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**_The UK’s central bank may ease restrictions on corporate stablecoin reserves following industry pushback._**
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[According](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-07/boe-plans-carveouts-on-stablecoin-cap-after-industry-backlash?srnd=phx-crypto) to _Bloomberg_, the **Bank of England** (BoE) is reconsidering its stance on the proposed limits for corporate **stablecoin** reserves and is exploring possible exemptions for companies that need to hold larger amounts of fiat-backed digital assets.

### **Reversal after industry pressure**

The BoE’s change of heart comes after strong criticism from the crypto industry and growing international competition. The **United States Congress** in particular has moved forward with clearer regulation through the **GENIUS Act**, which became law last July.

Initially, the Bank of England had proposed caps of **£20,000** (about $27,000) **for individuals** and **£10 million for companies**.

The stated goals were threefold: maintaining control over the money supply, protecting consumers, and preventing excessive reliance on privately issued digital currencies. While these limits might work for traditional businesses, crypto-native companies argue that such restrictions would severely constrain their operations.

These firms need to hold substantial stablecoin reserves to manage trading and liquidity. For this reason, the BoE is considering granting specific exemptions for such entities.

### **Governor Bailey’s change in tone**

BoE Governor **Andrew Bailey** had previously warned about the risks privately issued stablecoins could pose to financial stability and governments’ ability to conduct effective monetary policy.

However, in statements made last week, Bailey struck a more conciliatory tone, acknowledging that stablecoins could represent a useful innovation capable of coexisting within the broader financial system.

The post [Bank of England: possible exemptions to proposed stablecoin limits](https://atlas21.com/bank-of-england-possible-exemptions-to-proposed-stablecoin-limits/) appeared first on [Atlas21](https://atlas21.com).


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tags: Bitcoin Safe is a secure, user-friendly Bitcoin savings wallet for all users. It comes with step-by-step setup guides, support for all major hardware signers, transaction visualization, and built-in multisig collaboration tools. Compact Block Filters for enhanced privacy are in development.

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[Contribute to keep No Bullshit Bitcoin news going.](https://geyser.fund/project/nobsbitcoin)

*   Version 1.3 of [Bitcoin Safe](https://github.com/andreasgriffin/bitcoin-safe/releases/tag/1.3.0) introduces a redesigned interactive chart, quick receive feature, updated icons, a mempool preview window, support for Child Pays For Parent (CPFP) and testnet4, preconfigured testnet demo wallets, as well as various bug fixes and improvements.

*   Upcoming updates for Bitcoin Safe include [Compact Block Filters](https://bitcoinops.org/en/topics/compact-block-filters/).

> "Compact Block Filters increase the network privacy dramatically, since you're not asking an electrum server to give you your transactions. They are a little slower than electrum servers. For a savings wallet like [Bitcoin Safe](https://archive.is/o/x8jSG/https://bitcoin-safe.org/) this should be OK," [writes](https://njump.me/naddr1qqgrwwf4xcmnjcf4xvunvd3sxqungqgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctczyqrtex4hcpkt428mjzy75vn8xc6qgulu2jmh4c0qjdmxkuzz03y02qcyqqq823ccjtzhj) the project's developer _Andreas Griffin._

*   Learn more about the current and upcoming features of Bitcoin Safe wallet [here](https://njump.me/naddr1qqgrwwf4xcmnjcf4xvunvd3sxqungqgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctczyqrtex4hcpkt428mjzy75vn8xc6qgulu2jmh4c0qjdmxkuzz03y02qcyqqq823ccjtzhj).

What's new in v1.3
------------------

*   **Redesign** of Chart, Quick Receive, Icons, and Mempool Preview (by [@design-rrr](https://github.com/design-rrr)).
*   **Interactive chart.** Clicking on it now jumps to transaction, and selected transactions are now highlighted.

![Bitcoin Safe v1.3.0: Interactive Chart, CPFP, Testnet4 Support](https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/content/images/2025/05/interactive-chart.gif)

*   Speed up transactions with Child Pays For Parent (CPFP).
*   BDK 1.2 (upgraded from 0.32).
*   Testnet4 support.
*   Preconfigured Testnet demo wallets.
*   Cluster unconfirmed transactions so that parents/children are next to each other.
*   Customizable columns for all tables (optional view: Txid, Address index, and more)
*   Bug fixes and other improvements.

![Bitcoin Safe v1.3.0: Interactive Chart, CPFP, Testnet4 Support](https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/content/images/2025/05/bitcoin-safe-v13.jpg)

[**Announcement**](https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2dn0z03as87764zy9fg5sdzkh45paajj6pagp5rjwd6well7xnjqppamhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5qs6amnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dspzqstewfpmn5wewcuupn7wctnxxtk3tz882krc8p4623t9qxa48lalhl3872) / [Archive](http://archive.today/QjYVe)
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News
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*   **Wallet of Satoshi teases a comeback in the US market with a non-custodial product.** According to an [announcement on X](https://xcancel.com/walletofsatoshi/status/1923875750165479768), the widely popular custodial Lightning wallet is preparing to re-enter the United States market with a non-custodial wallet. It is unclear whether the product will be open-source, but the project has clarified that "there will be no KYC on any Wallet of Satoshi, ever!" Wallet of Satoshi [ceased](https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/wallet-of-satoshi-stops-serving-us-customers/) serving customers in the United States in November 2023.

[![Good Morning, Bitcoin - Tuesday, May 20th, 2025](https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/content/images/2025/05/image-5.png)](https://xcancel.com/walletofsatoshi/status/1923875750165479768)

*   **Vulnerability disclosure: Remote crash due to addr message spam in Bitcoin Core versions before v29.** Bitcoin Core developer _Antoine Poinsot_ [disclosed](https://gnusha.org/pi/bitcoindev/EYvwAFPNEfsQ8cVwiK-8v6ovJU43Vy-ylARiDQ_1XBXAgg_ZqWIpB6m51fAIRtI-rfTmMGvGLrOe5Utl5y9uaHySELpya2ojC7yGsXnP90s=@protonmail.com/T/#u#mc3e78110ae4b67757a616e3c7492ce1cc56858c1) an integer overflow bug that crashes a node if spammed with addr messages over an extended period. A fix was released on April 14, 2025, in [Bitcoin Core v29.0.](https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitcoin-core-v29-0/) The issue is rated Low severity.
*   **Coinbase Know Your Customer (KYC) data leak.** The U.S. Department of Justice, including its Criminal Division in Washington, is [investigating](https://www.theblock.co/post/354935/doj-launches-criminal-investigation-into-coinbase-cyberattack-bloomberg) a cyberattack on Coinbase. The incident involved cybercriminals attempting to [extort $20 millio](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/coinbase-discloses-breach-faces-up-to-400-million-in-losses/)n from Coinbase to prevent stolen customer data from being leaked online. Although the data breach affected less than 1% of the exchange's users, Coinbase now faces [at least six lawsuits](https://www.tradingview.com/news/cointelegraph:e50cbbb4d094b:0-coinbase-hit-with-wave-of-lawsuits-over-customer-data-breaches/) following the revelation that some customer support agents were bribed as part of the extortion scheme.
*   **Fold has launched Bitcoin Gift Cards**, [enabling users](https://investor.foldapp.com/news-releases/news-release-details/fold-introduces-most-convenient-way-buy-and-share-bitcoin-new) to purchase bitcoin for personal use or as gifts, redeemable via the Fold app. These cards are currently available on Fold’s [website](https://foldapp.com/bitcoin-gift-card) and are planned to expand to major retailers nationwide later this year.

