HISTORY: 🟠 Japan officially recognized BTC as a legal payment method on this day in 2017.

With BTC trading near $1.1K at the time, the move signaled early confidence.

Source: https://x.com/digitalassets/status/2039314838782972166?

JUST IN: 🟠 Bitcoin has closed its first green month after 5 months of red 👀

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/2039315503236223475?s=20

JUST IN: 🟠 Strategy's Stretch $STRC is estimated to have raised enough money to buy over 80 #Bitcoin in just first 3 minutes of market open.

Source: https://x.com/BTCtreasuries/status/2039335743701791109?s=20

ERIC BALCHUNAS: 🟠 We got a ticker for the upcoming iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF: $BITA.

They just filed an amended S-1 for this highly anticipated sequel. No fee yet tho. My over/under is 38bps.

Source: https://x.com/EricBalchunas/status/2039301032384029180?s=20

ICYMI: 🇺🇸 New Hampshire's Bitcoin-backed municipal bond scores a Ba2 rating from Moody's, marking an unprecedented first in public finance, per Bloomberg.

Source: https://x.com/Cointelegraph/status/2039130777258963099?s=20

NEW: 🇺🇸 Senate Bills 1649 and 1042, which would allow the state of Arizona to launch a Bitcoin Reserve are scheduled for House floor vote after clearing committees.

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/2039303763400564940?s=20

NEW: 🇺🇸 A Bitcoin & crypto exchange backed by Citadel Securities applied to be a national trust bank 👀

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/2039381097683759211?s=20

JUST IN: 🟠 Morgan Stanley files another amendment for its spot Bitcoin ETF 👀

Source: https://x.com/bitcoinmagazine/status/2039454009325437348?

NEW: 🟠 Moody's issues its first credit rating to Bitcoin-backed bonds, assigning a provisional Ba2 rating to a pair of Bitcoin-backed revenue bonds to be issued through the Business Finance Authority of the State of New Hampshire.

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/2039411330642227578?s=20

BULLISH: 🟠 Strategy's STRC has climbed to one of the top holdings in BlackRock's iShares Preferred ETF (PFF).

Source: https://x.com/TFTC21/status/2039372047349141760?s=20

🦐 Blockstream researcher Jonas Nick introduced SHRIMPS, a multi-device post-quantum signature scheme (~2.5 KB) aimed at improving Bitcoin’s long-term quantum resilience.

📰 https://btctimes.com/blockstream-researcher-introduces-shrimps-as-new-step-toward-quantum-resistant-bitcoin/

📣 https://x.com/BTCTimescom/status/2039482507100397569

JUST IN: 🟠 Japanese public company Metaplanet purchases 5,075 Bitcoin and is now the 3rd largest corporate owner of BTC 🇯🇵

Source: https://x.com/bitcoinmagazine/status/2039666756793278718?

JUST IN: 🟠 Lyn Alden says “As you get higher public debt levels and ask, 'when will $39 trillion public debt matter?'… That’s a symptom of decades of financial imbalances.”

“There’s been winners and losers in that whole process and I’ve argued that it’s contributed to populism, more significant and unexpected geopolitical issues and I also think we’re entering a more multipolar world.”

Source: https://x.com/SimplyBitcoin/status/2039712382146970092?s=20

🚀 Metaplanet added 5,075 Bitcoin to reach 40,177 BTC, now the third-largest corporate holder, with ¥2.97B in revenue supporting accumulation.

📰 https://btctimes.com/metaplanet-increases-holdings-to-40-177-bitcoin-following-latest-purchase/

📣 https://x.com/BTCTimescom/status/2039728830026272772

🟠 B HODL added 1 Bitcoin, raising holdings to 165.487 BTC with support from Adam Back.

📰 https://btctimes.com/b-hodl-increases-holdings-to-165-487-bitcoin-following-latest-purchase/

📣 https://x.com/BTCTimescom/status/2039737649859002835

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Coinbase receives conditional approval from US regulator OCC to operate the 'Coinbase National Trust Company' 👀

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/2039733009071456365?s=20

BIG BREAKING: 🇺🇸 The backdoor ban on Bitcoin self-custody has officially been defeated in Kentucky.

The anti-self-custody language has been removed in the Senate and has been sent to Governor Beshear for a signature.

Source: https://x.com/Dennis_Porter_/status/2039738244636479994?s=20

Worried about quantum computing breaking Bitcoin?

Samson Mow says worry about your bank, the military, and nuclear launch codes first.

The media forgot to mention that part.

Source: https://x.com/SimplyBitcoin/status/2039504849591804401?s=20

JUST IN: 🟠 Lyn Alden says “Bitcoin is a buying opportunity” this morning on CNBC

“Once we do have light at the end of the tunnel, I think some of those beaten down areas have a lot of upside.”

Source: https://x.com/SimplyBitcoin/status/2039718012219974035?s=20