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2024-11-16 13:05:11

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That's true.

2024-11-16 12:33:51

:lummis: Senator Cynthia Lummis has introduced the #Bitcoin Act of 2024, which is now in the initial stage of the legislative process.
For the proposal to become law, it must first pass through the Senate and the House of Representatives before reaching the President for approval. :trump:
The Bitcoin Act of 2024 proposes a US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve to strengthen the dollar and maintain crypto leadership.
The proposal includes acquiring 1 million bitcoin over five years and using :usfed: Federal Reserve remittances to fund the program.

2024-11-16 06:29:40

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Well said!

2024-11-16 04:51:27

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There is a reason institutions of that size, particularly those rooted in traditional finance, do not adopt self-custody. At this stage, it’s the same reason Michael Saylor does not self-custody MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin. Simply put, institutions like these are not structured in a way where self-custody would be ‘simple,’ as you described. However, with recent advancements in fair accounting standards and legislative clarity on the horizon, this dynamic is likely to change in the near future.

2024-11-16 04:37:38

Satoshi era #Bitcoin wallet just moved 2000 BTC for the first time since 2010.
https://junkflex.com/bitcoin/wakeup.jpg

2024-11-16 04:22:37

🇧🇹 Bhutan transfers 367 of its 12,206 #Bitcoin to :binance: Binance.
"hmmm..."

2024-11-16 04:14:12

:gensler: Gary Gensler releases statement suggesting he may be leaving the :ussec: SEC.
https://junkflex.com/bitcoin/byegensler.jpg
"A little birdy told him to go bye-bye, perhaps?"

2024-11-16 03:56:01

Goldman Sachs, once critical of #Bitcoin, now holds U.S. $718M in Bitcoin ETFs, with $461M in BlackRock's IBIT.

2024-11-16 03:37:17

#Bitcoin miners have sent over 45K BTC to exchanges.

2024-11-15 22:34:16

President-elect :trump: Donald Trump nominated #Bitcoin advocate :rfk: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services on Thursday. During his 2024 campaign, :rfk: RFK Jr. proposed establishing a #Bitcoin strategic reserve to stabilize the U.S. dollar and exempt #Bitcoin profits from capital gains tax.

2024-11-12 12:16:49

Vitalik Buterin spoke at Devcon 2024, unveiling Ethereum's narrative and roadmap, and stated that Ethereum is the world computer.
"Sadly though... there is already a larger and more diverse world computer... it's called the internet!"

2024-11-12 00:08:10

🌏 AllianceBernstein (AB) 🌏 is a global asset management firm that provides investment management and research services to institutional, high-net-worth, and retail investors worldwide worth U.S. $725 billion.
Bernstein now urges investors to add exposure to #Bitcoin and crypto “as soon as possible.”

2024-11-09 00:16:32

According to Forbes, A leak has revealed that BlackRock is quietly doubling down on #bitcoin amidst the current Trump price rally.

2024-11-06 23:57:59

🇺🇸 BlackRock’s #Bitcoin ETF saw a record volume of $1 billion today in the first 20 minutes 🇺🇸

2024-11-06 23:56:39

🇺🇸 Bitcoin rockets past $75K following Trump’s victory! 🇺🇸 His pro-Bitcoin stance, pledge for a national Bitcoin reserve, and promise to review Ross’s case have fueled optimism across the industry.

2024-11-06 23:54:33

#Bitcoin overtakes Meta to become the top 9 asset by market capitalization for the second time.

2024-11-06 10:38:43

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You make a strong point: many of these initiatives would indeed be far easier to implement in the private sector, where fewer regulatory constraints and bureaucratic hurdles exist. In the public sector, however, especially under current conditions, such actions face significant institutional and political barriers. That said, if these obstacles were deliberately constructed and upheld by the Biden administration through questionable alliances, then removing the source of corruption could, metaphorically, "extinguish the fire and dispel the smoke." In other words, dismantling these entrenched interests would clear the path for effective reform and transparent governance.

