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📈 XRP SURPASSES 4 BILLION TRANSACTIONS Ripple’s CTO says “don’t judge XRP by price,” pointing to $XRP's 4 billion transactions as proof of real adoption driven by fast, low-fee settlements.

‼️ ALERT: COPPER HITS A FRESH RECORD ABOVE $12,000 A TON IN LONDON

🚨FRANCE EYES NATIONAL BITCOIN RESERVE A proposed bill suggests France could potentially: 👉Accumulate 420,000 BTC, ~2% of Bitcoin’s supply 👉Leverage nuclear and hydro power for mining 👉Retain seized crypto 👉Allow taxes to be paid in BTC. If passed, France would become the first major EU country with a national Bitcoin reserve.

FRANCE EYES NATIONAL BITCOIN RESERVE A proposed bill suggests France could potentially: 👉Accumulate 420,000 BTC, nearly 2% of Bitcoin’s supply over 7–8 years 👉Leverage nuclear and hydro power for mining 👉Retain seized crypto 👉Allow taxes to be paid in BTC. If passed, France would become the first major EU country with a national Bitcoin reserve.

🚨WHALE DOUBLES DOWN ON $243M SHORTS The whale who sold 255 #Bitcoin to open shorts has increased leveraged positions in $BTC (10x), $ETH (15x), and $SOL (20x), with a total exposure now at $243 MILLION.

⚠️ BITCOIN FACES LARGEST OPTIONS EXPIRY EVER Around $23.6B in Bitcoin options expire next Friday, the largest in BTC history. Calls cluster at $100K–$120K, puts near $85K, with max pain at $96K. Year-end expiries have surged from $6B in 2021 to $19.8B in 2024, reflecting growing institutional-scale risk.

⚠️ ALERT: NEW WINDOWS CRYPTO MALWARE Kaspersky has identified "Stealka", a new Windows infostealer targeting crypto wallets and passwords, spreading via fake software on GitHub and SourceForge.

🚨BITCOIN SET FOR ITS WEAKEST Q4 IN 7 YEARS Bitcoin has recorded a -22.54% monthly return so far this quarter. The last time Q4 was this weak was 2018, when $BTC posted a -42.16% monthly return.

🚨UPDATE: Tom Lee’s Bitmine added another 29,462 ETH ($88.1M) via BitGo and Kraken, and now holds 3.37% of Ethereum’s total supply.

🚨BREAKING: AN OUNCE OF SILVER IS NOW WORTH MORE THAN A BARREL OF OIL Silver is trading $69–70/oz, above Brent crude at $61–62/bbl, a rare inversion last seen in the 1970s. Oil is down 21% YTD, while silver has surged 135%.

🚨ALERT: BITCOIN FALLS BELOW $88,000

⚡️JUST IN: Trump Media has purchased 451 Bitcoin worth about $40 MILLION.

🚨BREAKING: Japan’s 10Y government bond yield hits 2.1%, the highest level since the 1990s.