> "Our mission is to make bitcoin simple and approachable for everyone. The Bitcoin Gift Card brings bitcoin to millions of Americans in a familiar way. Available at the places people already shop, the Bitcoin Gift Card is the best way to gift bitcoin to others," said Will Reeves, Chairman and CEO of Fold.

*   **Corporate treasuries hold nearly 1.1 million BTC**, representing about 5.5% of the total circulating supply (1,082,164 BTC), per [BitcoinTreasuries.net](https://bitcointreasuries.net/entities/tether-holdings) data. Recent purchases include Strategy adding [7,390 BTC](https://btctimes.com/strategy-acquires-7-390-bitcoin-as-class-action-lawsuit-filed/) (total: 576,230 BTC), Metplanet acquiring [1,004 BTC](https://contents.xj-storage.jp/xcontents/33500/b701fd66/1080/4ce0/9206/7989fd6ade07/140120250519557359.pdf) (total: 7,800 BTC), Tether holding over 100,521 BTC, and XXI Capital, led by _Jack Mallers_, starting with 31,500 BTC.
    *   Meanwhile, a group of investors [has filed](https://www.theblock.co/post/354851/strategy-and-co-founder-michael-saylor-faces-class-action-lawsuit-involving-alleged-federal-securities-law-violations) a class action lawsuit against Strategy and its executive _Michael Saylor_. The lawsuit alleges that Strategy made overly optimistic projections using fair value accounting under new FASB rules while downplaying potential losses.
*   **The U.S. Senate voted to advance the GENIUS stablecoin bill** for further debate before a final vote to pass it. Meanwhile, the House is crafting its own stablecoin legislation to establish a regulatory framework for stablecoins and their issuers in the U.S, [reports](https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/05/19/senate-advances-stablecoin-bill-clearing-the-way-for-final-passage) _CoinDesk._
*   **French 'crypto' entrepreneurs get priority access to emergency police services.** French Minister of the Interior, _Bruno Retailleau,_ [agreed](https://protos.com/french-government-gives-crypto-entrepreneurs-priority-police-line/) on measures to enhance security for 'crypto' professionals during a meeting on Friday. This follows a [failed kidnapping](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/05/15/crypto-exchange-ceos-daughter-grandson-targeted-in-paris-kidnap-attempt) attempt on Tuesday targeting the family of a cryptocurrency exchange CEO, and two other kidnappings earlier this year.
*   **Brussels Court declares tracking-based ads illegal in EU.** The Brussels Court of Appeal [ruled](https://therecord.media/eu-court-rules-tracking-based-ads-illegal) tracking-based online ads illegal in the EU due to an inadequate consent model. Major tech firms like Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and X are affected by the decision, as their consent pop-ups fail to protect privacy in real-time bidding, writes _The Record_.
*   **Telegram shares data on 22,777 users in Q1 2025**, a [significant increase](https://www.404media.co/telegram-gave-authorities-data-on-more-than-20-000-users/) from the 5,826 users' data shared during the same period in 2024. This significant increase follows the arrest of CEO and founder _Pavel Durov_ [last year](https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/telegram-founder-pavel-durov-charged-on-12-criminal-counts-in-france/).
*   **An Australian judge has ruled that Bitcoin is money**, [potentially exempting](https://www.afr.com/wealth/personal-finance/this-court-case-could-make-your-bitcoin-profits-tax-free-20250430-p5lvft) it from capital gains tax in the country. If upheld on appeal, this interim decision could lead to taxpayer refunds worth up to $1 billion, per tax lawyer _Adrian Cartland_.

Use the tools
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*   [**Bitcoin Safe v1.3.0**](https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitcoin-safe-v1-3-0/) a secure and user-friendly Bitcoin savings wallet for beginners and advanced users, introduces an interactive chart, Child Pays For Parent (CPFP) support, testnet4 compatibility, preconfigured testnet demo wallets, various bug fixes, and other improvements.
*   [**BlueWallet v7.1.8**](https://github.com/BlueWallet/BlueWallet/releases) brings numerous bug fixes, dependency updates, and a new search feature for addresses and transactions.
*   [**Aqua Wallet v0.3.0**](https://github.com/AquaWallet/aqua-wallet/releases/tag/v0.3.0) is out, offering beta testing for the reloadable Dolphin card ([in partnership with Visa](https://btctimes.com/aqua-pushes-forward-with-visa-as-moonpay-partners-with-mastercard/)) for spending bitcoin and Liquid BTC. It also includes a new Optical Character Recognition (OCR) text scanner to read text addresses like QR codes, colored numbers on addresses for better readability, a reduced minimum for spending and swapping Liquid Bitcoin to 100 sats, plus other fixes and enhancements.

![Good Morning, Bitcoin - Tuesday, May 20th, 2025](https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/content/images/2025/05/image-7.png)

Source: [Aqua wallet.](https://xcancel.com/AquaBitcoin/status/1923169207346225655/photo/1)

*   The latest firmware updates for [**COLDCARD Mk4 v5.4.3 and Q v1.3.3**](https://xcancel.com/COLDCARDwallet/status/1922658877562360154) are now available, featuring the latest enhancements and bug fixes.
*   [**Nunchuk Android v1.9.68.1**](https://github.com/nunchuk-io/nunchuk-android/releases/tag/android.1.68.1) and [**iOS v1.9.79**](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nunchuk-bitcoin-wallet/id1563190073) introduce support for custom blockchain explorers, wallet archiving, re-ordering wallets on the home screen via long-press, and an anti-fee sniping setting.
*   [**BDK-cli v1.0.0**](https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk-cli/releases/tag/v1.0.0), a CLI wallet library and REPL tool to demo and test the BDK library, now uses bdk\_wallet 1.0.0 and integrates Kyoto, utilizing the Kyoto protocol for compact block filters. It sets SQLite as the default database and discontinues support for sled.
*   [**publsp**](https://github.com/smallworlnd/publsp) is a new command-line tool designed for Lightning node runners or Lightning Service Providers (LSPs) to advertise liquidity offers over Nostr.

