#Bitcoin just had its biggest single day in history.

#Bitcoin has passed silver in market cap.

BlackRock’s #Bitcoin ETF reached U.S. $1 billion trading volume in just 35 minutes.

🌏 AllianceBernstein (AB) 🌏 is a global asset management firm that provides investment management and research services to institutional, high-net-worth, and retail investors worldwide worth U.S. $725 billion.

Bernstein now urges investors to add exposure to #Bitcoin and crypto “as soon as possible.”

Tether has launched Bitcoin Wallet Library (WDK) wallet development kit.

https://wallet.tether.io/

#Bitcoin makes the front page of Bloomberg!

🇦🇺 Australian #Bitcoin ETF continues to buy BTC every day in the same fashion as BlackRock 🇦🇺

I am against the return of OP_CAT as De-fi, in my opinion, should not be executed on the base layer to avoid malicious scripting and blockchain bloat. L2 and sidechains are more than enough to safely scale the functionality of the #bitcoin network.

MicroStrategy has bought another U.S $2 billion in #Bitcoin boosting holdings to U.S.$23 billion with a total of ₿279,420.

"Looks like the 21/21 strategy is under way!"

Where do you stand?

OP_CAT was a #Bitcoin script operation for concatenating data strings, adding flexibility for more complex smart contracts.

It was removed by Satoshi in 2010 due to vulnerabilities, including risks of DDoS attacks and misuse for inefficient or malicious scripts.

A new Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) suggests reintroducing OP_CAT to the Bitcoin code with a soft fork.

Will it offer essential functionality for Bitcoin scaling and adoption, or is it just a sloppy foolish shortcut for developers seeking overnight results? Should it be approved?

https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0347.mediawiki

View BIP-347 here: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0347.mediawiki

#Bitcoin is about to close the biggest weekly candle ever and nearly all news at the moment is about speculative targets which do not get reported on this feed.

"We could call this the first of Samson Mows, 'Omega Candles'."

Thanks for your consideration. At this stage I have decided to include sources in the following three situations.

1. Where the news is not widespread.

2. Where the news relates to a study.

3. Where sources are highly conflicting.

However I am considering a small linkless sources list at the bottom of each post.

Roman Sterlingov sentenced to 12.5 years in prison for running the mixer '#Bitcoin Fog'.

This service laundered over 1.2 million bitcoins (approximately U.S. $400 million) tied to illegal activities on the darknet.

https://junkflex.com/bitcoin/china.mov

🇨🇳 #Bitcoin on (CCTV) China Central Television. 🇨🇳

🇺🇸 The American Securities Association (ASA) has called for Gary Gensler's resignation, stating:

"Last night, the people voted for this country to take a new direction. Chairman #Gensler should respect that decision by stepping down from his position immediately."

🇺🇸 Bitcoin ETFs bought $1.4 BILLION worth of BTC two days ago, the highest ever since launch. 🇺🇸

BlackRock’s #Bitcoin ETF ($IBIT) just hit $33B in assets, surpassing its gold ETF in under a year.

Analysis:

Google Trends serves as a valuable tool for gauging retail interest in #Bitcoin. Over the past 12 months, there has been a noticeable uptick, particularly since Trump’s recent election.

The chart below shows that interest peaked around the Bitcoin halving event and again during the 2024 Bitcoin conference. Additionally, there was a significant surge in activity at the start of the year, coinciding with the SEC’s approval of #Bitcoin ETFs.

#Bitcoin ETFs vs. Gold ETFs.

"However, It is important to also consider the population size as well as the percentage per capita of people who had access to financial services at the time."