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Bitcoin Heated Hot Tubs and 278 Washington Bitcoin Merchants : Now Accepting Bitcoin

Vagabond -
Washington Bitcoin merchants, from Seattle coffee shops to a Snorkel hot tub heated by bitcoin miners.
NEWS

LNbits Releases 1.7.0 Urgent Security Update After November 8 Attacks Drain Funds

Juan Galt -
LNbits released version 1.7.0 on November 10 as an urgent security update following active attacks that began November 8. Operators must upgrade before restarting servers as prior versions put funds at risk of theft.
NEWS

Texas Rep. Files Bill Letting Cities Invest $10 Million in Bitcoin

Micah Zimmerman -
Rep. Ron Reynolds filed House Bill 815 on Monday, allowing each Texas city or county to put up to $10 million of public money into bitcoin starting Sept. 1, 2027.
NEWS

Poland’s Parliament Votes 240-202 to Let Officials Freeze Crypto Before Court Review

Micah Zimmerman -
Poland's Sejm passed a sanctions bill Friday that lets the interior minister freeze bitcoin and bank funds of people on a national list, and a court appeal would not pause the freeze.
NEWS

Canaan (CAN) Swings to an $8 Million Profit on Bitcoin Gains as Rig Sales Collapse 96%

Micah Zimmerman -
Canaan's mining-machine sales fell to $4.8 million from $118.6 million a year earlier, but a $51.9 million fair-value gain turned an operating loss into $8.0 million of net income.
NEWS

Binance Warns iOS Flaw Could Expose Wallet Seed Phrases as Apple’s Latest iPhone Patch Stays Silent

Micah Zimmerman -
Binance told iPhone users a public iOS sandbox escape called worse_query could let malicious apps read seed phrases and private keys stored by other apps, while Apple's Nov. 9 updates do not mention the bug.
NEWS

Miami-Dade County Now Accepts Bitcoin for Property Taxes

Micah Zimmerman -
Miami-Dade Tax Collector Dariel Fernandez said Monday his office now accepts bitcoin for property taxes online and in person, with every payment converted to dollars before it reaches the county.
NEWS

Trump Media (DJT) Pledges 73% of Its Bitcoin to an Options Program as $1 Billion Note Deadline Nears

Micah Zimmerman -
Trump Media's Q3 10-Q shows 11,385 of its roughly 15,649 bitcoin pledged to an options program whose counterparty can reuse the coins, with nearly all the rest backing $1 billion of notes holders can put back Nov. 30.
NEWS

MARA Sells 13,597 Bitcoin for $1.1 Billion, Says More Sales Are Coming

Micah Zimmerman -
MARA sold about 40% of its bitcoin stack after Sept. 30, used $750 million to repay all its BTC-backed term loans and said it will keep selling to fund AI infrastructure, convertible note puts and buybacks.
NEWS

Hyperscale Data (GPUS) Sells Its Last Bitcoin for AI Data Center, Months After Chasing $100 Million Treasury

Micah Zimmerman -
Hyperscale Data sold its remaining 211.56 bitcoin for about $16 million by Nov. 8, bringing sales since late July to about 1,113 BTC as it races to energize 10 MW of AI capacity in Michigan in December.
NEWS

Onramp Launches Business Bitcoin Accounts With Two-Person Withdrawal Approvals as Wrench Attacks Climb

Micah Zimmerman -
The Austin firm rolled out a free company account with named users and second-person withdrawal approvals, plus a higher Treasury tier that splits keys across three institutions.
MARKETS

Bitcoin Price Trades Down Near $73,500 After Hot CPI Print Lifts Fed Hike Bets

Micah Zimmerman -
Bitcoin price slipped to $73,500 Tuesday morning after October consumer prices rose 0.4%, topping forecasts and pushing traders toward a bigger Federal Reserve rate hike in December.
NEWS

Amundi Boosts Strategy (MSTR) Stake 44% to $291 Million as Shares Slide

Micah Zimmerman -
Europe's largest asset manager raised its Strategy holding to 1.9 million shares in the third quarter, a 13F shows, even as MSTR has since fallen about 18% from quarter-end.
NEWS

Elizabeth Warren Plans Prediction Market Crackdown as She Prepares to Chair Senate Banking

Micah Zimmerman -
A Warren banking aide says the incoming Senate Banking chair will target prediction markets' "Wild West-style lack of oversight," after she and Sen. John Curtis pressed Kalshi and Polymarket on election trading.
NEWS

North Korea Is Minting Its Own Meme Coins to Launder Binance Hack Loot

Micah Zimmerman -
Elliptic says North Korean launderers created six throwaway meme tokens on NEAR between Nov. 5 and 7, moving about $430,000 of stolen Binance funds through homemade liquidity pools.
NEWS