> "LSPs advertise liquidity as addressable Kind 39735 events. Clients just pull and evaluate all those structured events, then NIP-17 DM an LSP of their choice to coordinate a liquidity purchase," [writes](https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrpdcdjyw2yz4fp3aas7mr24e7f6sxe2n3wexjwpu09ev5pgm3z2qpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqzypwe8ymf9knyvku79g55ygmz0g5hue5dk99xy7s4jup8v4dev2nly7wfa0j) developer _smallworlnd._

*   [**Lightning Blinder**](https://github.com/supertestnet/lightning_blinder) by _Super Testnet_ is a proof-of-concept privacy tool for the Lightning Network. It enables users to mislead Lightning Service Providers (LSPs) by making it appear as though one wallet is the sender or recipient, masking the original wallet. Explore and try it out [here](https://supertestnet.github.io/lightning_blinder/).

*   [**Mempal v1.5.3**](https://github.com/aeonBTC/Mempal/releases/tag/v1.5.3), a Bitcoin mempool monitoring and notification app for Android, now includes a swipe-down feature to refresh the dashboard, a custom time option for widget auto-update frequency, and a


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News
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*   **Spiral welcomes _Ben Carman_.** The developer [will work](https://xcancel.com/spiralbtc/status/1914334079387914435) on the LDK server and a new SDK designed to simplify the onboarding process for new self-custodial Bitcoin users.
*   **Spiral renews support for _Dan Gould_ and _Joschisan_.** The organization has renewed support for _Dan Gould_, who is developing the [Payjoin Dev Kit (PDK)](https://payjoindevkit.org/2025/03/18/the-evolution-of-payjoin), and [_Joschisan_](https://xcancel.com/spiralbtc/status/1914363508126515567), a [Fedimint](https://github.com/fedimint/fedimint) developer focused on simplifying federations.
*   **The Bitcoin Dev Kit Foundation announced new corporate members for 2025**, including [AnchorWatch](https://www.anchorwatch.com/), [CleanSpark](https://www.cleanspark.com/), and [Proton Foundation](https://proton.me/foundation). The annual dues from [these corporate members](https://bitcoindevkit.org/blog/_2025q1-new-foundation-members/) fund the small team of open-source developers responsible for maintaining the core BDK libraries and related free and open-source software (FOSS) projects.
*   **The European Central Bank is pushing for amendments to the European Union's Markets in Crypto Assets legislation (MiCA)**, just months after its implementation. According to _Politico_'s [report on Tuesday](https://www.politico.eu/article/european-commission-livid-ecb-warn-crypto-apocalypse-donald-trump/), the ECB is concerned that U.S. support for cryptocurrency, particularly stablecoins, could cause economic harm to the 27-nation bloc.
*   **Slovenia is considering a 25% capital gains tax on Bitcoin profits for individuals.** The Ministry of Finance [has proposed](https://www.gov.si/novice/2025-04-17-v-javni-obravnavi-zakonska-predloga-s-podrocja-kriptosredstev-in-izvedenih-financnih-instrumentov/) legislation to impose this tax on gains from cryptocurrency transactions, though exchanging one cryptocurrency for another would remain exempt. At present, individual 'crypto' traders in Slovenia are not taxed.
*   **The Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASP) Bill 2025 introduced in Kenya.** The [new legislation](https://bitcoinke.io/2025/04/the-vasp-kenya-license-requirements/) aims to establish a comprehensive legal framework for licensing, regulating, and supervising virtual asset service providers (VASPs), with strict penalties for non-compliant entities.
*   **Circle, BitGo, Coinbase, and Paxos plan to apply for U.S. bank charters or licenses.** According to a [report](https://archive.is/dxbWM) in _The Wall Street Journal_, major crypto companies are planning to apply for U.S. bank charters or licenses. These firms are pursuing limited licenses that would permit them to issue stablecoins, as the U.S. Congress deliberates on legislation mandating licensing for stablecoin issuers.

> "Established banks, like Bank of America, are hoping to amend the current drafts of \[stablecoin\] legislation in such a way that nonbanks are more heavily restricted from issuing stablecoins," people familiar with the matter [told](https://www.theblock.co/post/351402/circle-bitgo-to-apply-for-bank-charters-coinbase-paxos-may-follow-suit-wsj) The Block.

*   **Paul Atkins has officially assumed the role of the 34th Chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).** This is a return to the agency for Atkins, who previously served as an SEC Commissioner from 2002 to 2008 under the _George W. Bush_ administration. He has [committed](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/paul-atkins-sworn-us-sec-chair-2025-04-21/) to advancing the SEC’s mission of fostering capital formation, safeguarding investors, and ensuring fair and efficient markets.
*   **Federal Reserve retracts guidance discouraging banks from engaging in 'crypto.'** The U.S. Federal Reserve [withdrew](https://www.theblock.co/post/351943/federal-reserve-retracts-guidance-discouraging-banks-from-engaging-in-crypto) guidance that discouraged banks from crypto and stablecoin activities, as [announced](https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/bcreg20250424a.htm) by its Board of Governors on Thursday. This includes rescinding a 2022 supervisory letter requiring prior notification of crypto activities and 2023 stablecoin requirements.

> "As a result, the Board will no longer expect banks to provide notification and will instead monitor banks' crypto-asset activities through the normal supervisory process," reads the FED statement.

*   **Russian government to launch a cryptocurrency exchange.** The country's Ministry of Finance and Central Bank [announced](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/russias-finance-ministry-and-central-bank-to-launch-crypto-exchange-for-super-qualified-investors) plans to establish a trading platform for "highly qualified investors" that "will legalize crypto assets and bring crypto operations out of the shadows."
*   **Twenty One Capital is set to launch with over 42,000 BTC in its treasury.** This new Bitcoin-native firm, backed by Tether and SoftBank, is [planned to go public](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250423962305/en/Tether-SoftBank-Group-and-Jack-Mallers-Launch-Twenty-One-a-Bitcoin-native-Company-Through-a-Business-Combination-With-Cantor-Equity-Partners) via a SPAC merger with Cantor Equity Partners and will be led by _Jack Mallers_, co-founder and CEO of Strike. According to a [report](http://archive.today/3PoYZ) by the _Financial Times_, the company aims to replicate the model of _Michael Saylor_ with his company, MicroStrategy.
*   **Strategy increases Bitcoin holdings to 538,200 BTC.** In the [latest purchase](https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/04/21/strategy-buys-usd555m-of-bitcoin-increases-total-stash-to-538-200-btc), the company has spent more than $555M to buy 6,556 coins through proceeds of two at-the-market stock offering programs.
*   **Metaplanet buys another 145 BTC.** The Tokyo-listed company [has purchased](https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/04/24/metaplanet-hits-5-000-btc-mark-amid-strategic-treasury-expansion) an additional 145 BTC for $13.6 million. Their total bitcoin holdings now stand at 5,000 coins, worth around $428.1 million.
*   **Semler Scientific has increased its bitcoin holdings to 3,303 BTC.** The company acquired an additional 111 BTC at an average price of $90,124. The purchase was funded through proceeds from an at-the-market offering and cash reserves, as stated in a [press release](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/semler-scientific-announces-updated-btc--atm-activity-purchased-additional-111-btc-now-holds-3-303-btc-ytd-btc-yield-of-23-5-302438131.html).
*   **Tesla still holds nearly $1 billion in bitcoin.** According to the automaker's [latest earnings report](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000162828025018851/exhbit991.htm), the firm reported digital asset holdings worth $951 million as of March 31.
*   **Spar supermarket experiments with Bitcoin payments in Zug, Switzerland.** The store [has introduced](https://bitcoinnews.com/adoption/spar-supermarket-switzerland-bitcoin/) a new payment method powered by the Lightning Network. The implementation was facilitated by DFX Swiss, a service that supports seamless conversions between bitcoin and legacy currencies.

