René Aust, a member of 🇩🇪 Germany’s AfD party and the 🇪🇺 European Parliament, delivers a speech advocating for Bitcoin, emphasizing its role in protecting citizens from state manipulation.
DeepSeek calls for a $180k - $220k bitcoin cycle top price by November 2025 👀
DeepSeek just popped the AI bubble.
Here’s why Bitcoin emerges as a winner.
They aren’t even trying to hide it anymore.

The pivot is driven by the overlap between bitcoin mining and AI workloads. Both are power-hungry and Bitcoin miners already have the infrastructure to support AI and HPC.
The 🇫🇷 French Senate has approved the 2025 budget, which includes an “unproductive wealth” tax targeting assets like Bitcoin.
The tax would apply annually to unrealized gains on cryptocurrencies.
The proposal now awaits a vote in the National Assembly.

Why the price of a can of Campbell’s soup perfectly reflects the destruction of your purchasing power.
The creation of meme coins has skyrocketed to over 1 million new tokens daily, yet BTC dominance remains at 58% (above 50% for over 15 months).
Altcoins dilute themselves with endless distractions, undermining their ability to accumulate value.
Bitcoin, the king, stands apart.

If approved, Authorized participants (APs) will be able to redeem ETF shares for bitcoin itself instead of cash. Up until now, bitcoin must be sold to deliver cash to investors, a process that has been called out as complicated and costly.
https://bitcoinnews.com/markets/nasdaq-in-kind-redemption-ibit-bitcoin-etf/
NEW: The Gasparilla Parade of Pirates becomes the first major 🇺🇸 US parade to feature a Bitcoin float.
Organized by nostr:npub1tampasjf5z0rllvrh8nlqckrjtzzj9590uljzeuu6ymsr8hq9pjsrw0ynt and seen by over 500k attendees 🙌
NEW: CryptoQuant data shows that “30-Day Bitcoin Retail Investor Demand” has dropped to -22%.
This is a sharp reversal from December 2024, when Bitcoin hit $100,000 for the first time. 
What happens when ad clicks and impressions are mostly AI agents interacting with each other?
Advertising as the backbone of the internet has always been a horrible trade-off, creating warped incentives for platforms. The current ad-driven model promotes exploitation and lowest-common-denominator content, like increasing ad loads, instead of fostering genuine value.
Zaps are the answer. Value-for-value. Paying Bitcoin directly for work you appreciate is the way forward.
Anthony Scaramucci explains to CBS News why Bitcoin is superior to everything else in "crypto"
Is history about to repeat?

Dylan LeClair: Rumors suggest that several Middle Eastern countries have established significant Bitcoin stockpiles in the last quarter.
Banks and financial institutions can now offer Bitcoin custody services without SAB 121’s restrictions, boosting mainstream adoption.
Jack: If Bitcoin winds up being just digital gold, I think it has failed.
JUST IN: BlackRock has filed for “in-kind redemption” for their Bitcoin ETF, meaning investors can redeem their shares for actual Bitcoin instead of cash. 
What a difference two years makes. 
NEW: Bitcoin payments company Breez raises 💵 $5M from Entrée Capital, ego death capital, Plan ₿ Fund, and Timechain.
Over 40 apps have integrated Breez SDK in 18 months, providing self-custodial, peer-to-peer Bitcoin payments to approximately 1.5 million users. 