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Bitcoin price strength gradually returns after multiweek lows as risk assets show overwhelming confidence that a long war in the Middle East will not happen. Key points: Bitcoin joins US stocks in shrugging off Middle East tensions — something analysis says shows belief that the conflict will soon end. In a surprise turn, oil and gold face losses amid a lack of interest in safe havens. Read more

Texas is now legally empowered to build its own Bitcoin reserve funded with taxpayer dollars before the federal government takes any comparable action. Governor Greg Abbott on Saturday signed Senate Bill 21, a law that explicitly allows the state to buy and hold Bitcoin and other top-tier cryptocurrencies. The measure passed the Texas House and […] The post Texas to buy Bitcoin for state reserves long before Trump’s Bitcoin reserve delivers appeared first on CryptoSlate.

As Michael Saylor’s Strategy and other whales keep buying Bitcoin, the stage may be set for a historic supply shock. With less BTC in circulation, experts are bracing for a potential supply shock. Bitcoin’s hard cap of 21 million coins has always been central to its appeal. However, by 2025, this built-in scarcity is no longer just a theoretical feature; it’s becoming a market reality. 93% of all Bitcoin has already been mined, and since the network’s fourth halving in April, which cut miner rewards in half, fewer new coins are entering circulation each day. Read more

Bitcoin’s June price action during the Israel–Iran conflict shows that it remains a macro asset, albeit one increasingly shaped by global instability. Opinion by: Michael Tabone, Senior Economist at Cointelegraph On Saturday, June 21, 2025, the US hit Iranian nuclear facilities, causing a short-lived dip in the price action of Bitcoin (BTC). Bitcoin rebounded before its Sunday close to just under 1.27% of its price before the US military effort. For 10 days in June, missiles flew and markets wobbled, but Bitcoin held its ground — not immune to war, but more stable than fear would suggest. Read more

Japan’s Metaplanet has outpaced Strategy in Bitcoin accumulation, purchasing 1,111 BTC last week, approximately five times more than the US-based firm acquired in the same period. According to a June 23 disclosure, Metaplanet spent approximately $118 million on its latest purchase, securing the Bitcoin at an average price of $105,468 per coin. With this addition, […] The post Metaplanet’s latest $118 million Bitcoin buy dwarfs Strategy’s new acquisition fivefold appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin attracts $1.1 billion despite a price correction, while Ethereum posts its longest streak since 2021, data compiled by CoinShares shows.

Long-term Bitcoin holders now control a record 14.53 million BTC, tightening supply as institutional demand rises despite geopolitical tensions. Key takeaways: Bitcoin’s volatility has fallen below major US stock indexes, even amid escalating Iran–Israel tensions. Long-term holders now control a record 14.53 million BTC, reducing the circulating supply. Read more

The savvy Bitcoin investor made a 496-fold return on his initial $60,000 investment in 2013. A savvy Bitcoin holder has bagged nearly $30 million of profit after patiently holding their BTC holdings for over a decade, highlighting the long-term investment potential of the digital asset. The unknown investor sold 300 Bitcoin (BTC) for $29.8 million on Sunday after holding the coins for more than 11 years, according to Whale Alert. The investor reportedly purchased the coins for about $60,000 in 2013, meaning they made more than $29 million in profit. Read more

Michael Saylor’s Strategy bought another 245 Bitcoin last week after doubling down on his long-term BTC price prediction, forecasting BTC to hit $21 million in 21 years. Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the world’s largest public Bitcoin investor, disclosed its latest BTC purchases as the cryptocurrency slid in response to escalating geopolitical fears last week. Strategy acquired 245 Bitcoin (BTC) for $26 million during the week ending Sunday, the company announced in a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Monday. The cost of Strategy’s latest Bitcoin haul averaged $105,856 per coin, with Bitcoin plummeting from about $108,900 on June 16 to an intraweek low of just below $99,000, according to CoinGecko data. Read more

Crypto speculators may offset some of their altcoin losses by investing in Bitcoin or BTC treasury firms, according to Hashcash inventor Adam Back. Bitcoin treasury adoption by public companies has become the new altcoin season for cryptocurrency speculators, Adam Back said on Monday. Bitcoin (BTC) treasury season “is the new ALT SZN for speculators,” said Back, co-founder and CEO of Blockstream and the inventor of Hashcash. “Time to dump ALTs into BTC or BTC treasuries,” he added. Bitcoin treasury firms are buying BTC “on repeat to increase Bitcoin per share,” tapping into different funding methods such as convertible note offerings to accumulate more of the world’s first cryptocurrency, making them attractive for investors, Back explained. Read more

Metaplanet has added 1,111 BTC to its corporate treasury, bringing its total holdings to 11,111 BTC, just 398 BTC shy of Tesla’s stash. Metaplanet, Japan’s top Bitcoin corporate treasury company, announced Monday that it had purchased an additional 1,111 Bitcoin. According to a Monday regulatory filing, Metaplanet’s total holdings have reached 11,111 Bitcoin (BTC), putting the company’s BTC holdings within striking distance of Tesla’s current Bitcoin stash of 11,509 BTC. Metaplanet spent 17.26 billion Japanese yen (about $117 million) on the purchase, paying an average of just under $105,500 per coin. Read more

