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2026-03-06 18:44:36 CET

$20M Stolen From the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve… Hacker Finally CAUGHT
https://x.com/dailystackhq/status/2029973737882407375

2026-03-06 08:51:00 CET

JUST IN: Strike has been granted a BitLicense by the New York Department of Financial Services.
The company is now one of the few Bitcoin companies to service New Yorkers.
https://video.nostr.build/4ec8768333ba66929e5e9e09dcb68eebe86a3b939096daeba68eb4e1e8b8edfd.mp4

2026-03-06 08:49:25 CET

NEW: Senator Lummis says she met with CFTC Chairman Michael Selig to discuss digital asset market structure, calling the moment “urgent."
Selig says both are committed to “getting market structure across the finish line” and delivering clear rules of the road for digital assets.
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2026-03-06 08:49:03 CET

The Winklevii have sold over 99,000 BTC since 2014.
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2026-03-05 18:40:44 CET

Oil Price Spikes: Inflation Next?
https://x.com/dailystackhq/status/2029610603913039962

2026-03-05 11:26:01 CET

JUST IN: Morgan Stanley is laying off 2,500 people across its major divisions, including investment banking and wealth management
This is roughly 3% of their work force.
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2026-03-05 11:25:29 CET

NEW: STRC is PRINTING today.
Strategy has sold enough STRC in the first half of today’s session to stack more than 541 BTC.
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2026-03-04 18:33:41 CET

MSTR POPPING | JEFF WALTON | INVESTMENT RISK TIERS
https://x.com/dailystackhq/status/2029248255176175721

2026-03-04 17:44:14 CET

"The most signal exists in the places where people are using Bitcoin come hell or high water, where it's simply their money."
@nprofile…tcpu joins to discuss:
🔸BTC Adoption in Africa
🔸The Fight for Bitcoin Privacy
🔸Why Bitcoin is Punk Rock
https://blossom.primal.net/5433097946786978e3d1229e325ca0ae89f19a017a2c134cbca410e31c0de5d3.mp4
YouTube: https://youtu.be/AYrdvZZMiwc
Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/tl7YHhS0KQFeGlsZfJuu

2026-03-04 10:48:09 CET

JUST IN: President Trump says he will not allow banks to “undermine our powerful crypto agenda.”
“They need to make a good deal with the crypto industry,” Trump says, warning banks not to undercut the GENIUS Act or hold the CLARITY Act hostage. “This industry cannot be taken from the American people.”
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2026-03-04 10:47:32 CET

Buying a 🍺 beer at Pubkey with Bitcoin over ⚡️ Lightning with Cake Wallet.
https://video.nostr.build/ecd50b4d21db1ebdd4339b309a0501901bd3794f730228529f3bbb842452d521.mp4

2026-03-03 18:35:09 CET

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2026-03-03 17:55:53 CET

🚨 TODAY ON THE DAILY STACK
We’re leveling up the alpha with two absolute legends starting at:
🩺 12:30 EST: The "Ninja Doc" himself. America health system is in need of massive change.
📈 1:30 EST: There is only ONE Sam is dropping the 411 on these current market cycles.
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2026-03-03 10:05:24 CET

Bitcoin vs Gold since markets opened Sunday night 👀
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2026-03-03 10:04:45 CET

NEW: ProCap Financial, Inc. (BRR) shares jump 5.43% as the firm discloses 450 BTC acquisition.
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2026-03-02 18:43:40 CET

Why Bitcoin is SURGING Amid Global Conflict
https://rumble.com/v76ie80-monday-mar-2nd-w-robert-macgregor-from-coincube.html

