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Pantera Capital Urges London-Listed Satsuma to Offload $50 Million Bitcoin Treasury

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Key Takeaways: Pantera Capital is pressing LSE-listed Satsuma Technology to sell $50M in bitcoin. Satsuma raised $218M in a Pantera-backed round in 2025, with over $125M of the total settled in bitcoin. The push follows a 99% drop in non-Strategy bitcoin treasury purchases from its August 2025 peak. Backer Turns Against His Own Investment Satsuma Technology, which trades on the London Stock Exchange, raised $218 million in an oversubscribed convertible note round in 2025, with Pantera Capital among its key backers alongside ParaFi, Kraken, and DCG. The round was partly…

TMX Moves to Acquire Cboe’s Canada and Australia Exchanges in $300 Million Deal

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TMX Group has agreed to acquire the Australia and Canada exchange businesses of Cboe Global Markets in a US$300 million deal. The transaction covers Cboe Australia and Cboe Canada and is subject to regulatory approvals in both countries. The two businesses are expected to close in separate transactions once approvals are completed. Singapore Summit: Meet the largest APAC brokers you know (and those you still don’t!). The deal reverses Cboe’s earlier expansion into Canadian equities market infrastructure. The company built its presence through acquisitions including NEO and MATCHNow, positioning itself…

Volo Protocol Loses $3.5 Million in Sui Blockchain Exploit, Blocks WBTC Bridge Attempt – Bitcoin News

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Key Takeaways: Volo Protocol lost $3.5 million from three Sui-based vaults on April 21, 2026, following a compromised admin private key. GoPlus Security and ExVul confirmed a privileged operator key breach, not a flaw in Volo’s audited smart contracts. Volo blocked the attacker’s 19.6 WBTC bridge attempt and is absorbing all losses, with vaults frozen pending post-mortem. Volo Protocol $3.5M Security Breach: What Happened on the Sui Blockchain The attack drained three vaults holding wrapped bitcoin (WBTC), tokenized gold asset XAUm from Matrixdock, and USDC. Independent breakdowns placed the losses…

BlackRock adds $900 million in Bitcoin as ETF demand rises

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BlackRock has added more than $900 million worth of Bitcoin over five days, according to data cited by Arkham Intelligence.  Summary BlackRock purchased over $900 million in Bitcoin across five days as ETF demand accelerated sharply. The asset manager accounted for more than 90% of weekly Bitcoin ETF market inflows. Falling exchange Bitcoin reserves continued to fuel supply shock concerns as institutional accumulation gained pace. The purchases came as demand for Bitcoin investment products increased across the market. The buying activity made BlackRock the largest contributor to weekly inflows in…

Kelp DAO Exploiter Allegedly Laundered $80 Million in ETH Through THORChain

An onchain analyst – with subsequent corroboration from blockchain investigator ZachXBT, who flagged specific laundering paths via Telegram – has determined that the wallet associated with the Kelp DAO exploit is actively routing approximately $80 million worth of ETH through THORChain, a permissionless cross-chain liquidity protocol, with ZachXBT identifying early movements of roughly $1.5 million across three THORChain transactions and an additional $78,000 routed via Umbra, and the laundering activity driving THORChain’s 24-hour swap volume to $394 million – approximately eleven times its typical daily volume of under $35 million…

Strategy Could Reach 1 Million Bitcoin by Late 2026; River Notes STRC Inflows Dwarf ETF Net Gains

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Key Takeaways: Strategy acquired 34,164 BTC for $2.54 billion on April 20, 2026, bringing total holdings to 815,061 coins. River data shows STRC preferred stock proceeds outpaced all spot Bitcoin ETF net inflows by nearly 10 to 1. At the current daily pace of 774 BTC, Strategy is projected to reach 1,000,000 Bitcoin by December 15, 2026. River Says Strategy’s STRC Financing Outperforms Bitcoin ETFs Ten to One in 2026 The bitcoin treasury company Strategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) disclosed the purchase in an April 20 SEC filing. The 34,164 BTC cost…

Bitcoin ETFs Add $238 Million, Mark Fifth Straight Day of Inflows

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Key Takeaways: Bitcoin ETFs added $238.37 million, with Blackrock’s IBIT sustaining the five-day inflow streak with a $256 million addition. Ether ETFs gained $67.77 million for an eighth straight day of inflows, despite outflows from Grayscale’s ETHE. XRP added $3 million and Solana $3.28 million, signaling broader ETF momentum across board. Crypto ETFs Stay Green as Bitcoin, Ether ETFs See Strong Inflows to Start Week Momentum carried straight into the new week. No hesitation. No pause. Crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) opened Monday, April 20, with another coordinated push higher, extending…

BitMine’s ETH Treasury Nears 5 Million Tokens as Crypto and Cash Holdings Hit $12.9B

Bitmine Immersion Technologies disclosed on April 19, 2026 that its Ethereum treasury stands at 4,976,485 ETH – valued at $2,301 per token – with total crypto and cash holdings aggregating to $12.9 billion, up from the $10.7 billion reported in the company’s March 30 disclosure when holdings reached 4.732 million ETH. The increase reflects both continued accumulation and ETH price appreciation since that filing. At 4.12% of the total ETH supply of 120.7 million tokens, the position places Bitmine within 23,515 ETH of its stated ‘Alchemy of 5%’ target –…

Polymarket in Talks to Raise $400 Million at $15 Billion Valuation: Report – Bitcoin News

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Key Takeaways: Polymarket is reportedly in advanced talks to raise $400 million at a $15 billion valuation, per The Information. ICE has already invested over $1.6 billion in Polymarket since October 2025, building on an $8 billion pre-money deal. Polymarket hit a record $10.57 billion in monthly trading volume in March 2026, with expansion capital next. Polymarket Seeks $400M Funding Round, According to The Information Sources The Information report cited people familiar with the matter and noted that the round has not been finalized, meaning terms could still change. Polymarket…

Vercel Confirms Breach as Hacker Demands $2 Million Ransom

Vercel, the web hosting and deployment platform that serves as front-end infrastructure for a material share of the crypto and Web3 ecosystem, confirmed on April 19, 2026, that an attacker gained access to internal environments through a compromised employee Google Workspace account, itself the downstream result of a third-party OAuth breach at Context.ai, an AI productivity tool, with a threat actor subsequently demanding $2 million in ransom and posting alleged Vercel access keys, source code, API tokens, and a file containing approximately 580 employee records on a hacking forum, while…