[![Block 894207: Important News of the Week](https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/content/images/2025/04/image-36.png)](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7318277304881709057/)

*   **Charles Schwab to launch spot Bitcoin trading by 2026.** The financial investment firm, managing over $10 trillion in assets, [has revealed](https://riabiz.com/a/2025/4/19/rick-wurster-puts-harder-date-on-schwab-spot-bitcoin-launch-after-key-hire-and-400-surge-in-visits-to-its-crypto-site-but-isnt-pulling-down-crypto-red-flags-quite-yet) plans to introduce spot Bitcoin trading for its clients within the next year.
*   **Arch Labs has secured $13 million to develop "ArchVM"** and integrate smart-contract functionality with Bitcoin. The funding round, valuing the company at $200 million, was led by Pantera Capital, as [announced](https://chainwire.org/2025/04/22/arch-labs-announces-13m-funding-round-to-launch-a-native-bitcoin-virtual-machine/) on Tuesday.
*   **Citrea deployed its Clementine Bridge on the Bitcoin testnet.** The bridge [utilizes](https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2025/04/23/bitcoin-rollup-citrea-deploys-bridge-to-tackle-collateral-bottleneck-of-using-btc-in-defi) the BitVM2 programming language to inherit validity from Bitcoin, allegedly providing "the safest and most trust-minimized way to use BTC in decentralized finance."
*   **UAE-based Islamic bank ruya launches Shari’ah-compliant bitcoin investing.** The bank has become the world’s first Islamic bank to provide direct access to virtual asset investments, including Bitcoin, via its mobile app, [per](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/ruya-becomes-first-islamic-bank-to-offer-bitcoin-and-virtual-asset-investments) _Bitcoin Magazine._
*   **Solosatoshi.com has sold over 10,000 open-source miners,** adding more than 10 PH of hashpower to the Bitcoin network.

> "Thank you, Bitaxe community. OSMU developers, your brilliance built this. Supporters, your belief drives us. Customers, your trust powers 10,000+ miners and 10PH globally. Together, we’re decentralizing Bitcoin’s future. Last but certainly not least, thank you[@skot9000](https://x.com/skot9000) for not only creating a freedom tool, but instilling the idea into thousands of people, that Bitcoin mining can be for everyone again," [said](https://xcancel.com/SoloSatoshi/status/1912267232006070775) the firm on X.

*   **OCEAN's DATUM has found 100 blocks.** "Over 65% of OCEAN’s miners are using DATUM, and that number is growing every day. This means block template construction is making its way back into the hands of the miners, which is not only the most profitable


tags: Samourai Dojo is an end-to-end bitcoin wallet backing server for powering Samourai Wallet and other light clients.

content:
*   This version introduces the [Soroban](https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/whirlpool-dencetralization-stage-1/) P2P network, enabling Dojo to relay transactions to the Bitcoin network and share others' transactions to break the heuristic linking relaying nodes to transaction creators.

[![Samourai Dojo v1.27.0: Soroban Network, PandoTx, API Key Management](https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/content/images/2025/05/image-13.png)](https://xcancel.com/PavelTheCoder/status/1925673526255665415)

*   Additionally, Dojo admins can now manage API keys in DMT with labels, status, and expiration, ideal for community Dojo providers like [Dojobay](https://dojobay.pw/). New API endpoints, including "/services" exposing Explorer, Soroban, and Indexer, have been added to aid wallet developers.
*   Other maintenance updates include Bitcoin Core, Tor, Fulcrum, Node.js, plus an updated ban-knots script to disconnect inbound Knots nodes.

> "I want to thank all the contributors. This again shows the power of true Free Software. I also want to thank everyone who donated to help Dojo development going. I truly appreciate it," [said](https://xcancel.com/PavelTheCoder/status/1925609421746389035) Still Dojo Coder.

What's new
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*   **Soroban P2P network.** For MyDojo (Docker setup) users, Soroban will be automatically installed as part of their Dojo. This integration allows Dojo to utilize the Soroban P2P network for various upcoming features and applications.
*   **PandoTx.** PandoTx serves as a transaction transport layer. When your wallet sends a transaction to Dojo, it is relayed to a random Soroban node, which then forwards it to the Bitcoin network. It also enables your Soroban node to receive and relay transactions from others to the Bitcoin network and is designed to disrupt the assumption that a node relaying a transaction is closely linked to the person who initiated it.
    *   Pushing transactions through Soroban can be deactivated by setting `NODE_PANDOTX_PUSH=off` in `docker-node.conf`.
    *   Processing incoming transactions from Soroban network can be deactivated by setting `NODE_PANDOTX_PROCESS=off` in `docker-node.conf`.
*   **API key management** has been introduced to address the growing number of people offering their Dojos to the community. Dojo admins can now access a new API management tab in their DMT, where they can create unlimited API keys, assign labels for easy identification, and set expiration dates for each key. This allows admins to avoid sharing their main API key and instead distribute specific keys to selected parties.
*   **New API endpoints.** Several new API endpoints have been added to help API consumers develop features on Dojo more efficiently:
    *   New:
        *   `/latest-block` - returns data about latest block
        *   `/txout/:txid/:index` - returns unspent output data
        *   `/support/services` - returns info about services that Dojo exposes
    *   Updated:
        *   `/tx/:txid` - endpoint has been updated to return raw transaction with parameter `?rawHex=1`
    *   The new `/support/services` endpoint replaces the deprecated `explorer` field in the Dojo pairing payload. Although still present, API consumers should use this endpoint for explorer and other pairing data.

### Other changes

*   Updated ban script to disconnect inbound Knots nodes.
*   Updated Fulcrum to v1.12.0.
*   Regenerate Fulcrum certificate if expired.
*   Check if transaction already exists in pushTx.
*   Bump BTC-RPC Explorer.
*   Bump Tor to v0.4.8.16, bump Snowflake.
*   Updated Bitcoin Core to v29.0.
*   Removed unnecessary middleware.
*   Fixed DB update mechanism, added api\_keys table.
*   Add an option to use blocksdir config for bitcoin blocks directory.
*   Removed deprecated configuration.
*   Updated Node.js dependencies.
*   Reconfigured container dependencies.
*   Fix Snowflake git URL.
*   Fix log path for testnet4.
*   Use prebuilt addrindexrs binaries.
*   Add instructions to migrate blockchain/fulcrum.
*   Added pull policies.

