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Crypto Voters Possibly Deciding Factor In Trump’s Election Victory…
Apple Eases Crypto Rules For iOS Apps…
Kevin O’Leary Turns Into A Bitcoin-Maxi…
EU To Ban Anonymous Crypto Accounts And Privacy Coins…
Current Financial System Is Like The Fax Machine…
Jack Dorsey’s Block To Launch Open-Source Bitcoin Mining Chip…
Arizona Governor Vetoes Bill to Make Bitcoin Part Of State Reserves…
Film To Be Made About Man Who Lost £570m Of Bitcoin…
Buffett Accidentally Makes The Case For Bitcoin…
Fold CEO Rings The Opening Bell At The Nasdaq…
Wallet Of Satoshi Is Building Self-Custody/Chad Mode…
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Senator Cynthia Lummis says President Trump supports her strategic Bitcoin reserve initiative to tackle the national debt and position the U.S. as a global leader in the crypto space. ⬇️
In this CNN interview, they suggest that crypto voters may have been the deciding factor in Trump’s election victory. People in the crypto community did try to get the Democrats to take crypto seriously. They have no one to blame but themselves! ⬇️
Kevin O’Leary is finally starting to get that there is only one coin… Bitcoin! ⬇️
Lightspark CEO talks about crypto with CNBC. He says the current financial system is like the fax machine and we need to build better tools and services for the future. ⬇️
📰 Latest News…
EU To Ban Anonymous Crypto Accounts And Privacy Coins By 2027.
Europe will ban anonymous crypto accounts and privacy coins starting in 2027 under sweeping new AML regulations targeting service providers and token anonymity.
Apple Eases NFT, Crypto Rules For iOS Apps Following Antitrust Ruling.
Apple has loosened restrictions on developers’ ability to offer iPhone and iPad apps directing users to external purchasing methods, including for NFTs.
Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan said the big four wirehouses — Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo and UBS — which control over $10 trillion in client assets, will be "open for business" on Bitcoin exchange-traded funds by the end of the year.
Arizona Governor Vetoes Bill to Make Bitcoin Part Of State Reserves.
Arizona’s plan to invest in Bitcoin has ended in a veto, with Governor Katie Hobbs citing concerns over using public funds for "untested assets."
Maya Parbhoe’s Credibility Crisis: Suriname Unlikely To Be Next Bitcoin Country.
The Surinamese political candidate has projected an image of herself as a successful businesswoman running as a pro-Bitcoin presidential candidate to the international Bitcoin community, but those who’ve interacted with her on the ground — or those who’ve obtained reported government intel on her — tell a different story.
Jack Dorsey’s Block To Launch Open-Source Bitcoin Mining Chip.
Jack Dorsey’s Block (formerly called Square) is diving deeper into Bitcoin with something big—an open-source mining chip named Proto. Slated for a 2025 launch, Block’s betting it can shake up the $3–$6 billion Bitcoin mining hardware space, where giants like Bitmain, MicroBT, and Canaan have ruled for years.
Ivy League School Brown University Reveals $5 Million Investment In BlackRock's Spot Bitcoin ETF.
Brown University disclosed in an institutional investment manager holdings report filed with the U.S. SEC on Friday that it holds nearly $5 million worth of shares in BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF.
European Bitcoin Treasury Company Launches $20B Bitcoin Strategy.
European Bitcoin treasury company The Blockchain Group confirmed its return to profitability while unveiling aggressive plans to expand its Bitcoin reserves over the coming years. The Paris-listed firm, which formally rebranded itself as Europe’s first “Bitcoin Treasury Company” in November 2024, recorded a net profit of €1.36 million for 2024, reversing a €22.7 million loss from the prior year.
UK Preparing To Ban Consumers From Buying Crypto With Borrowed Funds.
The UK financial regulator is preparing to ban retail investors from using borrowed funds such as credit card balances to invest in cryptocurrency as it seeks to overhaul supervision of the fast-growing digital assets market.
8 Lessons In Bitcoin Treasury Strategy From The Strategy (MSTR) Q1 Call.
Strategy (MSTR) just released its Q1 2025 earnings presentation, and it was more than a routine update—it was a full blueprint for how to scale a corporate Bitcoin treasury with institutional rigor. Strategy (formerly Microstrategy) laid out its evolving capital plans, updated KPIs, and the financial logic behind every lever it pulls.
Public Companies Have Already Acquired 96% Of All Bitcoin To Be Mined in 2025.
Publicly listed companies have bought roughly 157,957 Bitcoin (BTC) as of May 1, accounting for 96% of the 164,250 BTC projected to be mined throughout the year. Bitcoin Treasuries data shows that private companies added another 16,799 BTC to their holdings during the same period, while Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) issuers acquired 34,968 BTC. Combined, these three groups purchased 192,925 BTC during the first four months of the year. This total surpasses the annual expected supply of newly mined Bitcoin by 17%, suggesting ongoing demand pressure from corporate and institutional entities.
Film To Be Made About Man Who Lost £570m Of Bitcoin.
A documentary is being made about the man who lost a hard drive containing £570m of bitcoin. James Howells, 39, has been trying to retrieve the hard drive containing his lost bitcoin fortune, which he believes is in a Newport landfill site, for over a decade. Now, a production company from America, called LEBUL, have acquired the exclusive rights to develop and produce his story.
Warren Buffett Accidentally Makes The Case For Bitcoin — Here’s The Catch.
Warren Buffett’s farewell as chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway ended with a paradox that will reverberate through Bitcoin markets for months. Moments after the 94-year-old “Oracle of Omaha” confirmed that vice-chairman Greg Abel will assume the top job when 2025 draws to a close, the world’s most celebrated value investor delivered a sweeping warning about the long-term corrosion of government money—an argument that, stripped of its author’s intent, reads like a précis of the Bitcoin thesis.
Charlie Shrem Wants to Bring Back the Bitcoin Faucet.
Bitcoin pioneer Charlie Shrem announced plans to relaunch a bitcoin faucet on May 4, 2025, aiming to distribute free bitcoin like the original faucet created by Gavin Andresen in 2010, which gave away five bitcoin per claim to promote adoption, according to his X post.
🤔 Interesting Videos
The Fed prints enough dollars every year to fill up over 26,000 shipping containers! Here's a new bitcoin-only from Coinbase! ⬇️
Fold CEO, Will Reeves rang the opening bell at the Nasdaq. In a speech afterwards, he stated, “The irony that a bunch of Bitcoiners are opening the markets is not lost on me.” ⬇️
Satoshi Nakamoto statues are being erected all over the world. Here’s the latest unveiling of a Satoshi statue in the Italian town of Fornelli! ⬇️
Wallet of Satoshi has long been one of the easiest onboarding tools for Bitcoin newcomers. The main concern? It's custodial—users have to trust that the service won’t rug pull them. But in this video teaser, it looks like self-custody (they call it: Chad Mode!) is coming soon. This is massive news! ⬇️
Is this really the best way to transport money in the modern, digital age? LOL ⬇️
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