JUST IN: 🇺🇸 The Federal Reserve’s ACH interbank money transfer system is currently down.

The Fed is urging customers not to resend ACH payments while they wait for confirmation.

This doesn't happen with Bitcoin.

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/2028895017138290759?s=20

NEW: 🇯🇵 The Bank of Japan will experiment with blockchain to settle deposits held by financial institutions at the central bank, enabling 24/7 instant settlement and reducing gridlock risk in stress events.

Source: https://x.com/CoinDesk/status/2028801847318675899?s=20

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Indiana Governor signs bill into law that allows Bitcoin to be invested in state retirement plans 👏

Source: https://x.com/bitcoinmagazine/status/2028930234003694076?

NEW: 🟠 Core Scientific discloses selling 1,900 Bitcoin in January for $175M, at $92,100 per BTC, anticipating it will liquidate its remaining 1000BTC stash.

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/2028878072616022222?s=20

BULLISH: 🌊 The Liquid Federation has grown to nearly 80 member companies and Bitcoin software entities since 2018.

Blockstream Liquid Engineer BIZZ.HODL breaks it down: three boards (membership, technology, oversight) with 15 companies running the functionaries.

Source: https://x.com/Liquid_BTC/status/2028741444064968905?s=20

NEW: 🇨🇭 Tether and the City of Lugano launch Plan ₿ Phase II (2026–2030), creating long-term strategy for digital sovereignty.

The plan focuses on digital asset infrastructure, privacy-first ID systems, AI ecosystems, and decentralized urban infrastructure.

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/2028936973935620185?s=20

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Morgan Stanley issues new SEC filing for a spot Bitcoin ETF, announcing Coinbase and BNY Mellon as the custodians 👀

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/2029186176452599967?s=20

🏦 Kraken Financial has received a Federal Reserve master account, becoming the first U.S. digital asset bank with direct access to Fed payment rails like Fedwire.

📰 https://btctimes.com/kraken-financial-granted-federal-reserve-master-account/

📣 https://x.com/BTCTimescom/status/2029210811231580411

🚀 Morgan Stanley filed with the SEC to launch a spot Bitcoin ETF that would hold BTC directly, with Coinbase Custody and BNY Mellon handling custody and administration.

📰 https://btctimes.com/morgan-stanley-files-prospectus-for-proposed-spot-bitcoin-etf/

📣 https://x.com/BTCTimescom/status/2029227721251832072

NEW: 🟠 AI models favor Bitcoin over fiat, a new study from the Bitcoin Policy Institute finds.

Prepare accordingly.

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/2029186850334589108?s=20

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 White House officially nominates pro-Bitcoin Kevin Warsh to be the new Federal Reserve Chairman 👀

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/2029240970286338476?s=20

NEW: 🟠 MARA rejects claims that it plans to sell the majority of its Bitcoin holdings.

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/2029217300969144366?s=20

JUST IN: 🇵🇾 Paraguay has just followed the lead of Bhutan, using wasted hydro energy to mine Bitcoin, for a likely National Bitcoin Reserve.

"Reports indicate mined Bitcoin will likely be held as a state asset or the national treasury, potentially used to fund infrastructure"

Source: https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2029056540456403381?s=20

JUST IN: 🟠 Michael Saylor's Strategy is estimated to have bought over 700 bitcoin so far today via STRC 🚀

That is more than how many BTC will be mined today 🤯

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/2029295136279318682?s=20

🔵 Blockstream solves quantum threat for Bitcoin.

📰 https://btctimes.com/blockstream-solves-quantum-threat-for-bitcoin/

📣 https://x.com/BTCTimescom/status/2029537142313980333

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 New York Stock Exchange parent company ICE invests in Bitcoin exchange OKX at a $25 BILLION valuation 👀

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/2029536441374572695?s=20

NEW: 🟠 Bitcoin analyst Grain of Salt (@Z06Z07) says, "The one-year anniversary of Strategy's perpetual preferred stock $STRC is where people will start flocking to it just for the yield."

"As it has been paying that yield reliably for a full year, with nearly three more years of dividends already covered in cash."

Source: https://x.com/BTCtreasuries/status/2029564939682410632?s=20