Bitcoin

BIG BREAKING: 🇺🇸 The backdoor ban on Bitcoin self-custody has officially been defeated in Kentucky. The anti-self-custody language has been removed in the Senate and has been sent to Governor Beshear for a signature. Source: https://x.com/Dennis_Porter_/status/2039738244636479994?s=20

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Coinbase receives conditional approval from US regulator OCC to operate the 'Coinbase National Trust Company' 👀 Source: https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/2039733009071456365?s=20

🟠 B HODL added 1 Bitcoin, raising holdings to 165.487 BTC with support from Adam Back. 📰https://btctimes.com/b-hodl-increases-holdings-to-165-487-bitcoin-following-latest-purchase/ 📣https://x.com/BTCTimescom/status/2039737649859002835

🚀 Metaplanet added 5,075 Bitcoin to reach 40,177 BTC, now the third-largest corporate holder, with ¥2.97B in revenue supporting accumulation. 📰https://btctimes.com/metaplanet-increases-holdings-to-40-177-bitcoin-following-latest-purchase/ 📣https://x.com/BTCTimescom/status/2039728830026272772

JUST IN: 🟠 Lyn Alden says “As you get higher public debt levels and ask, 'when will $39 trillion public debt matter?'… That’s a symptom of decades of financial imbalances.” “There’s been winners and losers in that whole process and I’ve argued that it’s contributed to populism, more significant and unexpected geopolitical issues and I also think we’re entering a more multipolar world.” Source: https://x.com/SimplyBitcoin/status/2039712382146970092?s=20

JUST IN: 🟠 Japanese public company Metaplanet purchases 5,075 Bitcoin and is now the 3rd largest corporate owner of BTC 🇯🇵 Source: https://x.com/bitcoinmagazine/status/2039666756793278718?

🦐 Blockstream researcher Jonas Nick introduced SHRIMPS, a multi-device post-quantum signature scheme (~2.5 KB) aimed at improving Bitcoin’s long-term quantum resilience. 📰https://btctimes.com/blockstream-researcher-introduces-shrimps-as-new-step-toward-quantum-resistant-bitcoin/ 📣https://x.com/BTCTimescom/status/2039482507100397569

BULLISH: 🟠 Strategy's STRC has climbed to one of the top holdings in BlackRock's iShares Preferred ETF (PFF). Source: https://x.com/TFTC21/status/2039372047349141760?s=20

NEW: 🟠 Moody's issues its first credit rating to Bitcoin-backed bonds, assigning a provisional Ba2 rating to a pair of Bitcoin-backed revenue bonds to be issued through the Business Finance Authority of the State of New Hampshire. Source: https://x.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/2039411330642227578?s=20

JUST IN: 🟠 Morgan Stanley files another amendment for its spot Bitcoin ETF 👀 Source: https://x.com/bitcoinmagazine/status/2039454009325437348?

NEW: 🇺🇸 A Bitcoin & crypto exchange backed by Citadel Securities applied to be a national trust bank 👀 Source: https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/2039381097683759211?s=20