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A dormant Bitcoin wallet funded in September 2013 moved 411.45 BTC worth roughly $33.4 million on Sunday. Galaxy Research tagged the address as Noah Doe #970, part of a New York lawsuit involving 39,069 dormant addresses. The transfer challenges the plaintiffs' claim that these wallets qualify as abandoned property under state law.
Japanese Bitcoin firm Metaplanet secures a 93.7% ownership stake in Nasdaq-listed Super League via a deal involving 2,100 Bitcoin and $2.5 million cash. The transaction grants Metaplanet control over the company, which plans to rebrand as Superplanet and adopt the ticker SUPA to access US capital markets for financing Bitcoin purchases.
Bitcoin treasury company Strive purchased 4,045 Bitcoin for approximately $335 million between Oct. 12-16, bringing total holdings to 36,818 BTC. This move pushes Strive past MARA Holdings as the fourth-largest publicly traded corporate BTC holder with reserves valued at approximately $3 billion.
Mesh partners with Visa to let users spend crypto and stablecoin balances at over 175 million merchant locations without a separate card. The integration handles funding and conversion behind the scenes. Mesh raised $130 million in August 2025 and hit unicorn status in January.
Google announced Gemini 4 Argon on September 30, 2026, initially for vetted defenders before public API access on October 13. The model features a 1,048,576 token window with introductory pricing of $2.00 and $10.00 per million tokens until November 30, 2026, when standard rates of $4.00 and $20.00 apply.
Bitmine Immersion Technologies added 12,535 ETH worth about $30 million on Monday, raising total holdings to 6,041,481 ETH valued at roughly $14.3 billion. This purchase marks 99% of the way to its 5% supply target, reached in just 15 months since June 30, 2025, despite market weakness.
JPMorgan launches its dollar deposit token on the Ethereum blockchain for institutional clients on Monday. The platform processes cumulative transactions worth upward of $4 trillion and moves $7 billion a day on average. Access is limited to approved holders.