WEBVTT 00:00:16.189 --> 00:00:18.730 Sailor's billion -dollar bet, MetaPlanet's BTC 00:00:18.730 --> 00:00:20.829 blitz and nation -state shift to hard money. 00:00:21.329 --> 00:00:23.489 Welcome back to the Bitcoin Street Journal podcast. 00:00:23.769 --> 00:00:25.850 I'm your host, Anna, coming to you live from 00:00:25.850 --> 00:00:28.050 Bitcoin Street, where the signal is always loud, 00:00:28.429 --> 00:00:30.690 the memes are always spicy, and the fiat illusion 00:00:30.690 --> 00:00:33.429 is always unraveling. If you thought yesterday's 00:00:33.429 --> 00:00:37.030 episode was wild, buckle up, because today we're 00:00:37.030 --> 00:00:40.049 hitting warp speed. Strategic reserves are multiplying. 00:00:40.649 --> 00:00:43.130 Billion dollar buys are stacking. Governments 00:00:43.130 --> 00:00:45.869 and corporations are falling in line. This is 00:00:45.869 --> 00:00:48.450 the global awakening to Bitcoin, and you're living 00:00:48.450 --> 00:00:51.310 through the greatest monetary revolution in history. 00:00:51.869 --> 00:00:54.810 Bitcoin Live price update. At this very moment, 00:00:55.109 --> 00:01:00.390 Bitcoin is trading at $103 ,679, with a commanding 00:01:00.390 --> 00:01:04.310 market dominance of 54 .6%. That means more than 00:01:04.310 --> 00:01:06.870 half of the entire digital asset economy is parked 00:01:06.870 --> 00:01:09.790 in BTC, and that's before we factor in the latest 00:01:09.790 --> 00:01:13.069 sailor -sized stack. Having Watch. Post -having 00:01:13.069 --> 00:01:17.230 block rewards are down to 3 .125 BTC. We've officially 00:01:17.230 --> 00:01:20.189 entered a tighter supply era. fewer coins, more 00:01:20.189 --> 00:01:23.049 demand. Remember, the halving doesn't cause the 00:01:23.049 --> 00:01:26.349 pump. It sets the rules. The rest? That's just 00:01:26.349 --> 00:01:28.890 math meeting mania. Breaking Michael Saylor's 00:01:28.890 --> 00:01:31.989 strategy just bought another $13 ,390 Bitcoin 00:01:31.989 --> 00:01:36.370 for $1 .34 billion. That's right, billion, with 00:01:36.370 --> 00:01:41.430 a B. Average buy -in? $99 ,856 per coin. And 00:01:41.430 --> 00:01:44.469 this wasn't just a buy. It was a signal to the 00:01:44.469 --> 00:01:48.469 market. Institutions are not slowing down. They're 00:01:48.469 --> 00:01:54.950 doubling down. Strategy now holds 568 ,840 BTC. 00:01:55.629 --> 00:01:58.689 That's nearly 40 billion in Bitcoin at an average 00:01:58.689 --> 00:02:03.909 cost of $69 ,287 per coin. Michael Saylor has 00:02:03.909 --> 00:02:06.010 turned Bitcoin accumulation into a corporate 00:02:06.010 --> 00:02:09.330 art form. Samson Mo weighed in. The era of making 00:02:09.330 --> 00:02:12.289 new fiat is over. This isn't just a quote. It's 00:02:12.289 --> 00:02:14.860 a prophecy. We're watching the death of discretionary 00:02:14.860 --> 00:02:17.439 monetary policy and the rise of mathematically 00:02:17.439 --> 00:02:20.800 enforced scarcity. Meanwhile, in Asia, MetaPlanet, 00:02:20.919 --> 00:02:25.240 Japan's Bitcoin beast, acquired another 1 ,241 00:02:25.240 --> 00:02:29.740 BTC worth over $126 million. They didn't stop 00:02:29.740 --> 00:02:33.280 there. The firm also issued $15 million in 0 00:02:33.280 --> 00:02:36.439 % bonds just to buy more Bitcoin. Who needs hotels 00:02:36.439 --> 00:02:39.099 when you can hody el satoshis? Taiwan is stepping 00:02:39.099 --> 00:02:42.330 into the arena. Legislator Ko Ju Chun is calling 00:02:42.330 --> 00:02:45.370 on the central bank to allocate 5 % of its $50 00:02:45.370 --> 00:02:49.110 billion reserve to Bitcoin. That's $2 .5 billion 00:02:49.110 --> 00:02:52.129 worth of sovereign BTC backing. Asia's waking 00:02:52.129 --> 00:02:55.210 up, and they're stacking fast. Now let's talk 00:02:55.210 --> 00:02:58.310 domestic. In Missouri, lawmakers just passed 00:02:58.310 --> 00:03:01.650 House Bill 594, which eliminates capital gains 00:03:01.650 --> 00:03:05.270 tax on Bitcoin. Yes, you heard that right. The 00:03:05.270 --> 00:03:08.550 first US state to make SATs tax -free. The future 00:03:08.550 --> 00:03:11.319 isn't just arriving. It's passing legislation. 