![Samourai Dojo v1.27.0: Soroban Network, PandoTx, API Key Management](https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/content/images/2025/05/image-14.png)

[#FREESAMOURAI](https://freesamourai.com/)

![Samourai Dojo v1.27.0: Soroban Network, PandoTx, API Key Management](https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/content/images/2025/05/dojo-v127.jpg)

Learn how to set up and use your own Bitcoin privacy node with Dojo [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULZoPMCYPfk).

[**Announcement**](https://xcancel.com/PavelTheCoder/status/1925609410757378206) / [Archive](http://archive.today/xT2sG)
[**GitHub Repo**](https://github.com/Dojo-Open-Source-Project/samourai-dojo/releases/tag/v1.27.0)


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tags: There are going to be many more bank failures as this ponzi system unravels. Unlike 2008, we have the ability to opt out of these broken and corrupt institutions by using bitcoin.

content:
![More Banks Will Fail](https://www.discreetlog.com/content/images/2023/05/bankfailures.jpg)

People forget Bear Stearns failed March 2008 - months of denial followed before the public realized how bad the situation was under the surface.

Similar happening now but much larger scale. They did not fix fundamental issues after 2008 - everything is more fragile.

The Fed preemptively bailed out every bank with their BTFP program and First Republic Bank still failed. The second largest bank failure in history.

There will be more failures. There will be more bailouts. Depositors will be "protected" by socializing losses across everyone.

Our President and mainstream financial pundits are currently pretending the banking crisis is over while most banks remain insolvent. There are going to be many more bank failures as this ponzi system unravels.

**Unlike 2008, we have the ability to opt out of these broken and corrupt institutions by using bitcoin.** Bitcoin [held in self custody](https://werunbtc.com/coldcard?ref=discreetlog.com) is unique in its lack of counterparty risk - you do not have to trust a bank or other centralized entity to hold it for you. Bitcoin is also incredibly difficult to change by design since it is not controlled by an individual, company, or government - the supply of dollars will inevitably be inflated to bailout these failing banks but bitcoin supply will remain unchanged. **I do not need to convince you that bitcoin provides value - these next few years will convince millions.**

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> ![Nostr: A Revolutionary Communication Protocol](https://www.discreetlog.com/content/images/2023/04/nostr.webp)
>
> [@matt\_odell](https://twitter.com/MATT_ODELL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=discreetlog.com) don't you even dare not ask about nostr!
>
> — Kukks (Andrew Camilleri) (@MrKukks) [May 18, 2021](https://twitter.com/MrKukks/status/1394638825675177986?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=discreetlog.com)

Nostr first hit my radar spring 2021: created by fellow bitcoiner and friend, [fiatjaf](https://twitter.com/fiatjaf?ref=discreetlog.com), and [released](https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nostr?ref=discreetlog.com) to the world as free open source software. I was fortunate to be able to host a [conversation with him on Citadel Dispatch](https://www.podpage.com/citadeldispatch/cd63-building-nostr-a-censorship-resistant-alternative-to-twitter-with-fiatjaf-jb55-and-mrkukks/?ref=discreetlog.com) in those early days, capturing that moment in history forever. Since then, the protocol has seen explosive viral organic growth as individuals around the world have contributed their time and energy to build out the protocol and the surrounding ecosystem due to the clear need for better communication tools.

_**nostr is to twitter as bitcoin is to paypal**_

As an intro to nostr, let us start with a metaphor:

_**twitter is paypal** - a centralized platform plagued by censorship but has the benefit of established network effects_

_**nostr is bitcoin** - an open protocol that is censorship resistant and robust but requires an organic adoption phase_

**Nostr is an open communication protocol that can be used to send messages across a distributed set of relays in a censorship resistant and robust way.
** - Anyone can run a relay.
 - Anyone can interact with the protocol.
 - Relays can choose which messages they want to relay.
 - Users are identified by a simple public private key pair that they can generate themselves.

Nostr is often compared to twitter since there are nostr clients that emulate twitter functionality and user interface but that is merely one application of the protocol. **Nostr is so much more than a mere twitter competitor.** Nostr clients and relays can transmit a wide variety of data and clients can choose how to display that information to users. The result is a revolution in communication with implications that are difficult for any of us to truly comprehend.

Similar to bitcoin, nostr is an open and permissionless protocol. **No person, company, or government controls it.** Anyone can iterate and build on top of nostr without permission. Together, bitcoin and nostr are incredibly complementary freedom tech tools: censorship resistant, permissionless, robust, and interoperable - money and speech protected by code and incentives, not laws.

As censorship throughout the world continues to escalate, freedom tech provides hope for individuals around the world who refuse to accept the status quo. This movement will succeed on the shoulders of those who choose to stand up and contribute. We will build our own path. A brighter path.

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**My Nostr Public Key:** [npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx](https://primal.net/odell?ref=discreetlog.com)

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tags: If at first you can't convince people with good ideas, make it illegal for them to share their own ideas.

content:
Marty's Bent
------------

![California Is Attacking Speech By Trying To Negate Section 230](https://www.tftc.io/content/images/2025/09/Screenshot-2025-09-23-at-9.24.37---PM.png)

![California Is Attacking Speech By Trying To Negate Section 230](https://www.tftc.io/content/images/2025/09/Screenshot-2025-09-23-at-9.24.56---PM.png)

![California Is Attacking Speech By Trying To Negate Section 230](https://www.tftc.io/content/images/2025/09/Screenshot-2025-09-23-at-9.25.06---PM.png)

![California Is Attacking Speech By Trying To Negate Section 230](https://www.tftc.io/content/images/2025/09/martybent_california_governor_gavin_newsome_standing_behind_a_p_80a44ce3-38df-49a4-aeba-0c20887c1662.png)

The California Senate just passed SB-771 Personal rights: liability: social media platforms, which essentially negates Section 230 and will make social media platforms liable for any "hate speech" published on their platforms. This is not getting much attention, but it would be a terrible precedent to set and would put X, YouTube, Meta, Twitch and other platforms at risk of having to pay millions in fines.

The bill stipulates that only platforms with more than $100,000,000 | 890 BTC in revenue per year would be subjected to this law. Interestingly, the California lawmakers are attempting to use the "feed algorithms" as a loophole to get around Section 230 by claiming that "deploying an algorithm that relays content to users may be considered to be an act of the platform independent from the message of the content relayed." (highlighted in red in the third screenshot)

It will be interesting to see how this plays out and whether or not it gets taken to the Supreme Court if and when Gavin Newsome signs it into law, which is the last step. If signed, it will go live on January 1st, 2027.

It's funny to see the Center for Countering Digital Hate cited in the bill. They threw TFTC on a list of "new climate deniers" and lobbied YouTube and other platforms to censor our content in 2023. I'm pretty confident their efforts got our content shadow banned on YouTube for awhile.

