50 antivirus and PC security terms everyone should know
Internet security is a complex topic even for experts in the field, and for average people the terminology can be downright confusing. While you may not need to know every technical term out there, having a working vocabulary of basic terms can help you stay informed enough to protect yourself against major threats…
Internet security is a complex topic even for experts in the field, and for average people the terminology can be downright confusing. While you may not need to know every technical term out there, having a working vocabulary of basic terms can help you stay informed enough to protect yourself against major threats… Read More
Markets Share Share this article Copy link X icon X (Twitter) LinkedIn Facebook Email Metaplanet Now Holds 2,100 Bitcoin, Purchases 68 More BTC Metaplanet reaches a milestone of 0.01% of the total bitcoin supply. By James Van Straten| Edited by Parikshit Mishra Feb 20, 2025, 3:53 a.m. FastNews (CoinDesk) What to know: The Tokyo-listed firm bought
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Metaplanet Now Holds 2,100 Bitcoin, Purchases 68 More BTC
Metaplanet reaches a milestone of 0.01% of the total bitcoin supply.
By James Van Straten|Edited by Parikshit Mishra
Feb 20, 2025, 3:53 a.m.
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The Tokyo-listed firm bought 68.59 BTC at an average purchase price of $96,335 per bitcoin.
Shares of the bitcoin HODLer are up 1%.
Metaplanet (3350) has now accumulated 2,100 bitcoin (BTC), now holding 0.01% of the total BTC supply that will ever be mined, which is 21 million BTC. Metaplanet purchased 68.59 BTC for $6.6 million at an average purchase price of $96,335 per bitcoin.
According to Dylan Le Clair, Metaplanet has raised $20 million in equity capital in the first two trading days of its “21 million plan”. Metaplanet also announced on Feb. 18 that they will execute a 10-1 stock split on April 1. This comes just eight months after a reverse a 1-for-10 reverse split.
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Metaplanet shares are up over 1% in the current market trading; shares are trading at 6,260 JPY.
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James Van Straten is a Senior Analyst at CoinDesk, specializing in Bitcoin and its interplay with the macroeconomic environment. Previously, James worked as a Research Analyst at Saidler & Co., a Swiss hedge fund, where he developed expertise in on-chain analytics. His work focuses on monitoring flows to analyze Bitcoin’s role within the broader financial system.
In addition to his professional endeavors, James serves as an advisor to Coinsilium, a UK publicly traded company, where he provides guidance on their Bitcoin treasury strategy. He also holds investments in Bitcoin, MicroStrategy (MSTR), and Semler Scientific (SMLR).
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Bitcoin Is Coiled Like a Spring, a Breakout of This Range Is Coming: Van Straten
Bitcoin’s volatility is near one of its lowest levels in years, and it is primed for a short-term move.
By James Van Straten|Edited by Parikshit Mishra, Omkar Godbole
Updated Feb 18, 2025, 8:31 a.m. Published Feb 18, 2025, 5:23 a.m.
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What to know:
Bitcoin’s volatility on both a realized and implied basis is near multi-year lows.
Data shows that bitcoin’s “choppiness index” is at one of its highest levels in years.
Bitcoin (BTC) is known to be a volatile asset, but as of late, this is not the case; bitcoin has been trading in a very tight range since the end of November, between $91,000 and $109,000.
In other words, bitcoin’s volatility has compressed enormously. According to Glassnode data, the 2-week realized volatility, which provides of how turbulent the asset was in the past two weeks, measures volatility over the past two weeks annually, has dropped to an annualized 32%, one of the lowest levels in years. In addition, the options implied one-month volatility, which is the market’s expectation for volatility over four weeks, has slipped below annualized 50%, again one of the lowest levels in years.
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To put into context how much bitcoin has been in this sideways consolidation, consider what analyst Checkmate calls is the “Choppiness Index”. The data shows that bitcoin, on a weekly time frame, based on its choppiness, is at its highest level since 2015, which shows how tight this trading range has been.
Implied and realized volatility (Glassnode)
Volatility tends to mean-reverting, meaning an unusually stable market often paves the way for a big move in either direction and vice versa. The longer and tighter the consolidation, the violent the eventual volatility explosion.
To cut the long story short, the ongoing rangeplay, the most intense since 2015, could soon pave the way for wild price action. Bitcoin, at some point, will break out of this range; the question remains if it will go higher or lower.
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James Van Straten is a Senior Analyst at CoinDesk, specializing in Bitcoin and its interplay with the macroeconomic environment. Previously, James worked as a Research Analyst at Saidler & Co., a Swiss hedge fund, where he developed expertise in on-chain analytics. His work focuses on monitoring flows to analyze Bitcoin’s role within the broader financial system.
In addition to his professional endeavors, James serves as an advisor to Coinsilium, a UK publicly traded company, where he provides guidance on their Bitcoin treasury strategy. He also holds investments in Bitcoin, MicroStrategy (MSTR), and Semler Scientific (SMLR).
Security news is often sober, especially as of late. Many huge data breaches have come to light this year alone, and security vulnerabilities keep coming at us, too—like this week’s report about a massive issue with Secure Boot, one of the core methods used to keep your PC safe from sneaky attacks…
Security news is often sober, especially as of late. Many huge data breaches have come to light this year alone, and security vulnerabilities keep coming at us, too—like this week’s report about a massive issue with Secure Boot, one of the core methods used to keep your PC safe from sneaky attacks… Read More
Internet security is a complex topic even for experts in the field, and for average people the terminology can be downright confusing. While you may not need to know every technical term out there, having a working vocabulary of basic terms can help you stay informed enough to protect yourself against major threats…
Internet security is a complex topic even for experts in the field, and for average people the terminology can be downright confusing. While you may not need to know every technical term out there, having a working vocabulary of basic terms can help you stay informed enough to protect yourself against major threats… Read More
