💰 A 2012 Bitcoin Time Capsule Opens in 2025!
In 2012, Bitcointalk user JohnGalt bought a Casascius bar loaded with 100 BTC for just $500. On May 13, 2025, he finally revealed the private key and cashed out the coins — worth nearly $10 million at today’s rates. 🙀
🔗 Transaction link
In his post on Bitcointalk, JohnGalt shared that he hesitated for years due to the bar’s collectible value and fear of damage. But the recent BTC surge finally tipped the scales.
🧵 His full story
In 2012, Bitcointalk user JohnGalt bought a Casascius bar loaded with 100 BTC for just $500. On May 13, 2025, he finally revealed the private key and cashed out the coins — worth nearly $10 million at today’s rates. 🙀
🔗 Transaction link
In his post on Bitcointalk, JohnGalt shared that he hesitated for years due to the bar’s collectible value and fear of damage. But the recent BTC surge finally tipped the scales.
🧵 His full story
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Trump Considers Deporting Elon Musk Amid Tax Bill Dispute 👀
In a sharp escalation of their feud, Donald Trump stated he would consider deporting Elon Musk following the billionaire's public criticism of the new U.S. tax bill. 🙀
Trump defended the bill, which raises the national debt ceiling by $5 trillion, and quipped that perhaps the “Department of DOGE” should look into Musk. 😁
In response, Elon fired back on X:
In a sharp escalation of their feud, Donald Trump stated he would consider deporting Elon Musk following the billionaire's public criticism of the new U.S. tax bill. 🙀
Trump defended the bill, which raises the national debt ceiling by $5 trillion, and quipped that perhaps the “Department of DOGE” should look into Musk. 😁
In response, Elon fired back on X:
"What’s the point of saving $160B in DOGE if the government adds $5T in debt? It’s an insult to the work done in DOGE." 😐
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💸 Bitcoin Treasury Adoption Accelerates Across the Globe
Institutional demand for Bitcoin keeps rising:
🇺🇸 DDC Enterprise secured a $528M funding round to scale its Bitcoin treasury strategy — one of the largest to date.
🇬🇧 The Smarter Web added 230 BTC (£17.9M) to its reserves, nearly doubling its holdings. Just 5x less than Metaplanet’s recent buy.
🇧🇭 Bahrain-based AlAbraaj Restaurant Group joined the movement, adding 2 BTC ($208,200) to their balance. Small buy, big statement?
🇫🇷 The Blockchain Group acquired 60 more BTC, reaching 1,788 BTC total in reserves.
Institutions — from tech giants to restaurant chains — are stacking sats like never before. The Bitcoin treasury race is heating up! 🚀
Institutional demand for Bitcoin keeps rising:
🇺🇸 DDC Enterprise secured a $528M funding round to scale its Bitcoin treasury strategy — one of the largest to date.
🇬🇧 The Smarter Web added 230 BTC (£17.9M) to its reserves, nearly doubling its holdings. Just 5x less than Metaplanet’s recent buy.
🇧🇭 Bahrain-based AlAbraaj Restaurant Group joined the movement, adding 2 BTC ($208,200) to their balance. Small buy, big statement?
🇫🇷 The Blockchain Group acquired 60 more BTC, reaching 1,788 BTC total in reserves.
Institutions — from tech giants to restaurant chains — are stacking sats like never before. The Bitcoin treasury race is heating up! 🚀
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📊 30-day DeFi sector growth: who's leading?
Fresh data shows notable shifts across 20+ DeFi verticals based on TVL (Total Value Locked).
🔼 Lending protocols, cross-chain bridges, and RWA platforms are gaining momentum.
🚀 The fastest-growing sector? Risk curators, with a +37.7% surge.
💰 Staking pools also showed solid growth, adding +15.7% TVL in the past month.
DeFi is quietly evolving — and some sectors are sprinting ahead.
Fresh data shows notable shifts across 20+ DeFi verticals based on TVL (Total Value Locked).
