the daily grind — Strategy (MicroStrategy)The largest corporate holder of Bitcoin. Operates an aggressive ATM and convertible debt programme to acquire BTC.https://news.cryptogrind.com/en-usItaly's $1 Trillion Bank Doubled Its Crypto Bet to $235M — and Completely Dumped Solanahttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/intesa-sanpaolo-235m-crypto-dumped-solana/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/intesa-sanpaolo-235m-crypto-dumped-solana/Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy's largest bank with ~$1 trillion in assets, more than doubled its crypto exposure from $100M to $235M in Q1 2026, added Ethereum and XRP for the first time, bought Bitcoin call options — and slashed its Solana position by 99%.Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTinstitutional-adoptionbitcoinethereumsolanabanksbreaking-newsHyperliquid Just Killed Its Own Stablecoin — and Handed the Keys to Coinbasehttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/hyperliquid-kills-usdh-coinbase-usdc-5-billion-treasury/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/hyperliquid-kills-usdh-coinbase-usdc-5-billion-treasury/Less than a year after launching USDH, Hyperliquid is sunsetting its native stablecoin and making Coinbase the official treasury deployer for $5 billion in USDC. The hottest DeFi exchange just went full centralized on its settlement layer.Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTdefistablecoinshyperliquidcoinbaseusdcbreaking-newsKraken's Banker Was Allegedly Running a Ponzi Scheme With Client Funds — And Covered It Up for a Yearhttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/kraken-etana-25m-ponzi-custody-fraud/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/kraken-etana-25m-ponzi-custody-fraud/Kraken's parent Payward just sued its former custodian Etana for misappropriating $25 million in client funds in what it calls a 'Ponzi-like' scheme. Etana allegedly stalled withdrawals with fake reconciliation issues while plugging holes with new deposits.Mon, 04 May 2026 12:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsenforcementfraudkrakencustodylawsuitdefiPump.fun Just Lit $370 Million on Fire — and the Community Is Furioushttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/pumpfun-370m-burn-pump-token-backlash/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/pumpfun-370m-burn-pump-token-backlash/Pump.fun burned 36% of PUMP's entire circulating supply overnight — $370M vaporized in two transactions. Then came the twist: those tokens were supposed to be airdrops. Now Solana's biggest meme coin launchpad is at war with its own community.Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newssolanamemecoinsdefitokenomicspump-funUS Traders Have Been Using Illegal Offshore Exchanges for Crypto Perps for Years. That Ended Today.https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/kalshi-polymarket-crypto-perps-us-regulated/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/kalshi-polymarket-crypto-perps-us-regulated/Kalshi launched CFTC-regulated Bitcoin perpetual futures on April 27 — and Polymarket panicked and launched theirs first to beat them. The race to own America's $100B crypto derivatives market is on.Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsderivativesregulationcftckalshipolymarketdefimarketsThe Weekly Grind (Apr 21–Apr 27): $606M DeFi Hack Frenzy & U.S. Crypto Derivatives Racehttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/2026-04-27-weekly-roundup/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/2026-04-27-weekly-roundup/DeFi hacks hit $606M in 18 days, while Kalshi and Polymarket battle for the U.S. crypto derivatives market.Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMTweekly-roundupDeFicrypto-derivativesstablecoinsAIOne Publicly Traded Company Now Owns 4% of All Ethereum — and Is 24,000 Tokens from 5%https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitmine-bmnr-4-percent-eth-supply-staking/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitmine-bmnr-4-percent-eth-supply-staking/Bitmine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: BMNR) has quietly amassed 4.976 million ETH worth $12.9B, staked 70% of it through Coinbase Prime, and is now printing $221M a year in staking rewards — on autopilot.Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsethereuminstitutionalstakingmarketsOne Company Now Controls More Bitcoin Than BlackRock — And It Just Bought $2.54 Billion Morehttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/strategy-815k-btc-blackrock-surpassed/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/strategy-815k-btc-blackrock-surpassed/Strategy's 815,061 BTC hoard just eclipsed BlackRock's ETF holdings after a record $2.54B single purchase. Michael Saylor says he's not done.Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbitcoininstitutionalstrategymichael-saylorbreaking-newsOne Company Now Owns 4% of All Ethereum — And It's Listing on the NYSE Tomorrowhttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitmine-4-percent-ethereum-supply-nyse-uplisting/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitmine-4-percent-ethereum-supply-nyse-uplisting/Bitmine Immersion Technologies quietly accumulated 4.8 million ETH, staked 3.3 million of it, and is now uplisting to the NYSE. The MicroStrategy of Ethereum just went mainstream.Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsethereuminstitutionalstakingtreasurycorporate-cryptojobsStrategy Just Lost $14.5 Billion on Paper — and Bought $330M More Bitcoin Anywayhttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/strategy-microstrategy-14-billion-bitcoin-loss-q1/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/strategy-microstrategy-14-billion-bitcoin-loss-q1/MicroStrategy's rebranded successor posted the largest Q1 Bitcoin loss since 2018, then spent another $330 million on BTC the following week. This is what conviction looks like — or what it costs.Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsbitcoinstrategymicrostrategyinstitutionalmarketshiringSpaceX Just Filed for the Largest IPO in History. It's Bringing 8,285 Bitcoin With It.https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/spacex-ipo-bitcoin-treasury-crypto-jobs/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/spacex-ipo-bitcoin-treasury-crypto-jobs/SpaceX has confidentially filed for a $1.75 trillion IPO — potentially the biggest public offering ever. Its Bitcoin treasury is about to go fully transparent, and the ripple effects for crypto hiring are massive.Wed, 01 Apr 2026 22:30:00 GMTspacexbitcoinipoelon-muskcrypto-treasurybreaking-newshiring