Heads up: 🟠 Bitcoin long-term holders have stopped selling for the first time since July 🤔

Source: BitcoinArchive status

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ICYMI: Russia's biggest bank, Sberbank, has announced it issued its first crypto-backed loan to one of the country's leading Bitcoin mining companies 👀

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/2005685059257254164?s=20

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NEW: 💸 Global M2 is back at an all-time high 💥

Historically, Bitcoin's price has tended to follow suit 🚀

Source: https://x.com/bitcoinmagazine/status/2005737677245796376

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BREAKING: 🇯🇵 Japan's Metaplanet buys 4,279 BTC worth $451 million 🚀

Source: https://x.com/bitcoinarchive/status/2005975001028063597

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BULLISH: 🟠 Andrew Poelstra, director of Blockstream Research, outlines how Simplicity's high-assurance smart contracts make trustless finance possible on the Liquid Network 🌊

Source: https://x.com/Liquid_BTC/status/2005832550971830356?s=20

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NEW: 🇯🇵 Metaplanet has raised ¥21.249B JPY (~$136M USD) in proceeds and is now officially an issuer of Bitcoin-backed perpetual preferred stock.

They become the first Bitcoin treasury company, after Strategy, to issue preferred shares.

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/2006022835907571855?s=20

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Keep your edge with the latest Bitcoin headlines.

📣 https://x.com/BTCTimescom

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INSIGHTS: 🟠 Here are some Bitcoin data-driven takeaways for 2025:

> The "Bitcoin is dead" coverage basically faded away this year—the first time that's happened.

> The Strategic Reserve narrative is still gaining momentum. Data suggests it could last another 2-3 months before it fades.

> The October spike in quantum computing jumped from zero to widespread in under two weeks. There was no gradual buildup.

Data from Bitcoin Perception: https://x.com/BTCPerception/status/2005878284274348078?s=20

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NEW: 🇮🇷 Iran's central bank chief, Mohammad Reza Farzin, stepped down on Monday as protests surged in Tehran after a sharp plunge in the national currency 📉

The rial sank to a record low of about 1.42 million per U.S. dollar on Sunday.

Bitcoin solves this.

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/2006063162315907345?s=20

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BULLISH: 🟠 Long-term holders have turned net buyers, easing a major Bitcoin headwind and pausing, at least for now, the largest selling pressure from this cohort since 2019.

Source: https://x.com/matthew_sigel/status/2006002866507690243?s=20

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MICHAEL SAYLOR: 🟠 "By the time the bankers tell you it's a good idea, it'll cost $10 million per Bitcoin."

"It's currently at a 99% discount." 🏷️

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinArchive/status/2006351783115829741?s=20

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ICMYI: 🟠 JUST IN: Cantor Fitzgerald just told CNBC live that, "There's nothing out there that could force Strategy $MSTR to sell their Bitcoin." 🔥

Source: https://x.com/BTCtreasuries/status/2005994849619829221?s=20

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BULLISH: 🟠 Bitcoin mining difficulty on New Year's Eve:

2009: 1
2010: 14,500
2011: 1,160,000
2012: 2,980,000
2013: 1,180,000,000
2014: 40,600,000,000
2015: 93,400,000,000
2016: 318,000,000,000
2017: 1,870,000,000,000
2018: 5,100,000,000,000
2019: 13,000,000,000,000
2020: 18,600,000,000,000
2021: 24,300,000,000,000
2022: 35,400,000,000,000
2023: 72,000,000,000,000
2024: 110,000,000,000,000
2025: 148,000,000,000,000

Mining a Bitcoin block today is 148 trillion times harder than back on NYE 2009.

Happy New Year 🎆

Source: https://x.com/JavierHermosa21/status/2006386174492115087?s=20

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JUST IN: Senator Cynthia Lummis says the proposed Bitcoin legislation would let major banks offer digital-asset custody and payments under proper supervision. 👀

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/2006407350035317189?s=20

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I think the entire narrative about OG selling is just a coordinated effort to push the price down.
Samson Mow on BullishBit

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BREAKING: 🟠 Paolo Ardoino, Tether's CEO, confirms Tether has acquired 8,888.8888888 BTC in Q4 2025 💪

Source: https://x.com/paoloardoino/status/2006484145011306766?s=20

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Bitcoin Price on New Year's Day 🎉

2026: $87,850
2025: $93,958
2024: $43,188
2023: $17,377
2022: $46,985
2021: $29,172
2020: $7,197
2019: $3,694
2018: $13,417
2017: $980
2016: $433
2015: $316
2014: $745
2013: $13
2012: $5
2011: $0.30

Source: https://x.com/bitcoinarchive/status/2006707872747474979

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NEW: 🇷🇺 The Russian Ministry of Justice has put forward a draft law that would criminalize unregistered Bitcoin mining. Penalties include fines up to 2.5 million rubles (about $31,000) and up to five years in prison for large-scale violations.

Source: https://x.com/bitcoinnewscom/status/2006749504901697590

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