🔼 Lending protocols, cross-chain bridges, and RWA platforms are gaining momentum.
🚀 The fastest-growing sector? Risk curators, with a +37.7% surge.
💰 Staking pools also showed solid growth, adding +15.7% TVL in the past month.
DeFi is quietly evolving — and some sectors are sprinting ahead.
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🌍 Tether expands into Africa!
USDT issuer Tether has signed an MoU with the Zanzibar eGovernment Authority to promote digital asset education and blockchain adoption in Tanzania 🇹🇿.
📚 The partnership aims to drive financial innovation and literacy across developing regions — part of Tether’s broader push into emerging markets.
USDT issuer Tether has signed an MoU with the Zanzibar eGovernment Authority to promote digital asset education and blockchain adoption in Tanzania 🇹🇿.
📚 The partnership aims to drive financial innovation and literacy across developing regions — part of Tether’s broader push into emerging markets.
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📉 Bitcoin's Active Supply Drops to Critical Level
The 30-day change in active BTC supply has fallen to -17% — the same level seen right before the September 2024 rally began.
This metric often signals accumulation phases, hinting at a potential bullish move... if macro drama doesn't get in the way 👀
— Alex Adler, CryptoQuant
The 30-day change in active BTC supply has fallen to -17% — the same level seen right before the September 2024 rally began.
This metric often signals accumulation phases, hinting at a potential bullish move... if macro drama doesn't get in the way 👀
🗣 "Tell Elon to stop fighting with the president — we’re supposed to have a rally, and they’re ruining everything."
— Alex Adler, CryptoQuant
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🇨🇳 Chinese Firm Buys In: $528M for BTC Treasury
Publicly traded DDC Enterprise (NYSE), known for plant-based foods and marketing services, has announced a $528M fundraising round to accelerate its Bitcoin treasury strategy 💰
The company is joining the growing list of institutions integrating BTC into their balance sheets — and doing it at scale. 🌐
Publicly traded DDC Enterprise (NYSE), known for plant-based foods and marketing services, has announced a $528M fundraising round to accelerate its Bitcoin treasury strategy 💰
The company is joining the growing list of institutions integrating BTC into their balance sheets — and doing it at scale. 🌐
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📊 US M2 Money Supply Hits New Record — $21.94T (+4.5% YoY)
May marked the 19th consecutive monthly increase in M2, breaking the previous all-time high from March 2022 — right before BTC crashed further into the bear market.
Unlike 2020’s money printing, this surge is likely driven by commercial bank lending, not QE. But if Trump’s Big Bill passes, the US deficit could balloon to $3.4T/year, pushing for more debt, lower rates, and another wave of liquidity.
💵 More money = weaker dollar = bullish for stocks and crypto.
⚠️ Wild card: a potential US recession this fall. If the Fed reacts too slowly (unlike 2020), markets could face turbulence.
May marked the 19th consecutive monthly increase in M2, breaking the previous all-time high from March 2022 — right before BTC crashed further into the bear market.
Unlike 2020’s money printing, this surge is likely driven by commercial bank lending, not QE. But if Trump’s Big Bill passes, the US deficit could balloon to $3.4T/year, pushing for more debt, lower rates, and another wave of liquidity.
💵 More money = weaker dollar = bullish for stocks and crypto.
⚠️ Wild card: a potential US recession this fall. If the Fed reacts too slowly (unlike 2020), markets could face turbulence.
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💸 Why are institutions buying $ETH?
Tom Lee, known for pivoting his BTC mining company into an ETH staking firm, shared a bold vision on U.S. financial TV. He claims banks will soon begin buying $ETH en masse — not for speculation, but to secure their own stablecoins.
🔒 Since most stablecoins are being issued on Ethereum, banks will need to protect the chain that secures them. Bank of America already announced it’s ready to launch its stablecoin once U.S. regulations are clear.
