French lawmakers submitted a bill to the National Assembly that will run for five years, with the goal of using excess energy—mostly from nuclear and renewable sources—to mine bitcoin. https://bitcoinnews.com/mining/france-bitcoin-mining-nuclear-energy/

21 Bitcoin goes a lot further depending on your location.

Back in 2013, being involved with Bitcoin was considered "very unsavory, very dirty" in Silicon Valley.

NEW: Bilal Bin Saqib, head of the 🇵🇰 Pakistan Crypto Council and advisor to the Prime Minister, met with 🇸🇻 El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele to discuss Bitcoin adoption and signed a Letter of Intent for crypto cooperation. Saqib praised Bukele’s early support for Bitcoin, calling him a visionary leader. Despite IMF concerns, El Salvador continues to grow its Bitcoin reserves, now totaling over 6,240 BTC (around $740 million).

KRAKEN CO-CEO: I’ve personally met with nearly every executive team at the major traditional financial services firms, the big banks and brokers. They all have teams preparing to bring crypto to their customers.

NOW: The GENIUS Act is offically signed into law.

NEW: 🇫🇷 French lawmakers propose a five-year trial to let energy producers use surplus nuclear power for Bitcoin mining, aiming to reduce waste and increase revenue.

NEW: Semler Scientific purchases 210 BTC ($25M), increasing its holdings to 4,846 BTC ($577.9M), per SEC filing.

BALAJI: Martti Malmi made the first Bitcoin trade at just $0.001 per coin. Since then, Bitcoin has risen 100 million X in 16 years. That means the US dollar has been devaluing against Bitcoin at a staggering 10.4% PER MONTH since 2009.

The Bulgarian government seized 213,500 BTC from organized cybercrimes in 2017, and sold the entire stash in 2018 for 15,000 euros per BTC. https://bitcoinnews.com/adoption/bulgaria-bitcoin-sold-2018-national-debt/