During the first IPO on the European stock market, it was planned to issue about 3.5 million preferred shares of Strategy (STRE) and raise €350 million ($378 million). However, demand from European institutional investors for the company’s new shares exceeded the planned issuance volume many times over, allowing the IPO organizers to double the offering.

The U.S. government’s Bitcoin reserves have surpassed $36 billion after the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York and the Department of Justice’s Homeland Security Division seized 127,271 BTC (worth $14 billion) from a former Chinese citizen.

Since 2018, Bitcoin reserves on centralized cryptocurrency exchanges have decreased by 1.5 million BTC, now totaling just over 2.4 million coins.

CleanCore Solutions, a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, has purchased 285,420,000 DOGE for $68 million, becoming the largest holder of the meme token.

During Taipei Blockchain Week, Sora Ventures unveiled Asia’s first Bitcoin fund, aiming to purchase $1 billion worth of BTC over the next six months.

Cryptocurrency

According to bitcointreasuries.net, public companies have accumulated over 1 million BTC. The leaders in the ranking are Strategy with 636,505 BTC, MARA Holdings, Inc. with 50,639 BTC, and XXI with 43,514 BTC. The top five is rounded out by Bitcoin Standard Treasury Company with 30,021 BTC and Bullish with 24,000 BTC.

Nikolaychuk called the vast majority of cryptocurrencies volatile assets with a high level of risk, while the main principle of managing international reserves should be the security of funds. Sharp falls and jumps in the exchange rate of crypto assets can reduce the total volume of reserves, Nikolaychuk explained.

Ethereum’s rise above $4,600 appears to have boosted confidence in ETH’s long-term success from one of Wall Street’s most vocal cryptocurrency advocates.

The total number of coins now on Metaplanet’s balance sheet has reached 18,991 BTC. They are currently valued at $1.95 billion at an average price of $102,712 per bitcoin.

Philippine congressman Miguel Villafuerte wants to establish a state Bitcoin fund worth $1.1 billion.

Institutional investors remain surprisingly optimistic about Bitcoin, deploying capital to buy every time the cryptocurrency’s price declines.

Metaplanet Inc (TYO:3350) announced on Tuesday that it had purchased an additional 518 bitcoins, bringing the total holdings of the Japanese hotel company—now refocused on cryptocurrency investments—to 118,113 coins.

Over the past month, large investors and companies have accumulated more than 1.035 million ETH worth $4.167 billion. Interestingly, the large-scale purchases coincided with the rise of the leading altcoin’s price from $2,600 to over $4,000.

Block Inc., led by Jack Dorsey, increased its Bitcoin reserves by 108 BTC in Q2, bringing the company’s total corporate holdings to 8,692 BTC. According to the 10-Q report filed with the SEC, total revenue reached $6.05 billion, up 1.5% from the previous quarter, while gross profit rose by 8.2% to $2.54 billion.

Exchanges

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has published its 33rd PoR report, covering July 2025. According to the data, the platform increased its Bitcoin reserves by 17,167 BTC, bringing the total user holdings to 591,163 BTC — a 2.99% rise compared to the previous month.

Pharmaceutical company MEI Pharma has purchased 929,548 Litecoin (LTC) worth $100 million, becoming the first publicly traded U.S. company to adopt Litecoin as its primary treasury reserve asset.