🟡 Michael Saylor releases video explaining why Bitcoin is the best asset you can own.

"If you're going to outperform, you're gonna need Bitcoin."

⏰ In the last 4 hours, the long-to-short ratio for BTC has shifted towards shorts.

🇩🇪 🪙 As Bitcoin moves towards a new all-time high, it's worth remembering that in 2024, the German government sold 49,858 BTC for $2.89 billion — an average of $57,900 per BTC.

If they had held onto those coins, their value today would exceed $5.2 billion.

⚡ BTC $109,000+.

🪙 Analysts believe that by 2045, companies with Bitcoin reserves will hold 50% of the total volume of the first cryptocurrency - Strategy will maintain leadership, keeping half of it from corporate crypto reserves, which will make Michael Sailor's company the most expensive in world history.

Experts also noted that half of the capital in the world is looking for the best means of saving - for this reason, in the last 2 years there has been an outflow from fiat assets to hard money (gold and Bitcoin).

📈🪙 The rise of Bitcoin in currencies such as the euro and the franc has been more modest compared to the US dollar and occurs against the backdrop of a significant decline in US bonds following the unsuccessful auction on the 21st.

The Federal Reserve needs to buy securities from the market to support their prices.

🇺🇸 The SEC of the USA is considering the possibility of approving options trading on the BTC index on the Nasdaq exchange (document).

🪙⛏ Вitmain has unveiled the flagship of the latest series of bitcoin miners, the Antminer S23 Hydro, with a claimed energy efficiency of 9.5 J/TH.

The hydro-cooled device produces a hashrate of 580 TH/s with a power consumption of 5.51 kW.

For early buyers, the units are available at a price of $30 per TH/s ($17,400), and with a 15% coupon discount - $25.5. Sales start on May 28, and deliveries are expected in the first quarter of 2026.

🇭🇰 NYSE-listed Hong Kong company DDC Enterprise purchases 21 Bitcoin for $2.28M as part of its 5K BTC acquisition plan.

💸 $8.5 Billion worth of Bitcoin shorts to be liquidated at $115,000❕

🇺🇸 Bitwise and UTXO predicts nation-states and institutions to own 4,269,000 Bitcoin worth $426.9 billion.

💸 Bitcoin balance on exchanges hitting an all time low❕

🪙 Jack Dorsey's company Block will add the ability to accept payments in BTC through the Square platform — sellers will be able to either keep BTC or automatically convert it to fiat in real-time.

The first connections are set to begin in the second half of 2025, pending regulatory approval.

Earlier, an analyst presented a theory suggesting that Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is Satoshi Nakamoto.

🇸🇻 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced that El Salvador will no longer purchase BTC in the future.

Earlier, we reported that the IMF wants to prohibit El Salvador from buying and mining Bitcoin as part of a $1.4 billion loan program.

🪙 MSTR Premium Correlation to Bitcoin (BTC) Price

🇨🇳 The media reports that the Chinese government has announced new restrictions for the crypto community — now the regulator prohibits not only trading or mining cryptocurrencies, but also private ownership of digital assets such as Bitcoin.

The ban most likely reflects the authorities' desire to tighten control over finances and promote the digital yuan (CBDC).

Comparison of Bitcoin Lightning Network throughput with other blockchains and payment systems 💪

💸 The amount of BTC on CEX exchanges has fallen to a multi-year low of 2.4 million BTC.