🇺🇸 TODAY: North Carolina House to vote on bill directing treasury to study the process of buying and holding #Bitcoin "to hedge against inflation."

Stablecoin issuer Tether teams up with the Georgian Government to strengthen Bitcoin and P2P Infrastructure. This strategic partnership aims to foster innovation, uplift local startups, and position Georgia as a global leader 🇬🇪

https://www.btctimes.com/news/tether-partners-with-georgian-government-to-boost-bitcoin-and-p2p-infrastructure

🇺🇸 JUST IN: North Carolina House passes bill directing state treasury to study the process of buying and holding #Bitcoin.

The bill now goes to the Senate.

The North Carolina House advances legislation to research Bitcoin 🚀🚀

https://www.btctimes.com/news/north-carolina-house-moves-forward-with-legislation-to-research-bitcoin-and-virtual-currencies

People around the world are finding new ways to send, pay, and bank using #bitcoin by sending basic text messages on a $15 Nokia phone.

No internet required!

🇪🇺 NEW: The European Commissioner for Financial Stability makes the case for a Euro CBDC in Financial Times.

Says #Bitcoin is "volatile and, unlike a digital euro, is not backed by a central bank" and assures readers "that the digital euro is not a Big Brother project" 👀

This, except nothing ever gets destroyed.

🇸🇰 NEW: Slovakia to reduce #bitcoin  capital gains tax to 7% when held for at least 1 year 🔒

"Assuming a constant #Bitcoin  price of $30k, MicroStrategy buying $1.34B/year, and Tether buying $900M/year:

In 2023 the two entities absorb a combined 22.74% of annual supply.
In 2024, 32.11% of supply.
In 2025, 45.49% of supply.

There's not much Bitcoin left. Act accordingly."

- Samson Mow (@Excellion)

🇬🇧 JUST IN: UK passes bill into law recognizing #Bitcoin and crypto as regulated financial activity 👀

🟠 NEW: BREAKING: $4.5 trillion Fidelity officially refiles for spot #Bitcoin ETF 👀

🇪🇺 NEW: Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, advocates for a Euro #CBDC! 👀

They are not even hiding it anymore.

Yeah... don't mind me opting out on this one

🇬🇧 Nigel Farage, former leader of UK Brexit Party, says 7 banks have refused to let him have an account 🔒

Be your own bank, with #Bitcoin.

Financial services conglomerate Fidelity Investments has resubmitted its application for a Spot Bitcoin ETF!

https://www.btctimes.com/news/fidelity-resubmits-application-for-spot-bitcoin-etf

🚨 JUST IN: Bank of America, $BAC, is facing $100 billion in paper losses in bond markets, according to Financial Times 👀

These losses are reportedly due to interest rate increases, the same reason that $SIVB and $FRC collapsed.

The effects of rapidly rising interest rates are just starting.

NEW: $1.5 trillion asset manager Franklin Templeton said that if a spot #Bitcoin ETF is approved, it will open up "a new access point" for traditional portfolios 📊

💥 BREAKING: SEC informes applications for spot Bitcoin ETF may not be sufficiently clear 👀

The SEC has informed exchanges Nasdaq and Cboe, which filed the spot #Bitcoin ETF applications on behalf of asset managers including BlackRock and Fidelity Investments, that the filings aren’t sufficiently clear and comprehensive - WSJ