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The World Economic Forum doesn't talk about Bitcoin - so I made sure that we did in 2025. I took the chance to ask if the US will adopt a Bitcoin strategic reserve during the 'Crypto at a Crossroads' session inside this year's WEF conference. Coinbase's Brian Armstrong remains confident we will see a Bitcoin reserve in America. Interestingly, South Africa's Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago made it evident that many still don't understand the underlying value proposition of Bitcoin. Armstrong provided an important response: "Many things have been used as money over the years. I think it's clear at this point that, you know, Bitcoin is a better form of money than gold. It is provably scarce, just like gold, but it's more portable and divisible. So you can actually use it. It was the best performing asset of the last ten years. And so for a store of value, I think it's going to be important for governments to hold this over time. It may not it might start with being 1% of their reserves, but I think over time it'll come to be equal to or greater than gold reserves." @Cointelegraph

Saylor congratulates Metaplanet for stacking a total 10,000 Bitcoin. Then he proceeds to buy 10,000 BTC for @Strategy in one fell swoop. Saylor is on another level.

Quick shoutout to @solanamobile. Received a Solana Seeker to review & so far, I’ve enjoyed the experience. Setting up the Seed Vault was easy. Sent some SOL to the new wallet and that took like 3 secs. I’m a long time android user - so it feels native. @aeyakovenko 👏

Donald Trump was the first president to launch a memecoin and the US is on the verge of establishing a strategic Bitcoin reserve. I had to ask president @CyrilRamaphosa if he’ll launch a $RAMAPHOSA coin 🇿🇦😭 Jokes aside, I asked him whether the South African government is considering the merits of a Bitcoin strategic reserve. With the US on the cusp of establishing a BTC stockpile, countries like South Africa may well follow suit if such legislation is passed. Here’s what he had to say outside the World Economic Forum 👇

Did you know that @Trezor invented seed phrases that over 300 million hardware wallets use today? "The seed phrase, the wallet backup, the way you write down those 12, 20, 24 words, was actually invented by Trezor, the original founders. That is BIP39." This was an absolute gem of an insight from Trezor CEO @matej_zak on our latest Chain Reaction show. Check out the full interview in the comments with myself and @rkbaggs for @Cointelegraph 👇

Should you be all-in on Bitcoin in 2025? I caught up with @MaelstromFund CIO @CryptoHayes at #Token2049 - and he didn't mince his words: "We've been buying Bitcoin from 90,000 all the way down to 74,000. We're not buying anything else." Time for a thread 🧵👇

GM - Monday hits hard. We're lining up an interview with Mantra CEO JP Mullin today on @Cointelegraph Chain Reaction show (2pm CET). I've been doing a deep dive into $OM crash. Here's what you need to know and what I'll be looking to find out from @jp_mullin888 🧵👇

How did @Metaplanet_JP top Japan's stock trading charts? Short answer = Bitcoin. I had a fascinating chat with @DylanLeClair_ at Bitcoin 2025 in Las Vegas about the story behind Metaplanet's Bitcoin treasury play. He credits @gerovich for quickly understanding how Bitcoin could save his company, which is now the hottest stock in Japan. LeClair eloquently unpacks how Metaplanet's Bitcoin treasury works, why it's particularly popular and impactful on Japanese stock markets and what the potential risks could be. Timestamps for your viewing pleasure! 0:00 Intro 0:33 Why Metaplanet's stock is exploding 💹 3:47 How Bitcoin treasuries companies work 🤔 6:50 Is institutionalization against Bitcoin's ethos 🌍 9:11 The risks of Bitcoin treasuries companies ☠️ Full interview is on @Cointelegraph YT page - link in the comments 👇

Incredibly excited to announce that I've been appointed Managing Editor of @Cointelegraph. I'll be working across our editorial, social media and video teams to help solidify out spot as a leader in the crypto and blockchain news space.

GM from #Token2049 - sat down for a fantastic interview with @CryptoHayes which will coming out shortly on @Cointelegraph 👇🏼 Hayes gave me the alpha on the Fed’s rate cut, the yen carry trade, Bitcoin ETFs and more.