2026-03-02 16:13:32 CET

WAR BREAKS OUT AND BITCOIN STANDS ITS GROUND
Heading into the weekend, Bitcoin was sitting at $65,000.
It had spent most of February trapped in a tight range, between $65K to $70K, following the February 5th flash crash.
The market was indecisive and coiled up like a spring.
Then at 1:30am on the East Coast, the timeline exploded as word spread across X that Iran had been hit by a joint US-Israeli strike force.
Within 30 minutes, Bitcoin dropped $3,000, eliminating $128 billion in market cap in the blink of an eye.
As the largest and most liquid market open at that hour, Bitcoin took the full impact.
Markets hate uncertainty and nothing creates uncertainty like the threat of large-scale war at the center of global oil production.
Trump has shown a pattern of launching strikes on weekends, when traditional markets are closed with hopes of containing fallout before the Monday market open.
Bitcoin doesn't get that luxury as it trades 24/7.
But look at what happened next.
Within 12 hours Bitcoin was back above the price it was trading at when the bombs started falling.
Bitcoin is now up on bad news.
That is the first time we've seen this behavior since the March 2023 regional banking crisis.
And it's happening with negative funding, a flat futures basis, and historically elevated skew. The kind of setup that is tinder for a major trend change.
Now factor in that BlackRock's own research shows that Bitcoin responds best to geopolitical events.
After the 2020 US-Iran escalation, Bitcoin rose 20% over the following 60 days while gold was flat and stocks declined.
And this weekend exposed something else entirely.
Before the strike, commentator Shanaka Anslem Perera argued that Iran mines Bitcoin at roughly $1,320 per coin on subsidized electricity and that a military campaign collapsing Iran's grid would wipe out 2–5% of global hashrate overnight.
He projected longer block times, spiking fees, and systemic disruption for Bitcoin.
Instead? Bitcoin network hashrate is now back above 1 zettahash and still climbing, showing no disruption whatsoever from this weekend’s campaign.
Bitcoin is not a regional asset. It's not dependent on one grid, regime, or jurisdiction.
That's the whole point.
Geopolitical tension is, in fact, one of Bitcoin’s strongest use cases.
Resilient financial infrastructure without a single point of failure.
Decentralized and secure anywhere on the planet.
It’s time to discuss whether this weekend marked the beginning of a structural shift in how the market treats Bitcoin during global conflict.
Is this the moment Bitcoin stops trading like a tech beta… and starts trading like the sovereign-neutral collateral it always has been?
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2026-03-02 15:17:43 CET

In the Midst of Global Conflict, Bitcoin Shows Unexpected Stability
Get our full break down on the state of the Bitcoin market in our latest Bitcoin News Weekly newsletter.
https://bitcoinnews.com/p/in-the-midst-of-global-conflict-bitcoin-shows-unexpected-stability

2026-03-02 10:21:55 CET

The internet blackout in Iran has now lasted more than 36 hours, with connectivity levels flatlining near total shutdown as officials restrict access amid ongoing conflict and digital disruption.
From NetBlocks
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2026-03-02 10:21:14 CET

Does holding its ground through this tumultuous weekend mean the bottom is finally in for Bitcoin?
Sign up below to get tomorrow morning’s newsletter.
Then join Rob Wallace and Robert Allen live at 12:30pm ET as we break it all down on stream.
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2026-03-02 10:19:54 CET

REMINDER: BlackRock’s research shows that Bitcoin has historically outperformed gold and stocks following major geopolitical events.
For example, after the 2020 US–Iran escalation, Bitcoin rose 20% over 60 days while gold gained modestly and stocks declined.
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2026-03-01 06:25:45 CET

Bitcoin has now climbed back above the price it held when the strikes on Iran began.
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2026-03-01 06:25:20 CET

NEW: Fidelity Digital Assets highlights that bitcoin is emerging as a strategic long-term portfolio asset. 💳
The firm sees that the commodity’s traditional four-year boom-and-bust cycle is weakening as institutional demand, deeper liquidity, and broader ownership reshape the market. 📉📈
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2026-02-28 11:48:51 CET

Bitcoin knows first.
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2026-02-27 21:26:30 CET

Stacked Line Up Today | Feb 27th, 2026, starting at 12:30 PM EST
🎙 12:30 PM: Brandon Quittem - VP of Operations at Swan Bitcoin
Make sure to set your alerts!
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2026-02-27 08:01:33 CET

BREAKING: Block stock surges over 20% after CEO Jack Dorsey announces plans to cut nearly 40% of the company’s workforce.
In a message to employees, Dorsey said Block will reduce headcount from more than 10,000 to just under 6,000, impacting over 4,000 workers.
He emphasized the move is not driven by financial distress, noting gross profit is growing and profitability is improving. Instead, Dorsey pointed to rapid advances in intelligence tools and a shift toward smaller, flatter teams as fundamentally changing how the company operates.
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2026-02-27 07:59:49 CET

SENATOR LUMMIS ON SBF: "Someone’s looking for a pardon and doesn’t realize the Clarity Act would have you locked up for much longer than 25 years."
"My legislation couldn’t be more different than the bill you tried to buy from Congress over my objection in 2022."
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2026-02-27 03:34:18 CET

AI just killed being anonymous on the internet. https://blossom.primal.net/361883451155109f57baf2855172e9de94d6a9663e27f5ab807dc0b6242eee1a.mp4

2026-02-26 18:52:42 CET

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https://x.com/DailyStackHQ/status/2027074088129499507

2026-02-26 18:52:20 CET

Stacked Line Up Today | Feb 26th, 2026, starting at 12:30 PM EST
🎙 12:30 PM: Infra
Make sure to set your alerts!
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2026-02-26 07:49:32 CET

