Gary Gensler, the SEC chair everyone loves to hate—or hate to love—is on his way out, leaving behind a trail of lawsuits, crypto crackdowns, and some very opinionated quotes. In his final interview before stepping down, Gary dropped a surprising line: Bitcoin is different.

Pro-Bitcoin analyst Thomas Lee believes Bitcoin could double in 2025 despite recent market volatility and the drop below $100,000.

Genius Group Limited, a Bitcoin-focused education company, has announced a $33 million rights offering to expand its Bitcoin Treasury. The offering will allow existing shareholders to purchase additional shares at $0.

MicroStrategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR) is exploring perpetual preferred stock as a new financing instrument to fuel its ongoing Bitcoin acquisition strategy, according to insights shared by Executive Chairman Michael Saylor. What Happened: At a recent investor meeting hosted by The Benchmark Company, Saylor explained that MicroStrategy is looking to raise $2 billion through one or more perpetual preferred stock offerings in the first quarter of 2025, subject to market conditions.

Syria after the fall of Assad is considering the legalization of Bitcoin, including partially backing the Syrian Pound and mining with excess energy reserves.

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan predicts a surge in corporate bitcoin adoption, driven by new accounting rules and reduced risks. The post Bitwise CIO says corporate Bitcoin buying is set to explode appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Bitcoin (BTC) started the week with a notable drop, reaching its lowest level in over a month. This sudden decline has left many analysts questioning whether the flagship cryptocurrency will face another price dip before attempting to reach new highs.

Genius Group Bitcoin reserves continue to be enhanced with a $33 million equity offering.

Litecoin saw the largest number of transactions, followed by Bitcoin and Ether.

Standard Chartered's Geoff Kendrick highlighted spot bitcoin ETF unwind risks if the digital asset falls below the $90,000 mark.

Gary Gensler's tenure as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission has been controversial, to put it mildly. Looking at more traditional assets, Gensler and the SEC have made significant strides in investor protection, improving market transparency, and executing key reforms in equity and treasury markets.

Bitcoin (BTC) price closed Monday in a dragonfly Doji candlestick, hinting at a major buying from investors speculating on potential bullish sentiment in the coming weeks. The flagship coin teased below $90k on Monday to reach a daily low of about $89,171 before rallying over 6 percent to trade about $96.

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As Bitcoin's price hovers around crucial levels in early 2025, one particular class of BTC holders has been quietly increasing its holdings.

Bitcoin's price initially surged following Trump's presidential election victory, buoyed by the prospect of his pro-crypto policies.

Peter Schiff, a noted macroeconomic analyst and gold advocate, recently shared his perspective on Japan's economic policies, while also expressing strong skepticism about the concept of Bitcoin (BTC) as a strategic reserve.

In its latest blockchain letter, Pantera Capital states that Donald Trump's upcoming inauguration should propel Bitcoin to new heights. The asset manager refutes the application of the stock market adage "buy the rumor, sell the news" to the crypto market, as Bitcoin currently hovers around $95,000.

Bitcoin shot back to $97,044 on Tuesday, climbing 4.5% in a single day after plunging below $90,000 earlier in the week. The broader crypto market followed suit, with the CoinDesk 20 index rising 3.9%.

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MicroStrategy and its pro-crypto Chairman of the Board, Michael Saylor, keep putting their money where their mouth is as the company recently announced that they acquired a total of 2,530 Bitcoin during the week ended on January 12.

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Matt Hougan told clients that MicroStrategy's Bitcoin roadmap is a “bona fide megatrend” geared to propel other companies into the BTC reserve play.

Bitcoin reached the ideal $90+/-2K target zone for a correction, and although $85-86K is still a possibility, we now expect it to rally to $115K+ contingent on holding above $73400.

The $58 million that Sygnum Bank has raised will be utilized to diversify its product line with a particular emphasis on Bitcoin technology. Sygnum Bank Doubles Down on Expansion Plans With New Funding Round Sygnum Bank, a digital asset banking group, has announced a strategic $58 million raise in an oversubscribed growth round.