2024-11-05 20:38:45

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Your on the right path Brizzle! [blueman].

2024-11-05 09:48:59

A new company following the MicroStrategy #Bitcoin playbook, Semler Scientific, has raised USD $2.5 million for its latest BTC acquisition, bringing its total holdings to ₿1,058. Semler Scientific develops technological products for healthcare providers.
"MicroStrategy's pivot to becoming a Bitcoin development company will ensure that we see many more companies like this choosing to add BTC to their balance sheets!"

2024-11-04 22:29:22

"Soon every billionaire will buy a billion dollars of #bitcoin and the supply shock will be so great that we will stop measuring it in terms of fiat."
— Michael Saylor

2024-11-04 06:32:16

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The next Suriname election is scheduled for May 25, 2025.

2024-10-31 13:08:18

#Bitcoin dominance just past 60% and is the highest it has been since April 2021.

2024-10-30 22:41:46

Reddit sold most of its #Bitcoin towards the end of September.
"Oopsy-Doopsy!"

2024-10-30 22:37:24

This is what millions of Microsoft shareholders are seeing right now:
https://junkflex.com/bitcoin/msvote.jpg
#bitcoin

2024-10-30 11:59:32

🇺🇸 Florida Chief Financial Officer, Jimmy Patronis, wants to include #Bitcoin in the state's pension fund investments. 🇺🇸
Florida’s pension system, primarily the Florida Retirement System (FRS), provides retirement benefits to over 1 million active members, including state and local government employees, as well as retirees.

2024-10-30 08:39:14

"A rising tide lifts all boats."
This was especially true when #bitcoin previously reached all-time highs; however, this time is different, as altcoins have collectively lost about $500 billion in total market capitalization.

2024-10-28 21:30:39

🇺🇸 Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis 🇺🇸 says "A legal prohibition against #bitcoin can restore unique implementation of permanent primary deficits, and so can a tax on Bitcoin."
They want to use this formula.
https://junkflex.com/bitcoin/taxformula.jpg
The tax works by continuously reducing the value or returns from holding Bitcoin, and the government collects these taxes as part of their revenue.

2024-10-28 08:57:56

🇯🇵 Japanese Investment Firm 🇯🇵, Metaplanet, just surpassed ₿1000 with a purchase of 10.4 million yen!
"The momentum is building!"

2024-10-28 01:34:14

Opinion:
Gold and precious metal mining is very hazardous for the environment, but nobody teally talks about that ever!
Just some of the impacts of mining precious metals are:
• Deforestation
• Water pollution
• Soil contamination
• Air pollution
• Biodiversity loss
• Waste generation
• Cyanide heap leaching
• Acid mine drainage
• Landscape alteration

2024-10-28 01:23:06

🇺🇸 St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank 🇺🇸 releases an article on why a gold standard wouldn’t work, listing gold’s lack of a fixed supply as a “significant problem”.
"Ummmm.... #bitcoin?"

2024-10-27 13:51:53

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#nevent1q…5qhz

2024-10-27 12:33:17

#Bitcoin ETFs currently purchase 5 times more btc than is mined in one week.

2024-10-27 10:47:39

It has been a fantastic year for #bitcoin dominance leaving bargain bin immitations in the dust.
https://junkflex.com/bitcoin/dominate1.jpg

2024-10-24 23:49:06

🇮🇹 The official text of the 2025 Budget Law, signed by the President of Italy, has been presented. 🇮🇹
#bitcoin capital gains tax specifically set to 42%.
"Oh-Oh, spaghettio!"

2024-10-24 23:25:08

Microsoft shareholders will be voting this December to decide if #bitcoin should be held on the balance sheet.

2024-10-18 00:03:38

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A few reasons. 1. The unit price is already pre-elevated as a result of ETF and general adoption hype. It is in a higher position than its algorithmic trajectory. 2. ETFs source their #bitcoin from OTC desks and not from exchanges. There has been much spare Bitcoin outside exchanges after all the FTX fud during the last bear market (loose bitcoin). 3. The ETFs are exposing wall street to bitcoin but they are traders more than hodlers so their lettuce hands are letting go all the time.
Bitcoin will still hit the parabolic phase in a historically timely manner and we are not at the end of that window yet.