NOW: $254 MILLION in BTC shorts liquidated in the last 24 hours.
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2026-02-26 07:47:30 CET

NEW: 21Shares launches a new ETP giving European investors access to Strategy’s STRC preferred stock
The “STRC NA” ETP will list on Euronext Amsterdam and offers a variable 11.25% annualized dividend, bridging traditional finance and Bitcoin-backed corporate yield.
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2026-02-25 18:46:54 CET

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https://rumble.com/v769dtw-wed.-feb.25th-w-abundant-mines-and-hive-digital.html

2026-02-25 18:39:36 CET

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2026-02-25 18:16:27 CET

Stacked Line Up Today | Feb 25th, 2026, starting at 12:30 PM EST
🎙 12:30 PM: Beau Turner
🎙 02:00 PM: Frank Holmes - Chairman of HIVE Digital Technologies
Make sure to set your alerts!
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2026-02-25 18:01:59 CET

"Bitcoin is the first scientifically precise monetary standard... something humanity has been in need of for centuries."
Stephen Perrenod joins to discuss:
🔸Why Bitcoin Acts Like a Living Organism
🔸Mathematical Case for a 2027 Blow-Off Top
https://blossom.primal.net/a7f802b752c31986748c347137a36e9725ad4cef3ba2f668cb48aa6e2059ec53.mp4
YouTube: https://youtu.be/bo7UB_FL20Y
Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/442ABRgsIT3bcAxsVCcP

2026-02-25 15:23:34 CET

Over $458M in liquidations hit 136K traders as Glassnode reports $500M daily realized losses and a -38 Sharpe Ratio signals deep capitulation.
https://bitcoinnews.com/p/fear-greed-index-falls-to-5-bitcoin-below-64k

2026-02-25 09:22:30 CET

NEW: Institutional filings show funds cut Bitcoin exposure equivalent to roughly 25,000 BTC in Q4 2025
Via James Seyffart
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2026-02-25 09:21:29 CET

Bitcoin Open Interest drops to a 16-month low.
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2026-02-25 09:21:05 CET

THE PUETZ CRASH WINDOW IS UPON US
The Puetz Crash Window is a market timing theory developed by statistician Steve Puetz.
It argues that major market crashes are statistically more likely when a full moon that is also a lunar eclipse follows shortly after a solar eclipse.
Puetz observed that eight of history’s largest crashes occurred within six days before to three days after a full moon that fell within six weeks of a solar eclipse.
He calculated the odds of that clustering as so small that he labeled it a statistical anomaly and formalized what became known as the “Puetz Crash Window.”
Under the framework, markets often peak a few days before the eclipse-linked full moon, drift sideways into the event, and then enter a panic phase lasting two to four weeks. The key setup:
• A solar eclipse occurs
• The first full moon after is also a lunar eclipse
• Markets are already in a bubble or fragile state
In 2026, the pattern aligns again.
A solar eclipse occurred February 17, 2026.
A full moon and total lunar eclipse follows March 3, 2026.
Based on Puetz’s model, an idealized market peak would fall 2 to 4 days before the eclipse full moon, placing the high between February 27 and March 2, just before the lunar eclipse trigger date.
Of course this not a fundamental or technical indicator and is criticized by many as superstition rather than science.
Even Puetz emphasized that eclipses create a high risk window, not a guaranteed crash, and typically only when excess and instability are already present.
But there is a vibe in the air...
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2026-02-24 18:16:49 CET

Stacked Line Up Today | Feb 24th, 2026, starting at 12:30 PM EST
🎙 12:30 PM: Josip Rupena - CEO and Founder at Milo
🎙 01:30 PM: Ryan Kirkley
🎙 02:30 PM: ProblemSniper
Make sure to set your alerts!
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2026-02-24 15:00:00 CET

@nprofile…ysyl today announced its evolution into a fully fledged, Bitcoin native events platform, positioning itself as a direct alternative to Luma, Eventbrite, and Meetup, built from the ground up with Bitcoin embedded at the object layer.
https://bitcoinnews.com/p/satlantis-launches-bitcoin-native-alternative

2026-02-23 15:26:31 CET

Our latest newsletter is live!
Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Is Thriving With $1B+ Monthly Volume
Check it out.
https://bitcoinnews.com/p/bitcoin-s-lightning-network-is-thriving-with-1b-monthly-volume

2026-02-23 11:19:56 CET

We may be in the middle of a Bitcoin winter, but the Lightning Network has never been hotter.
Get the full breakdown in tomorrow’s newsletter, delivered at 7am ET.
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2026-02-22 13:44:41 CET

