💲 Tether ranks among the top 5 most active investors in H1 2026
Tether’s key deals included participation in a $400M round for Replit, a $200M investment in Whop, and $150M in Gold com, with 17 deals in H1 2026 matching its total investments for all of 2025.
🔥 American Express hires VP of stablecoin and blockchain partnerships
The credit card giant is building out a dedicated stablecoin strategy team inside its Digital Labs division, playing catch-up with Visa and Mastercard.
Strategy reported its first Bitcoin sale since 2022 in a filing earlier this month, marking a notable shift for the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin in the world.
It reported a bigger first-quarter loss, hammered by a slump in Bitcoin prices that weighed on the value of its sizeable crypto holdings.
As of last close, the ratio stands at 0.99 — implying that the company's enterprise value is lower than the value of the Bitcoin it holds on its balance sheet, according to the company's website.