TD Cowen Gives Stablecoin Yield Ban 10% Odds as Banks Plan Push in Democrat-Led Congress

Micah Zimmerman -
TD Cowen's Jaret Seiberg puts only a 10% chance on a congressional ban on platform stablecoin yield over the next two years, even as banks renew their push after Democratic midterm wins.
NEWS

BlackRock: Security Fears Are Driving Bitcoin Whales Into IBIT

Micah Zimmerman -
BlackRock's Robbie Mitchnick told Barron's demand to swap directly held bitcoin for IBIT shares is at its highest yet, with "security and peace of mind" the top reason as kidnappings and hacks rise.
NEWS

Binance to Close Accounts in Four EU Countries Dec. 31, Charging Idle Balances From Nov. 29

Micah Zimmerman -
Binance told users in France, Spain, Italy and Poland to withdraw their crypto, with deposits blocked, accounts closing Dec. 31 and a monthly fee starting Nov. 29, as the exchange still lacks an EU license.
NEWS

U.S. Regulators Drop $250 Travel Rule Plan, Crypto Language Too

Micah Zimmerman -
FinCEN and the Federal Reserve formally withdrew a 2020 proposal that would have cut the cross-border funds-transfer threshold from $3,000 to $250 and spelled out that the rules cover crypto, saying any future version needs a fresh comment period.
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Kraken’s Dave Ripley: “That Was the Bear Market” and Bitcoin Is “On Our Way Out of It”

Mark Mason -
Kraken’s Dave Ripley explains why Bitcoin’s rebound past $80K hints the bear market is over, marking the softest macro pullback in the asset’s history.
NEWS

Strive (ASST) Adds 29 Bitcoin for $2.2 Million as Weekly Buys Slow After Crossing 43,000

Micah Zimmerman -
Strive purchased 29 bitcoin from Oct. 31 to Nov. 6 at an average of $75,721, lifting holdings to 43,153 BTC while cash slipped to $487.6 million and SATS preferred shares edged higher.
NEWS

Coinbase Wins Full Federal Trust Charter From OCC

Micah Zimmerman -
Coinbase's custody arm has completed its national trust bank charter with the OCC, upgrading April's conditional approval, but the license does not let it take deposits, make loans or issue stablecoins.
MARKETS

Bitcoin Price Drops Below $74,000 as Nvidia Probe and Regulation Fears Spark $1 Billion in Liquidations

Micah Zimmerman -
Bitcoin price fell to $73,477 overnight, its lowest since August, before bouncing to about $74,700 Monday morning as a Nvidia probe, Democratic regulation fears and ETF outflows hit risk appetite.
NEWS

Strategy (MSTR) Adds 1,036 Bitcoin for $81.9 Million as Holdings Slip Below Cost

Micah Zimmerman -
Strategy bought 1,036 bitcoin last week for $81.9 million at an average of $79,012, lifting its stack to 850,364 BTC.
NEWS

U.S. Treasury Cuts Off MEXC From U.S. Financial System Over Alleged $16 Billion in Illicit Flows

Micah Zimmerman -
FinCEN issued a final order under section 9714(a) that will bar U.S. financial institutions from sending or receiving funds with MEXC Global 30 days after Federal Register publication, citing at least $16 billion in alleged illicit activity.
NEWS

Bitcoin Magazine Books Opens 333-Copy Genesis Book Collector Edition for 3rd Anniversary

Micah Zimmerman -
Bitcoin Magazine Books opened a third-anniversary campaign for Aaron van Wirdum's The Genesis Book, capping a hand-signed Collectors Edition at 333 numbered copies.
NEWS

Thailand SEC Files Criminal Complaint Against Bitget Ahead of Dec. 5 Access Block

Micah Zimmerman -
Thailand's SEC filed a criminal complaint against Bitget operator BG Limited for unlicensed Thai trading from 2022 to 2025.
NEWS

Former FBI Agent Pleads Guilty to Stealing $2.47 Million in Crypto From Investigations

Micah Zimmerman -
Patrick Steven Yaroch, 37, of Ashburn, Virginia, pleaded guilty Thursday to wire fraud and money laundering after using wallet credentials from 35 FBI investigations to take about $2.47 million in cryptocurrency.
NEWS

Strive (ASST) Posts $474.8 Million Common Net Income as Bitcoin Yield Hits 63.2%

Micah Zimmerman -
Strive posted $474.8M in Q3 net income to common holders, almost entirely a $533.7M unrealized bitcoin gain, and touted 103.7% year-to-date outperformance versus bitcoin.
NEWS

Rule to Allow Crypto in 401(k)s Arrives at White House for Final Review

Micah Zimmerman -
A final Labor Department rule that would create a fiduciary safe harbor for private equity, real estate and crypto in 401(k) menus arrived at OIRA on Thursday, putting public release within reach.
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