Be aware, freaks. If you exhibit hate speech toward the designated groups laid out in the bill (and one of the individuals happens to be a resident of California?), the State of California could charge and fine the social media platform you publish it on. It looks like California is trying to pressure the platforms to censor their users by threatening them with fines.

This is an egregious affront to free speech in the digital age. I find it hard to believe that if California decides to act on this bill and charge one of these platforms for spreading hate speech that it won't get taken to the Supreme Court. Since the law doesn't go live until January of 2027, the best move for the social media platforms who would be subjected to this law to make would be to preemptively geo-fence California and deny their services to California residents. Though, this is very unlikely considering that most of the platforms are domiciled in California and would inflict pain on themselves. That may be necessary though.

The other option is to give into the demands of the California government, which presides over the largest state economy in the union. This would likely be a damning precedent that would tip the scales of censorship in the country and lead the platforms to preemptively censor all of their users. Ushering us closer to the dystopian hellscape we've been talking about in this rag for years.

Luckily for us, censorship resistant communications protocols like Nostr exist and it is much harder for governments to exert control over neutral protocols like Nostr. Another thing working in Nostr's favor is that there isn't a client (that I'm aware of) that is doing more than $100,000,000 in revenue per year (yet). Regardless of what ultimately comes of this bill, it highlights the importance of open source and distributed protocols like Nostr. When the state begins to lose control of the narrative, it clamps down on speech. When the clamp down comes, it's important to have alternative options that make it very hard for the state to control. Open protocols and freedom tech are the way forward.

Don't think that the desires of the authoritarians in California will stop at speech. If their efforts to curb speech fall short because people are able to flock to open protocols to share their "hate speech", they'll move back to the tried and true route of attempting to ruin individuals' lives by attacking their access to monetary rails. It's probably best to make sure you have bitcoin in self-custody before that reemerges.

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### Institutional Corruption is Systemic Across All Sectors

Ed Dowd laid out a stark reality: our institutions have become systematically corrupted across every major sector. He pointed to the COVID vaccine debacle as prime evidence - safety signals that should have triggered immediate withdrawal in February 2021 were ignored, while media outlets function as government mouthpieces through what he suggests is a continuation of Operation Mockingbird. Meanwhile, Dowd highlighted how banks engage in "extend and pretend" tactics to hide commercial real estate losses, and the Tri-Color Auto bankruptcy exposed predatory lending to undocumented immigrants without proper documentation.

> "I should not have existed if things were working properly."- [Ed Dowd](https://x.com/DowdEdward?ref=tftc.io)

This institutional rot extends beyond finance and pharma. Dowd argued that universities have abandoned their educational mission for ideological indoctrination, while intelligence agencies manipulate both mainstream and alternative media narratives. The systemic nature of this corruption suggests we're not dealing with isolated bad actors, but rather a comprehensive breakdown of the checks and balances that once protected society from such widespread institutional capture.

Check out the [full podcast here](https://youtu.be/1wqa-Nkmadk?ref=tftc.io) for more on the housing bubble, Fed policy mistakes and spiritual warfare

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### Headlines of the Day

Trump Endorses Milei at UN Speech - via [X](https://x.com/TFTC21/status/1970548743062884490?ref=tftc.io)

Bitcoin Payments Launch in Cape Town - via [X](https://x.com/TFTC21/status/1970546712088584491?ref=tftc.io)

Powell Confident in Fed After Rate Cuts - via [X](https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/1970540126641013027?ref=tftc.io)

Trump Ridicules Europe's Carbon Reductions - via [X](https://x.com/TFTC21/status/1970539350355255500?ref=tftc.io)

Google Admits Biden Censorship Pressure - via [X](https://x.com/TFTC21/status/1970538057255587990?ref=tftc.io)

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**Final thought...**

My soccer practice small talk game is improving materially.

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tags: Cake Wallet is an open-source, privacy-oriented multi-currency wallet available on Android, iOS, macOS, Windows (beta) and Linux.

content:
[Contribute to keep No Bullshit Bitcoin news going.](https://geyser.fund/project/nobsbitcoin)

*   This release introduces Payjoin v2 functionality to Bitcoin wallets on Cake, along with several UI/UX improvements and bug fixes.
*   The [Payjoin v2 protocol](https://payjoin.org/) enables asynchronous, serverless coordination between sender and receiver, removing the need to be online simultaneously or maintain a server. This simplifies privacy-focused transactions for regular users.

> "I cannot speak highly enough of how amazing it has been to work with [@bitgould](https://x.com/bitgould) and Jaad from the[@payjoindevkit](https://x.com/payjoindevkit) team, they're doing incredible work. None of this would be possible without them and their tireless efforts. PDK made it so much easier to ship Payjoin v2 than it would have been otherwise, and I can't wait to see other wallets jump in and give back to PDK as they implement it like we did," [said](https://xcancel.com/sethforprivacy/status/1924815548543541711) Seth For Privacy, VP at Cake Wallet.

![Cake Wallet v4.28: Payjoin v2 Support](https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/content/images/2025/05/cakewalletv4040.jpg)

**How to started with Payjoin in Cake Wallet:**

1.  Open the app menu sidebar and click `Privacy`.
2.  Toggle the `Use Payjoin` option.
3.  Now on your receive screen you'll see an option to copy a Payjoin URL

![Cake Wallet v4.28: Payjoin v2 Support](https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/content/images/2025/05/image-9.png)

*   [Bull Bitcoin Wallet v0.4.0](https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bull-bitcoin-wallet-v0-4-0/) introduced Payjoin v2 support in late December 2024. However, the current implementations are not interoperable at the moment, an issue that should be addressed in the next release of the [Bull Bitcoin Wallet](https://github.com/SatoshiPortal/bullbitcoin-mobile).

[![Cake Wallet v4.28: Payjoin v2 Support](https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/content/images/2025/05/image-11.png)](https://xcancel.com/francispouliot_/status/1924958880804589739)

*   Cake Wallet was [one of the first wallets](https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/cake-wallet-v4-18-0/) to introduce [Silent Payments](https://silentpayments.xyz/) back in May 2024. However, users may encounter sync issues while using this feature at present, which will be resolved in the next release of Cake Wallet.

[![Cake Wallet v4.28: Payjoin v2 Support](https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/content/images/2025/05/image-10.png)](https://xcancel.com/sethforprivacy/status/1924770756828831867)

What's new
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*   [**Payjoin v2**](https://payjoin.org/docs/how-it-works/payjoin-v2-bip-77/) implementation.
*   **Wallet group improvements**: Enhanced management of multiple wallets.
*   **Various bug fixes**: improving overall stability and user experience.
*   Monero (XMR) enhancements.

Learn more about using, implementing, and understanding [BIP 77: Payjoin Version 2](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/1483) using the `payjoin` crate in Payjoin Dev Kit [here](https://payjoin.org/docs/tutorials/receive-payjoin-v2).

