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1  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / GameStop buys 4,710 BTC (500m dollars) on: May 28, 2025, 12:42:54 PM
GameStop has just announced[1] that they have bought 4710 BTC (worth 500m$ with the current rates) just when people started being skeptical the meeting between Michael Saylor and GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen a few months back[1]

It's really starting to become difficult to keep track of all companies raising money to buy bitcoin...

[1] https://x.com/gamestop/status/1927679297252364502
[2] https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1888244196848353504?lang=en
2  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Trump Media Raising $2.5B for Bitcoin Treasury Strategy on: May 27, 2025, 03:22:33 PM
It's always great to have more companies buying billions worth of bitcoin, but I think this kind of reassures everyone's about the Trump administration stance on bitcoin and crypto, although it's been sometime since we last heard anything about bitcoin from them. Your thoughts on the matter and the raising number of companies that are doing this?

Trump Media and Technology Group announced a $2.5 billion capital raise to create a bitcoin treasury.

The company said it has secured agreements with about 50 institutional investors for $1.5 billion in common stocks and $1 billion in convertible notes.

The news — initially reported on Monday by the FT — provided a modest but fleeting bump in both DJT stock and BTC.
3  Local / العربية (Arabic) / مؤتمر البيتكوين 2025 on: May 26, 2025, 06:45:23 AM
كما جرت العادة، ارتأيت أن اقوم بانشاء موضوع بمناقشة مؤتمر هذا العام و الذي يبدو أنه سوف يكون  أكبر من كل الأعوام السابقة  :

- عدد الحضور: 30 ألف
- عدد الحضور (من الشركات): 5 ألاف 
- 400+ متحدث

بعض الشخصيات المعروفة التي سوف تكون حاضرة في المؤتمر:

- Eric Trump/ Donald Jr.
- Michael Saylor
- Cynthia Lummis (من الشخصيات المعروفة التي مازلت تعمل جاهدة على قانون اتحياطي البيتكوين)
- David Sacks  (المسؤول عن كل ما يخص العملات المشفرة و الذكاء الاصطناعي في البيت الأبيض)
- Ross Ulricht (مؤسس موقع silk road)
- JD Vance (نائب الرئيس الأمريكي)

على حسب تغريدات David Bailey (مؤسس المؤتمر و مؤسس The Bitcoin Magazine) سوف تكون هنالك أخبار كبيرة عن قريب. أرائكم؟
4  Economy / Service Discussion / Coinbase wallet - recovery phrase on: May 19, 2025, 06:10:55 PM
I don't use the wallet, but I installed it because a friend has asked for help.

For some reason, his settings page is not showing "Recovery phrase" but mine does (everything else is identical). Does anyone have an explanation for this? I'm suspecting maybe it's because he linked his Coinbase (exchange) account with the wallet but I cannot find anything about that online.
5  Local / العربية (Arabic) / رفع الحظر عن سوريا!! on: May 13, 2025, 05:30:25 PM
لقد أعلن منذ قليل الرئيس الأمريكي في زيارة له الى السعودية، على أنه سوف يقوم برفع العقوبات على سوريا:

https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1922326489686524056

يبقى أن نرى و نفهم معنى هذا فيما يخص المواطن البسيط لكن أفترض أنه على الأقل سوف يكون لاخواننا في سوريا قابلية التداول على المنصات و استخدام الخدمات البنكية الذي كانت تحظر البلد في السابق

ربما للأخ يحيي معلومات أخرى يمكنه مشاركتنا لها
@yhiaali3
6  Economy / Exchanges / Coinbase becomes the first crypto company listed on the S&P 500 on: May 13, 2025, 12:47:31 PM
Coinbase becomes the first crypto company to be added to the S&P 500 index (replacing Discover Financial).

And as you would expect, the $COIN stock has soared after the news:

https://www.reuters.com/business/coinbase-shares-jump-addition-sp-500-index-2025-05-13/

Thoughts on which crypto/bitcoin company we might see next? I have seen some people speculating about StrategyBTC but still, it looks like nothing is guaranteed even if the financial requirements are met:

Beyond the financial requirements, the company must also represent a major sector of the U.S. economy. An index committee ultimately selects firms to ensure sector balance and reflects the overall market
7  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Nakamoto: Another Bitcoin Treasury Company (710m raised) on: May 12, 2025, 12:49:57 PM
So just like we have seen a couple of weeks ago... A bunch of companies (Cantor Group, SoftBank and Tether/Bitfinex) launched  "TwentyOne":

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5539468.msg65349810#msg65349810

A company for accumulating bitcoin and providing other bitcoin financial services.

