The new launch expands IG’s existing cryptocurrency offering, as the company has previously offered crypto-based contracts for difference. IG Group, a United Kingdom-listed trading and financial services company, is launching cryptocurrency trading to retail investors, expanding its footprint in the digital assets space. IG customers can now access 31 crypto assets, including Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), XRP (XRP) and a variety of altcoins and memecoins such as Bonk (BONK), the company said in an announcement shared with Cointelegraph on June 2. IG previously offered cryptocurrency exposure through contracts for difference (CFDs), but this marks a direct entry into spot crypto trading Read more
Expur, one of the largest vegetable oil and biodiesel producers in Romania, in 2024 reported RON1.8 billion turnover, down 2% from 2023. But the company switched to profit, with a RON76 million net result, from a RON103 million loss in 2023.
Poultry manufacturer Safir has a spectacular year in 2024. The company posted RON14 million profit, three times higher than in 2023, in line with ZF calculations based on Finance Ministry data. Thus, 2024 was the most profitable year in the company’s over three-decade history.
Orange Cap Games has acquired the Moonbirds, Mythics and Oddities NFT collections from Yuga Labs, just a year after the NFT conglomerate acquired them. Crypto gaming startup Orange Cap Games (OCG) has acquired the intellectual property of the Ethereum-based non-fungible token collection Moonbirds from Yuga Labs. OCG said on May 30 that it bought the Moonbirds, Mythics and Oddities NFT collections from Yuga, but did not disclose details or pricing of the deal. It comes a little over a year after Yuga acquired the three collections when it took over the company that created them, PROOF, in February. Read more
ZachXBT says both the wallet addresses that sent Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht 300 Bitcoin were active in 2014 and 2019 while he was in prison. Ross Ulbricht’s recent receipt of 300 Bitcoin is from “questionable sources,” but it’s unlikely to be a case where he donated it to himself, says blockchain researcher ZachXBT. Ulbricht, who founded the infamous online black market Silk Road, received 300 Bitcoin (BTC), worth $31.4 million, to his wallet that was soliciting donations, Blockchain analytics firm Lookonchain said in a June 1 post to X. The funds came from wallets using a centralized mixing service called Jambler, which led some social media users to speculate, without evidence, that the funds could be Ulbricht’s profits from the Silk Road, which he might have hidden away before he was nabbed by authorities and sent to prison. Read more
Meta shareholders shut down a proposal to assess whether Bitcoin should be added to its balance sheet, with just 0.08% of votes in favor of the idea. Meta shareholders have overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to assess whether the tech giant should add Bitcoin to its balance sheet. A “Bitcoin treasury assessment” proposal put before shareholders received 3.92 million votes in favor — a mere 0.08% of the total — while nearly 5 billion voters decided against the measure, a May 28 regulatory filing shows. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg controls 61% of the company’s voting power, according to an April regulatory statement, which could indicate that he voted against the proposal. Read more