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The Bitcoin Street Journal podcast. Bitcoin breaks

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borders, builds empires and baffles critics.

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Welcome back to the Bitcoin Street Journal podcast.

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I'm your host, Anna, here to guide you through

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one of the most explosive weeks in Bitcoin history.

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From billion -dollar Bitcoin buys to sovereign

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monetary revolutions, today's rundown is loaded

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with data, drama, and digital gold. Breaking

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news, Strategy makes another mega -purchase.

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Strategy has acquired another 1 ,895 Bitcoin

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for $180 million. That brings the firm's 2025

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Bitcoin -related gains to $5 .8 billion and adds

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to their aggressive treasury strategy. now targeting

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$84 billion for BTC accumulation. At this pace,

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Strategy is writing the playbook on corporate

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Bitcoin adoption. Meanwhile, Semler Scientific

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isn't far behind. The publicly traded company

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added 167 BTC to its balance sheet this week,

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bringing its total to more than $342 million

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in Bitcoin holdings. Global currency boards start

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to recognize Bitcoin. Bitcoin has appeared alongside

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major world currencies on an airport express

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exchange board in Norway. It's no longer fringe.

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It's financial infrastructure. This development

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is another cultural milestone and an example

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of how deeply Bitcoin is penetrating global economic

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consciousness. Jack Mallers puts volatility in

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perspective. Jack Mallers made headlines again,

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reminding critics that volatility is a feature

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of life itself. If your heart had zero volatility,

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he said, you'd be dead. Bitcoin isn't risky because

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it's volatile. It's volatile because it's working.

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US Treasury Secretary Scott Besant stated clearly,

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Bitcoin is becoming a store of value. When the

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Treasury Secretary speaks, markets listen. This

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isn't noise. This is signal. The narrative is

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shifting from speculation to preservation. Wallet

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of Satoshi is teasing a new self -custody feature.

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This represents a potential sea change in how

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lightning wallets interact with the broader ecosystem.

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Self -custody means sovereignty, and this move

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brings custodial apps one step closer to true

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Bitcoin principles. A photo went viral this week

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showing streets littered with Venezuelan bolivars,

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hyperinflated and abandoned. Bitcoin, with its

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fixed supply and decentralized enforcement, offers

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a solution. This isn't theory. It's happening

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now. CNBC predicts Bitcoin's momentum. A CNBC

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analyst claimed that if Bitcoin breaks the $100

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,000 level, it will rocket toward $125 ,000.

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This level is being watched as a potential springboard,

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and traders are lining up accordingly. Jack Dorsey

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brings Bitcoin to Norway's sovereign wealth fund.

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Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey reportedly discussed

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Bitcoin fundamentals with the chief executive

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of Norway's $1 .8 trillion sovereign wealth fund.

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The world's largest funds are no longer ignoring

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Bitcoin. They're engaging directly with its thought

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leaders. Trump era ushers in Bitcoin political

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momentum. Since Trump's election victory, mainstream

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media coverage of Bitcoin has sharply increased.

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Trump is now hosting a crypto themed dinner on

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May 22 with major meme coin holders. Meanwhile,

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Senator Wendy Rogers is vowing to reintroduce

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her Bitcoin reserve bill in Arizona despite the

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governor's recent veto. Altcoins and AirDrops.

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Binance added SXT, Donkey, Jaeger Hunter, and

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MixFinance to its Alpha project listings. ICON

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is being rebranded as Soda's Change with a one

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-to -one token swap. These developments signal

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the continued evolution of altcoin ecosystems

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and user -facing rebrands. Real -world assets

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hit new milestones. Tokenized real -world assets

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have now surpassed $22 billion in total value,

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up over 10 % in the last 30 days. Projects like

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Spark, Tangible, and Anamoi are leading the charge

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in merging TradFi with DeFi. Bitcoin Miner Updates

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and Market Flows. Riot platforms reported $161

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.4 million in Q1 revenue, a 13 % rise quarter

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over quarter, with mining income doubling year

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over year. Meanwhile, KuCoin's Bitcoin reserves

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dropped 77 % following a new KYC mandate indicating

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serious user migration and privacy concerns.

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TVL and trading volume surge on Flare. Flare's

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total value locked has skyrocketed, led by the

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rise of USD0, an Omnicane version of Tether.

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Solana's DAPs generated $162 million in April

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revenue. Solana's mobile data network Helium

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now has over 2 ,000 paid subscribers, a new all

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-time high. Whales shorts and options activity.

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Bitcoin whales offloaded approximately 50 ,000

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BTC over the past 10 days, likely locking in

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profits. Meanwhile, $300 ,000 Bitcoin call options

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are now the second most popular among traders.

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Futures funding rates remain flat, suggesting

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cautious bullishness. Security events and legal

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headlines. The hacker behind the $190 million

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Nomad Bridge exploit was arrested in Israel.

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The official X account for Curve Finance was

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compromised, and attorneys for Samurai Wallet

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alleged the Treasury withheld critical information

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before pressing charges. Tether's Big AI Play

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Tether announced plans for an open -source AI

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platform with Bitcoin and USDT integration. The

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initiative puts Tether in direct competition

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with OpenAI and positions Bitcoin at the heart

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of future AI commerce. OpenAI, meanwhile, has

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abandoned its plan to become a for -profit entity

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and its WorldCoin biometric project was just

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suspended in Indonesia, Trump's new trade front

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and tariffs. Trump's recent comments included

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support for crypto and a re -evaluation of trade

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with China. He acknowledged that tariffs, like

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the 145 % imposed on Chinese goods, can't last

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forever. Expect policy shifts in the coming weeks.

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Bitcoin payments go mainstream. In El Salvador,

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a user booked an international flight using Bitcoin.

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Hotels, restaurants, and retailers across the

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country are now accepting BTC as standard payment.

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Bitcoin technicals and market analysis Bitcoin

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continues to consolidate near the $96 ,000 level.

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Despite a brief rejection at $98 ,000, momentum

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remains bullish. CNBC and multiple analysts forecast

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a continued run towards six figures. Meanwhile,

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XRP remains in a tightening consolidation zone.

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and Ethereum has seen a 22 % spike in long -term

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holder accumulation. Closing thoughts. This week's

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momentum is undeniable. From billion -dollar

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buys and airport ticker boards to sovereign wealth

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funds and trade policy shifts, Bitcoin is no

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longer waiting for approval. It's building its

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own institutions. I'm Anna, and this has been

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the Bitcoin Street Journal podcast. Stay sovereign,

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stay smart, and we'll see you in the next block.