Ethereum comeback loading in Q2 2025? Last week I sat down with @tkstanczak from @ethereumfndn to discuss the future of Ethereum for @Cointelegraph. We spoke about @VitalikButerin influence, changes at the Foundation, the price of ETH and its future. Timestamps for ease of viewing 👇 please share widely! 0:25 Intro 0:47 Stepping into leadership: How has the transition been? 1:31 Is Ethereum feeling pressure from newer blockchains? 3:08 Can Ethereum stay unified across L1 and L2? 5:40 What’s the long-term incentive to keep running Ethereum validators? 7:15 Does Ethereum learn from other blockchains? 7:50 Has Ethereum fallen behind in community building? 8:40 How involved is Vitalik in Ethereum’s direction? 10:10 Could Ethereum projects ever settle on Bitcoin? 11:00 Are you optimistic about Ethereum’s future? Special thanks to @EthCC @EthereumFrance for putting this conference together and giving us the platform to have these conversations!

So how does @Coinbase, a $100B company with $10B of cash on hand, decide what companies to invest in? Coinbase has made 40+ acquisitions in recent years, most recently forking out $375 to acquire @echodotxyz. Here’s the secret playbook for Coinbase’ merger and acquisition strategy 👇 @rkbaggs and I had a fascinating chat with @_aklil0 who's been at the helm of Coinbase's M&A department last week. He gave us the "ESPN highlight reel" from 40+ high-profile acquisitions: 🥇 Acquired @xapobankapp insitutional businesses in 2019 🤑 @DeribitOfficial deal in 2025 was a crazy 2.9 billion cash-and-stock acquisition 🏀 $375M Echo deal + $25M to revive @cobie UpOnly podcast You can watch the full interview on the @Cointelegraph #CHAINREACTION livestream in the comments LIKE AND RETWEET if you enjoyed this content 🧡

T-minus 6 days to LONGITUDE IV in Singapore! I'm hosting a banger fireside chat with the one-and-only @CryptoHayes at 5pm sharp! Burning questions 👇 🤑 Selling his $HYPE to buy a Ferrari 🐎 💹 $3.4M Bitcoin prediction for 2028 ♾ US debt issue 💰 Altszn? Details below 👇

Unlike Bitcoin, the world’s largest layer-1 blockchains have identifiable leaders and teams that have vested interests in their success. In my recent interview with @adam3us, he unpacks why the anonymity of Satoshi Nakamoto and Bitcoin’s hard money properties are impossible to replicate. “I think Bitcoin is the only kind of digital asset that makes sense as a commodity, that is plausible and could be adopted by serious investors, offered as an ETF or invested in by a sovereign wealth fund or mined by a country.” “I think the mining is a necessary part of the hard money, like you need actual physical scarcity to properly kind of sort of behave like gold in a sense.”

The World Economic Forum doesn't talk about Bitcoin - so I made sure that we did in 2025. I took the chance to ask if the US will adopt a Bitcoin strategic reserve during the 'Crypto at a Crossroads' session inside this year's WEF conference. Coinbase's Brian Armstrong remains confident we will see a Bitcoin reserve in America. Interestingly, South Africa's Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago made it evident that many still don't understand the underlying value proposition of Bitcoin. Armstrong provided an important response: "Many things have been used as money over the years. I think it's clear at this point that, you know, Bitcoin is a better form of money than gold. It is provably scarce, just like gold, but it's more portable and divisible. So you can actually use it. It was the best performing asset of the last ten years. And so for a store of value, I think it's going to be important for governments to hold this over time. It may not it might start with being 1% of their reserves, but I think over time it'll come to be equal to or greater than gold reserves." @Cointelegraph

Quick shoutout to @solanamobile. Received a Solana Seeker to review & so far, I’ve enjoyed the experience. Setting up the Seed Vault was easy. Sent some SOL to the new wallet and that took like 3 secs. I’m a long time android user - so it feels native. @aeyakovenko 👏

Incredibly excited to announce that I've been appointed Managing Editor of @Cointelegraph. I'll be working across our editorial, social media and video teams to help solidify out spot as a leader in the crypto and blockchain news space.

Donald Trump was the first president to launch a memecoin and the US is on the verge of establishing a strategic Bitcoin reserve. I had to ask president @CyrilRamaphosa if he’ll launch a $RAMAPHOSA coin 🇿🇦😭 Jokes aside, I asked him whether the South African government is considering the merits of a Bitcoin strategic reserve. With the US on the cusp of establishing a BTC stockpile, countries like South Africa may well follow suit if such legislation is passed. Here’s what he had to say outside the World Economic Forum 👇

Bitcoin as money vs Bitcoin as a store of value. @Croesus_BTC breaks down WHY Bitcoin can be all these things at once during our latest @Cointelegraph #CHAINREACTION show. 🕊️Feedom money for the sovereign individual. 🪙 Unrivalled store of value for institutions and companies. @smarterwebuk @rkbaggs You can find the full interview in the comments 👇

