Andy Bunham

He/Him- Late to meme trends and proud of it. - Star Wars 💩 poster.

[The Bitcoin Historian @pete_rizzo_]

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Bitcoin is a fortress and your assets are safer here than in Fort Knox because of these absolute legends 🔥

[CoinGecko @coingecko]

NEWS: Texas becomes the first state to purchase Bitcoin.

They acquired 57 $BTC through BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF for a total of $5M.

[Cointelegraph @Cointelegraph]

⏱️ State of Crypto Tonight: Your 60-second week in review

• Ripple rejects IPO plans despite SEC victory. President Monica Long says the company is "well capitalized" and has no timeline for going public.

• Jan3 CEO Samson Mow says Bitcoin bull run hasn't started yet, BTC just "marginally outperforming inflation" as price dips below $100K.

• FBI can't be sued for wiping a hard drive containing 3,443 Bitcoin ($345M), US appeals court rules. Man convicted of identity theft loses lawsuit.

• Privacy coin Zcash ($ZEC) trades above $500 for the first time since 2018, driven by notable industry figures advocating for privacy-first benefits.

• Polymarket accused of being rife with artificial trading, Columbia researchers find 25% of volume over 3 years was wash trading.

• Senate reaches bipartisan deal to end US government shutdown.

• CFTC Acting Chair Caroline Pham confirms efforts to bring leveraged spot crypto trading to U.S. exchanges could launch as soon as next month.

What's your hottest take this week? 👇

[Cointelegraph @Cointelegraph]

🇪🇺NOW: Europe’s The Blockchain Group plans to raise €300 million through an "ATM-type" capital program with TOBAM to accelerate its Bitcoin Treasury strategy.

[Bitcoin Magazine @BitcoinMagazine]

JUST IN: 🇯🇵 Metaplanet announces to raise $5.4 billion to buy more #Bitcoin

Targets to hold over 210,000 BTC by 2027

[Cointelegraph @Cointelegraph]

📊 UPDATE: Institutional buyers led Bitcoin demand in 2025, adding 417,000 $BTC, while individuals sold 158,000 $BTC year-to-date, per Bitwise data.

[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: 🇯🇵 Metaplanet buys another 1,088 Bitcoin worth $114 million.

They now hold 8,888 $BTC worth $930 million.

[Nikolaus Hoffman @NikolausHoff]

#Bitcoin when this downtrend ends

[Cointelegraph @Cointelegraph]

🇺🇸 LATEST: A Trump-led #Bitcoin rally could wane ahead of the FOMC meeting on Jan. 29, says 10x Research founder Markus Thielen.

[Cointelegraph @Cointelegraph]

While this metric is one of many that investors can look at to gauge market sentiment towards major crypto assets, a continued shift toward long-term holding for ETH also suggests growing confidence in the asset heading into 2025. https://t.co/imtgNwcf5R

[Cointelegraph @Cointelegraph]

🔥 LATEST: Solana memecoin $BONK just flipped $FTM in market cap.

[Nikolaus Hoffman @NikolausHoff]

NEW: Even on Christmas day, El Salvador bought more #Bitcoin 🇸🇻 🎅

[Bitcoin Magazine @BitcoinMagazine]

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 $90 billion VanEck says the US could reduce its national debt by 35% by establishing Strategic #Bitcoin Reserve.

[Bitcoin @Bitcoin]

$97,083.66

[Bitcoin Magazine @BitcoinMagazine]

JUST IN: 🇸🇻 El Salvador Senior Bitcoin Advisor Max Keiser says "President Bukele has ramped up daily Bitcoin buys with an interim goal of acquiring 20,000 more #Bitcoin."

[Cointelegraph @Cointelegraph]

🇺🇸 ETF FLOWS: Around 642 ETH and 2,570 BTC were bought on Dec. 18

ETH ETFs saw $2.5M in net inflows.

BTC ETFs saw $275.3M in net inflows.

[Poloniex Exchange @Poloniex]

Crypto News in Japan:
in some cases, if you go to the other side of the world with #cryptocurrency assets stiffed, your heirs will be taxed at a rate of more than 100%. 🇯🇵

[Cointelegraph @Cointelegraph]

🚨 INSIGHT: Solana-based memecoin Fartcoin briefly exceeded a $1 billion market cap amid a downturn in the altcoin market.

[The ₿itcoin Therapist @TheBTCTherapist]

BlackRock bought 3530 Bitcoin today worth over $350M. Smart money is buying.

[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 US Senator Cynthia Lummis says "2025 will be the year for Bitcoin & digital assets."