₹19cr misused, 29,000 BTC referenced.

Crypto’s Credibility Test: Binance-WSJ Legal Clash, DOJ Iran Probe, Aave Liquidations, Ripple’s AFSL Move, Wells Fargo ‘WFUSD,’ and the $1M Bitcoin Thesis

Options lean toward BTC $80K as macro steadies. Binance sues WSJ while DOJ reportedly probes Iran flows; Aave faces oracle losses; Ripple targets an Australian license; Wells eyes ‘WFUSD.’

Bitcoin options skew turns bullish near $70K as CPI meets forecasts; market prices ~35% chance of $80K by June

Bitcoin steadies around $70K after CPI prints in line. Options skew flips positive, put selling rises, and odds of $80K by June hover near 35% as oil and the Fed loom.

Strive lifts SATA dividend to 12.75%, tightens $99–$101 band, adds BTC and $50M of Strategy’s STRC

Strive boosts SATA’s dividend to 12.75%, narrows its trading band to $99–$101, expands BTC to 13,311, and buys $50M of Strategy’s STRC. What this “stable-yield” Bitcoin play signals.