🧠 One theory suggests the value protected by a blockchain shouldn’t exceed the cost to attack it — meaning the more stablecoins on Ethereum, the more $ETH must be bought to secure it.
Lee is front-running what he sees as inevitable: banks accumulating $ETH to defend their own interests. Visionary or wishful thinking? Time will tell.
Tom Lee, known for pivoting his BTC mining company into an ETH staking firm, shared a bold vision on U.S. financial TV. He claims banks will soon begin buying $ETH en masse — not for speculation, but to secure their own stablecoins.
🔒 Since most stablecoins are being issued on Ethereum, banks will need to protect the chain that secures them. Bank of America already announced it’s ready to launch its stablecoin once U.S. regulations are clear.
🧠 One theory suggests the value protected by a blockchain shouldn’t exceed the cost to attack it — meaning the more stablecoins on Ethereum, the more $ETH must be bought to secure it.
Lee is front-running what he sees as inevitable: banks accumulating $ETH to defend their own interests. Visionary or wishful thinking? Time will tell.
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🐂 Bull run warming up?
Markets are heating up — Bitcoin just reclaimed $109,000, fueled by news that the U.S. is easing some export restrictions on China. 🔥
Meanwhile, on Twitter (X), rumors are flying: Elon Musk allegedly accumulating BTC quietly. He even liked a post suggesting he’s stacking sats behind the scenes. Coincidence? 👀
Sentiment is turning bullish fast. Could we see a new BTC all-time high this month? 🚀🧐
Markets are heating up — Bitcoin just reclaimed $109,000, fueled by news that the U.S. is easing some export restrictions on China. 🔥
Meanwhile, on Twitter (X), rumors are flying: Elon Musk allegedly accumulating BTC quietly. He even liked a post suggesting he’s stacking sats behind the scenes. Coincidence? 👀
Sentiment is turning bullish fast. Could we see a new BTC all-time high this month? 🚀🧐
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🔥 Solana ETF With Staking Debuts on Wall Street!
The Rex-Osprey Solana + Staking ETF just launched in the U.S., raking in $12M on day one — and making history as the first Solana ETF in the U.S. with staking built-in.
📈 Over $33M in trading volume was recorded, though analysts note institutional appetite for SOL is still early-stage.
🇺🇸 SEC is expected to approve more crypto ETFs this year, but this one already signals a new era for staking-based investment products.
🛡 Custody and staking are handled by Anchorage Digital, the only federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S.
Solana price: $153, still down 48% from January’s $293 high — but this ETF launch could shift momentum. 🚀
The Rex-Osprey Solana + Staking ETF just launched in the U.S., raking in $12M on day one — and making history as the first Solana ETF in the U.S. with staking built-in.
📈 Over $33M in trading volume was recorded, though analysts note institutional appetite for SOL is still early-stage.
🇺🇸 SEC is expected to approve more crypto ETFs this year, but this one already signals a new era for staking-based investment products.
🛡 Custody and staking are handled by Anchorage Digital, the only federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S.
Solana price: $153, still down 48% from January’s $293 high — but this ETF launch could shift momentum. 🚀
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🏦 22 More Corporates Join the Bitcoin Race
Over the past 30 days, 22 new companies have entered the game of building strategic Bitcoin reserves, according to data from Deterministic Optimism.
📈 The trend of corporate BTC accumulation is accelerating — signaling growing confidence in Bitcoin as a long-term treasury asset.
Looks like the "corporate FOMO" phase is just getting started. 👀
Over the past 30 days, 22 new companies have entered the game of building strategic Bitcoin reserves, according to data from Deterministic Optimism.
📈 The trend of corporate BTC accumulation is accelerating — signaling growing confidence in Bitcoin as a long-term treasury asset.
Looks like the "corporate FOMO" phase is just getting started. 👀
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💰 Trump’s $620M Crypto Boom: Meme Coins Over Mansions? 🇺🇸
Donald Trump’s fortune has taken a sharp crypto turn — racking up $620M in digital asset profits in just months, outpacing his traditional real estate empire.
