📦 Metaplanet’s $238M BTC buy

What we’ll cover today:

📦 Metaplanet’s $238M BTC buy (yes, again)

🚓 UK scammers sentenced after £1.5M crypto fraud

📉 Bitcoin ETF inflows crash 65% after holiday week

🤡 Trump’s new bill skips crypto tax clarity (ouch)

Japan’s MicroStrategy? 🇯🇵🪙

Japanese firm Metaplanet is going all in on Bitcoin, now just steps behind top corporate holders like Riot Platforms.

🚨Breaking News:
Metaplanet just bought 2,205 more BTC for $237.9M, bringing its total stash to 15,555 BTC, and counting.

⚡Wire Simplified –

• They’ve spent $1.6B so far to buy Bitcoin, mostly through bonds and stock warrants

• Their BTC yield in Q2 was 129.4%. (Yes, triple digits!)

• The goal? 30,000 BTC this year, 210,000 BTC by 2027

• That’s about 1% of Bitcoin’s total supply

• They're now only 4,000 BTC away from overtaking Riot Platforms

✔️Straight to the Point:
Metaplanet is stacking Bitcoin like Pokémon cards. If they keep this up, they’ll be a top 3 holder soon.

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Cold Callers Get Cold Cells ☎️🚔

Two UK men, Raymondip Bedi and Patrick Mavanga, just got jailed for running a crypto scam via cold calls. Yikes.

🚨Breaking News:
They scammed over £1.5M from 65+ investors, pushing fake crypto services. Both are now serving a combined 12 years.

⚡Wire Simplified –

• The scam ran from 2017 to 2019 under companies like CCX Capital and Astaria Group LLP

• Victims were promised juicy crypto returns, but it was all smoke and mirrors

• Charges included fraud, money laundering, fake IDs, and more

• Confiscation is ongoing to get back stolen money

• The FCA is now cracking down on “finfluencers” and shady crypto promotions

✔️Straight to the Point:
Crypto scams are getting real world consequences. This sends a clear message: fake calls = real jail time.

ETF Fever Cooling Off? 📉📊

After a $2.2B inflow week, U.S. Bitcoin ETFs saw a 65% drop as investors felt meh post July 4th.

🚨Breaking News:
Weekly Bitcoin ETF inflows dropped to $769.6M, with Grayscale seeing outflows as traders paused post rally and post Trump budget bill.

⚡Wire Simplified –

• Monday started strong, but Tuesday had $342M in outflows. Volatility was real

• BlackRock, Fidelity, and Ark led the pack in inflows

• Strong U.S. jobs report crushed hopes of a July rate cut

• Trump’s new budget bill disappointed crypto fans, no tax relief for staking or mining

• Bitcoin dropped briefly but rebounded after a surprise Trump ASEAN trade deal

✔️Straight to the Point:
Bitcoin ETFs took a breather. Blame holiday vibes, profit taking, and no crypto tax perks in Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill.