JUST IN: 🇺🇸 $1.7 trillion Franklin Templeton announces their support of the CLARITY Act.

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/2081839956654235874

DYLAN LECLAIR: 🟠 "Even through the bear market, the number of our Japanese retail shareholders is increasing, and now we have over 250,000, which was half of that a year ago."

"Bear market tests your conviction. It makes you wobble, but we're pretty unshaken." 🔥

Source: https://x.com/BTCtreasuries/status/2081850867133579296

NEW: 🇺🇸 SEC Chair Paul Atkins tells CNBC: "I'm optimistic that Congress will pass the Clarity Act." 👀

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/2082079240346886372

NEW: 🟠 Orange Juice co-founder Lyn Alden explains their hybrid Bitcoin treasury strategy.

"In a bull market, we will lean into buying more businesses and reinvesting cash flow. In a bear market, we will lean more into accumulating BTC with the cash flows."

"Our edge is BTC, and we think it’s going to keep appreciating."

Source: https://x.com/BTCtreasuries/status/2082038508726997392

BREAKING: 🟠 MASTERCARD IS HIRING A CRYPTO PRODUCT DEVELOPER 👀

Compensation up to $318K, NY-based.

How long until they go Bitcoin-only? 🤨

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinArchive/status/2082083119729942911

BREAKING: 🇸🇬 SINGAPORE REGULATOR REQUESTS BANKS TO REPORT THEIR CRYPTOS. 👀

Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said banks must:

🔸 Inventory all cryptos; deadline to be set later this year.

🔸 Prioritize migration of 'vulnerable' cryptos to quantum-resistant solutions.

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinArchive/status/2082088285418004966

NEW: 🇷🇺 Bank of Russia says it has drafted "first regulations to launch cryptocurrency market in Russia." 👀

"The Bank of Russia has created conditions for organised trading in digital currencies and digital rights."

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/2082107138621534284

JUST IN: 🟠 Publicly traded AI data center provider Core Scientific $CORZ increased its holdings by 301 #Bitcoin and now holds a total of 848 BTC.

Bitcoin 100 Ranking: 49

Source: https://x.com/BTCtreasuries/status/2082103907225055480

BULLISH: 🟠 Investment bank The Benchmark Company's analyst Mark Palmer just said that Metaplanet (3350.T) will surge 85% to ¥405 ($2.47) following its launch of Metaplanet Securities.

"The market still prices Metaplanet as a passive #Bitcoin proxy while it prepares to bootstrap an entire capital market."

Source: https://x.com/BTCtreasuries/status/2082080089630716002

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Sen. Gallego and Sen. Tills are "finalizing language" for a CLARITY ACT counteroffer from the Democrats and plan to send it to the White House in the "next couple days", according to POLITICO 👀

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/2082196246400229695

AMAZINIG: 🇦🇺 Brewery in Australia is using excess solar energy to power a Bitcoin mine and recycling the heat to make beer ⚡️

Source: https://x.com/SimplyBitcoin/status/2082134788958245049