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The Bitcoin Act2h ago⚡️ The answer was: B) $5,000 🧡 #Bitcoin #Quiz
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The Bitcoin Act4h ago⚡️ Issue #29 of The Bitcoin Act newsletter is live!
🧡 Dive into the latest global moves reshaping #Bitcoin regulation and adoption.
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The Bitcoin Act1d ago🧠 Legal Quiz of the week:
👉 Paraguay's DNIT is stepping up #Bitcoin regulations. What's the annual threshold for mandatory disclosure of #wallet addresses, tx hashes, and counterparty details on transactions?
A) $1,000
B) $5,000
C) $10,000
D) $50,000
#Bitcoin#wallet
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The Bitcoin Act1d ago⚡️ Issue #28 of The Bitcoin Act newsletter is live!
Dive into sharp opinion & analysis, today's key numbers, and the biggest #Bitcoin law & market moves shaking things up.
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The Bitcoin Act4d ago⚡️ Legal poll of the week:
🏛️ Should Congress expand de minimis capital gains exemption to #Bitcoin payments in 2026?
A) Yes — full relief now
B) No — stables only
C) No — tax every sat
#Bitcoin
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The Bitcoin Act6d ago🧵 Legal thread of the week: CLARITY Act Stalls: What It Actually Says About Bitcoin 💪₿
1/5 The CLARITY Act is a Senate-stalled bill that passed the House last year. It tries to create federal rules for digital assets by splitting them into three buckets: digital commodities (like #Bitcoin), securities (under #SEC), and #stablecoins (dollar-pegged tokens). The whole thing is now deadlocked over one fight: whether stablecoin issuers can pay "yields" or rewards to holders. Former CFTC Chair Christopher Giancarlo just said flat out: banks need this bill way more than Bitcoiners. 👇
2/5 What the law actually says for Bitcoiners:
=> Bitcoin is defined as a "digital commodity" because its value comes from the decentralized blockchain itself (not a company). This puts spot Bitcoin markets and trading under the CFTC, not the SEC.
=> It explicitly protects self-custody: Section 605 bans federal agencies from restricting you from holding Bitcoin in your own non-custodial wallet.
=> Safe harbors for non-custodial tools (wallets, software) so developers aren't treated like criminals. 👇
3/5 What would actually change if it passed:
=> Clear CFTC rules for Bitcoin exchanges, brokers, and trading platforms (ending years of SEC overreach lawsuits).
=> Stronger legal shield for self-custody.
=> Easier institutional infrastructure, but mostly for stablecoins (the part banks are fighting over). 👇
4/5 Why it's stalled: Banks (like JPMorgan) are holding the bill hostage. They fear dollar-pegged stablecoins paying yields will pull deposits out of real banks. So they're blocking the entire package unless yields are banned. Crypto firms want the yields allowed. White House deadline of March 1 was missed. Giancarlo says if it keeps stalling, innovation just moves to Europe or Asia, and banks lose the most. Bitcoin? We never needed their "digital rails." 👇
5/5 For everyday Bitcoin holders: The parts that matter to us (CFTC clarity for Bitcoin markets + ironclad self-custody protection) are stuck because of a bank-vs-stablecoin fight. No new rules yet means continued uncertainty, but also no rushed laws handing banks control. Bitcoin stays sovereign. Stall exposes how banks need permission to compete, we don't. Stack sats, hold your own keys, ignore the noise. 👇
👉 If you care about #Bitcoin, law, and sovereignty, my newsletter breaks this down. ⚡️ Subscribe and stay ahead: https://thebitcoinact.xyz/
#Bitcoin#SEC#stablecoins
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The Bitcoin Act6d ago⚡️ The answer was: C) $350 million 🧡 #Bitcoin #Quiz
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The Bitcoin Act7d ago⚡️ Issue #27 of The Bitcoin Act newsletter is live!
🧡 Dive into the latest global moves reshaping #Bitcoin regulation and adoption.
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The Bitcoin Act8d ago🧠 Legal Quiz of the week:
👇 How much is Kazakhstan's central bank planning to invest from its #gold and foreign exchange reserves into #crypto-linked assets?
A) $100 million
B) $200 million
C) $350 million
D) $700 million
#gold#crypto
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The Bitcoin Act8d ago⚡️ Issue #26 of The Bitcoin Act newsletter is live!
🧡 Dive into sharp opinion & analysis, today's key numbers, and the biggest #Bitcoin law & market moves shaking things up.
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