Everybody Is Talking About Bitcoin!
Greetings from Prague, week commencing 14th April 2025
Another week has passed…
And that means we’re one week closer to Europe’s Biggest and Most Influential Bitcoin event! Are you starting to feel that ‘Orange Summer Vibe’ BTC Prague is famous for already?
We have news and updates for you, so let’s jump in:
More speakers added to the line-up
This week we’re pleased to announce that Eric Weiss will be taking the stage at BTC Prague in June! Eric is the founder of the Bitcoin Investment Group and the man who was influential on Michael Saylor’s decision to embrace Bitcoin. Joining him will be founder and Director of Plan B Network Giacomo Zucco and journalist and MC extraordinaire Joe Nakamoto.
New partners booths in the Expo
We’re proud to announce that hardware wallet manufacturers, BitBox, and one of the world’s largest crypto asset managers, Bitwise, have now joined us as silver partners and will be showcasing their products and services at BTC Prague 2025!
Be sure to check out their booths at the Expo!
In the Markets
The US just can’t stay out of the limelight at the moment, and President Trump’s flip-flopping on tariffs continues to cause uncertainty and wild volatility in global markets.
Price rises are now starting to show in America as tariffs take effect, with a slew of business operators announcing increases last week. Interestingly, many have opted to add this as a separate line item on checkout called ‘Trumps Tariff Surcharge’ rather than add it in to the overall price. The theory is that this can be easily removed if (or when) Trump changes his mind again, and it also reiterates that price rises are being forced on producers and not something coming from them.
At the same time, Dennis Porter’s Satoshi Action Fund announced that there are now 117 Bitcoin laws in progress at state level, offering a potential lifeline in tumultuous times.
Status of Bitcoin Laws in the US
Bitcoin itself, however, continues to hold steady and even increase its value as the rest of the world strives forward with adoption.
Japan based Metaplanet announced another acquisition of $28m of Bitcoin for its balance sheet last week, even as Strategy announced yet another purchase of 3,459 Bitcoin bringing its total to 531,644. In fact, the number of publicly owned companies known to be acquiring Bitcoin globally has now reached almost 100 and continues to grow quickly, according to data collated by River.
In the UK, Scottish based Lomond School hit main stream media headlines when it became the first independent school to accept Bitcoin as payment for its fees, forcing other educational establishments to revaluate their own payment policies.
Over in Sweden, a newly submitted motion to the Finance Minister, MP Dennis Dioukarev, is proposing that the country should consider building a strategic Bitcoin reserve — similar to the US — using the Bitcoin seized by authorities and still held by the government.
In fact, state level adoption was barely out of the news last week as other countries are increasingly making their positions clear.
“Every Country will eventually adopt Bitcoin”
Prince Philip of Serbia
“Every country in the world must follow America and adopt Bitcoin”
Bilal bin Saquib — CEO of the Pakistan Crypto Council
“Every government should be mining Bitcoin”
Tshering Tobgay — Bhutan’s Prime Minster
Prince Philip of Serbia went on record to say that “Every Country will eventually adopt Bitcoin” while Bilal bin Saquib, CEO of the Pakistan Crypto Council, stated that “every country in the world must follow America and adopt Bitcoin” in a live interview on Bloomberg. Meanwhile, Bhutan’s Prime Minster, Tshering Tobgay, went one further, stating that “every government should be mining Bitcoin” in a piece for Al Jazeera.
All of this coincides neatly with comments made by S&P Global Ratings late last week, when they confirmed they are “focussed on Bitcoin” because it is “decentralised and geopolitically neutral”. That last point, in fact, seems to getting more relevant by the day.
The current level of coverage at senior international level is simply unprecedented. Of course, only time will tell how quickly these nations will adapt and move forward with their proposals, but one thing is very clear — there is a marked and consistent change in attitudes and messaging about Bitcoin across the globe.
Yes, we live in uncertain times, but they are also very exciting!
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