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Bitcoin Magazine Coinbase to Launch US Nano Bitcoin Perpetual-Style Futures In July Today, Coinbase Derivatives has announced the launch of US Perpetual-Style Futures on July 21. These new futures contracts are designed to offer US traders a domestic, regulated alternative to the popular perpetual futures widely used on offshore platforms. US Perpetual-Style Futures. Coming July 21. → No quarterly expiration dates → Spot price tracking → Embedded leverage → 24/7 availability All on a CFTC-regulated US exchange. pic.twitter.com/NKwqyWW4n2 — Coinbase (@coinbase) June 26, 2025 “We are excited to announce the upcoming launch of US Perpetual-Style Futures on Coinbase Derivatives Exchange, designed to mirror the functionality of global perpetual futures while adhering to US regulatory standards. Internationally, perpetual futures have become the dominant crypto derivatives product, representing upwards of 90% of total crypto trading activity in some reports,” stated the...

Bitcoin Magazine Japan’s Metaplanet Acquires 1,234 More Bitcoin, Total Holdings Reach 12,345 BTC Metaplanet Inc., widely recognized as Japan’s leading Bitcoin treasury company, has announced today the acquisition of an additional 1,234 Bitcoin, bringing its total holdings to 12,345 BTC. The purchase was valued at ¥19.27 billion at an average price of ¥15.6 million per Bitcoin. Metaplanet has acquired 1,234 BTC for ~$132.7 million at ~$107,557 per bitcoin and has achieved BTC Yield of 315% YTD 2025. As of 6/26/2025, we hold 12,345 $BTC acquired for ~$1.20 billion at ~$97,036 per bitcoin. $MTPLF pic.twitter.com/vsnbCLGjZB — Simon Gerovich (@gerovich) June 26, 2025 This acquisition is part of the company’s newly launched “ 555 Million Plan ,” a strategy targeting the accumulation of 210,000 BTC by the end of 2027, equivalent to 1% of Bitcoin’s total supply. The initiative replaces the earlier “21 Million Plan,” which had aimed for 21,000 BTC by 2026. BTC Yield, the company...

Bitcoin Magazine Kraken Launches Krak, a No-Fee App to Use and Store Bitcoin and Crypto Bitcoin and crypto platform Kraken has officially launched Krak, a no-fee, all-in-one global money app that lets users spend, send, and save across over 300 fiat and digital assets—including Bitcoin . Designed to merge the best of banking, payments, and crypto into a single user experience, the Krak app is set to redefine how people move and manage value in Bitcoin and beyond.   Introducing @Krak . The money app for people who want more. More ways to pay More freedom to send More opportunities to grow More rewards and money in your pocket Get Krak https://t.co/iGnDkIQmVb pic.twitter.com/fwac24S2XR — Krak (@Krak) June 26, 2025 “We built and launched the Krak app because the financial system has been stuck in the past, and we think it’s time to do something about it,” said Arjun Sethi, Kraken’s co-CEO, in a press release sent to Bitcoin Magazine. “With Krak, we’re taking a...

Bitcoin Magazine Castle Raises $1M to Bring Automated Bitcoin Treasury to Small & Medium-Sized Businesses Castle , a bitcoin treasury platform for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), announced it has raised $1 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed round to expand bitcoin access for businesses, per a press release sent to Bitcoin Magazine. The round was led by Boost VC, with backing from Winklevoss Capital, Park Rangers Capital, Epoch VC, and other angel investors. “Most savings products used by small and medium businesses, despite being framed as high-yield, actually lose money after accounting for inflation. Business owners are waking up to this and deserve better,” stated the CEO of Castle, Stephen Cole. “Bitcoin, with its strictly limited supply, has been the best performing asset of the past decade and we’re excited to bring it to companies across America.” The funding will be used to accelerate Castle’s rollout of its automated bitcoin treasury solution, which int...

Bitcoin Magazine Anthony Pompliano’s ProCap BTC Buys Another 1,208 Bitcoin, Total Holdings Reach 4,932 BTC Anthony Pompliano’s ProCap has purchased an additional 1,208 Bitcoin at an average price of $105,977 per Bitcoin, bringing the company’s total Bitcoin holdings to 4,932 BTC on its balance sheet. The purchase follows the firm’s June 23 announcement of a proposed $1 billion business combination with Columbus Circle Capital Corp. (CCCM). JUST IN: Anthony Pompliano's ProCap BTC buys an additional 1,208 #Bitcoin They now hold 4,932 BTC pic.twitter.com/7gUddeFsGr — Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) June 25, 2025 The Bitcoin was acquired as part of the Company’s ongoing Bitcoin purchase program. The company has wasted no time delivering for its investors by deploying the funds raised at signing to accumulate Bitcoin. As a result, equity investors received immediate Bitcoin exposure from the equity raise.  The transaction structure—$516.5 million in equity and $23...

