I disagree with Bitcoin and crypto industry leaders like Michael Saylor and Brian Armstrong, who are proposing building a new debt system on top of bitcoin, which was built to be a definancializing force.
Speaker Johnson looks to maintain a “symbiotic” relationship between the Bitcoin and crypto industry and the Republican-led House, while advocacy groups such as the Bitcoin Voter PAC are committed to protecting the Republican majority in the House come midterms.
With Bitcoin price hovering around $111,000, easyGroup founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has launched easyBitcoin, a new trading platform. The platform, developed with Uphold, aims to simplify Bitcoin investment for retail users at a time when corporate Bitcoin holdings exceed 1 million BTC, representing 5% of the circulating supply.
In a recent framework for digital asset market structure legislation, Senate Democrats state that they aim to protect financial privacy while “denying” bad actors access to crypto but offer few specifics about how they plan to strike this balance.
Bitcoin price surges past $111,000 as Strategy announces the purchase of 4,048 BTC for $449.3 million, bringing its total holdings to 636,505 BTC. The company's aggressive accumulation strategy, funded through various ATM offerings totalling $471.8 million, comes amid growing corporate treasury adoption trends.
The U.S. Commerce Department has begun publishing GDP data on public blockchains, including Bitcoin, marking yet another strong endorsement of BTC from the Trump administration.
Trump has been far from a ”bitcoin-friendly” president. While the SEC has dropped some of its most aggressive cases, it’s still legally risky to build noncustodial and privacy-enhancing tech in America. You may build services here in the “crypto capital of the world,” but you might only see that world from the inside of a prison cell.
From Costa Rica to Kenya to Ghana, it’s becoming easier than ever to live on a bitcoin standard thanks to homegrown apps that allow users to settle fiat mobile money bills with bitcoin over Lightning.
Bitcoin self custody is a bedrock principle of the system, and while the ease of it has greatly improved in the last decade, it is not a solved problem.
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