The head of the global gold lobby, David Tait, expects Bitcoin to drop to zero, while BlackRock’s IBIT gathered USD 70 billion in 341 days.
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A new MSCI methodology for non-operating companies could trigger index exclusion for Strategy and Metaplanet from the ACWI IMI.
Bitcoin’s BIP editors stripped Luke Dashjr of his rights 26 hours after a motion, triggered by a conflict of interest around BIP-110.
Strategy sells Bitcoin worth USD 108.6 million, buys back STRC preferred shares and lifts its USD reserve to USD 4.65 billion.
The Bitcoin BIP-110 split left the minority chain at two blocks, while the main chain kept mining and moved 111 blocks ahead.
Strategy sells Bitcoin worth around USD 104.73 million, issues 3.01 million new shares and buys back STRC preferred stock at a discount.
A Coldcard vulnerability made the Bitcoin keys of affected hardware wallets computable. Around 1,367 BTC have flowed out so far.
Strategy reports a net loss of USD 8.22 billion for the second quarter, caused almost entirely by the revaluation of its Bitcoin holdings.
Nine institutions including BlackRock and Coinbase launch the Bitcoin Security Consortium, pledging USD 15 million for Bitcoin’s security.
Bitcoin overtakes gold in the US: per River’s report, 49.6 million Americans own Bitcoin, while just 28.8 million still hold gold.
S&P and Pantera launch the S&P Pantera Index, a crypto benchmark of 18 constituents that excludes Bitcoin for lack of protocol revenue.
Bitcoin holds the 200-week moving average as Wall Street embraces blockchain: DTCC tokenises securities, while Visa and Stripe push ahead with stablecoins.
Falling qubit estimates bring the quantum computer threat to Bitcoin closer and spark a debate over freezing Satoshi’s coins.
Strategy CEO Phong Le confirms the company stays a Bitcoin buyer and sees debt risks only if Bitcoin falls below USD 10,000.
JPMorgan ranks Strategy’s sales below the bigger Bitcoin risk and names tokenization beyond public chains as the real threat.
Germany’s federal cabinet plans to scrap the one-year Bitcoin holding period and tax private crypto gains at 26.375% regardless of duration.
What separates Dogecoin from Bitcoin is its unlimited supply, and the 2013 satire coin now trades through its own US spot ETF.
Bitcoin overtakes gold in the US: per River’s report, 49.6 million Americans own Bitcoin, while just 28.8 million still hold gold.
