FYI: 🟠 Google Play will ban non-custodial wallets unless developers hold a FinCEN, state banking, or MiCA license.

In the EU, MiCA rules effectively block such wallets entirely from the store.

Congrats to those hodling

JAN3: 🟠 Over the past 5 years, #Bitcoin has easily outperformed all major asset classes with a staggering 58.2% CAGR.

The closest competitor, QQQ, delivered 16.28%, followed by SPY at 13.68% and gold (GLD) at 10.49%.

NEW: 🟠 13 of the top 25 U.S. banks are building Bitcoin products.

Not priced in.

Over 1,100 have signed a petition to restore Lugano’s vandalized Satoshi statue, with Valentina Picozzi and Satoshigallery offering to rebuild it for free.

📰 https://btctimes.com/petition-gains-momentum-to-restore-satoshi-nakamoto-statue-in-lugano/

📣 https://x.com/BTCTimescom/status/1955995660026589529

🚨 Bitcoin’s first RGB bridge is live! Utexo has moved USDt from Ethereum to Bitcoin via RGB Lightning, keeping it private, peer-to-peer, and self-custodied.

📰 https://btctimes.com/first-rgb-bridge-enables-usdt-transfers-from-ethereum-to-bitcoin-via-lightning/

📣 https://x.com/BTCTimescom/status/1956003044639842523

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says “we are not going to be buying” Bitcoin 🤔

JUST IN: 🇫🇷 Publicly traded Sequans plans to buy 100,000 Bitcoin by 2030 🔥

DATA: 🟠 Bitcoin ETFs now hold 1.29 million BTC worth $160 BILLION.

On track to reach 1.5 million Bitcoin by year's end.

NEW: 🟠 Google takes 8% stake in Bitcoin miner TeraWulf as part of a $3.7B deal 👀

BREAKING: 🇺🇸 US Treasury Secretary Scott confirms they are exploring ways to acquire more Bitcoin to expand the US strategic reserve 🙌

WALKER: 🟠 “You've got 0.2% of the total wealth of the world is currently in bitcoin… The total wealth of the world is… a THOUSAND TRILLION dollars. That's an inconceivably large number… Bitcoin, it's at $2 trillion asset… Think about how early that actually means.”

🟠 Citigroup considers custody and payment services for Bitcoin ETFs 👀

BREAKING: 🟠 Block Proto team announces Rig: a highly durable modular bitcoin mining machine with easily replaceable hashboards, an open source software stack, and energy efficiency of up to 14.1 J/Th ⚡️

Massive disruption to the mining hardware landscape.

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 SEC Chair Paul Atkins says “we are mobilising” to make America the crypto capital of the world 👀

For the latest Bitcoin insights, trends, and news, follow now!

📣 https://x.com/BTCTimescom

NEW: 🇸🇻 El Salvador approves Investment Banking Law. A new legal framework will allow specialized investment banks to operate in the country, regulated, supervised, and focused on complex financing and digital assets like Bitcoin.

JUST IN: 🟠 BlackRock bought $524M Bitcoin for its BTC ETF yesterday.