[**Announcement**](https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2k8yn2s8eres7gzcnhkj36easy939jz3nddrm7wv7gkdvg93tjhcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qyg8uq7ecmfs397lxe48qjwc90jldzzrfyuz3s9nn7vk46s82m6k5my4r5zne)
[**Blog Post**](https://blog.cakewallet.com/bitcoin-privacy-takes-a-leap-forward-cake-wallet-introduces-payjoin-v2/) / [Archive](http://archive.today/RpdxK)
[**GitHub Repo**](https://github.com/cake-tech/cake_wallet/releases/tag/v4.28.0)


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tags: From bitcoin treasury strategies reaching institutional tipping points to the erosion of civil liberties through digital infrastructure, here are the most significant predictions that emerged.

content:
### Digital ID Implementation Will Accelerate Globally as Countries Fight Dollar Stablecoin Capital Flight - Whitney Webb & Mark Goodwin

![This Week's Top Predictions](https://www.tftc.io/content/images/2025/09/terribletrader_digital_ID_surveillance_state_CBDC_dystopian_c_459a326e-a00c-4590-9b1b-d593e6370bea_3.png)

Webb and Goodwin predict that within the next 12-24 months, we'll see a dramatic acceleration in digital ID implementation worldwide - not primarily in the US first, but in countries desperately trying to prevent capital flight to dollar stablecoins. They point to Vietnam's recent closure of 84 million bank accounts as the canary in the coal mine, with citizens only able to regain banking access by submitting to biometric verification. The mechanism is clear: as dollar stablecoins proliferate globally and offer yield, why would anyone hold depreciating local currencies? Webb notes that the ECB is already panicking about this dynamic, stating "we're screwed if we let dollar stablecoins take over." The prediction is that countries will implement increasingly draconian digital ID requirements to maintain control over their monetary systems, using the Genius Act's passage in the US as political cover. This creates a paradox where US dollar dominance actually accelerates surveillance infrastructure globally.

### Pre-Crime AI Surveillance Will Become Normalized Following Manufactured Crisis Events - Whitney Webb & Mark Goodwin

The most chilling prediction centers on the normalization of pre-crime surveillance infrastructure within the next 2-3 years. Webb traces how every administration since 9/11 has expanded domestic terror frameworks, and predicts that recent events will be used to justify AI-powered predictive policing at scale. The infrastructure already exists: Palantir's pre-crime algorithms, social media monitoring systems, and William Barr's 2019 legalization of pre-crime arrests. Webb predicts we'll see a major "galvanizing event" that will reduce public resistance to having AI scan all social media posts for "early neuropsychiatric warning signs." The mechanism already exists through companies like Carbine (funded by Jeffrey Epstein) that have quietly taken over 911 systems across America. Once normalized, Webb warns this will extend beyond security into employment: "What happens when it's like, well, if you want to work and have a job and not just have UBI, you need a brain chip?" The timeline accelerates as Palantir's integration with government systems deepens under the current administration.

### Bitcoin Treasury Companies Will See 100x Growth in Fixed Income Adoption Within 10 Years - Jeff Walton

Jeff Walton laid out a compelling case for why Bitcoin-backed securities will completely disrupt the $300 trillion fixed income market over the next decade. He predicts that within 10 years, we'll see a 100-fold increase in the adoption of perpetual preferred equities and other Bitcoin-backed credit instruments. The math is straightforward: these instruments offer 9.5-10% yields while being 8x overcollateralized with Bitcoin, compared to traditional junk bonds offering 7% with far greater risk. As Walton explained, "Capital will move to where it's treated best," and fixed income managers who fail to adopt these instruments will see their clients flee to competitors offering 150+ basis points of additional return with less risk. The key catalyst will be insurance companies and pension funds recognizing that digital risk (Bitcoin volatility) is fundamentally safer than physical risk (corporate bankruptcy, natural disasters). Once credit rating agencies begin rating these instruments, the floodgates will open as institutional mandates allow allocation to rated securities.

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Luke Dashjr's Nuclear Option: Bitcoin Developer Proposes Controversial Transaction Censorship System
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Bitcoin Core contributor Luke Dashjr is developing a mechanism to retroactively remove illegal content from Bitcoin's blockchain using Zero Knowledge Proofs, according to leaked messages reported by The Rage. The proposal would create a multi-sig council with power to delete confirmed transactions containing Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) approximately one hour after confirmation.

While Dashjr claims this would "save Bitcoin," his scheme represents an unprecedented censorship capability that could extend far beyond its stated purpose. The developer, who already runs the censorship-focused OCEAN mining pool and Bitcoin Knots implementation, admits this constitutes "technically a hardfork" – though likely affecting only Knots nodes initially.

Critical details remain murky: Who selects council members? How are ZK proofs managed? What prevents mission creep to other transaction types? Most concerning, Dashjr allegedly mentioned coordinating legal letters to pressure the industry into adopting anti-CSAM measures – essentially manufacturing the crisis his solution would address.

Blockstream CEO Adam Back confirmed OCEAN has contacted rival mining pools about this initiative. The Bitcoin community's response has been overwhelmingly negative, recognizing this as a dangerous precedent that hands governments a ready-made censorship tool while solving a problem that barely exists on Bitcoin's blockchain.

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tags: Jeff Walton shows how Bitcoin treasury firms like Strive are disrupting the $300T fixed-income market with Bitcoin-backed credit instruments.

content:
Key Takeaways
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![TFTC - Market Insider: "Bitcoin Just Disrupted a $300 Trillion Fixed Income Market" | Jeff Walton](https://www.tftc.io/content/images/2025/09/Jeff-Walton.jpg)

Bitcoin treasury companies are using structured finance to push Bitcoin into the heart of capital markets, especially the $300T fixed-income arena, by issuing instruments like perpetual preferreds and convertibles that offer higher yields, heavy over-collateralization, and 24/7 mark-to-risk transparency. Jeff Walton maps his move from reinsurance to Strive to show how credit/risk skills translate directly, highlighting their cashless Semler acquisition as a blueprint for turning “zombie” firms into credit-improved, Bitcoin-backed platforms that access larger capital pools. He argues the real KPI is “Bitcoin per share,” that we’re still early, and that equity appetite is mixed while debt markets are already open. The “paper Bitcoin summer” critique is dismissed as short-term churn; the longer arc is risk repricing as capital gravitates to superior collateral and liquidity. Framed this way, Bitcoin isn’t being captured by Wall Street, Bitcoin is quietly recoding financial infrastructure.

