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MicroStrategy rebranded to Strategy in February 2025, with the company holding over 500,000 Bitcoin and maintaining a corporate identity centered entirely on Bitcoin acquisition.
Trump signed executive order establishing digital asset framework and appointed venture capitalist David Sacks as special advisor for crypto
Trump granted full pardon to Ross Ulbricht one day after inauguration, ending decade-long imprisonment
Bitcoin reached $109,356 on January 20, 2025, marking a new all-time high coinciding with Trump's inauguration.
The total cryptocurrency market capitalization surged to $3.7 trillion on January 20, 2025, marking an all-time record and shattering the previous peak of $3 trillion set in November 2021.
El Salvador amended its Bitcoin legal tender law in December 2024 as a condition for securing a $1.4 billion IMF loan, making merchant Bitcoin acceptance voluntary rather than mandatory.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs collectively exceeded $120 billion in assets under management by mid-December 2024, surpassing the combined AUM of major gold ETFs.
Bitcoin reached $101,237 on December 5, 2024, surpassing $100,000 for the first time in history
MicroStrategy announced purchase of 55,500 BTC in a single week as part of aggressive accumulation strategy
Marathon Digital Holdings reported hash rate exceeding 30 EH/s at the end of May 2024, becoming the first publicly traded Bitcoin miner to achieve the milestone.
Bitcoin miners experienced a 50% revenue collapse following the April 2024 halving, with daily block reward revenue plummeting from $72 million to $30 million.
The Runes fungible token protocol launched on Bitcoin at block 840,000 on April 20, 2024, the same block as the network's fourth halving.
Bitcoin's fourth halving on April 19 2024 reduced block rewards from 6.25 to 3.125 BTC, cutting new daily issuance in half and pressuring mining economics.
Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission approved spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs on April 15, 2024, making it the first jurisdiction in Asia to offer such products.
Bitcoin miners earned over $2 billion in March 2024 from block rewards and transaction fees combined, the highest monthly revenue ever recorded.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a single-day net inflow record of $1.05 billion on March 12, 2024, marking accelerating institutional adoption.
BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust surpassed $10 billion in AUM within 7 weeks, breaking records for ETF growth.
Mining difficulty reached new all-time highs above 80 trillion as Bitcoin's hash rate exceeded 550 exahashes per second, driven by ETF approvals and next-generation ASIC chip deployment.
Following the SEC's approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs on January 10, 2024, Grayscale Bitcoin Trust converted to an ETF and immediately faced massive outflows due to its higher fee structure.
The Bitcoin Lightning Network's total capacity surpassed 5,000 BTC in early 2024, representing approximately $225 million in locked liquidity across over 15,000 active nodes.
