🗞 Catch up on the news over the last 24 hours!
🔥 The Blockchain Group, Europe's first Bitcoin treasury company plans to buy 590 $BTC after the completion of its bond sale.
🇺🇸 Trump Media denies FT report saying the company is raising $3B to buy Bitcoin and crypto, saying the publication “has dumb writers listening to even dumber sources.”
⚡️ Sui commits $10M to security initiatives following the Cetus incident.
🚨 Circle has denied reports about its potential acquisition talks with Ripple and Coinbase, and said, “Circle is not for sale. Our long-term goals remain the same.”
🔥 Former Venmo CEO and anti-aging enthusiast Bryan Johnson says, “Last Bitcoin halving is in 2140, I’m gonna be here for that and make sure you are too.
⚡️ Elon Musk confirms X Money has started its beta testing.
🚨 Hip-hop group Migos' Instagram page was hacked, hackers posted Solana co-founder Raj Gokal's personal ID on page.
⚡️ Michael Saylor says on-chain proof-of-reserves is a bad idea.
⚡️Major global currencies have suffered massive debasement over the past decade. This is why we need #Bitcoin.
🚨 Former CFTC Chair Chris Giancarlo joins crypto bank Sygnum as a senior policy advisor.
🇹🇭 Thailand to let tourists spend crypto via credit card and plans major financial reforms to unify traditional and digital asset markets.
🇯🇵 Japan loses its spot to Germany as the world’s top creditor for the first time in 34 years, per Finance Ministry.
🔥 James Wynn boosts $BTC long to 5,676.18 $BTC ($622.6M) at $109,889, liquidation price at $108,010.
⚡ Over 150K Ethereum validators signal support to raise block gas limit from 36M to 60M, boosting L1 transaction capacity without a hard fork.
📊 Metaplanet’s Bitcoin stock premium nears $600K per $BTC, over 5x spot price, as retail investors chase exposure through proxy stocks.
🇬🇧 UK sees fastest growth in crypto ownership worldwide in 2025 despite lacking clear national regulation, says Gemini report.
🚨 Standard Chartered sees $BTC reaching $200K by the end of 2025 and $500K in 2029, outperforming $ETH and $SOL.
🇺🇸 Circle has filed for an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange.
🚨 21Shares has filed for a $SUI ETF with Nasdaq.
⚡ SharpLink Gaming raises $425M to buy $ETH for treasury through a PIPE offering, selling approximately 69.1 million shares at $6.15 per share.
🇺🇸 Trump Media announces $2.5B Bitcoin treasury deal, using Crypto .com and Anchorage for custody.
🚨 Vivek Ramaswamy’s Strive raises $750M to build a Bitcoin treasury, with plans to buy Mt. Gox Bitcoin claims and deploy alpha strategies to outperform $BTC.
⚡️ Cantor launches $2B Bitcoin-backed lending arm, kicking off deals with FalconX and Maple Finance.
🇺🇸 Senator Lummis claims the US needs to have “at least 5% of the world’s Bitcoin in reserve.”
🇺🇸 BO HINES: “Bitcoin is truly the golden standard, that’s why we say Bitcoin is digital gold.”
🇺🇸 Vivek Ramaswamy claims that if he’s Governor of Ohio he will “integrate financial literacy into our public education” and include “education of Bitcoin.”
@Cointelegraph