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Welcome to Issue #281 of Bitcoin Breakdown, where we’re bringing you your end of week Bitcoin Digest featuring all the need to know Quick Bits snippets and Quick Media.

But first, today’s Top Stories:

• 💳 Elon Musk's 𝕏 To Offer Investment & Trading in ‘Super App' Push

• 🪖 Bitcoin Volume Doubles as War Fears Slightly Fade

• 🔓 16 Billion Passwords Leaked in History's Biggest Breach

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TODAY’S TOP STORIES

💳 Elon Musk's 𝕏 To Offer Investment & Trading in ‘Super App' Push

𝕏 Money, a digital wallet and peer to peer payment service, is launching later this year and will enable 𝕏 users to make investments and trades on the social media platform, potentially handing Bitcoin its largest on ramp yet. If Elon Musk grafts the existing Lightning tipping rails onto 𝕏 Money, 600M users will suddenly gain one tap access to sats. But, alas, the Visa tie up hints at a tightly custodied, card swipe experience that risks rebuilding the very gatekeepers Bitcoin set out to sidestep. Financial Times

🪖 Bitcoin Volume Doubles as War Fears Slightly Fade

Bitcoin's trading volume surged nearly 100% to $88B as prices recovered from conflict driven lows, climbing between $105K and $108K. Despite Middle East tensions initially sparking selloffs, markets now signal slim chances of World War 3, with futures showing deescalation expectations. Bitcoin dominance remains above 64% while altcoins struggle, suggesting continued focus on the ultimate sound money as a safe haven asset. News BTC

🔓 16 Billion Passwords Leaked in History's Biggest Breach

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a staggering 16B compromised login credentials across major platforms including Apple, Facebook, Google, and government services. The massive leak, spread across 30 datasets, represents fresh data from multiple infostealers rather than recycled breaches. Experts warn this creates a blueprint for mass exploitation, urging immediate password changes, multi factor authentication adoption, and switching to passkeys wherever possible. Forbes

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QUICK BITS

• President Trump urges the House to swiftly pass the GENIUS Act following bipartisan Senate approval, demanding no delays or amendments to the stablecoin regulation bill.

• French National Assembly rejects amendment to explore state backed Bitcoin mining using €80M surplus electricity from nuclear overproduction on procedural grounds.

• Prenetics Global Limited, a healthcare technology company, acquires $20M in BTC for its treasury and appoints former OKEx COO Andy Cheung to its board.

• XBTO, a Bitcoin and crypto investment firm, partners with Arab Bank Switzerland to launch a Bitcoin yield product for wealth clients, using covered call options to generate ~5% annual returns in BTC.

• Acclaimed macro investor says Bitcoin represents the 'purest AI trade,' connecting artificial intelligence's rise to decentralized digital assets.

• Project Eleven secures $6M to fund research to protect Bitcoin from quantum computing threats, with over $600B worth of BTC at risk from exposed public keys.

• Semler Scientific, a healthcare technology company, appoints Joe Burnett, formerly of Unchained, as Director of Bitcoin Strategy to help achieve the ambitious goal of accumulating 105,000 BTC by 2027.

• Bitdeer, a Singapore based Bitcoin mining firm, raises $330M through convertible notes to expand mining operations and AI infrastructure.

• Tyler Evans, Co Founder and Chief Investment Officer of UTXO Management, joins Bitcoin native holding company Nakamoto Holdings as CIO.

• Orbit Markets reveals that the 'bitcoin accumulator strategy' outperforms dollar cost averaging by 10 26% since 2023, ideal for corporate treasuries seeking discounted BTC purchases in bull markets.

• Greg Kidd, former chief risk officer at Ripple, acquires controlling interest in health monitoring company Know Labs using (ironically) 1,000 BTC and cash, and becomes its CEO and chairman.

• Kraken, a Bitcoin and crypto exchange, launches Bitcoin staking through Babylon protocol integration, enabling clients to earn passive rewards on BTC holdings without 'bridging' or 'wrapping'.

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QUICK MEDIA

• Jack Mallers, Founder and CEO of Strike, speaking at BTC Prague, criticizes government debt as borrowing prosperity from future generations without consent (Jun 19 | 0:41 min watch).

• Scott Bessent, US Treasury Secretary, says the crypto industry reinforces dollar supremacy through stablecoins rather than threatening it, calling for US leadership in the industry (Jun 19 | 1:41 min watch).

• Dylan LeClair, Head of Bitcoin Strategy at Metaplanet, in an interview with Natalie Brunell, says that in 10 to 20 years, every company will be a Bitcoin treasury company, in the same way that today every company has a presence on the internet (Jun 18 | 1:40 min watch).

• Max Keiser, an OG Bitcoin Maximalist, in an interview with Robin Seyr, says Bitcoin could hit $300T in market cap by demonetizing gold, bonds and real estate, arguing that its price is just a proxy for how quickly the fiat world is disintegrating (Jun 17 | 2:17 min watch).

• Gabriel Custodiet, host of Watchman Privacy podcast, interviews Dallas from Privacy Post about obtaining Portugal permanent residency, discussing the jurisdictional advantages and EU access benefits for those seeking to escape surveillance systems (Jun 16 | 52:29 min watch).

• Fewsats Inc, a Bitcoin payments company, demonstrates Casper, which paywalls Ghost blogs with BTC using the X402 payment protocol and Coinbase CDP for payment processing (Jun 20 | 0:33 min watch).

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