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.

JUST IN: 🟠 It's now estimated that Michael Saylor's Strategy bought 1,360 BTC today via STRC, a new daily record 🤯

JUST IN: 🟠 Michael Saylor's Strategy is estimated to have already bought 452 BTC so far this morning 👀

That's more than the current amount of mined bitcoin per day 🤯

"Gradually can become big… that’s what I think is going to happen."

-Lawrence Lepard at BullishBit

NEW: 🟠 Tether says it has built an internal Bitcoin-focused dashboard to help its teams support Bitcoin adoption and education around the world.

The company estimates Bitcoin now has about 571M on-chain users, with adoption growing by more than 10M users each quarter.

JUST IN: 🟠 Adam Back says his #Bitcoin Standard Treasury Company $BSTR will launch a digital credit similar to Strategy's STRK, awaiting de-SPAC approval for $BSTRK.

"First U.S. treasury company to launch a preferred stock at the time of its SPAC raise."

JUST IN: 🟠 There's now a 97% chance Michael Saylor's Strategy holds over 800,000 BTC on its balance sheet by end of year, according to Polymarket 👀

They won't stop buying 🚀

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 CFTC and SEC issues statement clarifying
that Bitcoin mining rewards are labeled under "protocol mining" as not securities.

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 SEC approves Nasdaq rule change to enable tokenized securities trading 👀

NEW: 🟠 Morgan Stanley files new form with the SEC for its spot Bitcoin ETF, revealing the ticker will be MSBT 👀

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 CFTC announces Futures Commission Merchants can accept Bitcoin as margin collateral.