2024-10-11 16:27:16

Mt. Gox postpones repayment deadline to 2025, allaying concerns of #bitcoin sell pressure.

2024-10-11 14:31:48

Speakers at the #Bitcoin Amsterdam 2024 conference discussed how flawed academic studies on Bitcoin fuel misinformation, affect media coverage and lead to misguided policies.

2024-10-11 12:29:27

If #bitcoin goes sideways for 2 more weeks it will qualify as the longest sideways stint ever.
"Tick-tock next block."

2024-10-11 05:28:53

🇯🇵 Japan's Metaplanet 🇯🇵 buys another ¥1 billion worth of #bitcoin.
"CEO Simon Gerovich is like Japan's Michael Saylor!" 😁

2024-10-10 14:07:25

A study by CryptoQuant has shown that the interest in the Ethereum ETF in the first 79 days was weak at best when compared to the #bitcoin ETF beginnings.
"There is no real surprise here! It is a bogus commodity asset with a protocol based on a staking function that isn't even accessable to the ETF holders."

2024-10-10 13:41:59

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It is indeed!

2024-10-10 13:25:04

Bitcoin ETFs are now holding almost 1 million of the total #bitcoin supply.

2024-10-10 13:21:26

🇸🇷 Suriname 🇸🇷 Presidential candidate Maya Parbhoe says, "There's a lot you can solve by making #bitcoin legal tender"

2024-10-10 12:24:32

Devs are releasing three security advisories for the #Bitcoin Core project. These vulnerabilities affect versions of Bitcoin Core before (and not including) 25.0. This is part of a new vulnerability disclosure policy.

2024-10-10 12:13:20

47% of traditional hedge funds have exposure to #bitcoin and digital assets. This is the result of ETF availability and regulatory clarification in the U.S. and Asia.
— Alternative Investment Management Association

2024-10-10 10:06:31

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Agreed.

2024-10-10 08:09:55

Up and coming #bitcoin mining pool, Ocean (Founded by Luke Dashjr), have pledged to address mining centralization concerns with the design of their pool.
Shortlist of new features:
- Direct non-kyc payments
- DATUM custom mining templates
- Individual miner names on-chain
- Newly generated coins direct from network
- Payments on Lightening with BOLT12
Just point your rig to:
mine.ocean.xyz:3334

2024-10-10 07:20:34

They want to put forward Vitalik Buterin for a Nobel Prize for economics.
"Probably because they failed to find Satoshi!" 🤣

2024-10-10 07:08:39

Peter Schiff challenged Michael Saylor to a debate on #bitcoin versus gold.
... but Saylor hasn’t responded yet.
Peter Schiff also mockingly told Saylor to get a U.S. $4.2 billion loan and snap up the Silk Road btc stash.
... but Saylor hasn't responded yet.

2024-10-09 09:39:05

crypto․com is suing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in a response to the threatening Wells notice they recieved during Gary Gensler's damaging regulatory over-reach actions.

2024-10-09 04:42:07

🇧🇭 The National Bank of Bahrain 🇧🇭, with access points in the UAE and Abu Dhabi, just launched its first #bitcoin investment product.

2024-10-09 04:34:25

Traditional finance arrive late to the #bitcoin mystery party and proceed to flog a the dead horse. Peter Todd? Satoshi?
https://junkflex.com/bitcoin/todd.jpg

2024-10-05 09:29:44

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This is not a typical feature in bitcoin core software but could theoretically be done with custom development.

2024-10-05 09:13:47

#Bitcoin Core 28.0 was released.
https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-28.0/

2024-10-04 00:25:45

#bitcoin dominance sits at a nearly 3 year high.

2024-10-04 00:07:17

New #bitcoin documentary staring Adam Back and Samson Mow drops a trailer.
https://youtu.be/iSF0KGsFuI8?feature=shared

2024-10-04 00:05:13

Spot ETFs have purchased over ~312,000 #itcoin —nearly twice the amount mined this year.

