#Strategy announces acquisition of 1,587 $BTC for $100.0M at approximately $63,024 per #Bitcoin , bringing its total holdings to 846,842 $BTC . By continuing to grow its Bitcoin holdings, the company maintains its status as a major force in the cryptocurrency market, drawing interest from investors and industry analysts.
Strategy is the largest Bitcoin Treasury Company, an independent, publicly traded business intelligence company, and a Nasdaq 100 stock.
#BlackRock has filed an 8-A registration statement for its iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF, #BITA . The fund will trade on #Nasdaq with a 0.65% sponsor fee, lower than the fees charged by the two largest existing covered-call Bitcoin ETFs. Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas stated that the filing points to an imminent launch and that trading is expected to begin next week.
#Metaplanet has reached an agreement to acquire #SiiiboSecurities , a Type I licensed brokerage, for $13M. The deal is expected to close in July, after which Metaplanet will rebrand Siiibo Securities as #MetaplanetSecurities . The acquisition is part of its “Project Nova” strategy to build a Bitcoin-focused financial ecosystem in Japan.
Metaplanet is a publicly listed Japanese company that operates as a #Bitcoin treasury company.
#CantonNetwork secures $335M in a funding round led by a16z crypto, with participation from Abu Dhabi Investment Authority subsidiary, Apollo Funds, BNP Paribas, Broadridge, Citadel Securities, CME Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Greenwulf Asset Management, Hanwha Investment & Securities, HSBC, Liberty City Ventures, Optiver, Polychain, S&P Global, SBI Group, and others.
Canton is a #Layer1 blockchain with unique smart contract technology that allows network participants to confidently exchange data and value.
NEURA Robotics raises up to $1.4B Series C funding round led by Tether
#NEURARobotics secures up to $1.4B in a Series C funding round from Tether, Qualcomm Technologies, Amazon, NVIDIA, imec xpand, Bosch, Schaeffler, European Investment Bank, Lingotto Horizon, InterAlpen, and others. The funding will support the expansion of this product line and accelerate the growth of the Neuraverse platform, which uses NEURA’s AURA AI to deliver advanced perception and collaboration capabilities.
Neura Robotics is a German robotics company that develops collaborative robots, autonomous mobile robots, and humanoid robots, which it markets as "cognitive" robots that combine integrated sensing with artificial intelligence to operate alongside humans.
#Figure has acquired #Kiavi , an #AI -driven real estate investment loan platform, for $717M, and formed a joint venture with Sixth Street to buy an accompanying loan portfolio. The deal brings an established, AI-powered residential investor lending business into Figure’s tokenization ecosystem, expanding its reach beyond consumer HELOCs into first-lien real estate lending. It also strengthens Figure’s position in #RWA origination and distribution as blockchain networks and traditional financial institutions increasingly compete for RWA market share.