🔥 From Trump-branded tokens, to the USD1 stablecoin, and a meme coin that got holders invited to dine with The Donald himself — crypto ventures are now front and center of the Trump family business.
Key moves:
▪️World Liberty Financial sold $550M in tokens, earning the Trumps ~$390M
▪️Trump Memecoin added ~$150M in value, with billions more locked up
▪️American Bitcoin, their crypto-mining venture, now valued at $3B+ on paper
▪️The family is pivoting hard into crypto events, staking, and token deals worldwide
🏛 While Trump’s total net worth hasn’t moved much (~$6.4B), the source of his wealth has shifted dramatically — from real estate to blockchain-based branding.
Real estate takes years. Memecoins? Just one good tweet. 🤔
Donald Trump’s fortune has taken a sharp crypto turn — racking up $620M in digital asset profits in just months, outpacing his traditional real estate empire.
🔥 From Trump-branded tokens, to the USD1 stablecoin, and a meme coin that got holders invited to dine with The Donald himself — crypto ventures are now front and center of the Trump family business.
Key moves:
▪️World Liberty Financial sold $550M in tokens, earning the Trumps ~$390M
▪️Trump Memecoin added ~$150M in value, with billions more locked up
▪️American Bitcoin, their crypto-mining venture, now valued at $3B+ on paper
▪️The family is pivoting hard into crypto events, staking, and token deals worldwide
🏛 While Trump’s total net worth hasn’t moved much (~$6.4B), the source of his wealth has shifted dramatically — from real estate to blockchain-based branding.
Real estate takes years. Memecoins? Just one good tweet. 🤔
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🦊 Firefox under fire: over 40 malicious extensions found! ⚠️
Security researchers discovered more than 40 fake Firefox add-ons designed to steal private keys — mainly targeting crypto users. 🕵️♂️
😨 These extensions perfectly mimic legit ones and are flooded with fake reviews and ratings to appear trustworthy.
🔒 Stay safe:
▪️Don’t trust random extensions
▪️ Always use links from official websites or dev social profiles
One bad install and your wallet's gone. 🧨
Security researchers discovered more than 40 fake Firefox add-ons designed to steal private keys — mainly targeting crypto users. 🕵️♂️
😨 These extensions perfectly mimic legit ones and are flooded with fake reviews and ratings to appear trustworthy.
🔒 Stay safe:
▪️Don’t trust random extensions
▪️ Always use links from official websites or dev social profiles
One bad install and your wallet's gone. 🧨
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😬 FOMO Alert: Market in Full Greed Mode
BTC’s jump to $110K triggered a wave of crypto greed, with Santiment analysts warning of strong FOMO.
📈 The Fear & Greed Index surged 10 points in a day — now at 73 (Greed).
Social media sentiment flipped fast — from fear to moon talk. Many now expect $120K–160K, with some aiming even higher. 🚀
But beware: such spikes in optimism often signal local tops. Markets love to fake out the crowd — a pause or correction might be next. 📉
Stay sharp, not greedy. 👀
BTC’s jump to $110K triggered a wave of crypto greed, with Santiment analysts warning of strong FOMO.
📈 The Fear & Greed Index surged 10 points in a day — now at 73 (Greed).
Social media sentiment flipped fast — from fear to moon talk. Many now expect $120K–160K, with some aiming even higher. 🚀
But beware: such spikes in optimism often signal local tops. Markets love to fake out the crowd — a pause or correction might be next. 📉
Stay sharp, not greedy. 👀
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📈 $170K Bitcoin Incoming?
💰 Global M2 money supply just hit a record $55.48T, and history suggests Bitcoin could soon follow — with analysts eyeing a price target around $170K.
BTC tends to lag M2 liquidity surges by a few weeks/months, and the recent breakout above $100K may be just the beginning. 🤔
💵 Adding fuel to the fire: the US dollar is down 10.8% YTD — its worst H1 performance since 1973 — while BTC gained over 13%.