2024-10-02 00:00:12

🇺🇸 U.S. Federal Reserve just approved a $2.35B bank bailout. 🇺🇸

2024-09-30 13:23:03

Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission has announced that professional investors can now access #bitcoin ETFs under specific regulations and oversight.

2024-09-28 01:19:43

Since Powell's 50 basis point cut, there has been inflows over U.S. $497 million into the #bitcoin ETFs. Blackrock has also doubled down and bought more shares of its own ETF for its global allocation fund.

2024-09-28 01:03:45

Changpeng Zhao, ex Binance CEO, was released from prison yesterday.

2024-09-27 03:06:52

Former Swan employees, Michael Holmes and Raphael Zagury, left Swan and started their own #bitcoin mining company called Proton based on stolen Swan code. Swan has taken legal action.

2024-09-26 03:28:20

Paypal has now allowed business accounts to buy, sell and hold #bitcoin and crypto.

2024-09-25 23:41:09

🍿 Tom Emmer confronting Gary Gensler in House Financial Services Committee hearing. 🍿
https://youtu.be/CA0jfR4gVj8

2024-09-25 09:16:24

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An extensive onchain audit suggests with very high probability that the address was a consolidation address for a batch of genesis mining addresses which earned their (First Epoche) block subsidy of 50 #bitcoin. The timestamp information corresponds to a developmental phase where only Satoshi and Hal were known to be mining blocks.
You could conduct this audit yourself by analysing posts between Satoshi and Hal about mining and match the dates.
Here are a few links on mempool which are relevant to the audit.
Bitcoin Block 0: Genesis Block (2009) https://mempool.space/block/000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f
Block 78: Hal Fineys first Block (2009)
https://mempool.space/block/00000000a2886c95400fd3b263b9920af80b118b28fee5d2a162a18e4d9d8b2f
Address alleged managed now by Hal's family which recently moved some large consolidated amounts as well as 5BTC to Kraken.
https://mempool.space/address/37UKdGiS3WFhmrTdveBZEtghivLuQtmdKe
Some transactions happed around 2014 around the time of Hal's passing.
And here is where the paper trail leads back to:
https://mempool.space/address/1CEq15CvdwHZmkfpWxse1UDGBxLynQepTe
Don't trust! Verify!

2024-09-25 06:11:15

Reserve bank of 🇦🇺 Australia 🇦🇺 have began rolling out 'wholesale CBDCs' commenting that they will not be establishing a 'retail CBDCs' any time soon as the benifits for the Australian people did not seem substancial enough.
Check out your countries standing on CBDCs here:
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/cbdctracker/

2024-09-25 05:57:50

Robbie Mitchnick who is head of digital assets at Blackrock has stated that he does not see #bitcoin as a "risk on" asset.

2024-09-25 04:01:08

US Congressman Tom Emmer roasts Gary Gensler over his questionable crypto regulation efforts.
"Your inconsistencies on this issue have sent this country back. We could not have had a more historically destructive or lawless Chairman of the SEC."

2024-09-25 01:36:06

Hal Finney's wallet allegedly sent 5 $BTC to Kraken. The wallet still holds 1,215 $BTC (U.S. $77M).

2024-09-23 06:48:02

🇦🇷 Argentinian 🇦🇷 officials arrest a group of people for smuggling mining hardware into the country without a permit.

2024-09-22 05:19:34

Rektember's bearish sentiment flips on a dime, with analysts firing off their cycle peak targets—of little importance to true #bitcoin believers.

2024-09-20 13:27:57

MicroStrategy is stacking hand over fist with yet another #bitcoin purchase of U.S. $460 million.

2024-09-20 03:53:35

:trump: Donald Trump - #Bitcoin is a new era.

2024-09-20 03:46:16

:mallers: Jack Mallers - /#Bitcoin is the only monetary instrument in the history of our species that is fixed.