Today, "Nakamoto" with David Bailey as CEO is merging with KindlyMD (a healthcare data company) to start a bitcoin treasury:

https://www.theblock.co/post/353948/david-baileys-nakamoto-to-merge-with-kindlymd-raise-710-million-to-start-bitcoin-treasury-strategy

For those who don't know who David Bailey is, He is the man behind The Bitcoin Magazine/Bitcoin conference.
8  Bitcoin / Wallet software / Rumble to release a Bitcoin/Stablecoin non-custodial wallet on: May 09, 2025, 11:01:22 AM
Rumble's (a video-sharing platform) CEO has stated in a tweet that the company will be releasing a non-custodial wallet for both bitcoin and stablecoins later this year (Q3) to compete with Coinbase: https://x.com/chrispavlovski/status/1920587376126042424

I'm not sure why "Coinbase" specifically? because the Coinbase non-custodial wallet is not really that great to start with and it's mainly focused on alts... but he might be referring to the exchange?

It's worth mentioning that the company bought 17.1M$ bitcoin for their treasury back in March and is planning to accumulate more in the future.
9  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / "Steak ‘N Shake" to accept Bitcoin payments starting 16th of May (Nationwide) on: May 09, 2025, 10:05:57 AM
Official tweet: https://x.com/SteaknShake/status/1920647356032139430

I don't really remember when was the last time a very large company started to accept bitcoin directly... so this is pretty nice to see. It's still unclear whether they plan to accept payments through the lightning network, on chain, or both. Hopefully more companies to follow!
10  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / TwentyOne Capital: The next MicroStrategy? on: April 24, 2025, 02:23:24 PM
So Cantor Group (led by Howard Lutnick who is the Secretary of Commerce right now and who's known to be very pro-bitcoin) with Bitfinex/Tether and SoftBank are launching "Twenty one capital".

The aim of the company is to not only stack more bitcoin like MicroStrategy is doing, but also:

Twenty One also intends to build out several Bitcoin-focused offerings, including Bitcoin debt and equity products, an advisory service, a lending platform and an educational platform.

The company is going to be led by Jack Mallers who is the founder of Strike app. I have seen some of his tweets, and also seeb gul talking at the Bitcoin Conference a couple of times, and I do believe he's a good fit for the position.

EDIT: FOrgot to mention that the plan is launch with 42,000 Bitcoin (3.6 Billion$) and then stack more over time.

Your thoughts?



Source: SEC's website (taken from Cointelegraph's post above).
11  Local / العربية (Arabic) / انهيار الأسهم و البيتكوين on: April 07, 2025, 10:57:25 AM
لقد شهدنا في الساعات الأخيرة انخفاضات في سوق الأسهم في بلدان عديدة (الصين/هونغ كونغ ، فرنسا، بريطانيا، تايلاند، اليابان، تايوان، الخ) التي لم يسبق لنا رؤيته منذ أزمة 2008 في بعض الحالات.
و الان تفصلنا ساعات قليلة عن فتح السوق الأمريكي، ما هي توقعاتكم و هل سوف يتبع البيتكوين؟ (نحن حاليا في 77 ألف)

كل هذا بطبيعة الحال و لمن لا يقوم بمتابعة الأخبار، عنده علاقة مباشرة بقرارات ترامب بخصوص التعريفات الجمركية.
12  Bitcoin / Hardware wallets / [New offer] Buy Trezor 5 or 3, get one free Trezor on: April 03, 2025, 03:41:06 PM
Trezor has launched a new promotional offer: https://x.com/Trezor/status/1907795393808666871

Devices are now on sale (10% off for the newer models, 30% for the older ones) or you can get the Bundles:

Trezor Satoshi Bundle[1]: Trezor Safe 5 + Trezor Model T for 162$.
Trezor Genesis Bundle[2]: Trezor Safe 3 + Trezor One for 79$.

[1] https://trezor.io/trezor-satoshi-bundle
[2] https://trezor.io/trezor-genesis-bundle
13  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / [Updated] Trump signs Executive Order to create a 'Bitcoin Strategic Reserve' on: March 02, 2025, 03:46:50 PM
I can't say I was not expecting this with the people that were around him and Eric Trump. XRP Founder, Cardano's Founder etc. I do find it stupid, because not even ADA holders use ADA but well...

EDIT: Bitcoin and Ethereum are also going to be included in the strategic reserve.


