Author: The Daily Hodl

The founder and former chief executive of Strategy, formerly known as MicroStrategy, is revealing another Bitcoin (BTC) purchasing plan for the firm worth tens of billions of dollars. In a new thread on the social media platform X, Michael Saylor says the firm has doubled the capital it wants to raise to accumulate the flagship digital asset from $42 billion to $84 billion. “MSTR announces BTC Yield of 13.7% and BTC gain of $5.8 billion year-to-date, doubles capital plan to $42 billion equity and $42 billion fixed income to purchase Bitcoin, and increases BTC Yield target from 15% to 25%…

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The number of crypto projects that launched over the past four years has skyrocketed by over 1,500%, according to new data from the leading market aggregator CoinGecko. In a new report, CoinGecko says only 428,383 crypto projects were launched in 2021 and listed on the decentralized exchange (DEX) tracker GeckoTerminal. But by 2025, that number has surged to nearly 7 million. CoinGecko says much of the explosive growth is linked to Pump.fun, a Solana (SOL)-based cryptocurrency launchpad that enables users to deploy memecoins without extensive technical knowledge and significant capital. Data from crypto analytics firm Dune shows that the platform…

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Strike CEO Jack Mallers says that gold and Bitcoin (BTC) will be useful assets to hold during an imminent reordering of the global financial and geopolitical landscape. In a new interview with independent journalist David Lin, Mallers says that the US has been running unsustainable trade deficits for far too long and is slowly running out of demand for its debt. Moving forward, Mallers says global markets will likely witness a realignment and a “trade flow reordering” – one in which scarce and fixed-supply assets like BTC and gold shine. “The reality is this is not a very sustainable practice.…

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Investor and venture capitalist Preston Pysh says Bitcoin (BTC) is the key to solving a problem plaguing modern economies. In a new YouTube interview with Natalie Brunell, Pysh says the global financial system is fundamentally flawed because it allows governments to issue currency without a “global peg,” or a trusted asset that guarantees its value. Pysh argues that Bitcoin is the only asset capable of addressing the root cause of currency debasement and recurring market meltdowns. “The problem in the world was there was no global peg. There was no global peg that could be trusted. That was truly the…

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The world’s largest crypto exchange platform by volume is adding support for a new liquidity infrastructure project, causing its native asset to skyrocket. In a new announcement, Binance says that on May 2nd, it rolled out support for the decentralized omnichain protocol StakeStone (STO). “Binance is excited to announce the 17th project on the HODLer Airdrops page – StakeStone, a decentralized omnichain liquidity infrastructure protocol designed to transform how liquidity is acquired, distributed, and utilized across blockchain ecosystems.” The HODLer Airdrops program, which launched in June 2024, rewards those holding Binance’s native asset BNB with crypto based on previous snapshots…

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Brown University is now a Bitcoin (BTC) investor. The Ivy League institution holds 105,000 shares of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (IBIT), per a recent filing submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The filing valued the shares at $4.915 million, though with IBIT priced at $55.19 per share at time of writing, that total is now worth $5.79 million. Brown’s investment follows two other notable examples of higher educational institutions buying BTC. Emory University, a private research institution in Atlanta, holds 2,678,906 shares of the Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust ETF, per a filing submitted to the SEC…

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President Donald Trump supports the idea of the US government buying one million Bitcoin (BTC), says Senator Cynthia Lummis. In March, Lummis (R-WY) introduced the Boosting Innovation, Technology, and Competitiveness through Optimized Investment Nationwide (BITCOIN) Act in the Senate. If passed, the bill would establish a decentralized network of Bitcoin vaults operated by the Department of the Treasury, and it would implement a one-million-unit BTC purchase program so the US government could control approximately 5% of the top crypto asset’s supply. Lummis said in a speech this week that she’s “particularly pleased with President Trump’s support” of her BITCOIN Act.…

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BitMEX founder Arthur Hayes believes Bitcoin (BTC) could hit a seven-figure price in the coming years. In an interview on the Kyle Chasse YouTube channel, Hayes says Bitcoin could reach a price of $1 million by the end of 2028. According to Hayes, the potential easing of US monetary policy will positively impact Bitcoin’s price. “…we know you’re going to print more money, we know that Bitcoin does best when money is printed. I don’t know, I can’t tell you what stock is going to do well, that’s hard. But I can tell you where Bitcoin’s going to go.” Hayes…

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Cryptocurrency trader and analyst Kevin Svenson is leaning bullish on Bitcoin (BTC) amid the flagship digital asset’s rise over the past two weeks. In a new strategy session, Svenson tells his 82,800 YouTube subscribers that Bitcoin is demonstrating strong bullish momentum on the daily time chart. “Bitcoin not giving up any of the pumps. We pump up, we go sideways, we pump up, we go sideways. And now pumping up again. It’s looking really good.” Svenson also says that Bitcoin has confirmed a breakout on the four-hour chart and is poised to go higher based on signals from the Relative…

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A widely followed analyst says Bitcoin (BTC) may have an explosive breakout in the coming weeks. In a new video, the host of InvestAnswers tells his 565,000 YouTube subscribers that key metrics suggest Bitcoin’s bull market is not over and BTC may soon hit $160,000. The analyst uses the global M2 money supply – which measures the amount of money flowing throughout the financial system – to forecast potential price targets for Bitcoin. “You can see the yellow line is the global M2 money supply. Bitcoin price is following it almost picture perfectly. How high will it go? We are…

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