NEW: OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger banned a contributor for simply mentioning the word “Bitcoin” on the OpenClaw server.
The user was referencing Bitcoin’s block height as a clock, not even using it for transactions.
Steinberger says he hates “crypto.” At some point, he may have to learn the difference between crypto and Bitcoin.
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2026-02-22 13:43:44 CET

Over 400,000 Bitcoin were accumulated between $60,000 and $70,000.
This is the cushion absorbing sell pressure every time price dips.
Don’t be so confident you’ll get another chance to buy much lower.
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2026-02-21 08:42:02 CET

Bitcoin to post consecutive declines in January and February for the first time in history.
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2026-02-20 18:17:09 CET

Stacked Line Up Today | Feb 20th, 2026 starting at 12:30 PM EST
FIRST EVER BITCOIN WINE TASTING LIVE STREAM
🎙 12:30 PM: Ben Justman - Founder of Peony Lane Wine
Make sure to set your alerts!
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2026-02-20 15:38:44 CET

NEW: Bitcoin could record an average annual return of 28% over the next ten years, per Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan.
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2026-02-20 09:31:12 CET

EUROPEAN NEOBANK DEBLOCK BRINGS SELF-CUSTODY BITCOIN TO 300K USERS WITH BREEZ SDK
Founded in 2024, Deblock has quickly grown into a sizable European neobank, led by former executives from Revolut and Ledger.
On the banking side, Deblock is already licensed as an electronic money institution with the Banque de France and holds a MiCA license from the AMF.
Users get current accounts, IBANs, debit cards, and full neobank functionality.
But integrating full self-custody Bitcoin into that framework proved the real challenge.
On-chain BTC preserves sovereignty but can be slow and costly. Lightning is faster, yet complex for mainstream users. Custodial solutions reduce friction but introduce counterparty risk and regulatory burdens.
With roughly 50% of user assets held in Bitcoin, Deblock says compromise was not an option.
The solution: integrating the Breez SDK with its Spark implementation, enabling near-instant transfers, negligible fees, built-in self-custody, offline payments, and Lightning-level speed without requiring users to manage channels or routing nodes.
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2026-02-17 19:42:34 CET

Bitcoin accumulation addresses are acquiring around 372,000 BTC per month, 37x more from the 10,000 BTC per month in September 2024.
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2026-02-14 11:41:06 CET

Inflation is so out of control that it’s now cheaper to fly to Turkey, buy groceries, and fly back than to shop at a local UK supermarket.
From Concerned Citizen
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2026-02-13 21:50:12 CET

We hit the streets with @nprofile…nkd7 to ask strangers about Bitcoin.
Some people started stacking 10 years ago.
Some people thought it was still worth $10.
Some of these answers left our jaws dropped.
https://blossom.primal.net/e6e902fdeb7e866d6552699accff9c7e035bb1225be50a5baefe38a715c237c6.mp4

2026-02-13 09:37:08 CET

TRUMP CREATES NEW ADVISORY COMMITTEE FEATURING GAMBLING, CRYPTO CASINOS AND PREDICTION MARKETS
Trump Admin launches a new Innovation Advisory Committee at the CFTC, bringing together leaders from crypto, prediction markets, and online trading platforms.
Among the 35 members:
• Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong
• Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev
• Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission says the committee will help “future-proof” U.S. financial markets and ensure regulations reflect rapidly evolving platforms, including crypto, DeFi, and prediction markets.
CFTC Chair Michael Selig called it an “energizing moment,” signaling a push to expand the agency’s relevance as betting platforms, crypto firms, and trading apps race to integrate prediction markets.
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2026-02-13 09:36:38 CET

Recently, whales are stacking Bitcoin like they know a bull market is guaranteed.
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2026-02-12 11:09:05 CET

BINANCE COMPLETES $1B SAFU BITCOIN CONVERSION
Binance has finalized the last tranche of its SAFU fund transition, purchasing 4,545 BTC and completing the full $1B shift from stablecoin reserves into Bitcoin.
SAFU now holds 15,000 BTC, valued at $1.005B at a $67,000 BTC price.
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2026-02-11 18:03:51 CET

Our Line Up for Today | Feb 11th, 2026 starting at 12:30 PM EST
🎙 12:30 PM: Kyle Knight founder of Bitcoin Culture Hub
🎙 12:30 PM: Halston
🎙 01:30 PM: Hailey Miller
Hailey Miller is at the center of the D.C. circuit, bridging the gap between Bitcoin miners, regulators, and energy markets. If you want the ground truth on U.S. mining policy and the "Clarity Act" push, don’t miss this.
Make sure to set your alerts!
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2026-02-07 16:29:00 CET

