LATEST: South Carolina enacts a pro-crypto law banning state taxes on crypto payments, protecting self-custody rights, and prohibiting state agencies from accepting or testing CBDCs.
ARTHUR HAYES SAYS BITCOIN TO $126K IS INEVITABLE
Arthur Hayes (@CryptoHayes) believes Bitcoin $BTC has already bottomed near $60,000. The BitMEX co founder said a breakout above $126,000 is inevitable.
Hayes argued expanding global credit conditions remain strongly bullish for Bitcoin. He also pointed to rising AI infrastructure spending and growing war expenditures.
Hayes expects momentum to accelerate sharply once Bitcoin clears $90,000.
Per reports, Hayes' family office Maelstrom is heavily positioned in $HYPE and $ZEC.
JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Congressman Nick Begich announces his newly introduced bill protecting Bitcoin self-custody.
"Self-custody of private keys is fundamental to financial sovereignty, privacy, and personal liberty."
🚨BITMINE ETH HOLDINGS HIT RECORD 5 MILLION
Bitmine added 101,901 ETH last week and now holds 4.21% of total supply.
Total crypto and cash holdings stand at $13.3B, with 3.7M $ETH staked generating about $264M in annualized revenue.
Strategy has acquired 3,273 BTC for ~$255.0 million at ~$77,906 per bitcoin and has achieved BTC Yield of 9.6% YTD 2026. As of 4/26/2026, we hodl 818,334 $BTC acquired for ~$61.81 billion at ~$75,537 per bitcoin. $MSTR $STRC https://t.co/HnXQ1OY6Yv
🇺🇸 ADMIRAL SAMUEL PAPARO: "Our interest in Bitcoin is as a tool of cryptography, a blockchain and reusable proof of work as an additional tool to secure networks and to project power.
"I think this protocol is here to stay."
JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent tells the Senate we need to pass Bitcoin & crypto market structure legislation.
"The US has to lead here. We're the technological leader in the world, we should be the payments leader in the world."
JUST IN: The U.S. Military is running a Bitcoin Node.
Admiral Samuel Paparo, 4-Star Commander of INDOPACOM, confirms the USA is directly participating in the BTC network for "operational tests to secure and protect networks."
$100B+ INSTITUTIONAL DEMAND IS COMING FOR BITCOIN
Cathie Wood says they’ll either buy new $BTC supply or force holders to sell.
Scarcity drives price, and they’re barely in. ��