For the past two years, Bitcoiners have focused on Gary Gensler and the SEC as key players in shaping Bitcoin policy in the U.S.
However, the Treasury Department oversees the broader financial policy landscape.
Now, with Gensler departing and the Treasury calling Bitcoin “digital gold,” the narrative is shifting.
https://bitcoinnews.com/adoption/us-treasury-bitcoin-digital-gold/
Microsoft votes this week whether to add Bitcoin to its treasury.
Now, Amazon shareholders are requesting that the board look into a Bitcoin treasury as well. https://video.nostr.build/6c171f53e655d8dfd05850e586823d198fb7fa04a0e1e69b3bffe5b79344e3b5.mp4
JUST IN: Amazon shareholders request that the Board conduct an assessment to determine if adding Bitcoin to the Company's treasury is in the best long-term interests of shareholders 👀 
You've heard of NYC's 🍕 Pizza Rat, but have you seen the $100K Bitcoin Rat outside the New York Fed? https://video.nostr.build/02d51fa6efc8c7732671325b70a1c96121fcc91b45ee50cbe2d754430034ecbf.mp4
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JUST IN: Amazon shareholders request that the Board conduct an assessment to determine if adding Bitcoin to the Company's treasury is in the best long-term interests of shareholders.
The law also states that digital asset transactions under 100,000 CZK (approximately $4,200) per year don’t need to be reported. This will be a big tax relief for long term bitcoin holders and aligns with existing tax exemptions for securities in the country.
https://bitcoinnews.com/legal/czech-republic-bitcoin-exempt-tax/
Steve Weiss on Bitcoin: That's the beauty of investing in something with no intrinsic value, you can't say if it's over or underpriced, it's purely momentum 🤔 https://video.nostr.build/12225b08135596ac1b57c43acbdcc4865ca5ce3e466358c2b6f11a98109cfa2e.mp4
NEW: Bitcoin miners ⛏️ in the aggregate have seen a significant reduction in the total Bitcoin held in wallets linked to mining activities. On-chain analytics platform Santiment revealed a decline of 85,503 BTC over a 48-hour span, representing the largest drop since February 2024. 
NEW: 🇺🇸 US Treasury refers to Bitcoin as “digital gold” in Q4 report 👀 
WikiLeaks’ Project Spartacus stores 76,911 Afghan War Logs on the Bitcoin blockchain, ensuring uncensorable access to US military files leaked in 2010.
https://bitcoinnews.com/adoption/wikileaks-project-spartacus-bitcoin/
When someone says to you,”Do not buy Bitcoin right now. The price has skyrocketed to $100,000, and the so-called "experts" screaming for you to jump in are nothing more than opportunistic predators.” https://video.nostr.build/2f227dd0ab14ca627e4074c9ddfe54ffecaf3270391882170da3cb0a4b346153.mp4
FORTUNE: "Not only could a strategic Bitcoin reserve significantly reduce our national debt; it could also ... increase our economic leverage over China and Russia." 
NEW: "There’s no reason for a strategic nation #Bitcoin reserve other than to pander to generous special-interest campaign contributors," says former 🇺🇸 US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers. 
David Tawil: Whether or not we get a🇺🇸 US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, there are other countries around the world like 🇧🇷 Brazil, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇷🇺 Russia and even Pennsylvania who are all considering it.
They'll start to buy and we will have a hard time keeping the price down.
Trump's new AI & Crypto Czar, David Sacks, on Bitcoin
“Fresh capital is fueling Bitcoin. As the realized cap grew, the ceiling price increased from $129K to $146K in 30 days. At $102K, it’s far from a bubble—it would need a 43% surge to hit the threshold often considered a bubble.”
https://bitcoinnews.com/markets/blackrock-bitcoin-etf-50-billion-aum/
Bitcoin sets a NEW ALL-TIME HIGH against gold 🙌
It now takes 39 ounces to buy one Bitcoin 👀 
1 BTC = 1 BTC 
Joe Kernen dunks on the CIO of $500B asset manager Neuberger Berman for missing the boat on Bitcoin.
CIO: "We're getting lots of questions on it"
Joe: "Bitcoin is up 40% since the election and 60% ARR for the last 15 years. You've missed that."
CIO: "Yes, we've missed that." https://video.nostr.build/6b14c53a3deda5bc6f0fd313840167972699e88a7cbb0d73e033469a33f4f2fc.mp4