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Circle (CRCL) Wins Final OCC Approval for National Trust Bank

Micah Zimmerman -
Circle won final OCC approval to establish a national trust bank, allowing it to place USDC reserves under federal oversight and expanding its regulated digital asset custody business.
NEWS

Metaplanet Announces Joint Study to Bring Bitcoin-Backed Digital Credit to Japan

Micah Zimmerman -
Metaplanet is taking its Bitcoin strategy beyond treasury accumulation, launching a study to explore tokenized, Bitcoin-backed credit products that could reshape Japan's debt market.
MARKETS

Bitcoin is “A Screaming Buy”: Standard Chartered Backs $100,000 Target, Shrugs Off Strategy (MSTR) Sell-Off

Micah Zimmerman -
Standard Chartered reaffirmed its $100,000 end-2026 Bitcoin price target, calling Bitcoin "a screaming buy" and arguing that Strategy's recent sell-off reflects a communication issue around its new monetization strategy rather than a weakening Bitcoin outlook.
NEWS

JPMorgan Says the Real Threat to Bitcoin Isn’t Strategy (MSTR) — It’s Private Blockchains

Micah Zimmerman -
JPMorgan says Strategy's Bitcoin sales are a short-term concern, but the bigger long-term risk is that banks and institutions adopt private blockchains over public networks, reducing activity and capital flows across the broader crypto ecosystem.
NEWS

New Hampshire Council Rejects $100 Million Bitcoin-Backed Bond

Micah Zimmerman -
New Hampshire's Executive Council voted 3-2 to reject a proposed $100 million Bitcoin-backed municipal bond, shelving what supporters said would have been the world's first such issuance despite arguments that it posed no risk to taxpayers.
NEWS

BitGo Adds Quantum-Risk Controls to Bitcoin Custody

Micah Zimmerman -
BitGo launched new quantum-risk tools that help institutional Bitcoin holders identify and reduce potential future quantum-computing exposure in their custody wallets.
NEWS

Russia’s Largest Private Bank Alfa-Bank To Test Bitcoin and Crypto Trading

Micah Zimmerman -
Russia's largest private lender, Alfa-Bank, plans to launch Bitcoin and crypto trading, custody, and a digital depository once new regulations take effect, joining a broader push by major Russian banks to enter the country's emerging crypto market by late 2026 or 2027.
NEWS

CFTC Chair Says Clarity Act Is ‘So Close’ As August Deadline Nears

Micah Zimmerman -
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig urged Congress to pass the Clarity Act before the August recess, saying the crypto market-structure bill is "so close" despite ongoing disputes over ethics and stablecoin provisions.
LEGAL

Bull Bitcoin Files Landmark Legal Challenge to Annul France’s DAC8 Crypto Data Surveillance Rules

Juan Galt -
The filing marks the first major legal challenge to DAC8 in the EU. Bull Bitcoin warns that forced consolidation of user data undermines both privacy and the regulation’s own tax-collection goals by driving users toward unregulated alternatives.
NEWS

Schwab Strategist Backs Strategy’s STRC Playbook Amid Bitcoin Weakness

Micah Zimmerman -
Schwab strategist Jim Ferraioli said Strategy's recent preferred stock actions have eased near-term liquidity concerns despite Bitcoin's decline.
NEWS

Cantor SPAC and Adam Back’s Bitcoin Treasury Renegotiate Merger Terms, Vow New Structure

Micah Zimmerman -
Cantor-backed SPAC CEPO and Adam Back's Bitcoin Standard Treasury Company scrapped the original terms of their planned merger and will negotiate a revised structure designed to better reflect current market conditions.
NEWS

Polymarket Turns On Instant Bitcoin Deposits Via Lightning Network, Powered by Spark

Micah Zimmerman -
Polymarket has enabled instant self-custodial Bitcoin deposits via the Lightning Network using Spark.
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