Strategy added 3,273 <a class="ticker-mention" href="/en-US/token/btc">BTC</a> for $255 million, lifting its total to 818,334 BTC. Separately, Bitmine expanded its <a class="ticker-mention" href="/en-US/token/eth">ETH</a> position by 101,627 tokens last week, bringing holdings to 4.98 million ETH — roughly 4.12% of total supply. The institutional accumulation comes as Arthur Hayes declared he is long Bitcoin with a $125,000 year-end target, though CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju cautioned that the current rally is futures-driven while on-chain spot demand remains negative.
On the regulatory front, Senator Cynthia Lummis confirmed the Clarity Act markup is scheduled for May, SEC Chair Paul Atkins signalled a pivot toward embracing innovation, and Coinbase's Brian Armstrong noted that $60 billion was spent on remittance fees in 2025 — a cost he argues stablecoins could reduce to near zero. Western Union is moving in that direction, announcing a Solana-based stablecoin, USDPT, launching next…