Bitcoin is about to juggle a slew of geopolitcal and macroeconomic volatility triggers in a nail-biting end to June as $100,000 support hangs in the balance. Bitcoin (BTC) enters the last week of June with geopolitics at a key crossroads and macro volatility to match. Where will BTC head next? Bitcoin traders are bracing for new lows as exchange order book liquidity shifts toward the $90,000 mark. The latest developments in the Middle East sparked knee-jerk reactions on crypto, oil and stock futures, but analysis notes that no “long-term conflict” is being priced in. Read more

Bitcoin’s drop below the $100,000 support pulled ETH, XRP, SOL, and HYPE lower, but a relief rally may be around the corner. Key points: Bitcoin fell below the $100,000 support on Sunday, but a rebound could depend on how US stock futures open. Bitcoin’s weakness has pulled ETH, XRP, SOL, and HYPE below their respective support levels. Read more

Global oil markets are on high alert following U.S. airstrikes on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities, Fordow, Isfahan, and Natanz, with fears mounting over a potential closure of the critical Strait of Hormuz. The military action, announced by President Donald Trump last night, has intensified geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and raised concerns about […] The post Oil markets tense amid U.S. airstrikes on Iran, while Bitcoin price holds steady appeared first on CryptoSlate.

BTC price declines accelerate as the US hits Iran's nuclear facilities, but traders are hopeful that Bitcoin may even gain from geopolitical uncertainty. Key points: Bitcoin sees a snap reaction to news of direct US involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict, dipping below $102,000. Traders note that war-based headlines have acted as a BTC price springboard in the past. Read more

Texas becomes the first US state to commit public funds to a standalone Bitcoin reserve, aiming to treat BTC as a long-term strategic asset. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed Senate Bill 21 (SB21), officially authorizing the creation of the Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, a state-managed fund that will hold Bitcoin as part of the state’s long-term financial assets. The newly established reserve operates independently of Texas’ general treasury system and aims to strengthen the state’s financial resilience while serving as a potential hedge against inflation, according to the bill text. Furthermore, only assets with a market capitalization exceeding $500 billion are eligible for inclusion, a threshold currently met only by Bitcoin (BTC). Read more

French lawmaker Sarah Knafo has invited Samson Mow to visit France, and Mow says he is keen to kick off a wave of nation-state Bitcoin adoption across Europe. Jan3 founder Samson Mow is setting his sights on ramping up Bitcoin nation-state adoption in Europe following a positive meeting with pro-Bitcoin French lawmaker Sarah Knafo. “Looking forward to starting a nation-state Bitcoin adoption wave in France and perhaps all of Europe,” Mow said in an X post on Saturday, following his meeting with Sarah Knafo, a French member of the European Parliament, at BTC Prague this week. They discussed plans to develop a Strategic Bitcoin (BTC) Reserve for France and promote “friendly regulations” for the asset. Mow said Knafo has invited his team to France. On the same day, Knafo addressed the meeting with Mow on her X account, stating, “France must take hold of these issues.” Read more

A Bitcoin technical analyst says the historical Bitcoin trend signals $330K BTC price, US crypto ETF predictions: Hodler’s Digest The likelihood of US regulators approving a wave of crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) is now a near certainty, signaling a continued pro-crypto shift at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), according to Bloomberg analysts Erich Balchunas and James Seyffart. In a social media post on Friday, Seffart said he and Balchunas have raised their odds for the vast majority of crypto ETF approvals to 90% or higher, citing very positive engagement from the SEC. The analysts also suggested that the SEC likely views cryptocurrencies such as Litecoin, Solana, XRP and Dogecoin as commodities a designation that would place them outside of its immediate jurisdiction. Read more

Michael Saylor has doubled down on his Bitcoin price prediction, citing massive geopolitical and regulatory changes. Bitcoin bull and Strategy founder Michael Saylor has doubled down on the long-term value of BTC amid fast-changing geopolitical and cryptocurrency adoption trends. Saylor took the stage with a keynote speech at the BTC Prague 2025 event on Saturday, predicting that the price of Bitcoin (BTC) would hit $21 million in 21 years. “I think we’re going to be $21 million in 21 years. It's a very special time in the network. Maybe the one time in the history of the network where you look out 21 years and you see $21 million,” Saylor stated. Read more

ZachXBT claims over 80% of Garden Finance’s fees are tied to crypto laundering, challenging the project’s decentralization narrative. Blockchain sleuth ZachXBT has accused Garden Finance, which brands itself as “the fastest Bitcoin bridge,” of facilitating the laundering of funds linked to major crypto thefts, including the Bybit hack. In a June 21 post on X, ZachXBT claimed that over 80% of Garden’s recent fee revenue stemmed from illicit transactions allegedly tied to the North Korean Lazarus Group. The allegation came in response to an earlier post by Jaz Gulati, a co-founder of Garden Finance, who had recently touted the platform’s success, citing 38.86 Bitcoin (BTC) in collected fees — $300,000 of which was earned over the 12 days ending June 2. Read more