| Together with | | | | | | Greetings Bitcoiner, | Welcome to Issue #426 of Bitcoin Breakdown, where it’s OPSEC Wednesday special, followed by the latest Quick Bits snippets. | Now for today’s Top Stories: | 🟢 US Banks Get Green Light to Broker Bitcoin 🇺🇸 PNC Bank Becomes First Major US Bank to Offer Direct Bitcoin Trading 🛎️ Roxom Launches First Bitcoin-Only Stock Exchange
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| | | | | | | | TODAY’S TOP STORIES | 🟢 US Banks Get Green Light to Broker Bitcoin | The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced that US banks can now buy and sell cryptocurrencies on behalf of customers as intermediaries, similar to how they handle securities and derivatives. These 'riskless principal' trades let banks act as brokers without holding digital assets in inventory. The move marks another crypto-friendly shift under President Trump's administration, following complaints that Biden-era regulators forced banks to deny crypto firms banking services. DL News | 🇺🇸 PNC Bank Becomes First Major US Bank to Offer Direct Bitcoin Trading | PNC Bank just made history as the first major US bank to offer direct spot bitcoin trading through its own platform, powered by Coinbase's infrastructure. Eligible Private Bank clients can now buy, hold, and sell bitcoin without leaving PNC's digital banking interface. The move follows Bank of America allowing wealth advisers to recommend up to 4% crypto allocations and signals Wall Street's growing embrace of Bitcoin as a legitimate wealth management asset for high-net-worth individuals. Bitcoin Magazine | 🛎️ Roxom Launches First Bitcoin-Only Stock Exchange | Roxom has unveiled the world's first stock exchange denominated and settled entirely in bitcoin, letting investors trade shares of Bitcoin Treasury Companies without fiat or traditional brokers. Backed by a $17.9M raise from Draper Associates and others, the platform initially uses tokenized equities and plans to onboard all publicly listed Bitcoin Treasury Stocks globally. Roxom is rolling out access via waitlist while building additional infrastructure including bitcoin-denominated futures, spot markets, and a 24/7 Bitcoin media network. Bitcoin News |
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| | | | | | POLL #426 | How do you feel about banks acting as Bitcoin intermediaries without holding inventory? | |  | | PREVIOUS POLL RESULTS | |
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| | | | | | | | QUICK BITS | Twenty One Capital launches on the NYSE with over 43,500 BTC, backed by Tether and Bitfinex, becoming the 3rd largest public corporate Bitcoin holder. Glassnode's Q4 report reveals that Bitcoin attracted $732B in new capital from 2022-2025, exceeding all previous cycles combined, while its Realized Cap hits $1.1T and market dominance climbs to 58.3%. Michael Saylor pitches Bitcoin-backed credit products to Middle East sovereign wealth funds at the Bitcoin MENA conference, positioning digital capital as a high-yield alternative that could deliver returns two to four times traditional fixed income. Mohammed Al Shamsi, representing UAE National Security, declares Bitcoin a key pillar in modern finance as Abu Dhabi Investment Council triples its BTC holdings to $518M through BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust. Africa Bitcoin Corporation appoints Dr Saifedean Ammous, bestselling author of 'The Bitcoin Standard,' as Strategic Bitcoin Advisor to strengthen its treasury strategy and advance sound money principles across the continent. Vivek Ramaswamy's Strive Asset Management announces a $500M preferred stock offering to buy more Bitcoin. Swedish man has 12.7 BTC seized after being convicted for running Viking IPTV, a popular pirate streaming service with thousands of customers. Bitcoin long-term holder supply dropped to 14.33M BTC in November, its lowest since March, as seasoned investors distributed coins during the correction to $80K, with the rebound above $90K suggesting spot-driven selling pressure has largely subsided. US crypto traders face mandatory cost-basis reporting from centralized exchanges starting Jan 1, 2026, potentially increasing taxable gains for those who trade across multiple platforms. Record Google searches for 'dollar debasement' coincide with the US dollar index hitting multi-year lows and M2 money supply reaching all-time highs. GoTyme Bank, a Philippines digital bank with 6.5M users, launches in-app trading via US fintech Alpaca, targeting beginners with simplified access. Californian resident Evan Tangeman admits to laundering $3.5M in a social engineering scheme that stole 4,100 BTC valued at $263M, as prosecutors unseal charges against three additional defendants in the ongoing RICO investigation. AuthenticDoc, an El Salvador-based company, launches a decentralized digital signature platform using Bitcoin cryptography and Nostr protocol, targeting DocuSign's dominance in a market projected to reach $60B by 2030. Santiment, a market intelligence platform, reports that over 400K BTC have left exchanges since December 2024, with ETFs and institutions now holding more bitcoin than all exchanges combined as supply squeeze intensifies. Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, speaking at Bitcoin MENA conference, declares the traditional 4-year bitcoin cycle obsolete and predicts a potential supercycle driven by institutional adoption and macroeconomic shifts. Bitwise's European Head of Research, André Dragosch, says BTC presents its most asymmetric risk-reward opportunity since the March 2020 COVID crash, when bitcoin rebounded and surged 6x by year-end despite current recession pricing.
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