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Metaplanet shareholders are seeking to cancel roughly 273 million potential shares added to an executive options pool that grew from 46 million to 319 million as the company issued equity to finance Bitcoin purchases.
NYPD memos sent to Homeland Security warn that Meta’s smart glasses could be used for covert filming inside jails and police facilities, Decrypt reports. The documents highlight potential privacy and surveillance concerns around the devices.
Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich addressed shareholder concerns, acknowledging that the company had not adequately explained its structure. He also denied involvement in MMXX Ventures’ trading decisions, but shareholders say key questions remain unanswered.
CryptoSlate reviews Bitcoin price models ranging from halving-based scarcity and on-chain metrics to power-law charts and AI systems, focusing on the risk that increasingly complex approaches may memorize historical market noise.
CryptoSlate reports that perpetual contracts are moving from Bitcoin toward possible U.S. oil-market use, with a regulator seeking lawsuit dismissal and reported WTI plans testing the boundaries of American financial markets.
Bitcoin’s correlation with gold has reached a six-year high, Bitcoin Magazine reports, as concerns over currency debasement and confidence in the U.S. dollar shape trading in both assets.
Crypto recovery specialists reportedly accessed a wallet thought to be worth $1 billion, but found only $10. The case shows that restoring wallet access does not guarantee the recovery of valuable crypto assets.
Mamdani has imposed a one-year moratorium on generative AI in New York City schools, affecting nearly 600,000 students. Five named vendors will continue metered pilot programs in high schools, according to Decrypt.
Bitfinex Securities listed five tokenized equity-backed notes linked to Strategy and Metaplanet. Issued through Luxembourg’s ORO II fund, the notes trade against dollars, USDT and Bitcoin for eligible non-US investors.
CoinDesk’s Aug. 31 briefing linked a U.S. debt metric to a stronger bullish case for bitcoin, but the supplied material does not identify the metric, provide its reading, or quantify its market implications.
Bitcoin faces a fresh macro test as Fed Chair Kevin Warsh points to sticky inflation metrics. ETF inflows and larger Treasury buybacks may reduce volatility, but CryptoSlate says they cannot substitute for disinflation.
Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich said at Bitcoin Asia that changing regulations and Asian demand for places to allocate cash could strengthen Bitcoin’s opportunity in the Far East, according to Bitcoin Magazine.
Meta is testing robots in its data centers while expanding AI infrastructure. The company says it needs more skilled workers, but employees fear automation could reduce or eliminate some existing roles.
Bitcoin profitability data has generated a reversal signal previously seen at the start of its 2023 recovery. The CryptoQuant CEO says the pattern suggests Bitcoin’s bear market may be over.
