Metaplanet raised $255M through a new share placement
#Metaplanet has secured approximately $255M from global institutional investors through a new share placement priced at a 2% premium, alongside fixed-strike warrants at a 10% premium that could generate up to approximately $276M in additional capital if exercised. Metaplanet will utilize secured funds to advance its goal of acquiring 210,000 BTC, bringing its total funding to a maximum of approximately $531M.
Metaplanet is a publicly listed Japanese company that operates as a #Bitcoin treasury company.
BlackRock’s staked Ethereum ETF records $15.5M in first-day trading
#BlackRock ’s iShares Staked #Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHB) recorded more than $15.5 million in trading volume on its first day. The exchange-traded fund launched with over $100 million in assets and is the firm’s first crypto #ETF to include staking of Ether.
The fund plans to stake between 70% and 95% of its holdings, with the remaining portion held for liquidity and operational needs.
MoonPay adds Ledger hardware signing for AI crypto agents
#MoonPay has integrated hardware signing from #Ledger into its command-line interface wallet for MoonPay Agents, aiming to address security risks linked to autonomous crypto tools.
The feature allows users to verify and sign transactions generated by #AI agents using a Ledger hardware device, ensuring that private keys remain stored on the hardware signer rather than within the software environment.
#Circle has become the largest issuer of tokenized U.S. Treasury securities after its #USYC fund grew to about $2.2 billion in supply. The fund has overtaken #BlackRock ’s USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund #BUIDL , issued with Securitize, which holds around $2 billion in assets.
BUIDL’s market share has declined to about 18% from a peak of 46% in May as new competitors entered the sector.
The #EthereumFoundation said it sold 5,000 $ETH to #BitMine Immersion Technologies, a firm linked to investor Tom Lee, for about $10.2M. The sale was completed at an average price of $2,042.96 per coin.
The foundation said the transaction is part of its treasury management and will support operations including research, ecosystem development, and grants related to #Ethereum .
Vitalik Buterin raises possibility of revisiting Ethereum client architecture
Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of #Ethereum , said the network’s ecosystem should remain open to reconsidering the separation between beacon and execution clients.
Buterin noted that running two separate daemons and coordinating them adds complexity for users who operate their own nodes. He suggested that, in the short term, standardized deployment tools such as Docker-based wrappers could simplify the process.