Strategy Billion-Dollar Bet, Metaplanet’s BTC Blitz, and the Nation-State Shift to Hard Money

Saylor’s Billion-Dollar Bet, Metaplanet’s BTC Blitz, and the Nation-State Shift to Hard Money

Welcome back to The Bitcoin Street Journal Podcast. I'm your host, Anna, coming to you live from Bitcoin Street, where the signal is always loud, the memes are always spicy, and the fiat illusion is always unraveling. If you thought yesterday’s episode was wild, buckle up — because today, we’re hitting warp speed. Strategic reserves are multiplying. Billion-dollar buys are stacking. Governments and corporations are falling in line. This is the global awakening to Bitcoin, and you’re living through the greatest monetary revolution in history.

Bitcoin Live Price Update: At this very moment, Bitcoin is trading at one hundred three thousand, six hundred seventy-nine dollars, with a commanding market dominance of fifty-four point six percent. That means more than half of the entire digital asset economy is parked in BTC — and that’s before we factor in the latest Saylor-sized stack.

Halving Watch: Post-halving block rewards are down to three point one two five BTC. We’ve officially entered a tighter supply era — fewer coins, more demand. Remember, the halving doesn’t cause the pump — it sets the rules. The rest? That’s just math meeting mania.

Breaking: Michael Saylor’s Strategy just bought another thirteen thousand, three hundred ninety Bitcoin for one point three four billion dollars. That’s right. Billion — with a B. Average buy-in? Ninety-nine thousand, eight hundred fifty-six per coin. And this wasn’t just a buy. It was a signal to the market: Institutions are not slowing down — they’re doubling down. Strategy now holds five hundred sixty-eight thousand, eight hundred forty BTC. That’s nearly forty billion in Bitcoin — at an average cost of sixty-nine thousand, two hundred eighty-seven dollars per coin. Michael Saylor has turned Bitcoin accumulation into a corporate art form.

Samson Mow weighed in: "The era of making new fiat is over." This isn’t just a quote — it’s a prophecy. We’re watching the death of discretionary monetary policy, and the rise of mathematically enforced scarcity.

Meanwhile in Asia, Metaplanet — Japan’s Bitcoin beast — acquired another one thousand, two hundred forty-one BTC worth over one hundred twenty-six million dollars. They didn’t stop there. The firm also issued fifteen million dollars in zero percent bonds just to buy more Bitcoin. Who needs hotels when you can HODL satoshis?

Taiwan is stepping into the arena. Legislator Ko Ju-Chun is calling on the central bank to allocate five percent of its fifty billion dollar reserve to Bitcoin. That’s two point five billion dollars worth of sovereign BTC backing. Asia’s waking up — and they’re stacking fast.

Now let’s talk domestic — in Missouri, lawmakers just passed House Bill five ninety-four, which eliminates capital gains tax on Bitcoin. Yes, you heard that right. The first U.S. state to make sats tax-free. The future isn't just arriving — it’s passing legislation.

And in New York City, Mayor Eric Adams isn’t playing small ball. He wants to make NYC the global crypto capital — but more than that, he's talking about long-term value, not just chasing meme tokens. He sees Bitcoin as the bedrock of the digital era.

Elsewhere on Wall Street, Coinbase just secured its seat at the big kids’ table. The company is officially joining the S\&P 500 — making it the first pure-play crypto firm in the index. CEO Brian Armstrong put it best: "First they fight you, then they add you to the S\&P 500."

David Bailey’s Nakamoto Holdings is making moves too — merging with KindlyMD and launching a seven hundred ten million dollar Bitcoin treasury company. This is the new corporate playbook: launch a business, raise fiat, buy Bitcoin. Rinse and repeat.