🚨STRATEGY SELLS $335.5M IN MSTR, BUYS 520 BTC
Strategy disclosed it sold 2.71 MILLION $MSTR shares via its ATM program, raising $335.5M in net proceeds.
It used part of the cash to buy 520 BTC for $34.9M at $67,068 per Bitcoin.
Strategy now holds 847,363 BTC, while its USD Reserve jumped to $1.4 BILLION.
Total costs of hosting a FIFA World Cup
1994: USA 🇺🇸 — $0.5 billions
1998: France 🇫🇷 — $2.3 b
2002: Japan / South Korea 🇯🇵🇰🇷 — $7.0 b
2006: Germany 🇩🇪— $4.3 b
2010: South Africa 🇿🇦 — $3.6 b
2014: Brazil 🇧🇷 — $15.0 b
2018: Russia 🇷🇺 — $11.6 b
2022: Qatar 🇶🇦 — $220 b
2026: USA/Canada/Mexico 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽 — $8-14 b
🇹🇷 Erdogan announces MASSIVE plan to expand the Turkish naval fleet by almost 20%
"We are among the countries capable of building the largest number of warships simultaneously.
We are currently constructing more than 50 warships, over 15 of which are intended for export to friendly and allied nations."
Türkiye has been ramping up its military industry for months now, like it's prepping for WW3
Writers: Mhedi, Ian
🚨🇮🇷 BREAKING:
The Strait just closed again.
Iran's Khatam al-Anbia headquarters announced it minutes ago: Hormuz is shut to ship traffic effective immediately
They're citing U.S. violations of the MoU and Israel's continued operations in southern Lebanon including the killings that have been happening since the ceasefire was supposed to start.
Iran is calling this the "first step" and warning that further measures follow if the violations continue.
Source: Tasnim, @financialjuice, @clashreport / Writer: Oliver
After holding $BTC for 7 months, whale 37BnFf finally gave up.
Today, he sold 800 $BTC($50.24M) that he bought at $106,866 7 months ago, taking a $35.3M loss.
https://t.co/W2srdqT7FI
JUST IN: 🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran says ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ with U.S. on ending war was signed digitally, making Friday Switzerland meeting no longer urgent.
Another Ethereum Foundation leader steps down
Hsiao-Wei Wang (@hwwonx) has resigned as co-executive director of the Ethereum Foundation (@ethereumfndn), effective today. Returning from a sabbatical, she said the break gave her room to reflect, and that it's the right moment to step back and spend more time closer to home.
She leaves on warm terms, @VitalikButerin praised a decade of steadfast contribution and handling "the most challenging position at the most challenging time" with grace.
She's roughly the eighth senior figure to leave the EF in five months, following co-ED Tomasz Stańczak's exit in February, amid ongoing scrutiny of the foundation's governance and direction.
🚨 JUST IN: Peter Schiff says he believes Michael Saylor has “defrauded investors” and could face civil liability if investors lose significant amounts of money.
Hyperliquid Whale Makes Surprise U Turn
Trader Garrett Jin (@GarrettBullish) sold all 184,102 $HYPE worth about $13.55 million at $73.6 yesterday.
Less than a day later, he is back in the market. So far, Jin has repurchased 81,703 HYPE worth roughly $6 million.