Sailor's billion -dollar bet, MetaPlanet's BTC
blitz and nation -state shift to hard money.
Welcome back to the Bitcoin Street Journal podcast.
I'm your host, Anna, coming to you live from
Bitcoin Street, where the signal is always loud,
the memes are always spicy, and the fiat illusion
is always unraveling. If you thought yesterday's
episode was wild, buckle up, because today we're
hitting warp speed. Strategic reserves are multiplying.
Billion dollar buys are stacking. Governments
and corporations are falling in line. This is
the global awakening to Bitcoin, and you're living
through the greatest monetary revolution in history.
Bitcoin Live price update. At this very moment,
Bitcoin is trading at $103 ,679, with a commanding
market dominance of 54 .6%. That means more than
half of the entire digital asset economy is parked
in BTC, and that's before we factor in the latest
sailor -sized stack. Having Watch. Post -having
block rewards are down to 3 .125 BTC. We've officially
entered a tighter supply era. fewer coins, more
demand. Remember, the halving doesn't cause the
pump. It sets the rules. The rest? That's just
math meeting mania. Breaking Michael Saylor's
strategy just bought another $13 ,390 Bitcoin
for $1 .34 billion. That's right, billion, with
a B. Average buy -in? $99 ,856 per coin. And
this wasn't just a buy. It was a signal to the
market. Institutions are not slowing down. They're
doubling down. Strategy now holds 568 ,840 BTC.
That's nearly 40 billion in Bitcoin at an average
cost of $69 ,287 per coin. Michael Saylor has
turned Bitcoin accumulation into a corporate
art form. Samson Mo weighed in. The era of making
new fiat is over. This isn't just a quote. It's
a prophecy. We're watching the death of discretionary
monetary policy and the rise of mathematically
enforced scarcity. Meanwhile, in Asia, MetaPlanet,
Japan's Bitcoin beast, acquired another 1 ,241
BTC worth over $126 million. They didn't stop
there. The firm also issued $15 million in 0
% bonds just to buy more Bitcoin. Who needs hotels
when you can hody el satoshis? Taiwan is stepping
into the arena. Legislator Ko Ju Chun is calling
on the central bank to allocate 5 % of its $50
billion reserve to Bitcoin. That's $2 .5 billion
worth of sovereign BTC backing. Asia's waking
up, and they're stacking fast. Now let's talk
domestic. In Missouri, lawmakers just passed
House Bill 594, which eliminates capital gains
tax on Bitcoin. Yes, you heard that right. The
first US state to make SATs tax -free. The future
isn't just arriving. It's passing legislation.
And in New York City, Mayor Eric Adams isn't
playing small ball. He wants to make NYC the
global crypto capital. But more than that, he's
talking about long term value, not just chasing
meme tokens. He sees Bitcoin as the bedrock of
the digital era. Elsewhere on Wall Street, Coinbase
just secured its seat at the big kids table.
The company is officially joining the SWP 500,
making it the first pure play crypto firm in
the index. CEO Brian Armstrong put it best. First
they fight you, then they add you to the SYP
500. David Bailey's Nakamoto Holdings is making
moves too. Merging with KindlyMD and launching
a $710 million Bitcoin treasury company. This
is the new corporate playbook. Launch a business,
raise fiat, buy Bitcoin, rinse and repeat. In
macro news, the US Treasury Secretary says it's
time to decouple from China for strategic necessities.
Meanwhile, the US and China just agreed to a
temporary trade truce, reducing tariffs on both
sides. The result? Risk on sentiment is returning,
and Bitcoin is back in the headlines. ETF inflows
keep climbing. Yesterday alone, spot BTC ETFs
saw over $5 million in net inflows. Cumulative
ETF inflows are at all -time highs. BlackRock's
iBit picked up 10 ,572 BTC, while only 3 ,150
were mined. Fear and greed index? It's flashing
high greed. Bitcoin whale and shark wallets,
that's 10 ,000 to 10 ,000 BTC holders, have accumulated
over 83 ,000 BTC in the last 30 days. That's
conviction, not speculation. Volatility alert.
This week is stacked with high impact U .S. economic
data, CPI, jobless claims, and retail sales.
The outcome? Market chaos and Bitcoin benefits
from chaos. SEC News Chair Paul Atkins declared
a new day for crypto, pledging to end enforcement
-first tactics and embrace regulation that actually
fits digital assets. Commissioner Hester Pierce
echoed the sentiment, stating, That's huge. Meanwhile,
Over $215 million was liquidated from the crypto
market in a single hour. The pain is real. Unless
you're stacking. Altcoin corner. Ethereum popped
44 % in 72 hours. Abraxis Capital pulled 185
,000 ETH off exchanges. But remember, altcoins
are exciting. Bitcoin is eternal. Solana is also
heating up. The number of wallets holding at
least 0 .1 SOL has surged past 11 million. That's
growing user adoption. Still, nothing touches
Bitcoin in terms of strategic reserve status.
DeFi watch? Paradigm -backed exponential has
launched Yo, a new yield optimization protocol.
Pump .Fun introduced a revenue sharing model
for meme coin creators. Is this sustainable or
just another Ponzi in disguise? Time will tell.
Dubai is now accepting crypto for government
services via crypto .com. Their goal? become
90 % cashless by 2026. That's not just digital
transformation. It's monetary revolution. Meanwhile,
Animoca Brands is planning a U .S. listing, citing
crypto -friendly regulation under the Trump administration
as a unique moment for market entry. Speaking
of Trump, American Bitcoin, a mining firm linked
to the Trump family, is going public via a merger
with Griffin Digital under the ticker ABTC. Strategic
stock -for -stock deals are the new mining meta.
Over in Congress, stablecoin legislation is still
stuck. But states like Arizona and territories
like the Northern Mariana Islands are pushing
forward with their own crypto frameworks. Decentralized
governance in action. Pleb shout out. Huge props
to the Noster crew lighting up zaps like its
Block 50 ,000. Whether you're memeing, building,
or just holding the line, this pod is for you.
Value for value. If you found signal in this
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We're building Bitcoin Street one block at a
time with no ads, no VCs, no middlemen. Final
word. Whether it's sailors' billion dollar buys,
Missouri's tax -free BTC, or Taiwan proposing
sovereign stacks, the theme is clear. Bitcoin
is no longer an experiment. It's the monetary
foundation for the next century. And every day
you delay is a day you stay trapped in a fiat
system built on nothing but debt. This is Anna
signing off from the Bitcoin Street Journal podcast.
Where we don't chase the news, we anchor it to
the chain. Stay sovereign. Stay signal. See you
on the next block.