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Ripple bereitet sich auf monatlichen XRP-Dump vor
Ripple bereitet sich auf den monatlichen XRP-Abverkauf vor, bei dem im Februar 2025 insgesamt 300 Millionen XRP verkauft werden könnten. Diese monatlichen Freigaben von Ripple haben schon oft Auswirkungen auf den XRP-Kurs gehabt.
Neptune adds 20 BTC to Bitcoin strategy, also buys 1m DOGE
- Canadian blockchain firm Neptune Digital Assets announced it purchased 20 BTC worth almost $2 million.
- The company also bought Dogecoin, scooping the meme coin on December 27, 2024 at the average price of $0.37 per DOGE.
Neptune Digital Assets, a Canada-based blockchain firm, has announced it added 20 Bitcoin (BTC) to its holdings.
The publicly-traded company, whose operations include Bitcoin mining, staking and blockchain nodes, revealed it acquired the 20 BTC as it expanded its Bitcoin strategy between January 26 and Feb. 3, 2025.
Neptune also buys Dogecoin
According to a press release, Neptune scooped the BTC at the average price of $99,833 per coin. This means the company spent nearly $2 million to buy more of the flagship digital asset. Neptune’s total BTC holdings rose to 376 BTC with this purchase.
Neptune is one of over 60 public companies that can issue debt and use the proceeds to buy BTC. The biggest hodler among these is US-listed MicroStrategy.
Proud to be on this list 💪🏼 https://t.co/U2L2nSHbU0
— Neptune (@NeptuneDAC) November 30, 2024
Dogecoin is the other cryptocurrency to attract the blockchain firm. Per the announcement on Feb 4, the company acquired 1 million DOGE on December 27, 2024 at the average price of $0.37 per token. Neptune said it bought the meme coin via a “strategic derivative purchase.”
“As stated in previous news releases, Neptune will be acquiring additional assets, leveraging our enhanced purchasing power through the Sygnum credit line. With a strong focus on BTC, these initial acquisitions show Neptune’s commitment to its growth strategy while meticulously managing leverage risk and debt levels,” Cale Moodie, Neptune’s chief executive officer, said in a statement.
Both Bitcoin and Dogecoin have experienced sharp volatility in the past few days, with BTC and DOGE plummeting on Monday amid tariffs-driven sell-off across risk assets.
BTC fell to lows of $92k before bouncing to retest resistance above the psychological $100k level. Currently, the benchmark asset trades just above $99,400.
Meanwhile, DOGE slumped to below $0.22 and currently hovers near $0.27.
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US unions sue Treasury Department after letting Musk’s DOGE access personal financial information
- The lawsuit claims DOGE has been given “unlawful” access to personal and financial information
- The sensitive information includes names, addresses, bank details, social security numbers, birth dates, and email addresses
US union groups have sued the US Treasury and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for allowing Elon Musk’s DOGE agency to access individuals’ personal and financial information.
The Alliance for Retired Americans, American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) filed the lawsuit in a Washington, DC federal court.
All three groups are affiliated with the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), an umbrella group with over 50 unions representing over 12.5 million workers.
According to the lawsuit, within a week of being sworn in, Bessent presented DOGE-affiliated individuals with “unlawful ongoing, systematic, and continuous disclosure of personal and financial information”.
The lawsuit adds that Musk and his team had previously sought to access the Bureau’s records; however, they were rebuffed by a civil servant who has since been put on leave by Bessent.
“The scale of the intrusion into individuals’ privacy is massive and unprecedented,” the 19-page lawsuit reads. “Millions of people cannot avoid engaging in financial transactions with the federal government and, therefore, cannot avoid having their sensitive personal and financial information maintained in government records.”
The sensitive information includes names, social security numbers, birth dates and birthplaces, home addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, and bank account information.
Lawsuits filed
Following President Donald Trump’s election win in November, Trump confirmed that Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy would lead DOGE to “dismantle government bureaucracy.”
Since then, the DOGE agency, reportedly, had three lawsuits filed against it minutes after Trump was sworn in last month.
In a 30-page lawsuit, public interest law firm National Security Counselors questioned the legality of DOGE.
According to the complaint, DOGE violates the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), which requires advisory committees to follow certain rules, including allowing public involvement.
National Security Counselors state that DOGE meets the requirements to be considered a “federal advisory committee.” Yet, while similar agencies follow a “fairly balanced” representation, keep meeting records, and allow public involvement, as required by law, DOGE doesn’t.
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Trump ernennt Finanzminister zum CFPB-Chef
Scott Bessent, der seit weniger als einer Woche als US-Finanzminister im Amt ist, wird auch die Rolle des amtierenden Direktors des Consumer Financial Protection Bureau übernehmen.