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Japanese investment giant Soft Bank Group and its founder Masayoshi Son are once again closely linked to Bitcoin. This time, Soft Bank is not making a direct personal investment, but has chosen to support an ambitious new Bitcoin investment company - Twenty One Capital.
This move marks SoftBank's re-entry into the cryptocurrency space after Masayoshi Son's painful lesson of a personal investment loss of $130 million in Bitcoin several years ago. The market can't help but ask: What made this former "victim" decide to return to the arena? Will this time really be different?
In April 2025, an American Bitcoin company named Twenty One Capital officially announced its establishment. The company clearly positions itself as a "Bitcoin-First" company.

The first Bitcoin municipal reserve in the United States is born! Bitcoin strategic reserve

The Chinese government has released the "Beijing Blockchain Innovation Application Development Action Plan (2025–2027)", positioning Blockchain as a core technology for industrial digitization and emphasizing the construction of a one-chain, one-network, one-platform infrastructure system. Key application areas include healthcare, education, Financial Service, transportation, and artificial intelligence. The plan mentions the exploratory space for digital assets, indicating the direction of development. China's blockchain development path features national leadership, a strong application orientation, and a focus on Compliance, actively promoting the application and development of blockchain technology.

Hong Kong ranks second in the Crypto Assets field! Crypto Assets are diversifying globally!

What has the Crypto Assets company that previously "sent money" to Trump received now?

Crypto Assets companies are competing for banking licenses! Does "crypto banking" go against the original intention of Bitcoin?

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has welcomed a new leader, a personnel change that could have far-reaching implications for the regulatory landscape of Crypto Assets and digital assets. On April 21, 2025, local time, the SEC officially released a press release confirming that Paul S. Atkins, widely regarded as a "Crypto Assets friendly person," has been sworn in as the 34th chairman of the U.S. SEC.
This appointment has drawn significant attention from the market, especially considering that there are currently as many as 72 applications for exchange-traded funds (ETFs) related to Crypto Assets waiting for SEC approval. Does Atkins's appointment mean that these ETFs will all receive the green light?
Atkins by current President Donald Trump

The issuance of $31 trillion in U.S. national debt in 2025, how will it affect the crypto market? The crypto market rebounds.

Bitcoin's dominance has reached a new high! Are the big buyers of BTC back?

Recently, the focus of the U.S. political arena and financial markets has centered on an unprecedented power struggle—U.S. President Trump openly threatened to fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, citing his "refusal to cut interest rates that is dragging down economic growth." This conflict over the autonomy of monetary policy not only challenges the 70-year tradition of independence of the U.S. Central Bank but also triggers deep reflections on global financial stability and the direction of the crypto assets market: will the Federal Reserve potentially become a political tool, causing Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to become new "safe havens," or will they fall into greater uncertainty?
Powell was nominated as the chairman of the Federal Reserve during Trump's term in 2018, when their relationship was still amicable. However, as the Federal Reserve continued to raise interest rates from 2018 to 2019 to curb inflation, Trump began to frequently criticize Powell's policies for "hindering economic growth." He has publicly stated: "The Federal Reserve is my biggest...

Hong Kong Ethereum Spot ETF has officially been approved to provide staking rewards!

Recently, Chinese legal, financial, and government departments have engaged in intensive discussions around the "disposal mechanism for seized Crypto Assets." As cases of crimes related to Crypto Assets have surged, the practice of local governments selling seized digital assets to supplement their finances has drawn widespread attention. Additionally, the lack of an existing regulatory framework has led to a chaotic disposal process, insufficient transparency, and even the risk of corruption.
Currently, local governments in China are facing an awkward reality in the field of Crypto Assets: despite the national ban on Crypto Assets trading and mining since 2021, the scale of Crypto Assets seized by local governments through crackdowns on criminal activities continues to expand. Data shows that in 2023, the amount involved in criminal cases related to Crypto Assets in China reached 430.7 billion yuan (approximately 59 billion USD), a tenfold increase compared to 2022, with case types covering online fraud, money laundering, illegal gambling, and more. During the same period, national prosecuting authorities prosecuted 3,032 individuals for Crypto Assets money laundering cases, setting a historical new record.

China's central bank urgently warns: beware of fake digital yuan investment scams!

In April 2025, the Ontario Securities Commission in Canada approved four Financial Institutions to issue the world's first Solana Spot Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF), pioneering an innovative financial product paradigm of spot Holdings + stake earning. This move not only integrates Solana into the TradFi investment system but also sets a new benchmark for the fusion of Crypto Assets and traditional asset management. Canada's leading position in the Crypto Assets ETF field may influence regulatory bodies in other countries, promoting a wave of approvals for global spot ETFs.

The first school in the UK has started accepting Bitcoin for tuition fees!

Did the US already know who Satoshi Nakamoto is? A crypto assets lawyer is suing the US over Satoshi's identity!