EDIT 2 (7th of March 2025): Trump has officially signed a bitcoin strategic reserve. The reserve will include the current holding of the U.S goverment, but the secretary of treasury and commerce is authorized to introduce plans to buy more bitcoin, as long as it doesn't cost the taxpayers anything. See here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/03/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-establishes-the-strategic-bitcoin-reserve-and-u-s-digital-asset-stockpile/

What are your thoughts on this?

14  Economy / Digital goods / [WTB] Amazon UK gift cards on: March 02, 2025, 01:41:17 PM
I'm looking for discounted Amazon UK cards. Something in the 250-300 GBP range.

I'm only willing to deal with people who can prove that the cards were obtained legitimately. Post below your offers.
15  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Pump.fun twitter hacked on: February 26, 2025, 03:50:44 PM
For the memecoiners out there, stay away from Pump.fun tweets. The account has been compromised. The hacker has been promoting a fake governance token. See more details here[1] and most importantly, stay safe.

[1] https://cointelegraph.com/news/pump-fun-x-account-hacked-users-urged-avoid-interaction
16  Local / العربية (Arabic) / أبو ظبي تشتري البيتكوين on: February 14, 2025, 06:48:35 PM
لقد أفصح[1] منذ قليل صندوق أبو ظبي للثورة السيادية (wealth sovreign fund) عن شراء ما يقارب 500 مليون دولار عن طريق ETFs في الربع الأول من السنة الجارية.

سوف يكون من المثير للاهتمام رؤية ردة فعل الدول الأخرى (خاصة الولايات المتحدة) و ان كان هذا سوف يحفزها على اتباع نفس الخطوات

[1] https://www.theblock.co/post/341046/abu-dhabi-sovereign-wealth-fund-bought-437-million-of-blackrocks-spot-bitcoin-etf-in-q1
17  Economy / Exchanges / BTC-e Founder to be released in exchange for U.S Marc Fogel on: February 12, 2025, 04:30:36 PM
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/who-is-alexander-vinnik-russian-prisoner-being-traded-american-marc-fogel-2025-02-12/

For those who don't know, BTC-e was one of the first Bitcoin exchanges out there. In 2017, Its founder (Alex Vinnik) was arrested for money laundering.

Something that caught my attention from the above article:

Quote
Andrei Zakharov, a journalist who has written a book on Vinnik, said the Russian was reputed to control 80,000 bitcoins stolen from Mt. Gox in 2011, giving Moscow a strong interest in his return.

Thoughts?
18  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / USDT to Launch on Bitcoin's LN (Taproot assets) on: January 31, 2025, 08:56:06 AM
As you all know, USDT first started in Bitcoin's omni layer, but ended up discontinuing it due to the lack of demand.

Well, here they are now, announcing that they'll start to support Bitcoin again through the lightning network[1][2].

If exchanges jump aboard and start supporting Taproot assets USDT, I think this is just a matter of time until we see other stablecoins or tokens on Bitcoin's blockchain.

[1] https://x.com/lightning/status/1885083485678805424
[2] https://cointelegraph.com/news/tether-usdt-stablecoin-integrates-bitcoin-lightning
19  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / JUST IN: Head of Czech's central bank wants to buy billions in Bitcoin on: January 29, 2025, 07:22:10 AM
So this article just came out. Apparently, the head of the Czech central bank is planning to suggest a plan to the board to buy billions of euros in bitcoin...
More can be found here: https://www.ft.com/content/a3c06f8f-34ad-4065-bcf4-97670230824f
EDIT: here's the archived version: https://x.com/saifedean/status/1884491145167704135

Thoughts on this? Do you think we could see a bitcoin strategic reserve anywhere else before seeing in one of the U.S states?
20  Bitcoin / Hardware wallets / Tangem collecting user seedphrases? on: December 31, 2024, 09:22:58 AM
The issue in a few words (from the Tangem team):

Quote
What was the issue? When creating a wallet with a seed phrase, the private key was mistakenly logged in the application’s logs. These logs could later be accessed during interactions with our support team.
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Who could be potentially affected by this? This statement applies to users who: a. Activated a wallet using a seed phrase. b. Contacted our support team through the app within 7 days of activation. It is only by combining these two factors that there could have been a potential vulnerability. If you generated or imported a seed phrase but did not email support directly from the app within the log storage period, you were not affected.

The statement from the company: https://www.reddit.com/r/Tangem/comments/1hougo1/comment/m4jygh9/?context=3

Article: https://cointelegraph.com/news/tangem-security-vulnerability-fixed-private-key-leak
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