The latest Bitcoin headlines, breaking developments, and real-time updates shaping the world’s leading digital asset.
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Analysts say there’s no immediate risk: Strategy’s bitcoin isn’t collateralized, debt repayments start in 2027, and dividends are funded through 2028.
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The bill caps bitcoin at 10% per fund, phases purchases at 5% per year, and requires offline, audited custody with public reports.
Built from trading fees, SAFU will shift to bitcoin in 30 days, sit in cold wallets via an Abu Dhabi clearing house, and be refilled if it dips below $800M.
The bill advanced 12–11 along party lines, granting CFTC spot-market authority, but Democrats warn of ethics gaps and an understaffed regulator.
The bill allows up to 10% allocation, offers ETF or direct custody options, and adds strict security rules like multi-party control and encrypted key storage.
Beyond payments, Steak ’n Shake funnels all BTC sales into a reserve, cuts fees ~50%, and even pays workers a $0.21/hr bitcoin bonus.
Foundry USA’s hashrate plunged about 60%, pushing block times to as long as 14 minutes, yet bitcoin’s price and transaction fees barely moved.
The fund will be optional, capped in size, and limited to voluntary pension accounts after a personalized risk review, with diversification as its goal.
The bill would let workers split pay between dollars and bitcoin, choose wallets, and exempt digital-asset-only firms from needing a money transmitter license.
The actively managed NYSE-listed fund must keep 25% in gold and can add bitcoin, other metals and mining stocks, topping $50M in assets on day one.
SB 352 would fund the reserve with abandoned custodial assets after 3 years, allow staking/airdrops, and bar bitcoin from the general fund.
The filing says the fund would hold bitcoin directly in cold storage, be passively managed, and allow everyday investors to trade shares through brokerage accounts.
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57.55 BTC tied to Samourai Wallet was transferred to Coinbase Prime and ended up in a Coinbase hot wallet. That wallet now has a 0 balance.
Criminals have increasingly turned to kidnapping, torturing, and threatening digital asset holders in real life; some attacks involve guns, mutilation, and murder as digital theft turns violently physical.
Lichtenstein stole nearly 120,000 BTC in 2016 (worth $71M then and over $10B today), with about 25,000 coins still missing despite a major DOJ recovery.
The law takes effect Jan. 1, 2026, treats bitcoin as property rather than money, and requires all miners and exchanges to be licensed by the central bank.
Only about 30% of miners are registered, and authorities say underground farms caused power shortages and 1.3B rubles in electricity losses.
Beyond buying BTC, Metaplanet earned ¥8.6bn via options strategies and reported a 568% BTC Yield, while keeping trading separate from long-term reserves.
Board review ended BTC buys on December 4. Prenetics keeps 510 bitcoin while directing capital to IM8, now topping $100M ARR.
The pilot deal used Sberbank’s own digital custody system, locking the mined bitcoin as collateral and preventing the borrower from accessing it until repayment.
Bitmain is bundling hosting at 5.5–7¢/kWh and locking in ultra-low prices for 2026 deliveries, as hashprice falls below breakeven and miners power down rigs.
All six reactors at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant have been shut since 2022, and Moscow says talks even cover joint management without Kyiv as the IAEA warns safety rules are violated.
The flash dip hit only Binance’s thin BTC/USD1 pair, tied to a new stablecoin, during low-liquidity Christmas trading, before snapping back instantly.
Backed by Brazil’s culture ministry, the Brasília concert can raise R$1.1m via donations, using an algorithm to convert bitcoin price into tempo and harmony.
IMF cites record remittances, fiscal reforms and Basel III adoption, while talks continue over selling the Chivo wallet and curbing "bitcoin risks."
