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Bitcoin is now front and center at political conferences and corporate boardrooms. In this episode of Byte-Sized Insight, we're at Bitcoin 2025 exploring whether it has been captured, or simply arrived.

Bitcoin’s sharp rebound off the $100,000 level shows a positive sentiment, but higher levels may attract sellers.

Market uncertainty grows as traders question leverage risks, custodian practices, and strategic reserve delays.

In peer-to-peer crypto lending, knowing how to exit safely when rates fall or platforms falter is just as important as getting started.

When administrations erase or quietly remove public data sets, it’s not just bureaucratic housekeeping — it’s a threat to transparency, accountability and the collective memory of society.

Bitcoin manages to shake off a US nonfarm payrolls beat as Trump insists yet again that the Fed begins to cut interest rates — will Chair Jerome Powell listen?

The Monetary Authority of Singapore has effectively banned most crypto firms from serving only foreign clients by requiring a license, which it says it will “generally not issue.”

FIFA is launching its own layer-1 blockchain to take control of digital assets, ticketing and fan experiences, potentially transforming football for billions of global supporters.

Orange Cap Games has acquired the IP rights to Moonbirds from Yuga Labs, driving the NFT collection’s biggest sales spike in months.

Michael Saylor’s Strategy has quadrupled its previously announced $250 million stock offering as a new funding avenue for its Bitcoin investments.

Europe plans to regulate decentralized finance in 2026, as lawmakers still struggle to define decentralization under MiCA, an EU crypto policy expert said.

With threats from quantum computing and growing cross-chain demand, QRAMP offers a non-custodial approach to protect and project Bitcoin.

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has proposed lifting its retail ban on crypto exchange-traded notes (ETNs), signaling a shift toward broader crypto market access.

Elon Musk’s feud with President Trump caused Dogecoin’s 7% drop in the last 24 hours, but sell-off risks to $0.06 remain.

Switzerland’s Federal Council expects to enforce the bill on the automatic exchange of crypto information with 74 countries by late 2026, with the first exchange seen in 2027.

Japan’s Metaplanet plans to hold 100,000 BTC by 2026, revising its target from 21,000 and issuing shares to accelerate its Bitcoin treasury strategy.

Pakistan’s Crypto Minister Bilal Bin Saqib is pursuing high-level US partnerships with figures like Cantor Fitzgerald’s Brandon Lutnick and NYC Mayor Eric Adams.

Bitcoin price expectations fall in line with a new retest of $100,000 support. Traders see news lows with RSI heading still lower.

While Bitcoin ETFs flipped to $278 million of outflows amid the Trump-Musk feud, Ether ETFs saw inflows, continuing a 14-day streak.

Yuga Labs CEO Greg Solano said the DAO became a slow, noisy, unserious governance theater.

A group of crypto advocacy groups have urged lawmakers to include a bill protecting software devs from being labelled as money transmitters included in a crypto market structure bill.

The Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates this month, but a surprise cut could help drive Bitcoin to a fresh peak, says CMC Markets’ Carlo Pruscino.

Kraken’s security team says that at crypto conferences, it’s seen unlocked laptops, phones left unattended and public discussions about personal wealth.

The number of daily unique active wallets on AI-powered crypto apps grew 23% in May, eating into the market share of DeFi and Web3 gaming, says DappRadar.

Chainalysis told WIRED that it tracked a $31 million Bitcoin donation to online black market Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht to a successor marketplace called Alphabay.

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says the ride-sharing giant is looking at whether stablecoins can help it cut costs when moving money around the world.

Bitcoin long traders took a hit over the past 24 hours amid Bitcoin’s price dwindling amid broader macroeconomic tension and continued sell-offs by long-term holders.

The Justice Department has filed a civil forfeiture complaint to seize crypto and NFTs allegedly tied to laundering efforts by North Korea.

Maple’s expansion to Solana is powered by Chainlink’s CCIP, which allows data transfer between EVM and SVM ecosystems.

According to CoinShares, price depreciation, not selling pressure, was the main factor behind the drop in institutional BTC ETF exposure.