Sovcombank’s BTC-backed loans offer up to 50% LTV at 23% interest, letting Russian firms raise cash without selling bitcoin if strict conditions are met.
https://bitcoinnews.com/p/russia-sovcombank-bitcoin-backed-loans

2026-02-05 10:53:44 CET

ESPTEIN EMAIL CLAIMS THE GOLD IN FT. KNOX IS COMPLETELY MISSING
An email from the Epstein files cites a report allegedly prepared for Vladimir Putin by Russia’s Federal Security Service claims former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn uncovered evidence that U.S. gold reserves at Fort Knox were “missing or unaccounted for.”
According to the report, Strauss-Kahn grew concerned after the U.S. allegedly stalled delivery of 191.3 tons of gold owed to the IMF under a 1978 agreement to fund SDRs.
It further alleges that after raising concerns with officials tied to Barack Obama, Strauss-Kahn was shown evidence by “rogue elements” within the Central Intelligence Agency that the gold was gone.
Strauss-Kahn was later charged and jailed in the US for sex crimes on May 14th after his discovery about Ft. Knox.
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2026-02-04 22:13:29 CET

“Bitcoin is essentially a ticking time bomb. The spring is extremely compressed.”
@nprofile…dzya joins to dicuss:
🔸Why BTC is deeply mispriced
🔸Why AI will use Lightning as money
🔸How Elizabeth Warren’s war on Bitcoin collapsed
https://blossom.primal.net/2ababff4e2663731715596ae81026302f2fe91ef8ae4d6b9997ee3c40884a736.mp4
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/PINB3K23558
Listen on Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/y0XIl8WyA5JWQT7YAJAP

2026-02-02 07:02:38 CET

Bitcoin at $74K
Down 40% from the top.
Not selling.
If Bitcoin can teach you one thing, it's that conviction pays.
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2026-02-01 13:22:31 CET

NEW: Peter Schiff debates Saifedean on stage in El Salvador 🇸🇻
From Marce
https://video.nostr.build/eade1a008b9be92657ebf656124e3aa99ba2242886a1b12ca4fa597f539dee7c.mp4

2026-01-30 15:08:33 CET

The bill allows up to 10% allocation, offers ETF or direct custody options, and adds strict security rules like multi-party control and encrypted key storage.
https://bitcoinnews.com/p/south-dakota-revives-bitcoin-reserve-bill

2026-01-25 10:11:18 CET

I could explain to you what Bitcoin is,
but it's like trying to explain
the infinite to a chimpanzee.
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2026-01-21 17:30:49 CET

“We’re now in a 2–3 year race: the time to quantum-proof Bitcoin equals the time it could be broken.”
Charles Edwards joins to discuss:
🔸2026 BTC ATH?
🔸$11T Liquidity Surge
🔸How to Support Bitcoin’s Quantum Upgrade
https://blossom.primal.net/c9017e03162232c9411a6c3ac83516a98c68cd1764421db1bcb7175eebcb56e4.mp4
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Gu2xaWzNdNk
Listen on Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/mwbpfvxB5xJ2l3JFiyRo

2026-01-21 11:25:35 CET

NETHERLANDS TO TAX UNREALIZED BITCOIN GAINS
Netherlands is moving toward taxing unrealized capital gains on bitcoin, stocks, bonds, and other assets after parliament voted to overhaul annual income tax filings.
Under the new system, investors will owe tax each year based on changes in asset value, even if nothing has been sold.
The reform, known as Wet werkelijk rendement Box 3, is scheduled for 2028 and will tax actual returns by measuring the difference between an asset’s value at the start and end of the year, plus any income received.
That means both realized and unrealized gains will be taxed.
Critics warn the shift could create serious liquidity problems, forcing investors to pay taxes on paper gains without having cashed out.
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2026-01-21 11:24:04 CET

NEW: GameStop prepares to sell 2,396 BTC.
This represents half of their $500M buy made in May 2025.
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2026-01-15 08:05:28 CET

IVY LEAGUE GOING BIG ON BITCOIN
Major 13F filings reveal the world's most prestigious endowments are aggressively stacking $IBIT.
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE (NEW): Reported a brand new position of 201,531 shares ($10M+) as of Dec 31. The newest Ivy to join the Bitcoin rush.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY: Tripled its position to 6,813,612 shares ($442.8M) as of Sept 30.
+257% increase from June 2025.
Bitcoin is now Harvard’s LARGEST reportable public investment.
BROWN UNIVERSITY: Reported 212,500 shares as of June 30, 2025.
Up from 105,000 shares in March.
Doubled their allocation in just one quarter.
America's most famous universities are getting in on Bitcoin.
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2026-01-13 13:20:53 CET

