Tron Inc., backed by crypto entrepreneur and billionaire Justin Sun, acquired 175,251 TRX tokens for over $50,000 on Thursday, boosting its treasury to 685 million TRX, valued at approximately $195 million. Just buying more https://t.co/hlz2XL5jkG — H.E. Justin Sun 👨🚀 🌞 (@justinsuntron) March 5, 2026 The company has been steadily increasing its TRX holdings over the past few weeks. So far this month, Tron Inc. has accumulated around 886,000 TRX tokens worth over $250,000, on-chain data shows. Established last July following a merger with SRM Entertainment, Tron Inc. is a…
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Why Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund Walked Away From an Ether Treasury Bet
Key takeaways Founders Fund fully exited ETHZilla after previously holding a 7.5% stake. SEC filings show that Peter Thiel-linked entities had reduced their ownership to zero by the end of 2025, signaling a decisive retreat from an Ether-focused public treasury strategy. ETHZilla’s pivot from biotech to an Ether treasury strategy was aggressive. After raising $425 million and later seeking $350 million through convertible bonds, the company accumulated over 100,000 ETH, positioning itself as a leveraged equity proxy for Ether exposure. Debt-driven models can force crypto sales at unfavorable times. ETHZilla’s…
Northern Trust Launches Tokenized Treasury Money Market Fund Share Class
Northern Trust Asset Management has launched a tokenized share class of its NIF Treasury Instruments Portfolio, marking its entry into the digital assets market, according to the company. The structure uses distributed ledger technology to maintain a digital mirror of share ownership, while the underlying portfolio continues to invest in short-term US Treasurys. According to Monday’s announcement, the shares will initially be offered through BNY’s LiquidityDirect platform, which operates on Goldman Sachs’ Digital Asset Platform. The fund itself does not use blockchain technology or invest in crypto assets. Instead, authorized…
Consolidation Likely Coming to Crypto Treasury Market: Crypto exec
The crypto treasury market is likely to consolidate this year amid the market downturn, as companies with operating businesses merge with or acquire those trading below net asset value (NAV), according to Wojciech Kaszycki, chief strategy officer of crypto infrastructure and treasury company BTCS. Operating businesses, such as providing validator services for blockchain networks or offering public and private credit instruments, generate cash flow that give crypto treasury companies an edge over those that only accumulate crypto, Kaszycki told Cointelegraph. This financial edge allows them to buy up companies treading…
Bitcoin Treasury Pressure Mounts as Stablecoins Gain Strength
After months of sliding digital asset prices, public companies that embraced Bitcoin (BTC) as a treasury strategy are facing renewed scrutiny. Activist investors are now challenging those balance-sheet bets, echoing broader concerns about the volatility and long-term viability of the corporate Bitcoin model. Stablecoins, meanwhile, continue to anchor the market. Circle posted a stronger-than-expected fourth quarter, even as early signs of a so-called “crypto winter” began to surface. However, not every payments player is sharing in that momentum. PayPal’s push into digital assets, including the launch of its PayPal USD…
Sygnum Select Launches Institutional Crypto Treasury Service
Global digital asset banking group Sygnum has announced the launch of an institutional crypto asset management service targeting the $100 billion corporate crypto treasury sector. Sygnum Select, launched on Thursday, is described as a “discretionary mandate service” that applies Swiss banking’s established portfolio management model to crypto assets. The service launches with live client mandates, client assets, and $200 million in actively managed portfolios already in place, a Sygnum spokesperson told Cointelegraph. The move comes amid solid growth in corporate and public digital asset treasury companies (DATs) over the last…
Tokenized US Treasury Market Surges by $1B Since Beginning of Year
The tokenized US Treasury market has surged by over $1 billion since the beginning of 2026, despite macroeconomic uncertainty and concerns over the US government’s growing national debt. Tokenized US Treasurys are government debt instruments that are a form of real-world assets (RWAs) represented onchain by a token. The market capitalization of tokenized Treasurys climbed to more than $10.8 billion at the time of writing from $8.9 billion on Jan. 1, according to data from RWA.xyz. The tokenized US Treasury market has grown to over $10.8 billion. Source: RWA.xyz. The…
Ethereum treasury FG Nexus sells 7,550 ETH amid mounting losses
FG Nexus, a corporate treasury firm focused on Ethereum accumulation, staking, and yield generation, offloaded 7,550 ETH worth about $14 million on Wednesday, continuing a pattern of asset sales that marks a sharp reversal from its earlier accumulation strategy, according to data tracked by Lookonchain. Ethereum treasury firm FG Nexus(@FGNexusio) sold another 7,550 $ETH($14.06M) today. In August and September 2025, they bought 50,770 $ETH($196M) at $3,860 avg. On October 22, 2025, they announced plans to sell their property to buy more $ETH. But less than a month later, they… pic.twitter.com/m5cFreTBQk…
WisdomTree Launches 24/7 Trading for Tokenized Treasury Money Market Fund
US-based asset manager WisdomTree has launched 24/7 trading and instant settlement for the WisdomTree Treasury Money Market Digital Fund (WTGXX), enabling round-the-clock secondary trading of a registered tokenized mutual fund within the US regulatory framework. The company said it is the first time a registered tokenized mutual fund has been allowed to trade and settle around the clock under the Investment Company Act of 1940 using a dealer-principal model. The structure allows shares to settle instantly, giving investors real-time access to yield-bearing US Treasurys exposure. To implement the model, WisdomTree…
Tom Lee’s Ethereum treasury Bitmine holds 4.4M ETH worth $8.5B
Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), the largest Ethereum treasury led by Thomas “Tom” Lee, reported today that its Ethereum holdings have reached 4.4 million coins, valued at approximately $8.5 billion. With a current stake of about 3.7% of Ethereum’s circulating supply, Bitmine is steadily progressing toward its 5% target, completing 74% of its intended accumulation. Lee said in a statement that Bitmine would stay focused on a disciplined accumulation of Ethereum despite a pullback in prices. He noted that the current market is an opportunity given ETH’s growing utility and adoption.…