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US Treasury Secretary Bessent stated that the government will not acquire Bitcoin for strategic reserves but will hold onto seized assets.

Smarter Web Company bought 295 Bitcoin for 35.2 million dollars, increasing its total assets to 2,395 BTC and (284.8 million dollars).

📌 AguilaTrades took a short position of 128.45 million dollars in Ethereum with 15x leverage; liquidation price is $4,383.66

In the last week, during which prices rose by 22%, an unidentified investor bought out a total of 221,166 Ethereum worth 946 million dollars at ($ETH).

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated that India is the company's second largest market after the US and could soon become the largest.

📢 SharpLink acquired 85.4 million dollars worth of Ethereum in the last 4 hours. Thus, its total assets reached 2.12 billion dollars.

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🇯🇵 SBI Holdings has applied for two new crypto ETFs in Japan that invest in XRP, BTC, and gold.

China sees Starlink as a growing threat connected to the US military. In response, it is developing laser, satellite, submarine, and surveillance methods.

💰 SharpLink has bought out 18.680 ETH (66, 6 million dollars) more. SharpLink currently has a total of 498.711 ETH (1, 81 billion dollars).

🗣 Tom Lee stated that Bitcoin could reach 500,000 dollars within 5 years.

🚨 Arkham has revealed that the Chinese mining pool LuBian was hacked in 2020 and 127,426 BTC was stolen.
LuBian was controlling 6% of the Bitcoin network at the time. Due to weak private keys, a significant portion of his BTC was lost in what is believed to be an attack targeting him. An additional loss of 6 million dollars was also experienced.
LuBian transferred the remaining funds to secure wallets and still holds 11,886 BTC (, approximately 1.35 billion dollars ). The hacker has not sold the BTC they stole. The hacker's latest move was to merge their wallets in July 2024.

🇺🇸 President Trump said that the American economy will start to grow rapidly within 5-6 months.

The SEC will hold meetings across the U.S. to discuss issues related to cryptocurrencies.

Trump said he would fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. He accused the agency of inflating employment data in favor of Kamala Harris before the election.

Trump signed the customs tariff decree.
The US will impose a 20% customs duty on Taiwan.
The US will impose a 15% customs duty on Venezuela and South Korea.
The USA will impose a 19% customs duty on Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam.
The USA will impose a 39% customs duty on Switzerland.
The US imposed a 15% customs duty on Turkey.

🇺🇸 US Digital Holdings Director Bo Hynes: "We are big fans of BTC. We want as much as we can get."