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Peter Schiff has once again taken aim at Bitcoin (BTC) and its biggest corporate supporter, Strategy. In a recent post on X, formerly known as Twitter, the economist warned that the “biggest regret Strategy shareholders will have is not selling.” Peter Schiff Warns Strategy Shareholders of Looming Collapse Schiff, a longtime critic of Bitcoin, suggests
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MicroStrategy 2.0:- Bitcoin’s significance as a strategic asset has grown significantly. Today only it surpassed Google’s market cap to become the fifth-largest asset with $1.862 trillion in market value.
As it continues to rally and push further, major investment firms are continuing to scale their Bitcoin Acquisition strategy.
Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy, now rebranded as Michael Saylor, has been accumulating Bitcoin since 2020. As of April 2024, the company holds 214,400 Bitcoins. It has now become the world’s largest corporate holders of Bitcoin, its primary treasury reserve asset.
In a move attempting to create its alternative,US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s son has also jumped into it. His son, Brandon Lutnick, has partnered with Tether, Bitfinex and SoftBank to form a MicroStrategy rival – 21 Capital.
The influential wall street figure, Brandon Lutnick, currently serves as the Chairman of Cantor Fitzgeral, LP. As per the Financial Times report, Lutnick’s new SPAC venture, 21 Capital, will be sponsored by Cantor only.
Cantor, the investment banking firm, has created a black check company, Cantor Equity Partners, to drive the operations of this new crypto venture.
It had reportedly raised $200 million in January and plans to recieve $3 bn in Bitcoin from its partners. The trio consortium of its partner includes Tether and Bitfinex, SoftBank. Each will contribute:
1. 1.5 bn of BTC – Tether
2. $900 mn of BTC – SoftBank
3. $600mn of BTC – Bitfinex
On Tuesday, Bitcoin Price surpassed $91,000 – for the first time since March 2. Going by its current price, number of Bitcoins 21 Capital will see in contributions will be roughly around;
1. Tether: $1.5 billion / $91,000 – 16,484 BTC
2. SoftBank: $900 million / $91,000 – 9,890 BTC
3. Bitfinex: $600 million / $91,000 – 6,593 BTC
Once merged, 21 Capital will convert its bitcoin holdings into publicly traded shares priced at $10 each. In the share-issuance calculation, it will value Bitcoin at $85,000 per coin for public investors.
According to 21 Capital, this will lower the barrier to large-scale bitcoin exposure without direct crypto custody unlike MicoStrategy. Its share-pricing formula does highlights the vehicle’s bullish long-term outlook on bitcoin’s price trajectory.
Lutnick’s investment vehicle, 21 Capital, has been dubbed as “MicroStrategy 2.0”. This is because of its aim to replicate MicroStrategy’s treasury-bitcoin accumulation strategy at institutional scale.
MicroStrategy pioneered the corporate-treasury-bitcoin model in 2020. It raised capital via debt and equity to amass over 528,000 bitcoins at an average cost of $66,385 each.
21 Capital seeks to replicate and scale this playbook. It aims to use convertible bonds and private-placement equity alongside its SPAC proceeds. As per the information available, it is expecting to raise $350 million in convertible bonds and a separate $200 million private equity for its BTC purchase. placement
However, this is mirroring MicroStrategy’s own “21/21 Plan”. It targets $42 billion in combined equity and fixed-income raises over three years. On the surface, ‘Strategy’ of both the firms may appear the same, but in the long term, it is the execution that will determine its fate.
Executing bitcoin acquisition strategy on a large-scale comes with certain financial risks. Despite booming Bitcoin gains, MicoStrategy has reported four consecutive quarterly net losses, including a $1.17 billion loss in fiscal 2024,
Though its bold strategy has earned the firm NASDAQ-100 inclusion, success of such firms is subject to market volatility.
There’s a growing spree in the development of such firms. Recently, Kraken Executives acquired Janover to push their acquisition strategy but for Solana.
