Bitcoin

NEW: 🟠 $1.5T Merrill Lynch is now recommending Bitcoin in client portfolios. A 4% allocation is $60B of demand.

JUST IN: 🟠 BlackRock CEO Larry Fink says he was wrong to be a Bitcoin critic and changed his views 👀 "My thought process always evolves. This is a big shift in my opinion." 👏

JUST IN: 🇬🇧 U.K. passes new law to officially recognize Bitcoin and crypto as property 🙌

🇺🇸 Bank of America now recommends a 1%–4% Bitcoin allocation for wealth clients and will add coverage of several Bitcoin ETFs starting January 5th. 📰 https://btctimes.com/bank-of-america-recommends-up-to-4-bitcoin-and-crypto-allocation-for-wealth-clients/ 📣 https://x.com/BTCTimescom/status/1996212552179544348

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JUST IN: 🟠 $4 billion Twenty One Capital CEO Jack Mallers says: "Buy every dip." "The US can’t afford falling asset prices... remember: they have to print."

BULLISH: 🇺🇸 Chances for a Fed rate cut next week spiked to 91%, according to Polymarket 📈

🟠 Vanguard will now allow Bitcoin ETFs on its platform, reversing its long-held restrictions and giving over 50 million clients access to regulated Bitcoin funds. 📰 https://btctimes.com/vanguard-reverses-policy-and-approves-bitcoin-etf-trading/ 📣 https://x.com/BTCTimescom/status/1995973396060950824

JUST IN: 🟠 Strategy CEO Phong Le says, “We are not Bitcoin traders… we’re Bitcoin investors.” “When you see an asset class like Bitcoin, and you believe in it, you just buy it when you’re able to raise capital to buy it.”

JUST IN: 🟠 $4 TRILLION JP MORGAN JUST SAID LIVE ON CNBC #BITCOIN IS NOW A LEADING INDICATOR FOR THE ENTIRE US MARKET 🔥

BREAKING: 🇺🇸 FED just pumped $13.5 BILLION into the U.S. Banking System through overnight repos, the 2nd largest liquidity injection EVER, just behind Covid.

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Bank of America now recommends a 4% Bitcoin and crypto allocation to wealth management clients 💥 Imagine hearing this five years ago.

THE VANGUARD EFFECT: 🟠 Bitcoin jumps 6% right around US open on first day after bitcoin ETF ban lifted. Coincidence? I think not. Also $1b in IBIT volume in first 30min of trading. I knew those Vanguardians had a little degen in them, even some of the most conservative investors like to add a little hot sauce to their portfolio. - Eric Balchunas

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JUST IN: 🟠 $11 trillion Vanguard to finally allow clients access to #Bitcoin ETFs starting tomorrow — Bloomberg

FUN FACT: 🟠 Bitcoin has never fallen below its electrical cost. Today that floor is $71,000.