Donald J. Trump won as the 47th POTUS and ushered in quite a Bitcoin and stocks rally. Now, that rally has met unforeseen problems.

Michael Saylor, the founder and executive chairman of MicroStrategy business intelligence firm that has switched to Bitcoin, has taken to his official account on the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) to address MSTR holders regarding the recently earned weekly gains.

The US Producer Price Index (PPI) data and the Consumer Price Index (CPI) fueling volatility in crypto market. Though the inflation rate seems tamed, traders become cautious ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.

In a recent tweet, Bitcoin historian Pete Rizzo brought attention to one of the earliest statements believed to have been made by Bitcoin's pseudonymous creator(s), Satoshi Nakamoto.

Italy's largest bank, Intesa Sanpaolo, buys $1M in Bitcoin, marking its first spot purchase amid growing institutional crypto adoption. The post Italy's largest bank steps into Bitcoin with $1M purchase appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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Bitcoin miners reduced reserves in late 2024, with a noticeable slowdown in sell-offs entering 2025.

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TL;DR Star Xu, founder of OKX, announces a secret Bitcoin-focused business set to debut in February, aiming to foster innovation and accelerate mass adoption of cryptocurrencies. OKX emphasizes neutrality and quality, investing in high-quality projects through OKX Ventures and improving the utility of its platform token, OKB.

Cryptocurrency analysts of Coinidol.com report, the Bitcoin (BTC) price has fallen above the $91,000 support level for the third time before moving up again.

The Bitcoin market rallied a bit in the early part of Tuesday, as the Monday session showed signs of recovery after producing a hammer. With this, it looks like the range of trading in Bitcoin will continue to be followed.

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Italy's largest bank, Intesa Sanpaolo, has etched its name in financial history as the first Italian institution to venture into direct bitcoin settlement. First Bitcoin Deal by Italy's Largest Financial Institution On Jan.

MicroStrategy As A Levered Play On Bitcoin In recent years, MicroStrategy, Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR) has emerged as a essentially a levered play on Bitcoin. Over the last year, for example, MicroStrategy was up 468%, while Bitcoin was up 105%.

Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy's largest bank, has reportedly entered the Bitcoin market by acquiring €1 million worth of the leading digital asset. This translates to approximately 11 BTC, according to an internal email allegedly signed by Niccolo Bardoscia, the head of the bank's digital asset trading and investment division.

Bitcoin fascinates as much as it disturbs. Some see it as a bulwark against inflation, while others deem it too unstable.

Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo has made its first direct Bitcoin purchase, acquiring 11 Bitcoin valued at approximately €1 million.

Sergio Lerner of RootstockLabs discusses Bitcoin bridging hurdles, BitVM innovations and implications for DeFi.

Co-founder and Chairman of MicroStrategy Michael Saylor, during a recent speech at the ICR Conference in Orlando, has once again shaken up the financial world by proclaiming that companies need to ditch old-fashioned bonds in favor of Bitcoin. He made the call labeling bonds as “toxic” during his speech while asking businesses to look into Bitcoin's potential.

Bitcoin developers are once again debating ossification versus innovation in the protocol. This debate has waged for years, but is now finally reaching a fever pitch.

El Salvador may be reportedly planning to install a Bitcoin node in every household. Max Keiser, Senior Bitcoin Advisor to president Nayib Bukele, reported on Tuesday that one of Bukele's “New Year's resolutions” is “a Bitcoin node in every house.

Intesa Sanpaolo has become Italy's first bank to make a Bitcoin investment after buying more than $1 million worth of BTC during a period of growing institutional interest.

Nasdaq-listed healthcare tech firm Semler Scientific — which made headlines last year for adding Bitcoin (BTC) to its treasury — has bought another $23 million worth of the top crypto. Semler joins a growing list of companies hoarding Bitcoin in recent years.