Metaplanet raises 50 million dollars to buy more bitcoin, and this choice confirms a strategy that has become central for the Japanese company. The company listed in Tokyo no longer just keeps BTC in reserve.
Metaplanet issued zero-interest bonds worth 8 billion yen (~$50 million) to fund new bitcoin purchases, marking its 20th consecutive issuance. The Japanese firm bought 5,075 BTC in Q1 2026, bringing its total reserves to 40,177 BTC as of March 31.
Bloomberg analyst reports all Bitcoin ETF flows turn positive as IBIT leads with $3B inflows and spot funds post $324.5M daily gain.
Riot Platforms moves another 500 BTC to NYDIG as miner sales continue after the latest Bitcoin halving.
Blockstream CEO Adam Back rejects claims in Finding Satoshi, arguing that timeline conflicts weaken the Finney and Sassaman Bitcoin theory.
Metaplanet has secured an additional $50 million through a zero-interest bond offering to expand its Bitcoin treasury — showing no signs of retreating from its aggressive acquisition strategy.
Abraxas Capital has transferred 4,835 BTC, valued at approximately $378 million, to the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, according to on-chain tracking data. The movement ranks among the larger single-entity Bitcoin transfers to a centralized exchange in recent weeks.
The March and April 2026 drawdown has structural consequences, as Bitcoin ETF holders stayed steady. Bitcoin sits near $78,000, roughly 38% below the $125,761 peak from Oct. 6, and US spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled in $1.32 billion in March, reversing a four-month outflow streak.
Active debate continues around the newly released "Finding Satoshi" documentary. While some call the film the most convincing investigation into the mystery of Bitcoin's creator, one of the industry's long-standing figures and CEO of Blockstream, Adam Back, has suddenly criticized its conclusions, pointing to irreconcilable logical contradictions.
U.S. spot Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) ETFs logged eight straight days of inflows totaling $2.1 billion through April 23—the longest streak since the nine-day October 2025 run that took Bitcoin to its $126,000 all-time high. The ETF Momentum Is Back Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas said every single rolling period they track is now positive for the first time in months.
Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy (MSTR) and the largest publicly traded holder of Bitcoin, recently sparked debate across the crypto market after ঘোষণা on X that the crypto winter is over. His statement came as Bitcoin (BTC) maintained a price above $78,000, a level first reached on April 22, according to CoinDesk data.
Crypto market volatility eased on Friday, with Bitcoin (BTC) trading in a tight range between $77,500 and $78,500 after failing to break the $80,000 resistance earlier this week. The leading cryptocurrency is currently priced around $78,380, reflecting a period of consolidation despite maintaining a broader uptrend throughout April.