The U.S. Treasury sanctioned a Russian network for buying stolen government cyber tools with crypto and reselling them, the first action under the Protecting American Intellectual Property Act.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recently pressed lawmakers to act on stalled crypto legislation, saying the United States must secure clear market structure rules before the end of the spring legislative window.
Metaplanet is overhauling its capital structure with new MARS and MERCURY preferred shares to raise $150 million for accelerating its bitcoin-treasury strategy while minimizing dilution to common shareholders.