BULLISH: 🟠 Director of Blockstream Research Andrew Poelstra explains how Simplicity's high-assurance smart contracts enable trustless finance on the Liquid Network 🌊

Source: https://x.com/Liquid_BTC/status/2005832550971830356?s=20

BULLISH: 🟠 Listen to the founder of Twitter, Jack explain Bitcoin 💪

Source: https://x.com/DocumentingBTC/status/2005999742661403080?s=20

NEW: 🇯🇵 Metaplanet has received ¥21.249B JPY (~$136M USD) in proceeds and is now officially an issuer of Bitcoin-backed perpetual preferred stock.

They become the first Bitcoin treasury company after Strategy to issue preferred shares.

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/2006022835907571855?s=20

🚀 Metaplanet recently bought 4,279 BTC in Q4, raising total holdings to 35,102 Bitcoin as part of its treasury strategy.

📰 https://btctimes.com/metaplanet-raises-holdings-to-35-102-bitcoin-following-q4-purchase/

📣 https://x.com/BTCTimescom/status/2006056809484648669

Stay ahead of the curve with the latest Bitcoin news!

📣 https://x.com/BTCTimescom

INSIGHTS: 🟠 Here are some Bitcoin insights from 2025 for those who like data:

> The "Bitcoin is dead" coverage basically disappeared this year. First time that's happened.

> The Strategic Reserve narrative is still building. Data suggests another 2-3 months before it burns out."

> The quantum computing spike in October went from zero to everywhere in under two weeks. No buildup at all.

Data from Bitcoin Perception: https://x.com/BTCPerception/status/2005878284274348078?s=20

NEW: 🇮🇷 The head of Iran’s central bank, Mohammad Reza Farzin, resigned Monday as protests broke out in Tehran following a sharp collapse in the national currency 📉

Iran’s rial hit a record low of 1.42 million per U.S. dollar on Sunday.

Bitcoin solves this.

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/2006063162315907345?s=20

BULLISH: 🟠 Long-term holders turn net accumulators, easing a major Bitcoin headwind and ending, for now, the largest sell pressure event from this cohort since 2019.

Source: https://x.com/matthew_sigel/status/2006002866507690243?s=20

MICHAEL SAYLOR: 🟠 "By the time the bankers tell you it's a good idea, it'll cost $10 million per Bitcoin."

"It's at a 99% discount right now" 🏷️

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinArchive/status/2006351783115829741?s=20

ICMYI: 🟠 JUST IN: Cantor Fitzgerald just said live on CNBC, "There's nothing out there that could force Strategy $MSTR to sell their Bitcoin." 🔥

Source: https://x.com/BTCtreasuries/status/2005994849619829221?s=20

BULLISH: 🟠 Bitcoin mining difficulty every New Year's Eve:

2009: 1
2010: 14,500
2011: 1,160,000
2012: 2,980,000
2013: 1,180,000,000
2014: 40,600,000,000
2015: 93,400,000,000
2016: 318,000,000,000
2017: 1,870,000,000,000
2018: 5,100,000,000,000
2019: 13,000,000,000,000
2020: 18,600,000,000,000
2021: 24,300,000,000,000
2022: 35,400,000,000,000
2023: 72,000,000,000,000
2024: 110,000,000,000,000
2025: 148,000,000,000,000

It's 148 trillion times harder to mine a bitcoin block today than it was on NYE 2009.

Happy New Year 🎆

Source: https://x.com/JavierHermosa21/status/2006386174492115087?s=20

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Senator Cynthia Lummis says proposed Bitcoin legislation will allow "major banks to offer digital asset custody & payments under proper supervision." 👀

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/2006407350035317189?s=20

"I think the whole narrative around OG selling is just part of some coordinated campaign to suppress the price."

Samson Mow on BullishBit

BREAKING: 🟠 Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino confirms Tether has acquired 8,888.8888888 BTC in Q4 2025 💪

Source: https://x.com/paoloardoino/status/2006484145011306766?s=20

Bitcoin Price on New Years Day 🎉

2026: $87,850
2025: $93,958
2024: $43,188
2023: $17,377
2022: $46,985
2021: $29,172
2020: $7,197
2019: $3,694
2018: $13,417
2017: $980
2016: $433
2015: $316
2014: $745
2013: $13
2012: $5
2011: $0.30

Source: https://x.com/bitcoinarchive/status/2006707872747474979

NEW: 🇷🇺 Russia's Ministry of Justice has proposed a draft law that would criminalize unregistered Bitcoin mining. Penalties include fines of up to 2.5M rubles (~$31K) and up to five years in prison for large-scale violations.

Source: https://x.com/bitcoinnewscom/status/2006749504901697590

JUST IN: 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan officially legalizes Bitcoin and crypto mining and exchanges - The Washington Post

Source: https://x.com/bitcoinarchive/status/2006771926966943803

NEW: 🟠 Bitcoin held on public (and known private) corporate balance sheets continues to make all time highs.

Corporations now hold nearly 7% of all BTC.

Source: https://x.com/lopp/status/2006778445569925189?s=46&t=7ReTj1A2bqazOEzGlCKqHg