🔍 Past cycles show that when global liquidity expands and the dollar weakens, Bitcoin rallies hard.
With ETF inflows rising and macro trends aligning, this could be the start of a new bullish chapter. 🚀
💰 Global M2 money supply just hit a record $55.48T, and history suggests Bitcoin could soon follow — with analysts eyeing a price target around $170K.
BTC tends to lag M2 liquidity surges by a few weeks/months, and the recent breakout above $100K may be just the beginning. 🤔
💵 Adding fuel to the fire: the US dollar is down 10.8% YTD — its worst H1 performance since 1973 — while BTC gained over 13%.
🔍 Past cycles show that when global liquidity expands and the dollar weakens, Bitcoin rallies hard.
With ETF inflows rising and macro trends aligning, this could be the start of a new bullish chapter. 🚀
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🔨 Solo Miner Successfully Finds Block #903883
Yesterday, a solo miner achieved a rare feat by mining Bitcoin block #903883, receiving 3.173 BTC (~$349,000) in rewards.
🔗 View block
📉 With their hashrate, the probability of finding a block was just ~0.004% — roughly 1 in 25,000.
This highlights the unpredictability and occasional success stories in solo mining, despite the dominance of large mining pools. 👀
Yesterday, a solo miner achieved a rare feat by mining Bitcoin block #903883, receiving 3.173 BTC (~$349,000) in rewards.
🔗 View block
📉 With their hashrate, the probability of finding a block was just ~0.004% — roughly 1 in 25,000.
This highlights the unpredictability and occasional success stories in solo mining, despite the dominance of large mining pools. 👀
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🇺🇸 Trump's “Big Beautiful Bill” Passes – $5T Debt Ceiling Hike Approved
The U.S. has officially passed Donald Trump’s massive budget bill — dubbed the “Big Beautiful Bill” — featuring historic tax cuts and a $5 trillion increase to the national debt ceiling.
🎉 Trump celebrated the win and hinted at a White House party. 🕺
Meanwhile, Elon Musk stated: “Only AI and robots can save the U.S. from bankruptcy now.” 🤖💰
The U.S. has officially passed Donald Trump’s massive budget bill — dubbed the “Big Beautiful Bill” — featuring historic tax cuts and a $5 trillion increase to the national debt ceiling.
🎉 Trump celebrated the win and hinted at a White House party. 🕺
Meanwhile, Elon Musk stated: “Only AI and robots can save the U.S. from bankruptcy now.” 🤖💰
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🐳 Whales Are Loading Up on ETH While Retail Loses Faith
Whale wallets have increased their ETH holdings by 35.97% over the past month, according to CryptoQuant.
📉 Average entry price: $2,114
Meanwhile, retail sentiment is cooling — a classic divergence. Whales seem to be betting on a major upside while the crowd stays skeptical.
🤔 The real question: At what price do they plan to sell?
Whale wallets have increased their ETH holdings by 35.97% over the past month, according to CryptoQuant.
📉 Average entry price: $2,114
Meanwhile, retail sentiment is cooling — a classic divergence. Whales seem to be betting on a major upside while the crowd stays skeptical.
🤔 The real question: At what price do they plan to sell?
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💸 FTX May Not Refund Users from 49 Jurisdictions
FTX may block refunds to users from 49 regions, including Russia, Iran, and even North Korea (wait, there were legal users there, not just “Lazarus?” 🤔).
📊 A staggering 82% of affected claims come from Chinese users.
🚫 The reason? Strict crypto bans or regulatory restrictions in those countries.
For many, recovery may not come — no matter the losses.
FTX may block refunds to users from 49 regions, including Russia, Iran, and even North Korea (wait, there were legal users there, not just “Lazarus?” 🤔).
📊 A staggering 82% of affected claims come from Chinese users.
🚫 The reason? Strict crypto bans or regulatory restrictions in those countries.
For many, recovery may not come — no matter the losses.
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