Thus, the fortune of 21 Capital will be directly tied to the long-term price trajectory of Bitcoin. If bullish, its boon. But if bearish for long-term, it can doom.
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Coinbase announced Verified Pools, a new service intended to attract institutional users. These liquidity pools will offer clients a secure way to take advantage of high efficiency and native on-chain infrastructure.
Liquidity pools, in general, offer many of the same advantages, but they do not have sufficient security assurances for major institutions. The exchange hopes to provide security and confidence with proactive measures like KYC and sanctions screening.
Coinbase, one of the largest crypto exchanges in the US, has been actively expanding its services under the current pro-regulatory shift.
Today, the exchange announced the introduction of Verified Pools, an institutional-grade service to enhance on-chain trades and swaps.
“Verified Pools is a curated selection of liquidity pools available only with the Coinbase Verifications credential. Verified Pools is the next step in Coinbase’s commitment to advancing the onchain ecosystem and generating the next wave of onchain adoption,” the firm claimed via social media.
Coinbase’s Verified Pools hope to solve an important issue for institutional investors in the crypto space.
Specifically, how can retail users or traditional institutions participate in DeFi despite significant barriers around compliance, counterparty risk, and operational complexity?
Sketchy exchanges and business practices are epidemic in the industry, and these institutions need real assurances.
Through Verified Pools, Coinbase addresses several of these concerns. It ensures that all participants of a liquidity pool are identity-verified using Coinbase’s verification system
The whole platform is powered by Base, Coinbase’s Ethereum-centric L2 blockchain solution. This means that the service is natively on-chain and can benefit from smooth transactions while ensuring security, transparency, and accountability.
Verified Pools offer a few other attractive features for Coinbase’s institutional clients. For example, the pools are non-custodial, allowing users to maintain control over their assets.
In the main, however, the exchange is trying to offer liquidity pools with all their advantages to institutional traders, which is uncommon. The main benefits are inherent to pools in general.
In short, Coinbase’s Verified Pools can offer liquidity, efficiency, and transparency while prioritizing user security and confidence. Moving forward, the exchange plans to expand asset coverage and trading pairs, integrate more DEX aggregators, offer the service in more countries, and more.
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The Open Network (TON) has emerged as a top contender in the highly anticipated 2025 crypto altseason. Toncoin (TON), a large-cap altcoin with a fully diluted valuation of about $16 billion and a 24-hour average trading volume of around $114 million, has experienced low bearish sentiment in the recent past, signaling a potential momentum shift.
The vast integration of the TON ecosystem with the Telegram messaging platform has helped attract new customers. Furthermore, TON price has depicted extremely small price correlation with Bitcoin (BTC) price action, thus acting as a reliable alternative altcoin.
Most importantly, only 20 percent of TON coin holders are currently in profit signaling a high chance of bullish sentiment ahead.
YTD, TON price has been trapped in a falling logarithmic trend, but the bottom has likely happened. In the daily timeframe, TON price has been forming a potential reversal pattern, characterized by double bottom coupled by a rising divergence of the Relative Strength Index (RSI).
Additionally, the daily MACD indicator has signaled bullish sentiment, especially after crossing above the zero line again.
In case of further bullish sentiment, TON price is well positioned to rally towards the next liquidity range between $4.6 and $7.2. However, TON price must consistently close above the daily logarithmic trend to invalidate further market correction.
The Open Network has grown to a robust blockchain ecosystem with more than 400 node validators who have over 700k staked assets. As of this writing the TON network had a total value locked of about $138 million and a stablecoins market cap of about $1 billion.
The TON network is expected to grow exponentially in the coming months, backed by top-tier web3 venture capitals and global liquidity expansion.
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The significant cash inflows to the TON network from institutional investors will bolster bullish sentiment. The TON/USD pair has not yet broken out of crucial resistance levels to kickstart a fresh bull rally. The Open Network (TON) has emerged as a top contender in the highly anticipated 2025 crypto altseason. Toncoin (TON), a large-cap altcoin …