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Welcome to Issue #277 of the Bitcoin Breakdown daily newsletter, where we’re rounding up the most talked about developments in the Bitcoin only space from the past weekend with our Quick Bits and Quick Media sections.

But first, today’s Top Stories:

• 🇵🇰 Saylor Advises Pakistan on National Bitcoin Strategy

• 🏛️ Trump Media Gets SEC Green Light for Bitcoin Treasury Strategy

• 🤡 Cardano CEO Wants Stack Sats w/ Treasury Funds

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Jun 16, 2025

TODAY’S TOP STORIES

🇵🇰 Saylor Advises Pakistan on National Bitcoin Strategy

(Micro)Strategy's Michael Saylor met with Pakistan's finance and ‘blockchain and crypto’ ministers to discuss the country's Bitcoin reserve plans. Saylor praised Pakistan's 'intellectual leadership' potential and offered to advise their digital assets framework. Pakistan aims to lead the Global South in Bitcoin and crypto adoption, with officials asking why the nation can't follow Saylor's Bitcoin buying playbook like his company did. Cointelegraph

🏛️ Trump Media Gets SEC Green Light for Bitcoin Treasury Strategy

Trump Media and Technology Group secured SEC approval for its massive $2.3B bitcoin treasury strategy, raising funds through debt and equity deals with around 50 investors. The company will hold bitcoin alongside its existing $759M in cash and short-term investments. Trump Media joins GameStop and (Micro)Strategy in the growing corporate Bitcoin adoption trend as the Trump administration signals approval of Bitcoin's growing legitimacy, and institutions increasingly recognize its potential as a strategic asset. Cointribune

🤡 Cardano CEO Wanna Stack Sats w/ Treasury Funds

Cardano CEO Charles Hoskinson wants to convert $100M worth of their token ADA from the project’s $1.2B treasury into BTC and stablecoins to boost liquidity and fix Cardano's weakening DeFi ecosystem. With stablecoin to DeFi ratios lagging competing scamcoins like Ethereum and Solana, Hoskinson believes diversifying 5 to 10% of treasury holdings could prime Bitcoin DeFi on Cardano while generating yield through real world assets and decentralized finance strategies. Sounds like they should just stick to Bitcoin. Crypto Briefing

POLL #277

PREVIOUS POLL RESULTS

QUICK BITS

• Bitcoin mirrors 80% rally setup from October 2024 Israel Iran conflict as analyst spots bullish fractal with liquidity grabs, suggesting BTC may breakout toward new all time highs soon.

• Fear & Greed Index maintains greed territory at 60 despite Israel Iran conflict tensions.

• Bitcoin traded more like equities than safe haven gold as Middle East tensions drive gold near record highs while BTC lags behind with analysts noting its correlation to risk assets rather than traditional hedges.

• Retail giants Walmart and Amazon consider launching US dollar backed stablecoins to streamline payments and reduce banking fees.

• Vietnam passes the world's first standalone digital technology law, officially legalizing Bitcoin and crypto assets starting January 2026.

• Brazil scraps its Bitcoin and crypto tax exemption for small traders, imposing a flat 17.5% rate on all digital asset gains regardless of transaction size.

• Stratum V2 study reveals the new mining protocol increases miner profitability by 7.4% compared to the decade old Stratum V1 standard.

• JPMorgan analysts report record Q1 2025 profits for US listed bitcoin miners, with $2B gross profit and 53% margins as MARA leads production while IREN tops profitability.

• User loses $6.9M after purchasing compromised cold wallet from China's TikTok platform Douyin, highlighting risks of discounted hardware wallets from unverified sellers.

• TikTok crypto influencer with 40,000 followers freed after French kidnappers discover his low account balance.

• Coinbase global head of research warns corporate bitcoin adoption poses systemic risk as companies hold $130B in BTC, potentially triggering market liquidations if entities rush to sell simultaneously to service debt obligations.

• Steven Lubka, former Head of Private Wealth at Swan Bitcoin, joins David Bailey’s Bitcoin treasury firm Nakamoto as Vice President of Investor Relations.

• Germany's Financial Intelligence Unit reports that Bitcoin and crypto related anti money laundering reports surged 8.2% in 2024.

QUICK MEDIA

• No More Inflation is a new documentary that explores how central bank money printing causes inflation, creating economic hardship and social inequality, while proposing Bitcoin as a decentralized solution with its fixed 21M coin supply and ability to bypass traditional financial systems (Jun 16 | 65:03 min watch). 

• Max Keiser, an OG Bitcoin Maximalist, in an appearance on Alex Jones' show Infowars, explains how Bitcoin's unconfiscatable nature eliminates theft through violence, enabling fair trade negotiations and effectively demonetizing violence in economic interactions (Jun 15 | 2:32 min watch). 

• Unchained, a Bitcoin financial services company, celebrates Father's Day by releasing a short video highlighting how planning Bitcoin inheritance secures wealth for future generations through their new Unchained Signature service, emphasizing legacies of care and resilience that extend beyond generations (Jun 15 | 1 min watch). 

• Michael Saylor talks to Muhammad Aurangzeb, Finance Minister of Pakistan, about Bitcoin and its importance to his country (Jun 15 | 1:07 min watch).

• Area Bitcoin, a Bitcoin education company, introduces 'Bitcoin 4 All,' a free and open source course designed to simplify Bitcoin education and inspire knowledge sharing for everyone (Jun 10 | 3:11 min watch). 

• Lil Bubble, a music producer who makes Bitcoin related content, releases a music video featuring Andrew Tate's dance moves while highlighting Bitcoin's potential for wealth accumulation (Jun 11 | 3:35 min watch).

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