Today, Green Minerals AS, a mineral miner in Norway, has announced it has purchased 4 Bitcoin for approximately NOK 4.25 million as part of a new Bitcoin Treasury Strategy. Green Minerals, a mineral miner in Norway, purchased their first 4 BTC. Last Monday, they announced the adoption of a #Bitcoin Treasury Strategy with goals of up to $1.2 bn in BTC. pic.twitter.com/o06x8LLJWX — NLNico (@btcNLNico) June 25, 2025 “This strategic move reinforces Green Minerals’ position not only as a leader in sustainable mineral extraction but also as an innovator in financial and technological practices,” the press release said. “The company invites all stakeholders to monitor the forthcoming updates as it paves the way towards.” This purchase follows the company’s June 23 announcement of its strategic shift toward integrating Bitcoin into its balance sheet. The move is intended to diversify treasury holdings and hedge against inflation and geopolitical uncertainty. “In this era of signi...

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Layer 2: Lightning Network The Lightning Network is a routed network of payment channels originally proposed by Thaddeus Dryja and Joseph Poon in 2015, with major implementations having been built by Blockstream (CLN), Lightning Labs (LND), ACINQ (Eclair), and Spiral (LDK).  Payment channels are an old concept in Bitcoin, where a user deposited funds into a 2-of-2 multisig address, and a payer can pre-sign transactions allocating more and more funds to a receiver. Original payment channels were one way, and had expiry times before which the receiver must close the channel before a pre-signed refund transaction would allow the payer to reclaim 100% of the funds they had allocated to the payment channel.  The two major innovations of the Lightning Network are a type of payment channel that isn’t limited to being unidirectional and having a hard expiration date, and the concept of using Hash-timelock Contracts (HTLCs) in order to atomically route ...

Bitcoin Magazine Anthony Pompliano’s ProCap BTC Buys $386M in Bitcoin ProCap BTC, LLC, a bitcoin-native financial services firm, announced it has acquired 3,724 bitcoin at a time weighted average price of $103,785 per bitcoin, worth approximately $386 million. JUST IN: Anthony Pompliano's ProCap BTC purchases 3,724 bitcoin worth $392,686,000 pic.twitter.com/SAIp9S2S2X — Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) June 24, 2025 “The Company plans to continue buying bitcoin for its balance sheet as part of its ongoing business strategy,” stated the press release. “At the closing of the proposed business combination, ProCap Financial is expected to hold up to $1 billion in bitcoin on its balance sheet.” Anthony Pompliano’s ProCap BTC announced just yesterday a definitive agreement to merge with Columbus Circle Capital Corp. I (NASDAQ: CCCM) to form ProCap Financial, Inc. “The legacy financial system is being disrupted by bitcoin,” said Pompliano. “ProCap Financial represents...

Bitcoin Magazine Amazing AI Announces Adoption of A Bitcoin Treasury Policy Amazing AI plc (AQSE: AAI), a global fintech group specializing in online consumer loans, has announced today the adoption of a Bitcoin Treasury Policy, marking a strategic shift toward integrating Bitcoin into its balance sheets. JUST IN: one more UK BTC treasury.. Amazing AI announces that it has implemented a #Bitcoin Treasury Policy. They are exploring potential fundraising opportunities for this purpose. pic.twitter.com/WyIFLDFNCZ — NLNico (@btcNLNico) June 24, 2025 Alongside its US based fiat lending operations, Amazing AI is exploring bitcoin related lending opportunities in developed and emerging markets, particularly in the Philippines and Africa. Paul Mathieson brings prior crypto experience, having previously launched a coin and exchange supporting remittances from Spain to the Philippines. “We believe there are synergies between our core online consumer loans business, best-of-breed...

Bitcoin Magazine The Spiral Scroll: Wallet Clustering Basics The Bitcoin transaction graph has various observable patterns, with wallet clustering of highest importance. Some of these patterns have been studied and used to link coins from the same wallet, both in theory and practice. Every transaction consists of a list of inputs (where the sats are taken from) and outputs (where the input sats are distributed).  Inputs  refer to the outputs of previous transactions, such as connecting transactions.  Outputs  lock some amount of bitcoin with certain spending conditions (i.e., the “address,” public key, or output script). Linking coins means identifying the entity that controls the keys to a collection of transaction outputs, spent or unspent. Section 10 of the Bitcoin white paper , “Privacy,” briefly discusses linking: “A new key pair should be used for each transaction to keep them from being linked to a common owner.” When the same public key controls mor...