2024-09-20 03:34:57

:rfk: #Bitcoin mining is a powerful new tool for supporting renewable-intensive grids.

2024-09-20 03:24:54

Microstrategy wastes no time as it increases its raise to U.S. $875 million to buy more #bitcoin.

2024-09-20 03:13:14

:booth:The natural state of a free market is deflation, which means we have never lived in a free market:booth:

2024-09-20 01:57:18

Russian deputy finance minister, Ivan Chebeskov wants to tax mining in 🇷🇺 Russia🇷🇺 by energy use initially and it seems they plan to extend this taxation to also include mining profits in the future.

2024-09-19 11:32:15

Rate cuts appear to have had an effect, are we about to see something interesting?

2024-09-18 22:39:38

Donald Trump has been seen paying for food at a bar using #bitcoin. Bitcoin Bar in New York City.

2024-09-18 06:50:20

Jerome Powell will speak after interest rates decision here is the link to tune into that live:
https://www.youtube.com/live/seEoCB97cds

2024-09-17 10:32:00

The Federal Reserve bank has their FOMC meeting at 2pm today. The expected 50 basis point cut will likely be confirmed or denied by 4:30pm.

2024-09-17 07:23:54

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Arkham Intelligence

2024-09-17 06:28:22

🇧🇹 Bhutan 🇧🇹 has mined U.S. $780 million in #bitcoin using renewable hydropower, becoming the world's 4th-largest government bitcoin holder.

2024-09-16 09:59:17

The Federal Reserve meeting is set for Tuesday, with growing momentum behind expectations of a significant 50 basis point rate cut which would positively influence the #bitcoin unit price.

2024-09-16 07:51:27

It is worth noting that Trump's potential second assassination attempt has had little to no effect on the #bitcoin unit price.

2024-09-16 02:41:24

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cocktus your a legend! 👊

2024-09-16 02:30:57

According to data from River Financial companies have grown their #bitcoin holdings collectively by 587% over the past four years.

2024-09-16 02:21:41

Following legalization of #bitcoin mining in 🇷🇺 Russia 🇷🇺, 15 new datacenters are planned in the Komi Republic.

2024-09-12 22:46:14

U.S. $1400 Covid Stimulus cheque if used on stacking is now worth almost 12 thousand dollars!

2024-09-12 12:30:33

#Coinbase has released cbBTC, a wrapped version of #bitcoin on the Ethereum network and Base. Apparently it is backed 1:1 with Bitcoin held on the Coinbase exchange.

2024-09-10 17:27:57

🇯🇵 Japan's 🇯🇵 #Metaplanet adds another ¥300 million worth of #bitcoin to its balance sheet.

2024-09-09 15:07:35

Vanity addresses for #bitcoin are like personalized number plates you can generate with this:
https://joshua-zou.github.io/vanity-btc/

2024-09-09 13:57:43

Elon Musk has recently hinted at re-enabling #Dogecoin as a payment option for Tesla.
"Can't blame a guy for choosing the dog that is easier to control!"

2024-09-09 09:13:03

Paper bitcoin continues its outflows while in the background #whales are stacking nonstop. This highlights the divide between traditional investors and those who truly understand the #bitcoin protocol on a technical level.

2024-09-09 08:00:36

Gold vs. Bitcoin
#bitcoin critic Peter Schiff goes head to head in debate with bitcoin ambassador, Jack Mallers resulting in many laughable moments.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSlEQA1BoOE

2024-09-09 06:58:17

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Fully agreed, the price has prematurely pumped ahead of the assets fixed algorithmic price trajectory due to unprecedented adoption levels from the ETFs and related anticipation. I would say that we would be looking at around 40k naturally without the extra adoption.

2024-09-09 01:43:36

According to historical data #bitcoin is doing the same thing it did in 2020 before the parabolic phase. For genuine bitcoiners, the current price performance is not a cause for concern.

2024-09-08 17:35:18

3 Years ago today, 🇸🇻 El Salvidore 🇸🇻 adopted #bitcoin as legal tender. Who will be next?