00:03:12.080 --> 00:03:14.539 And in New York City, Mayor Eric Adams isn't 00:03:14.539 --> 00:03:17.360 playing small ball. He wants to make NYC the 00:03:17.360 --> 00:03:20.139 global crypto capital. But more than that, he's 00:03:20.139 --> 00:03:22.439 talking about long term value, not just chasing 00:03:22.439 --> 00:03:25.580 meme tokens. He sees Bitcoin as the bedrock of 00:03:25.580 --> 00:03:28.759 the digital era. Elsewhere on Wall Street, Coinbase 00:03:28.759 --> 00:03:30.960 just secured its seat at the big kids table. 00:03:31.539 --> 00:03:34.300 The company is officially joining the SWP 500, 00:03:34.900 --> 00:03:37.379 making it the first pure play crypto firm in 00:03:37.379 --> 00:03:41.479 the index. CEO Brian Armstrong put it best. First 00:03:41.479 --> 00:03:44.360 they fight you, then they add you to the SYP 00:03:44.360 --> 00:03:47.400 500. David Bailey's Nakamoto Holdings is making 00:03:47.400 --> 00:03:50.460 moves too. Merging with KindlyMD and launching 00:03:50.460 --> 00:03:54.479 a $710 million Bitcoin treasury company. This 00:03:54.479 --> 00:03:57.219 is the new corporate playbook. Launch a business, 00:03:57.680 --> 00:04:01.620 raise fiat, buy Bitcoin, rinse and repeat. In 00:04:01.620 --> 00:04:04.180 macro news, the US Treasury Secretary says it's 00:04:04.180 --> 00:04:07.060 time to decouple from China for strategic necessities. 00:04:07.419 --> 00:04:09.860 Meanwhile, the US and China just agreed to a 00:04:09.860 --> 00:04:12.379 temporary trade truce, reducing tariffs on both 00:04:12.379 --> 00:04:15.500 sides. The result? Risk on sentiment is returning, 00:04:15.939 --> 00:04:18.959 and Bitcoin is back in the headlines. ETF inflows 00:04:18.959 --> 00:04:22.360 keep climbing. Yesterday alone, spot BTC ETFs 00:04:22.360 --> 00:04:25.519 saw over $5 million in net inflows. Cumulative 00:04:25.519 --> 00:04:28.899 ETF inflows are at all -time highs. BlackRock's 00:04:28.899 --> 00:04:34.519 iBit picked up 10 ,572 BTC, while only 3 ,150 00:04:34.519 --> 00:04:37.779 were mined. Fear and greed index? It's flashing 00:04:37.779 --> 00:04:40.360 high greed. Bitcoin whale and shark wallets, 00:04:40.680 --> 00:04:44.060 that's 10 ,000 to 10 ,000 BTC holders, have accumulated 00:04:44.060 --> 00:04:47.779 over 83 ,000 BTC in the last 30 days. That's 00:04:47.779 --> 00:04:50.560 conviction, not speculation. Volatility alert. 00:04:50.839 --> 00:04:53.100 This week is stacked with high impact U .S. economic 00:04:53.100 --> 00:04:56.459 data, CPI, jobless claims, and retail sales. 00:04:56.939 --> 00:04:59.699 The outcome? Market chaos and Bitcoin benefits 00:04:59.699 --> 00:05:03.360 from chaos. SEC News Chair Paul Atkins declared 00:05:03.360 --> 00:05:06.360 a new day for crypto, pledging to end enforcement 00:05:06.360 --> 00:05:09.040 -first tactics and embrace regulation that actually 00:05:09.040 --> 00:05:11.920 fits digital assets. Commissioner Hester Pierce 00:05:11.920 --> 00:05:30.040 echoed the sentiment, stating, That's huge. Meanwhile, 00:05:30.160 --> 00:05:33.459 Over $215 million was liquidated from the crypto 00:05:33.459 --> 00:05:36.839 market in a single hour. The pain is real. Unless 00:05:36.839 --> 