
Athena Bitcoin agreed to a $4.5 million settlement, but claimants may have less than $3 million to split
If the court grants the proposed fee and expenses stay within the stated estimate, at least $2.985 million remains before other deductions.
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The full confirmed balance was swept through transactions paying a historically Binance-attributed wallet, leaving customer deposit and internal staging unresolved.

Market losses and net redemptions cut the fund to $532.8 million while Bitcoin’s portfolio share rose to 77.81%.

Roughnecks is restarting the stalled branch while supporters push a more radical change to Bitcoin’s mining rules.

New positions stop Aug. 26, while contracts left open face a wind-down that ends in forced closure Sept. 23.

SilverBox can salvage four more months, but redemptions may drain the trust needed to close.

A 4.5-hour gap between CPI data and $125 billion in debt sales is about to trigger Bitcoin's hardest macro pressure



