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In today’s issue we bring 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:
🔒 Hong Kong Makes Refusing to Unlock Your Phone a Crime
🇧🇷 Brazil's New Law Turns Seized Bitcoin Into Police Budgets
🏠 Fannie Mae Accepts Bitcoin as Mortgage Collateral
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🔒 Hong Kong Makes Refusing to Unlock Your Phone a Crime
Hong Kong amended its National Security Law rules, making it a criminal offense to refuse police access to personal device passwords. The U.S. Consulate General in Hong Kong issued a security alert warning that penalties reach one year in prison and HK$100,000. The law applies to residents, visitors, and anyone transiting through Hong Kong airport.
Why it matters: The same government that arrested journalists and froze opposition assets now has the legal right to jail you for not unlocking your phone. If you hold Bitcoin and set foot in Hong Kong, your seed phrase belongs in your brain, not on any device. Read more→
From state-mandated device access to state-seized assets...
🇧🇷 Brazil's New Law Turns Seized Bitcoin Into Police Budgets
President Lula signed Law No. 15.358 on March 25, allowing courts to liquidate seized Bitcoin and digital assets to fund police operations, even before a conviction. The law targets organized crime but also increases penalties for using privacy tools.
Why it matters: This is not the Bitcoin reserve bill that has been making headlines. That proposal would protect seized bitcoin. This law does the opposite: it creates a direct pipeline from your confiscated bitcoin to the state's enforcement budget. Seize more, spend more, seize more. Read more→
While some governments seize bitcoin, others are learning to accept it...
🏠 Fannie Mae Accepts Bitcoin as Mortgage Collateral
Fannie Mae will back mortgages where borrowers pledge bitcoin or USDC instead of a cash down payment, through a new product from Better and Coinbase. The pledged assets are locked and cannot be traded during the loan term.
Why it matters: Forget "crypto rails" and DeFi hype. The backbone of American housing finance now treats Bitcoin as an asset worth lending against. The custody is Coinbase, the loan is traditional, and the signal is clear: every bank following Fannie's standards just got permission to do the same. Read more→
Poll #505: You're transiting Hong Kong next week with bitcoin on your phone. HK just criminalized password refusal. You:
Tether names KPMG as the firm that will perform the first complete independent financial audit of the company.
JPMorgan says bitcoin is outperforming gold and silver as precious metals face heavy exchange-traded fund outflows, weakening liquidity, and institutional position unwinds in March 2026.
Goldman Sachs, a leading global investment bank, says bitcoin and crypto may have bottomed after declines since October 2025, with institutional demand signaling potential upside.
Bitwise joins Lombard's Bitcoin Smart Accounts as its first yield partner, aiming to unlock productive returns on $500B in institutionally held BTC.
Exchange outflows of BTC throughout March signal genuine long-term accumulation by investors, according to analysts.
Ireland's Criminal Assets Bureau seizes 500 BTC worth over $35M from a convicted drug trafficker's wallet, recovered with Europol's support.
US Bitcoin ETFs draw nearly $2.5B in monthly inflows, nearly wiping out year-to-date losses despite BTC trading 40% below its October 2025 all-time high.
Morgan Stanley's spot Bitcoin ETF, MSBT, nears launch after NYSE confirms an official listing notice, a step analysts say signals an imminent trading debut.
GameStop, the US video game retailer, confirms that it did not sell its 4,709 BTC holdings but pledged them as collateral with Coinbase Credit for a covered-call income strategy.
MARA Holdings, a major US-listed Bitcoin mining company, sells 15,133 BTC for $1.1B to repurchase $1B of convertible debt at a 9% discount, cutting its total debt by 30%.
UK government announces a temporary ban on political donations made in Bitcoin and crypto, retroactive from March 25, pending new legislation.
St. Cloud Financial Credit Union, a Minnesota-based cooperative serving 28,000 members, surpasses 10 BTC held in custody through its newly launched member-facing vault.
Traders face a pivotal $18.6B Bitcoin monthly options expiry on toady, Friday, with bulls needing a 6% rally to $75K to avoid over 90% of call options expiring worthless.
The Bitcoin Fix, a Bitcoin education channel, argues that while AI can replicate virtually all digital content at near-zero cost, Bitcoin's proof-of-work mechanism creates unforgeable digital scarcity anchored in real-world energy expenditure, making it the only digital asset AI cannot copy or fabricate (Mar 22 | 6:16 min watch).
Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Digital, argues that every high-net-worth individual should hold BTC, citing Bitcoin's ability to be self-custodied and global transferred as qualities that make it superior compared to immobile paper assets like gold ETFs (Mar 21 | 1:06 min watch).
Bitcoin Straight Up argues that the key to converting skeptics isn't explaining Bitcoin but asking targeted questions that guide them to identify monetary system flaws and independently describe bitcoin's core properties as the solution (Mar 27 | 11:01 min watch).
Dave Collum, Chemisty professor at Cornell and Libertarian, in an appearance on BTC Sessions' podcast, warns that BlackRock's institutional embrace of Bitcoin represents a worst-case scenario for Bitcoiners, arguing that state power and Wall Street capture could absorb or crush BTC's libertarian promise before it ever threatens the existing financial order (Mar 23 | 15:17 min watch).
Matthew Kratter of Bitcoin University warns that Bitcoin loans pose serious risks, including margin calls, rehypothecation, and potential systemic manipulation by governments and bankers, while urging Bitcoiners to maintain self-custody and avoid borrowing against their bitcoin stack (Mar 23 | 12:15 min watch).
Adam Livingston argues that gold's worst 2-week drawdown in a decade, combined with Bitcoin's resilience and a rebounding BTC/gold ratio, signals the early stages of a major capital rotation from gold into BTC, backed by 10 years of historical data (Mar 25 | 14:06 min watch).
Green Candle argues that Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill', through $4.2T in new debt, inflation, and dollar devaluation, inadvertently makes BTC the single best asset to hold in America (Mar 26 | 9:01 min watch).
