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Bitcoin treasuries continue buying as price stays in $115,000 to $119,500 range

Neither the Fed meeting nor the release of the White House digital asset report did much to move bitcoin’s price.

Yaël Bizouati-Kennedy

It’s been a fairly steady week for bitcoin, which is trading in the $115,000 to $119,500 range, neither buoyed nor bothered by the Fed meeting or the release of the long-awaited White House report on digital assets.

Meanwhile, bitcoin treasury companies continue to grow their piles:

  • Strategy acquired 21,021 bitcoin for $2.46 billion and now holds 628,791 bitcoin. The company, the largest corporate bitcoin holder, is set to release its second-quarter earnings today, followed by an earnings call that will be “the most important event in the history of Strategy.”

  • Twenty One Capital raised its bitcoin holdings goal, announcing in a press release that “it expects to receive approximately 5,800 additional Bitcoin from Tether, ahead of Twenty One’s planned public listing. This brings Twenty One’s total holdings at closing to over 43,500 Bitcoin.” Despite being relatively nascent, the company is the third-largest corporate bitcoin holder.

  • Metaplanet acquired 780 bitcoin, bringing its total to 17,132.

  • Semiconductor company Sequans Communications acquired 755 bitcoin and has a total of 3,072.

  • UK-based The Smarter Web Company acquired 225 bitcoin, bringing its total to 2,050.

New names in the bitcoin game have also entered the arena:

  • Volcon rebranded to Empery Digital, “aligning its name and branding with its new BTC treasury strategy.” The company acquired 303 bitcoin and now has a total of 3,803 bitcoin. It changed its ticker for shares and will now trade on the Nasdaq under the new ticker symbol “EMPD” from “VLCN” as of today.

  • Newly rebranded Capital B (ex-The Blockchain Group) acquired 58 bitcoin. The French company now holds 2,013 bitcoin.

  • Abu Dhabi-based The Phoenix Group announced it had adopted a $150 million digital asset treasury. The company holds 514 bitcoin.

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Justin Sun sues Trump-backed World Liberty over frozen tokens

Crypto billionaire Justin Sun, owner of the world’s most expensive banana, was named an adviser to World Liberty Financial the day after investing $30 million in the project. (He’d later boost that with $45 million more.) Sun has long been a supporter of President Trump, and has not once, but twice topped a competition to amass the most $TRUMP coins. But it seems even for Sun, the gold has turned brass.

Sun announced on social media that he’s filed a lawsuit in a California federal court against the crypto project backed by Trump. 

The lawsuit alleges World Liberty engaged in an “illegal scheme to seize property” and “positioned itself as the new boogeyman” by stripping Sun of his governance rights, threatening to burn his WLFI tokens, and freezing his stash, which at times were worth $1 billion, according to the complaint dated on Tuesday. 

“I have tried in good faith to resolve this situation with the World Liberty project team without resorting to litigation,” Sun wrote in a lengthy X post on Tuesday night. “But the project team has refused my requests to unfreeze my tokens and restore my rights as a token holder. They have left me with no choice but to turn to the courts.”

The complaint also alleged that World Liberty appears to be in financial trouble, citing concerns over whether the project can repay an on-chain loan that was collateralized by using, at the time, $5 billion worth of WLFI. The token reached an all-time low less than two weeks ago.

Despite the escalation with World Liberty, Sun said the lawsuit does not change his feelings about Trump or his administration. “I have always been — and remain — an ardent supporter of President Trump and his Administration’s efforts to make America crypto friendly,” he said. 

The lawsuit alleges World Liberty engaged in an “illegal scheme to seize property” and “positioned itself as the new boogeyman” by stripping Sun of his governance rights, threatening to burn his WLFI tokens, and freezing his stash, which at times were worth $1 billion, according to the complaint dated on Tuesday. 

“I have tried in good faith to resolve this situation with the World Liberty project team without resorting to litigation,” Sun wrote in a lengthy X post on Tuesday night. “But the project team has refused my requests to unfreeze my tokens and restore my rights as a token holder. They have left me with no choice but to turn to the courts.”

The complaint also alleged that World Liberty appears to be in financial trouble, citing concerns over whether the project can repay an on-chain loan that was collateralized by using, at the time, $5 billion worth of WLFI. The token reached an all-time low less than two weeks ago.

Despite the escalation with World Liberty, Sun said the lawsuit does not change his feelings about Trump or his administration. “I have always been — and remain — an ardent supporter of President Trump and his Administration’s efforts to make America crypto friendly,” he said. 

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