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 SEC Chair Paul Atkins is asked by Fox News what will become of 🇻🇪 Venezuela's $60 BILLION Bitcoin stash 👀
https://video.nostr.build/ea53c7d529ec5ad030a79e29bf92fd21049d2b09710f6dbe64f2909196d16eee.mp4

2026-01-12 21:36:51 CET

In 2012, we had Ron Paul explaining the Fed and the consequences of money printing.
Kids today have this https://blossom.primal.net/250902075140abdcd1f5df4fa3d07aa654cdd71baedf349972c4d169b88258c1.mp4

2026-01-12 15:15:20 CET

On January 10th, 2009, a single tweet changed the internet.
Hal Finney posted two words, “Running Bitcoin,” and Bitcoin Twitter was born.
Seventeen years later, that same social graph has helped onboard millions of people into Bitcoin.
It has watched an asset go from zero to over two trillion dollars.
It has helped shape the political and cultural currents that put a sitting U.S. president back in office in 2024.
Over the years Bitcoin Twitter had become a living network of education, memes, debate, and coordination.
Now, for the first time since the authoritarian censorship of the COVID era, it feels under threat.
For months, the Bitcoin community felt the walls closing in.
Engagement was cratering and reach was vanishing.
The list of accounts you spent years curating to get the best Bitcoin content simply stopped appearing in your feed.
If you engage with For You rage bait, your timeline fills with slop.
If you post too often, your reach evaporates.
If you stay inside your niche, the very communities that made this platform valuable, you slowly disappear from your own social graph.
On the anniversary of Hal’s famous tweet, the Head of Product at X, Nikita Bier, finally gave us the "why."
He claimed the community is "dying from suicide."
The product team at X is optimizing for "unregretted user minutes" by shoving generic political rage bait and MAGA-glazing in front of everyone while shadow-banning the niche communities that built this platform.
They have replaced the organic "simcluster,” where 90% of your feed came from people you actually chose to follow, with a homogenous soup of the lowest common denominator.
Nikita informed us that by replying "gm" or engaging too much in threads, users are hitting an invisible "reach meter" that exhausts their impressions for the day.
In other words, if you interact with your community, the algorithm will hide your posts.
That explanation detonated the timeline.
The backlash to Nikita’s post was so violent that the tweets were deleted within hours.
The fallout even forced Elon Musk’s hand.
Over the weekend, Elon announced that the entire X algorithm, including all code used to determine organic and advertising recommendations, will be open-sourced in 7 days.
This will be repeated every 4 weeks with comprehensive developer notes.
They are even bending over backwards to appease the “crypto” community.
Nikita announced "Smart Cashtags" that allow users to track real-time Bitcoin and crypto prices directly from the timeline.
They went so far as to hint at in-app crypto trading.
Bitcoiners were some of the first to build decentralized alternatives like Nostr to escape the algorithm.
But X remains the world’s town square.
It is where Bitcoiners can directly tell central bankers to have fun staying poor.
The algo may try to optimize us out of the front page, but Bitcoiners are used to having to fight to be heard.
17 years later, we’re still posting every day.
We are still running Bitcoin.
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2026-01-11 10:27:02 CET

NOW: 🇬🇧 UK, 🇨🇦 Canada, and 🇦🇺 Australia are reportedly in talks to impose a nationwide ban on X across their countries.
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2026-01-10 11:35:04 CET

The feeling when you steal a Bitcoin ATM hoping to find some BTC inside 😅
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2026-01-09 09:13:59 CET

The power of saving $1 of Bitcoin a day 👀
From @npub1rhh…e7vj
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2026-01-09 09:11:03 CET

NOW: Internet traffic across 🇮🇷 Iran has dropped sharply to near 0%
The outage comes as Tehran sees the largest protests yet, where demonstrators have set fire to regime buildings, raising signs that a broader uprising may be underway.
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2026-01-05 16:15:08 CET

