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LIVE – Vivek Ramaswamy's Strive just deployed $100 million into Bitcoin — 1,223 coins pushing his total stack past 36,800 BTC — while a German bank flipped the switch for up to 46 million new buyers overnight. The on-ramps are multiplying fast.
In this Bitcast macro news update you'll see exactly how the week's biggest moves fit together: you'll learn why Strive's $100 million buy matters coming from a presidential-adjacent name deploying real treasury capital, not trading signals. You'll see how Sparkasse opening Bitcoin trading to 46 million customers — more people than live in all of Canada — widens the on-ramp overnight, and how a Visa-backed startup is plugging Bitcoin into 175 million merchants. We break down Strategy crossing 848,517 BTC, Metaplanet buying an entire company with 2,100 Bitcoin instead of cash, and the institutional land grab accelerating while credit stress rises, consumer sentiment weakens, and riots spread across France and Italy.
We close on the sovereignty side: Mastercard's growing crypto team, fresh Polymarket odds showing a 56% chance Bitcoin clears $90,000 this year, and Foundation Devices reversing course to keep Bitcoin-only checkout alive on the Passport Prime — plus Envoy wallet verified as reproducible on Wallet Scrutiny. A small win for self-custody you'll want to know about.
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In this Bitcast macro news update you'll see exactly how the week's biggest moves fit together: you'll learn why Strive's $100 million buy matters coming from a presidential-adjacent name deploying real treasury capital, not trading signals. You'll see how Sparkasse opening Bitcoin trading to 46 million customers — more people than live in all of Canada — widens the on-ramp overnight, and how a Visa-backed startup is plugging Bitcoin into 175 million merchants. We break down Strategy crossing 848,517 BTC, Metaplanet buying an entire company with 2,100 Bitcoin instead of cash, and the institutional land grab accelerating while credit stress rises, consumer sentiment weakens, and riots spread across France and Italy.
We close on the sovereignty side: Mastercard's growing crypto team, fresh Polymarket odds showing a 56% chance Bitcoin clears $90,000 this year, and Foundation Devices reversing course to keep Bitcoin-only checkout alive on the Passport Prime — plus Envoy wallet verified as reproducible on Wallet Scrutiny. A small win for self-custody you'll want to know about.
Subscribe for weekly Bitcoin-only education and live commentary: https://www.youtube.com/@BTCSessions
Follow on X for real-time takes: https://x.com/BTCSessions
Join the newsletter for the best Bitcoin reads of the week: https://btcsessions.ca
ALSO WATCH THE CO-HOSTS:
• Canadian Bitcoiners (Joey): https://www.youtube.com/@CanadianBitcoiners
• THE Bitcoin Podcast (Walker): https://www.youtube.com/@WalkerAmerica
• Brandon Gentile: https://www.youtube.com/@brandon_gentile
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