NEW: 🇨🇦 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's half-brother Kyle Kemper says immersing himself with others working towards Satoshi Nakamoto's vision was "very enlightening and educational." 🤔

NEW: 🟠 Coinbase's #Bitcoin reserve is currently ~267K $BTC, down from 418K #BTC in early 2024 👀

🟠 Vanguard is implementing a $100 processing fee for closing or transferring account assets to another firm 🤡

Bitcoiner's did this 😂

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🟠 At 65k bitcoin is one of the best investments YTD… again 💅

we're so back

ICYMI: 🇨🇦 Royal Bank of Canada has exposure to three #Bitcoin ETFs, per SEC filings 👀

RBC is a global top 25 bank.

NEW: 🇺🇸 World’s largest futures exchange, CME Group is planning to launch #Bitcoin trading❗️

Safe to say, Wall Street is here.

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Newly appointed Vanguard CEO will NOT introduce a spot #Bitcoin ETF 🤡

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Fund manager Boothbay discloses it holds almost $150 million in BlackRock's spot #Bitcoin ETF in new SEC filing❗️

JUST IN: 🇺🇸Millennium Management discloses it holds $2 billion in spot #Bitcoin ETFs in new SEC filing 👀

This is 3% of their 64 Billion in Assets Under Management (AUM), wild.

🟠 MicroStrategy vs Tether #Bitcoin treasury accumulation animated chart 📊

Notice how it goes UP ONLY?

They are accumulating as much Bitcoin as possible. There's a reason for this.

Yet many rather trade it...

BREAKING: 🇺🇸 Legislation that would overturn SEC rule preventing highly regulated financial firms from custodying #Bitcoin PASSES the Senate 🙌

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 US Senator Cynthia Lummis says "We are so ₿ack" after voting for bill that would allow highly regulated financial firms to custody #Bitcoin 👀

🟠 BlackRock's spot Bitcoin ETF ($IBIT) ended up with 414 reported holders in its first 13F season, blowing away every record❗️

Here's a look at how the btc ETFs compare to other ETFs launched in Jan (aka the Class of 2024) in this metric.

h/t Eric Balchunas

🟠 Top Bitcoin ETF Holders of Q1 👇

1️⃣ Millennium Management
2️⃣ Susquehanna
3️⃣ Horizon Kinetics
4️⃣ Bracebridge
5️⃣ Boothbay

Gradually, then suddenly 🚀

ICYMI: 🇺🇸 Bitcoin payment processor, IBEX Pay, decides to suspend all US services starting May 31st 👀