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📈 Strive purchased 20 Bitcoin for $1.26 million at an average price of $63,191 per BTC, bringing its holdings to 20,020 Bitcoin valued at ~$1.26 billion.

📰 https://btctimes.com/strive-increases-bitcoin-holdings-to-20-020-bitcoin

📣 https://x.com/BTCTimescom/status/2084659907190534294

NEW: 🟠 The Bitcoin Policy Institute puts out the best video to explain the difference between an exploitable ColdCard seed phrase and a properly generated seed phrase.

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/2084426193999176118

NEW: 🟠 American Bitcoin increases its Bitcoin reserve by 14% QoQ to 8,002 BTC in Q2.

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/2084647796544844145

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Former Senator Pat Toomey says it's "essential the Senate passes the" Clarity Act this week 👀

"We've been working on this for years. The Senate needs to have this vote this week" ‼️

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/2084716548623659455

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Former CFTC Commissioner on CLARITY ACT progress:

"I think we're getting there on ethics. We seem to be on the 10 yard-line here. The right players are working on it...I think we're headed in a direction we're gonna get a good vote on this bill" 👏

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/2084736089974046983

JUST IN: 🟠 $86 billion Mizuho Bank says Clarity Act will NOT pass in August

"It will happen at some point, but not in 2026."

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinArchive/status/2084735613874438384

BREAKING: 🇿🇦 South Africa to cap Bitcoin & crypto sent abroad.

• Individuals limited to $120k a year.

• Up to $600k if tax compliant.

• Exchanges must report offshore transfers.

Source; https://x.com/BitcoinArchive/status/2084727865002660108

BREAKING: 🟠 Elon Musk's SpaceX $SPCX just announced they did not sell any #Bitcoin in Q2 and are still holding 18,712 BTC.

Fresh off the largest IPO in history, the aerospace giant continues to back BTC as a core treasury reserve.

Bitcoin 100 Ranking: 8

Source: https://x.com/BTCtreasuries/status/2084736206395310237

IMPORTANT: 🟠 Your recovery phrase backs up your bitcoin, so keep it offline.

Don't photograph it, don't type it into any website, and don't drop it into your notes app.

Put it on paper, or better still, steel.

Source: https://x.com/Blockstream/status/2084024450660303186

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Senator Cynthia Lummis says "I believe we will get a vote on the Clarity Act before August recess." 👀

"I don't think we'll be leaving on Friday, I think we'll go into the weekend."

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/2084999143655682140

JUST IN: 🟠 Publicly traded #Bitcoin mining company Cipher Digital $CIFR has sold 470 BTC to fund AI data center development and now holds a total of 646 BTC.

Bitcoin 100 Ranking: 58

Source: https://x.com/BTCtreasuries/status/2084989979470819549

JUST IN: 🟠 $15 billion investment bank TD Cowen analyst Lance Vitanza just said, "We have a buy rating on #Bitcoin treasury company Strive $ASST with a price target of $28, and a buy rating on its preferred stock $SATA."

"We have a very constructive outlook on Strive."

Source: https://x.com/BTCtreasuries/status/2084731095262888180

NEW: 🇷🇺 Russia President Putin has signed a law providing comprehensive regulation for digital assets and rights for investors 👀

"The legislation governs the organization, accounting, and custody of digital currencies and foreign digital instruments."

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/2085075028966531124

NEW: 🇺🇸 Sen. Rick Scott says Sen. Lummis has "Worked her butt off with the Clarity Act" and urges the Senate to stay and pass the bill:

"We’ve got to figure out how do we get these things done…We’ve got to stay here and start talking to each other.”

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/2085056233204011366

FYI: 🟠 $10 billion investment bank Maxim Group has lowered its price target on #Bitcoin treasury company Strategy $MSTR from $250 to $215 and maintains a buy rating.

That's still a 120% upside.

Source: https://x.com/BTCtreasuries/status/2085054656531820801

ICYMI: 🇺🇸 $86 billion Mizuho Bank says Clarity Act will NOT pass in August

"It will happen at some point, but not in 2026."

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinArchive/status/2084735613874438384

NEW: 🇦🇹 $258 billion Austrian banking giant Raiffeisen Bank International just disclosed it has increased its stake in #Bitcoin treasury company Strategy $MSTR by 3,080%.

Source: https://x.com/BTCtreasuries/status/2084943582365110307