GM - Monday hits hard. We're lining up an interview with Mantra CEO JP Mullin today on @Cointelegraph Chain Reaction show (2pm CET). I've been doing a deep dive into $OM crash. Here's what you need to know and what I'll be looking to find out from @jp_mullin888 🧵👇

Should you be all-in on Bitcoin in 2025? I caught up with @MaelstromFund CIO @CryptoHayes at #Token2049 - and he didn't mince his words: "We've been buying Bitcoin from 90,000 all the way down to 74,000. We're not buying anything else." Time for a thread 🧵👇

So, how is it that Bhutan, a mystical, bhuddist kingdom came to own 13,000 Bitcoin AND use @ethereum for its national ID system 🤔 @rkbaggs and I had @timourxyz on @Cointelegraph #CHAINREACTION on Friday to get the TL;DR 👇 🗳️Kingdom turned democracy 🙂Measuring gross national happiness over GDP ⛏️Mining Bitcoin since 2020 🌍 4th largest sovereign holder of Bitcoin ❤️ & 🔁

Why are so many Bitcoiners skeptical about Bitcoin Treasury Companies 🤔 🤯 Hard to understand financial engineering 💹 Share shilling tied to BTC Bitcoin OG @BitcoinPierre unpacks the core reasons and also explains @nakamoto PIPE unlock situation Full 📺 in the comments 👇

"Why would I spend my Bitcoin? It's your one chance to save generational wealth." You'll often hear that from Bitcoiners in the Western world. But in 🇿🇦, we have a different relationship with money. "When you do start spending Bitcoin, you buy more Bitcoin so you can spend it as well, then you end up saving more as well. So you actually end up in a better position," says @carelvwyk from @MoneyBadgerPay. It's even more powerful in Bitcoin circular economies, as Hermann Vivier from @BitcoinEkasi explains. "What we're trying to do is to get Bitcoin to flow within the local community. It's not about how many merchants you onboard. It's about what happens to the sats that you spend," Vivier explains. "It's not about going out and onboarding shops. It's about onboarding one shop and then playing detective and finding out what they are doing with the sats that they are receiving." "You want to try and circulate the sats in the local community. You don't want those sats to leave the local community as far as possible. And with the effect being that when people are spending sats in our local circular economy, the value stays within the community." This was one of my favourite Bitcoin-focused #CHAINREACTION shows to date. Thanks again to @vryfokkenou @staffordmasie @SovereignCarel for joining @rkbaggs and I. You can find the full conversation on @Cointelegraph in the comments 👇

T-minus 6 days to LONGITUDE IV in Singapore! I'm hosting a banger fireside chat with the one-and-only @CryptoHayes at 5pm sharp! Burning questions 👇 🤑 Selling his $HYPE to buy a Ferrari 🐎 💹 $3.4M Bitcoin prediction for 2028 ♾ US debt issue 💰 Altszn? Details below 👇

Saylor congratulates Metaplanet for stacking a total 10,000 Bitcoin. Then he proceeds to buy 10,000 BTC for @Strategy in one fell swoop. Saylor is on another level.

Are we going to see a crypto bear market in 2026 🐻? Does the 4-year cycle still exist ♾? @BitwiseInvest CIO @Matt_Hougan says institutional capital has completely changed the landscape 👇 🔼 2026 will be an UP year 💰$100T of capital will flow into Bitcoin & crypto 💹 Big Q4 for 2025 loading! Check out the comments for the full @Cointelegraph Chain Reaction episode with Matt, me and @rkbaggs 🍻

GM from #Token2049 - sat down for a fantastic interview with @CryptoHayes which will coming out shortly on @Cointelegraph 👇🏼 Hayes gave me the alpha on the Fed’s rate cut, the yen carry trade, Bitcoin ETFs and more.

How did @Metaplanet_JP top Japan's stock trading charts? Short answer = Bitcoin. I had a fascinating chat with @DylanLeClair_ at Bitcoin 2025 in Las Vegas about the story behind Metaplanet's Bitcoin treasury play. He credits @gerovich for quickly understanding how Bitcoin could save his company, which is now the hottest stock in Japan. LeClair eloquently unpacks how Metaplanet's Bitcoin treasury works, why it's particularly popular and impactful on Japanese stock markets and what the potential risks could be. Timestamps for your viewing pleasure! 0:00 Intro 0:33 Why Metaplanet's stock is exploding 💹 3:47 How Bitcoin treasuries companies work 🤔 6:50 Is institutionalization against Bitcoin's ethos 🌍 9:11 The risks of Bitcoin treasuries companies ☠️ Full interview is on @Cointelegraph YT page - link in the comments 👇