The contracts traded just 1.6% apart on average when both markets were active, and traded near $92 and $94 most recently, translating to a more than 300% upside from the IPO price. That fourfold premium also means Unitree could have a blockbuster debut and still leave leveraged bulls nursing steep losses. “Unitree can open at […]
Archives for August 15, 2026
Swiss mega-bank UBS ramps up its Bitcoin exposure with a massive 24-fold surge in ETF call options
Banking giant UBS, with over $7 trillion in assets under management, has reported a more than 24-fold quarterly increase in call option exposure tied to BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) in the second quarter. That increase, which gives it the right to acquire IBIT shares at a later date at a set price, came as […]
Why the world’s second-largest Bitcoin mining power is shutting down rigs in its capital city
Crypto mining was banned in Moscow, the surrounding Moscow Region and parts of Kursk, with the restrictions set to run through Dec. 31, 2032. The measure, established under government decree No. 936, also prohibits participation in crypto mining pools. The decree was signed on July 25 and published on July 31, local media reports. Russia […]
Paul Tudor Jones’ investment firm increases stake in BlackRock’s bitcoin ETF after year of selling
Tudor Investment, founded by billionaire investor Paul Tudor Jones, increased its direct stake in BlackRock’s spot bitcoin ETF in the second quarter while cutting its reported call option position in the fund by 85%. The firm held 688,529 shares of the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT), valued at $22.9 million as of June 30, according […]
The $11.2 billion in 2026 funding that killed crypto’s permissionless era
In the first six months of 2026, the crypto industry raised $11.2 billion. Not one dollar of it went to the permissionless, ungoverned experiments that digital assets were supposed to be built on. “There is an irony at the heart of crypto, and it took an $11.2 billion dataset to make it obvious,” said Dubai-based […]
Clarity survives (barely), Strategy sells and the untold story of Mastercard’s $1.8 billion deal: Crypto’s week in 5 stories
That may happen. But last week showed that right now, institutions are choosing selectively. Grayscale dropped plans for ETFs tied to Cardano, Polkadot and Hedera. None of the proposed products became effective, and no securities were sold. Tokenization also got a reality check. Securitize shares fell 20% after its first earnings report as a public […]
Wall Street’s private blockchain obsession is a ‘race to the bottom,’ Ethereum advocate Raman warns
Similar systems, however, have been around the blockchain space for years in one form or another. Early adopters may recall the reams of banks that joined R3’s consortium effort back in 2016, for example, or the many enterprise players that flocked to the Linux-affiliated Hyperledger ecosystem. R3 didn’t make it to the end of the […]
