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US won't 'bail out' Bitcoin, says Treasury Secretary Bessent The comments came during Bessent's Congressional testimony on Wednesday in a tense exchange with California Representative Brad Sherman.

US won't 'bail out' Bitcoin, says Treasury Secretary Bessent

The comments came during Bessent's Congressional testimony on Wednesday in a tense exchange with California Representative Brad Sherman.
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The future will tell!

BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) led the outflows with roughly $373 million (or up to $373.83M in some trackers) redeemed on the day

Bhutan has followed a pattern of periodic, measured sales in batches (often ~$50 million clips), with notable activity in mid-late 2025 as well.

Bhutan has followed a pattern of periodic, measured sales in batches (often ~$50 million clips), with notable activity in mid-late 2025 as well.

This is the dip we begged for in 2025 euphoria. Stay humble, stay stacking.

This represented roughly 20% of the entire known illicit crypto ecosystem that year, which Chainalysis pegged at over $82 billion in laundered funds.

Interesting article!

UBS is adopting a deliberate "fast follower" strategy in digital assets and tokenized products, rather than being a first-mover or "front runner."

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This represented a 149% year-on-year increase from approximately 3,839 BTC at the end of 2024.

Antminer S21 series (S21, S21+, S21 Hyd.) are approaching their shutdown thresholds, estimated at $69,000–$74,000 per BTC (based on typical electricity costs of around $0.08 per kWh and prevailing network difficulty).

It’s the kind of moment when your beliefs are put to the test. Will you give in?

Anne Le Hénanff, Minister Delegate for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Affairs, stated in a late January 2026 Franceinfo interview: "VPNs are the next topic on my list", describing the under-15 ban as "only the beginning" or "just the first step."

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4/ Stablecoins = trackable fiat proxies, vulnerable to gov crackdowns. BTC needs no issuer, no permission.

Self-custody means your keys, your sovereignty. Exchanges get sanctioned, Bitcoin endures.

3/ OFAC now hits platforms, not just wallets. Centralized custody/KYC makes them easy targets for freezes/bans.

Bitcoin? No central point. Nodes enforce globally. Code resists sanctions.

2/ Treasury (Jan 30): Designated under E.O. 13902 (Iran finance) + 13224 (IRGC support).

First time whole exchanges sanctioned as part of Iran’s financial sector. Mostly USDT/Tron flows traced by Chainalysis/TRM/Elliptic.

🧵 Legal thread of the week: OFAC sanctions first #crypto exchanges over Iran links: UK-based Zedcex & Zedxion hit for IRGC evasion. 👇

CryptoQuant’s head of research, Julio Moreno, has stated Bitcoin entered bear territory as early as November 2025!

During Galaxy’s Q4 2025 earnings call (reported February 3-4, 2026), he described quantum concerns as largely overblown and often used as an “excuse” or pretext for selling holdings.

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Britain’s biggest public BTC holder (2,674 BTC) now trading under SWC at ~42.50p (down slightly from 43p open, market cap ~£115-150M).

Liquid Network has long enabled stablecoins with fast, confidential transactions via its sidechain model, but Utexo takes a different route by combining RGB protocol for private, client-validated asset management directly on Bitcoin UTXOs with Lightning Network for instant, low fee payments.

Price has since slid further into the mid-to-low $70Ks

I don’t have any prediction for the short term, but only convictions in Bitcoin in the long term.

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These “further slide” warnings often mark local bottoms

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