JUST IN: 🇺🇸 U.S. Texas State Teachers Retirement Fund just disclosed they bought 7,398 more #Bitcoin treasury company Strategy $MSTR shares and now holds a total of 80,844 shares ($12.7 million).

NEW: 🇺🇸 Tennessee State Rep. Jody Barrett introduced a bill to create a "Tennessee Strategic Bitcoin Reserve" 🙌

JUST IN: 🟠 $7 trillion UBS Group CEO Sergio Ermotti said the bank is considering offering access to crypto for individual clients.

NEW: 🇷🇺 Russia’s ninth-largest bank Sovcombank becomes the country's first major lender to launch Bitcoin-backed loans.

NEW: 🟠 Binance purchases another $233M worth of Bitcoin for its SAFU Fund.

That brings total buys this week to $433M, or 43% of its planned $1B allocation.

Binance says the full SAFU Fund conversion into Bitcoin is expected to be completed within 30 days.

FYI: 🟠 Publicly traded #Bitcoin mining company CleanSpark $CLSK increased its holdings by 414.37 BTC and now holds a total of 13,513 BTC.

🔸Bitcoin 100 Ranking: 10🪜🔸

FUN FACT: 🟠 In 2014, Dell accepted payment of 85 #Bitcoin worth $50,000 for a server order.

Today, that 85 #BTC is worth $5.8 million.

JUST IN: 🟠 $1.48 trillion Geode Capital Management just disclosed they bought 175,343 more #Bitcoin treasury company Strategy $MSTR shares and now holds a total of 3.91 million shares ($502 million).

TODAY: 🚨 22 Bitcoin seized in a 2021 case disappears from a cold wallet at a Seoul police station 👀

DATA: 🟠 Largest new IBIT holder: Laurore Ltd. $436 million. Single holding. No website, no press, no footprint.

HK-based. Filer named Zhang Hui, the Chinese equivalent of John Smith.

Chinese investors can't hold Bitcoin. But they can hold a BlackRock ETF.

JUST IN: 🟠 Michael Saylor posted the Strategy BTC tracker again, hinting at buying more Bitcoin 🚀

ICYMI: 🇺🇸 JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Michigan State Rep. Matt Maddock introduces bill to allow employees to be paid in bitcoin and to prohibit the issuance of a CBDC 👏

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Indiana lawmakers approve bill that will allow public retirement and savings plans to invest in bitcoin and bitcoin ETFs.

The bill now goes to the governors desk, expected to be signed into law.

“Get as much bitcoin as you fucking can. This thing is a runaway freight train and you’re not going to be able to catch it YOU’RE NOT STACKING HARD ENOUGH.”

-AMERICAN HODL

JUST IN: 🟠 Jack Dorsey's Block Inc $XYZ buys an additional 103 #Bitcoin and now holds a total of 8,883 BTC.

🔸Bitcoin 100 Ranking: 14🔸

The crypto market is gaining momentum

Over the past 24 hours, the total capitalization of the cryptocurrency market has grown by approximately $110 billion, indicating a return to positive sentiment among investors.

NEW: 🟠 Parasite Pool, a decentralized Bitcoin mining setup for small miners, hits block and distributes 2.5 BTC rewards in seconds via Lightning Network ⚡️

NEW: 🇯🇵 The Bank of Japan will experiment with blockchain to settle deposits held by financial institutions at the central bank, enabling 24/7 instant settlement and reducing gridlock risk in stress events.

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Morgan Stanley issues new SEC filing for a spot Bitcoin ETF, announcing Coinbase and BNY Mellon as the custodians 👀

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 New York Stock Exchange parent company ICE invests in Bitcoin exchange OKX at a $25 BILLION valuation 👀

🚘 Lamborghini will accept BTC

Lamborghini has announced that it will allow its dealers in the US to accept Bitcoin payments, continuing to expand the use of cryptocurrencies in the premium car segment.