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.

Source: https://x.com/CoinDesk/status/2028801847318675899?s=20

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Indiana Governor signs bill into law that allows Bitcoin to be invested in state retirement plans 👏

Source: https://x.com/bitcoinmagazine/status/2028930234003694076?

NEW: 🟠 Core Scientific discloses selling 1,900 Bitcoin in January for $175M, at $92,100 per BTC, anticipating it will liquidate its remaining 1000BTC stash.

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/2028878072616022222?s=20

BULLISH: 🌊 The Liquid Federation has grown to nearly 80 member companies and Bitcoin software entities since 2018.

Blockstream Liquid Engineer BIZZ.HODL breaks it down: three boards (membership, technology, oversight) with 15 companies running the functionaries.

Source: https://x.com/Liquid_BTC/status/2028741444064968905?s=20

NEW: 🇨🇭 Tether and the City of Lugano launch Plan ₿ Phase II (2026–2030), creating long-term strategy for digital sovereignty.

The plan focuses on digital asset infrastructure, privacy-first ID systems, AI ecosystems, and decentralized urban infrastructure.

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/2028936973935620185?s=20

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

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/2029186176452599967?s=20

🏦 Kraken Financial has received a Federal Reserve master account, becoming the first U.S. digital asset bank with direct access to Fed payment rails like Fedwire.

📰 https://btctimes.com/kraken-financial-granted-federal-reserve-master-account/

📣 https://x.com/BTCTimescom/status/2029210811231580411

🚀 Morgan Stanley filed with the SEC to launch a spot Bitcoin ETF that would hold BTC directly, with Coinbase Custody and BNY Mellon handling custody and administration.

📰 https://btctimes.com/morgan-stanley-files-prospectus-for-proposed-spot-bitcoin-etf/

📣 https://x.com/BTCTimescom/status/2029227721251832072

NEW: 🟠 AI models favor Bitcoin over fiat, a new study from the Bitcoin Policy Institute finds.

Prepare accordingly.

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/2029186850334589108?s=20

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 White House officially nominates pro-Bitcoin Kevin Warsh to be the new Federal Reserve Chairman 👀

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/2029240970286338476?s=20

NEW: 🟠 MARA rejects claims that it plans to sell the majority of its Bitcoin holdings.

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/2029217300969144366?s=20

JUST IN: 🇵🇾 Paraguay has just followed the lead of Bhutan, using wasted hydro energy to mine Bitcoin, for a likely National Bitcoin Reserve.

"Reports indicate mined Bitcoin will likely be held as a state asset or the national treasury, potentially used to fund infrastructure"

Source: https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2029056540456403381?s=20

JUST IN: 🟠 Michael Saylor's Strategy is estimated to have bought over 700 bitcoin so far today via STRC 🚀

That is more than how many BTC will be mined today 🤯

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/2029295136279318682?s=20

🔵 Blockstream solves quantum threat for Bitcoin.

📰 https://btctimes.com/blockstream-solves-quantum-threat-for-bitcoin/

📣 https://x.com/BTCTimescom/status/2029537142313980333

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

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/2029536441374572695?s=20

NEW: 🟠 Bitcoin analyst Grain of Salt (@Z06Z07) says, "The one-year anniversary of Strategy's perpetual preferred stock $STRC is where people will start flocking to it just for the yield."

"As it has been paying that yield reliably for a full year, with nearly three more years of dividends already covered in cash."

Source: https://x.com/BTCtreasuries/status/2029564939682410632?s=20

BREAKING: 🇺🇸 FBI Director Kash Patel announces they arrested a government contractor who stole more than $46 million in crypto from the U.S Marshals Service.

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/2029579018186444883?s=20