The fog of the Maduro extraction is clearing, and the "why" beyond the Trump pressers is coming into focus.
Despite the Don repeatedly saying Venezuela stole our oil, the Pentagon didn’t move on Caracas for crude.
Venezuela has the largest oil reserves in the world, but the quality of that oil is very low.
It is a heavy, sour crude that is high in sulphur content which only a handful of refineries worldwide can process.
In fact, by some estimates it would cost $1 trillion to upgrade the Venezuelan infrastructure just to have the country surpass Canada’s exports of 3 million barrels a day.
So, while Trump uses oil as a way to make the American people feel like they will directly benefit from the excursion, the real reason they moved was because of a convergence of three existential threats:
- Chinese control of AI-critical minerals.
- Iranian drone manufacturing on Western soil.
- Russian military integration in the Caribbean.
If Washington cared about restoring democracy, why wait 13 years into Maduro’s reign?
The military brass felt a growing strategic vulnerability less than 3 hours from Miami and felt they needed to act immediately.
But while the media focuses on rare earth elements and degraded oil infrastructure, the real prize might be sitting on a hardware wallet in Caracas.
For eight years, the Maduro regime operated a shadow financial engine designed to be unfreezable.
Since 2018, they’ve been liquidating gold from the Orinoco Mining Arc and "washing" oil proceeds through USDT into Bitcoin.
The scale is staggering.
Intelligence reports by Whale Hunting now point to a "Shadow Reserve" of roughly 600,000 to 660,000 Bitcoin.
To put that in perspective: that is twice the size of the US government’s entire Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.
It rivals the holdings of MSTR and BlackRock.
If these numbers are accurate, Maduro and his cronies have been sitting on a $60 billion life raft that will play as a lynchpin in how the negotiations play out.
Washington likely knew about this secret stash since its very inception.
Court documents now reveal that Alex Saab, the Venezuelan businessman who was the architect of this Bitcoin accumulation scheme, had been a DEA informant since 2016.
The capture of Maduro has now triggered a high-stakes interrogation with the recovery of seed phrases likely playing a critical part.
As news of this reported 600,000 BTC stockpile begins to spread, the market is currently pricing this as a massive "supply lock-up."
Bitcoin is up over $5,000 since the abduction of Maduro went down.
Under the Trump administration, the probability of a "fire sale" is near zero.
Trump campaigned on the promise of a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.
Getting Maduro to fork over the seed phrase would be an easy, budget-neutral way to triple its size overnight.
Maduro’s "unfreezable" asset could become the cornerstone of the American balance sheet with the only stack larger being Satoshi’s.
Bitcoin has always lived outside the logic of violence.
But as Maduro is finding out, that only holds true as long as you can keep the keys in your head.
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2026-01-05 15:18:11 CET

Kilian Rausch shares how a failed Lightning DEX became @nprofile…aze8, and his candid take on Lightning and regulation.
https://bitcoinnews.com/p/kilian-rausch-boltz-cross-layer-bridge

2026-01-04 00:57:45 CET

Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the Donroe Doctrine.
Under the cover of night, US Delta Force entered Venezuela, raided President Nicolas Maduro’s safehouse, and extracted both the leader and his wife.
They are already in US custody, have landed in New York, and are preparing to face trial.
We’re talking about a flawless execution; the CIA had an inside man and Maduro’s movements down to a tee.
Delta Force had even been training on an exact replica of that safehouse for weeks to ensure the operation was perfect.
The Message
The US has officially signaled that it views the entirety of the Americas as its own, and it is willing to strike unilaterally to maintain that dominance.
The United States doesn’t need a declaration of war or multinational authorization when it comes to Latin America.
This is the backyard, and the rules are whatever Washington says they are.
Central and South America had already been undergoing a sharp rightward shift and realignment toward the United States over the past few years.
Now, countries like Brazil, Cuba, and Colombia are being forced to reprice political and security risk overnight.
The "Why"
Look at the timing.
Just hours before his capture, Maduro was photographed meeting with high-ranking Chinese diplomats who were caught completely off-guard by the raid.
Why did this visit particularly piss off the White House?
Since 2018, Venezuela has been selling oil directly to China, bypassing the dollar, and building payment channels outside of SWIFT.
Venezuela sits on 303 billion barrels of proven oil reserves worth roughly $17 trillion.
That is the largest reserve on Earth, surpassing even Saudi Arabia.
It’s 20% of the world’s oil, and Maduro was actively using it to fund the dismantling of the petrodollar by accepting payment in yuan.
The Strategy
Losing the petrodollar is an existential threat to the United States and the functioning of its economy.
But by cutting off Venezuela’s ability to sell crude in currencies outside the dollar, the entire calculus changes.
Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska has already warned that by securing Venezuela, on top of the recent move into Guyana, Washington could soon oversee more than half of the world’s oil reserves.
This gives the US the power to pin oil at $50 a barrel and effectively bankrupts adversaries like Russia that relie on high energy prices to survive.
The New Reality
This is the Monroe Doctrine on steroids.
International law be damned, the US is using kinetic force to enforce a geographic ringfence.
If the world is fragmenting into rival blocs, the Western Hemisphere is being claimed by the bald eagle.
The "DragonBear" alliance of Russia and China is being cut out of Latin American resources in real-time.
While the jury is still out on theories of a pre brokered deal, with some suggesting the US traded Venezuela for a walk away in Ukraine or Taiwan, what is undeniable is that this move places America’s vassals on a much shorter leash.
The European Enclosure
With the Nord Stream pipeline gone, Europe became dependent on US LNG. But the US couldn't be self-sufficient and fully supply the EU at the same time until now.
By seizing the world’s largest oil reserves, the US has completed the three pillar enclosure of Europe: military through NATO, trade through new EU US mandates, and now energy through Caracas.
This amounts to full control of Europe by its actual sovereign, as European leaders issue statements expressing discomfort with how international law was bypassed, while welcoming Maduro’s removal and promising only to “monitor the situation.”
The Bitcoin Angle
So, where does Bitcoin fit?
The price barely moved on the news, but Bitcoin proved a point on the 17th anniversary of its launch.
When kinetic action heats up, the "sovereign property" argument grows stronger.
If a sitting head of state can be removed from his home overnight, what is truly safe?
Gold in a vault can be seized and reserves can be frozen with a single phone call.
But Bitcoin is different.
It is uncensorable and non-sovereign.
In a world where the US is redrawing the map with Delta Force, Bitcoin remains the only asset that lives outside the logic of violence.
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2026-01-03 17:30:34 CET