Best Quotes
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*   “The fixed income market is a $300 trillion pool of capital. If you want to make the biggest splash in Bitcoin, you disrupt the fixed income market.”
*   “Every single company on the planet will eventually be holding Bitcoin on the balance sheet.”
*   “Semler was a self-proclaimed zombie company, then they started buying Bitcoin and accumulated over $500 million, suddenly they had optionality and downside protection.”
*   “Risk is mispriced globally. Most equities are leveraged to uncertain future cash flows. Bitcoin treasury companies are leveragingthe to money they already have.”
*   “Bitcoin isn’t being taken over by the suits, Bitcoin is taking over financial infrastructure.”
*   “Strategy has acquired 638,000 Bitcoin while CrowdStrike has effectively lost 18,000 in Bitcoin terms, yet CrowdStrike trades at a higher market cap.”

Conclusion
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This conversation frames Bitcoin treasury companies as the next frontier of financial innovation. Walton views them as both a lifeline for struggling firms and a disruptive force in the largest capital pools on earth. While skeptics point to volatility or “paper Bitcoin” suppression, the bigger picture is the gradual integration of Bitcoin-backed credit into global markets, creating new liquidity dynamics and repricing risk across the financial system. As Walton notes, the hated nature of this trade is precisely why it may deliver outsized returns: it challenges entrenched assumptions about equity, debt, and value storage. Ultimately, this episode underscores that Bitcoin’s destiny is not just as money, but as the backbone of a reconstructed global financial architecture.

Timestamps
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0:00 - Intro
1:08 - Jeff at Strive
5:36 - STRK
9:46 - Semler deal structure
13:28 - Paper bitcoin summer
17:47 - Obscura & SLNT
20:06 - Institutional appetite
23:26 - Critical treasury mass affecting long term price
27:53 - What are the products providing?
32:29 - STRC and Fed/Treasury
35:00 - Bitkey & Unchained
36:33 - Reinsurance history
46:46 - Opportunity Cost
47:30 - Soft landing, disrupting fixed income
51:16 - Operating business examples
57:53 - Companies missing out, S&P comparison
1:04:41 - What does S&P inclusion mean?

Transcript
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(00:00) The fixed income market is a $300 trillion pool of capital. If you want to make the biggest splash in Bitcoin, you disrupt the fixed income market. MSDR has amplified Bitcoin. This is a monumental idea. Every single company on the planet will eventually be holding Bitcoin on the balance sheet. Is incredibly early days.
(00:19) Us at Strive, we're aiming to be the Metaplanet of the United States. If you look at the Bitcoin rating, the collateralization rating actually improves by over 200% on the convertible bond when you combine the two entities and the the Bitcoin back balance sheet. Similar, they were a self-proclaimed zombie company and then they started buying Bitcoin and ended up accumulating over $500 million of Bitcoin.
(00:38) Paper Bitcoin Summer, these companies are buying Bitcoin and the price isn't going up. So, there's going to be some price suppression. STRC is a effectively like a high yield savings account. What they created is effectively a refinancing mechanism that can refinance daily. Crowd strike in Bitcoin terms. They've lost 18,000 Bitcoin.
(00:56) In that same time horizon, Strategy has acquired and accumulated 638,000 Bitcoin. So many people don't understand Bitcoin in the traditional financial world. \[Music\] Jeff Walton, welcome back to the show. Thank you. Happy to be here. A lot has changed since the last time you were here. It was eight months ago.
(01:22) And I I believe if I recall correctly, you were telling me off air that you were about to leave your reinsurance business to jump full uh full speed ahead into the Bitcoin world, the Bitcoin treasury world. Um it's appropo that we're meeting here September 23rd. Yesterday, September 22nd, you tweeted out, "Eight months ago, I was selling reinsurance this weekend.
(01:41) and the entire Strive team worked to tirelessly worked tirelessly to acquire a company that holds 5,021 Bitcoin in a cashless transaction that will be in M&A case studies for years to come. The world is changing fast. You can just do things. You're doing things. I'm doing things. Let's talk about uh the journey from January 29th when we published the last recording um of us meeting to discuss Bitcoin treasury strategies and today a lot has changed for you personally.
(02:06) Yeah, a lot has changed for me personally. Yeah, I was previously selling reinsurance. So, I was a reinsurance broker selling insurance to insurance companies, which a lot of people think this is an insurance role, but it was really a capital markets role.
(02:25) I was uh effectively selling volatility of insurance company balance sheets to hedge funds and and capital providers across the globe. So there was a a very clear opportunity and synergy for me to focus on what was happening in the Bitcoin ecosystem in the Bitcoin world because it's effectively capital markets transactions working with investors creating structured products uh volatility tranches thinking about risk and risk profiles from a probabilistic framework.
(02:52) Literally every single thing that I was doing in the reinsurance world was applicable to the what what was happening here in the Bitcoin world. It's very funny. When I when I left my job in reinsurance, I told them I wasn't doing anything.
(03:11) I was taking a break and they're like, "What are you talking about? What what do you mean? What do you mean you're not doing anything?" I'm like, "I'm focused on Bitcoin. I don't know. I don't know what yet. I don't know what I'm going to do, but I need to spend my time and energy in this area to figure out what's what's next for me. So, yeah, it was a bit of a confusion. They were bewildered.
(03:33) Let's just let's just say they were bewildered when I when I told them I was entering the space. And so, fast forward to where we are today. Uh, I was exploring different opportunities in the market and just continuing to have conversations, going to different events. Uh, in conversations with Matt and the Strive team, they had added me to the independent board um, to help grow their future Bitcoin treasury company.
(03:58) This was last May when they announced the uh, the reverse merger transaction that they were entering in. And after further conversations, there became a very clear opportunity for me to work in a role at Strive and have some synergy and be able to spend my energy in an appropriate place. So had a ton of conversations with them, their their team and Matt and understanding like what is this opportunity here and is this where I where I want to uh want to hitch myself to to this horse, right? And ultimately, this was exactly what I was looking to do is I wanted to work within a company and buy as much Bitcoin as humanly
(04:39) possible, structure capital markets transactions, work with investors, continue with education within the marketplace, think about risk and structured credit and finance and volatility. And this became a very apparent uh win for me personally. And the the alternative is, you know, thinking about trying to go do some of this stuff on your own.
(05:07) And the reality of building a Bitcoin treasury is really difficult and you need a strong team. Like for example, we just went through this M&A transaction and and folks were working all day every day overnight. And we've got a team of I don't know 10 10 12 people that were touching different pieces of this. And that's really hard to build from scratch.
(05:30) And joining a company that was already focused and putting energy in this direction was really the lowest hanging fruit, like the best the best place to park my time and energy. Yeah. Again, it's uh it's been fun watching um from the sidelines you've been doing this and I think you're following your dreams to be a little corny, but really going after something that uh that you're passionate about.
(05:52) I I love to see people doing things that they're passionate about. And I think the last time we spoke, obviously the conversation was focused heavily on strategy. I believe they had just launched uh strike um that preferred offering uh and obviously since then they've issued more preferreds uh and we we can get into that. But I think really jumping off the conversation as it pertains to treasury companies.
(06:18) I think one of the uh topics that we discussed in January is like who is going to win in this market? What is it just going to be strategy? Is it going to be winner or take all? Are people just going to copyca


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