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* Black Rock's Bitcoin ETF has become the company's most profitable ETF.
* Trump ALERTS Russia: «We are very, very unhappy with them and we will impose very severe tariffs if we do not reach an agreement in 50 days. Tariffs of approximately 100%.»
* The holdings of El Salvador's Strategic Bitcoin Reserve have reached a new all-time high in U.S. dollars of $760,075,734.
* The criminal trial against Roman Storm, a developer of Tornado Cash, will begin on July 15 in Manhattan; Storm faces up to 45 years in prison.
* Grayscale Investments announced on July 14 that it confidentially submitted a draft registration statement (Form S-1) to the SEC.
* BitMine Immersion announced that it now owns approximately 163,000 ETH worth over $500 million.
* Ripple, Circle, and BitGo seek to obtain national trust bank licenses in the U.S. amid the regulatory changes of the Trump era.
* WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT BITCOIN AND CRYPTO WILL EXCEED $20 TRILLION AFTER THE MARKET STRUCTURE BILL IS PASSED.
* Kazakhstan plans to allocate part of its national reserves to crypto assets and establish a national crypto reserve for confiscated assets.
* Simon Gerovich, CEO of Metaplanet, a company listed on the Japanese stock exchange, posted on X that the company has acquired an additional 797 BTC for approximately $93.6 million.
* According to Solscan, it is likely that the six participating CEXs in the PUMP public sale have received their allocations.
* Cathie Wood commented that, while she does not understand all the technical details, the Ethereum Foundation seems to be moving in the right direction with its recent efforts to improve scalability and privacy.
* Metaplanet has PURCHASED another 797 Bitcoin worth $95 million.
They already hold 16,352 BTC worth $1.95 billion.
* Trump will send WEAPONS to Ukraine and NATO and THREATENS with HUGE TARIFFS to Russia if there is no agreement in 50 days.
* Trump claims that the president of the FED, Jerome Powell, "has been very bad for our country, we should have the LOWEST INTEREST RATE IN THE WORLD."
* In light of the NEW ALL-TIME HIGH of Bitcoin at $123,000, CZ states:
"You might be excited about the current ATH of BTC, but in a few years, this will just be a fraction."