00:05:40.019 you're stacking. Altcoin corner. Ethereum popped 00:05:40.019 --> 00:05:44.660 44 % in 72 hours. Abraxis Capital pulled 185 00:05:44.660 --> 00:05:47.800 ,000 ETH off exchanges. But remember, altcoins 00:05:47.800 --> 00:05:51.459 are exciting. Bitcoin is eternal. Solana is also 00:05:51.459 --> 00:05:53.819 heating up. The number of wallets holding at 00:05:53.819 --> 00:05:57.720 least 0 .1 SOL has surged past 11 million. That's 00:05:57.720 --> 00:06:00.160 growing user adoption. Still, nothing touches 00:06:00.160 --> 00:06:02.680 Bitcoin in terms of strategic reserve status. 00:06:03.279 --> 00:06:06.399 DeFi watch? Paradigm -backed exponential has 00:06:06.399 --> 00:06:10.620 launched Yo, a new yield optimization protocol. 00:06:11.420 --> 00:06:13.660 Pump .Fun introduced a revenue sharing model 00:06:13.660 --> 00:06:16.860 for meme coin creators. Is this sustainable or 00:06:16.860 --> 00:06:20.040 just another Ponzi in disguise? Time will tell. 00:06:20.420 --> 00:06:22.319 Dubai is now accepting crypto for government 00:06:22.319 --> 00:06:25.430 services via crypto .com. Their goal? become 00:06:25.430 --> 00:06:28.629 90 % cashless by 2026. That's not just digital 00:06:28.629 --> 00:06:31.910 transformation. It's monetary revolution. Meanwhile, 00:06:32.050 --> 00:06:34.829 Animoca Brands is planning a U .S. listing, citing 00:06:34.829 --> 00:06:37.589 crypto -friendly regulation under the Trump administration 00:06:37.589 --> 00:06:41.050 as a unique moment for market entry. Speaking 00:06:41.050 --> 00:06:43.769 of Trump, American Bitcoin, a mining firm linked 00:06:43.769 --> 00:06:46.290 to the Trump family, is going public via a merger 00:06:46.290 --> 00:06:50.350 with Griffin Digital under the ticker ABTC. Strategic 00:06:50.350 --> 00:06:52.490 stock -for -stock deals are the new mining meta. 00:06:52.810 --> 00:06:55.970 Over in Congress, stablecoin legislation is still 00:06:55.970 --> 00:06:58.689 stuck. But states like Arizona and territories 00:06:58.689 --> 00:07:00.990 like the Northern Mariana Islands are pushing 00:07:00.990 --> 00:07:04.250 forward with their own crypto frameworks. Decentralized 00:07:04.250 --> 00:07:07.810 governance in action. Pleb shout out. Huge props 00:07:07.810 --> 00:07:10.129 to the Noster crew lighting up zaps like its 00:07:10.129 --> 00:07:12.790 Block 50 ,000. Whether you're memeing, building, 00:07:12.949 --> 00:07:15.750 or just holding the line, this pod is for you. 00:07:16.310 --> 00:07:18.810 Value for value. If you found signal in this 00:07:18.810 --> 00:07:22.089 episode, zap us some SATs. Subscribe on Noster, 00:07:22.389 --> 00:07:24.509 share it on Fountain, shout it from the rooftops. 00:07:24.949 --> 00:07:26.829 We're building Bitcoin Street one block at a 00:07:26.829 --> 00:07:30.350 time with no ads, no VCs, no middlemen. Final 00:07:30.350 --> 00:07:32.949 word. Whether it's sailors' billion dollar buys, 00:07:33.250 --> 00:07:36.189 Missouri's tax -free BTC, or Taiwan proposing 00:07:36.189 --> 00:07:39.449 sovereign stacks, the theme is clear. Bitcoin 00:07:39.449 --> 00:07:41.810 is no longer an experiment. It's the monetary 00:07:41.810 --> 00:07:44.420 foundation for the next century. And every day 00:07:44.420 --> 00:07:46.920 you delay is a day you stay trapped in a fiat 00:07:46.920 --> 00:07:49.500 system built on nothing but debt. This is Anna 00:07:49.500 --> 00:07:51.879 signing off from the Bitcoin Street Journal podcast. 00:07:52.379 --> 00:07:54.639 Where we don't chase the news, we anchor it to 00:07:54.639 --> 00:07:57.639 the chain. Stay sovereign. Stay signal. See you 00:07:57.639 --> 00:07:58.360 on the next block.