An account created on Polymarket on December 27 bet $32,537 that Maduro would be ousted within a month.
That position is now closed at a profit of over $400,000, a 1,242% gain.
What did they know?
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2025-12-31 16:09:30 CET

Sberbank Makes History With Russia’s First Bitcoin-Backed Loan
The pilot deal used Sberbank’s own digital custody system, locking the mined bitcoin as collateral and preventing the borrower from accessing it until repayment.
https://bitcoinnews.com/p/sberbank-russia-first-bitcoin-backed-loan

2025-12-30 15:17:18 CET

The scam began with a fake pop-up notification, used Bitcoin ATMs and gold couriers, and led to arrests of suspects on expired visas.
https://bitcoinnews.com/p/fairhope-couple-scammed-out-of-200000

2025-12-22 16:10:10 CET

Back in 2018, Nic Carter famously created the “Bitcoin FUD Dice.”
It was a 12-sided die covered in the same recycled headlines.
Critics could just roll it, transcribe the result, and publish their next hit piece.
“High fees.” “Energy waste.” “Toxic fans.”
Add enough together and you’ve got a solid piece for Medium.
Which is why this week feels so incredibly ironic.
Because Nic just reached back into that FUD bag and pulled out the ultimate Bitcoin boogeyman: Quantum Computing.
In a new piece that lit the Bitcoin timeline on fire, Carter argues that quantum is no longer sci-fi.
We’ve moved past the theoretical; now, he says, a breakthrough is just a "matter of engineering."
According to his research, a functional, scaled quantum computer could arrive as early as the late 2020s.
And if a "cryptographically relevant" computer arrives faster than we expect?
It could, in theory, rip private keys from exposed public keys and turn vulnerable addresses into a $600 billion honeypot.
But Nic aims his biggest shots at the Bitcoin developers.
He argues that even if a fix exists, the Bitcoin community is too slow, too fractured, and too head-in-the-sand to coordinate a migration before the clock runs out.
But... wouldn’t you know it? There’s money involved.
Carter also disclosed that his VC firm, Castle Island Ventures, just led a $6 million seed round into a post-quantum company called Project 11.
This has the "Toxic Bitcoiners" from his FUD dice asking a simple question: Is this a legitimate warning, or is it "FUD-as-a-Service" to pump a portfolio company?
So, how do we, as people with a deep vested interest in this network, think about Quantum without being FUD-ed out of our bags?
Quantum is undoubtedly a theoretical threat to elliptic curve cryptography.
But it’s also a threat with wildly uncertain timelines.
The true test for Bitcoin is whether this community can respond calmly, deliberately, and early.
That requires two things:
One: Personal On-Chain Hygiene.
Stop reusing addresses. Avoid leaking public keys. These are things you can do today to make yourself a harder target without touching a single line of Bitcoin's code.
Two: The Escape Hatch.
We need to research post-quantum signatures and start drafting contingency BIPs. We need to give this ecosystem years, not months, to coordinate.
Short-term panic weakens Bitcoin, but denying a real possibility will get you blindsided.
The middle path of adversarial thinking, slow changes, and relentless preparation is how Bitcoin went from a post on a mailing list to a $2 trillion asset.
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