The fresh debt draw shows how Metaplanet is using both debt and preferred equity to accelerate Bitcoin purchases and income-generation strategies. Tokyo-listed Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet has drawn another $130 million in Bitcoin-backed credit, expanding its use of collateralized borrowing to accelerate BTC purchases, income-generation strategies and potential share buybacks. On Tuesday, Metaplanet disclosed it executed the loan on Friday under a previously announced credit facility. The borrowing forms part of the company’s $500 million credit line, which allows it to raise short-term liquidity using its Bitcoin (BTC) as collateral. With the fresh capital, the company has now drawn $230 million in cumulative loans from the facility, up from the $100 million disclosed for an earlier Oct. 31 credit pull. Read more
A suspected airdrop farmer burned through their entire $112,000 of MON rewards in hundreds of failed transaction attempts. A crypto airdrop farmer lost more than $112,000 in newly issued tokens by burning the entire reward on failed blockchain transactions. In crypto, a professional airdrop farmer (or squatter) is a person who interacts with emerging protocols solely for the airdrop rewards, often using multiple wallets to compound the rewards. Cryptocurrency wallet 0x7f4 received about $112,700 worth of Monad (MON) tokens as a reward for activity leading up to the launch. Read more
Strike CEO Jack Mallers said JPMorgan closed his accounts without explanation, reigniting fears of Operation Chokepoint 2.0 and renewed pressure on crypto companies. Banking giant JPMorgan Chase’s decision to cut ties with the CEO of Bitcoin payments company Strike is reigniting concerns about a renewed wave of US “debanking,” an issue that haunted the crypto industry during the 2023 banking turmoil. Jack Mallers, CEO of the Bitcoin (BTC) Lightning Network payments company Strike, said Sunday on X that JPMorgan closed his personal accounts without explanation. “Last month, J.P. Morgan Chase threw me out of the bank,” Mallers wrote. “Every time I asked them why, they said the same thing: We aren’t allowed to tell you.” Read more