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A BULLISH SIGNAL… MIXED WITH MARKET CHAOS

Happy Friday. It has been a loaded week in crypto. A Japanese firm added thousands more bitcoin to its balance sheet even as its stock slides; a coalition of financial giants just launched a stablecoin built for the internet economy; nearly 1,700 UK investors are taking Binance to court; and the president's own crypto income numbers are turning heads in Washington. Grab your coffee; here is everything you need to know.

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Metaplanet buys 2,823 more BTC, still chasing 100,000 by year-end

Metaplanet added 2,823 bitcoin in Q2, pushing its total holdings to 43,000 BTC. The purchases were funded mostly through debt and bonds rather than new stock. Despite the accumulation, shares have fallen nearly 49% year to date, and the CEO has floated the idea of buybacks if the stock keeps trading below the value of its bitcoin. The company still needs roughly 57,000 more BTC this year to hit its 100,000 target.

 Visa, Stripe, and 140 others just launched a new stablecoin

Over 140 companies, including Visa, Mastercard, Coinbase, Google, Stripe, and BlackRock, unveiled Open USD, a dollar-pegged stablecoin issued by a new company called Open Standard. There are no minting fees, and reserve earnings are shared with partners instead of staying with a single issuer. The board is made up of network partners rather than one controlling entity, which several executives called a major differentiator. Open USD is expected to go live later this year.

Nearly 1,700 UK investors sue Binance for 200 million dollars

A group of British investors filed suit in London against Binance and founder Changpeng Zhao, claiming the exchange sold high risk derivatives to retail customers without regulatory authorization, even after the FCA banned the practice in 2021. Individual losses reportedly ran into the tens of thousands of pounds. The case lands just as Binance's EU licensing path runs into trouble, and lawyers say the number of claimants could still grow.

Trump's crypto income hit 1.4 billion dollars in 2025

President Trump's newly filed financial disclosure shows more than 1.4 billion dollars in crypto income for 2025, now outpacing his real estate earnings. The figure includes 635 million dollars in meme coin royalties and nearly 800 million dollars tied to World Liberty Financial. He also disclosed personally holding over 50 million dollars in bitcoin. Critics say the numbers raise fresh conflict of interest questions.

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