THE HASH: Microstrategy Now Holds Over $4.6B Worth of Bitcoin; Ledger's Institutional Moves

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🗓️ 28 June 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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The most valuable crypto stories for Wednesday, June 28, 2023. "The Hash" hosts explore today's biggest topics in crypto, including Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy buying over 12K bitcoin for $347 million in the last two months. Meanwhile, crypto custody firm Ledger is targeting institutions with an open, enterprise-grade trading platform. Plus, the European Commission published its legislative plans to underpin a digital euro. And, a closer look at why the floor prices of Chiru Labs' popular Azuki NFT collection fell recently. See also: MicroStrategy's Bitcoin Purchases Tend to Be Short-Term Negative for Prices, Research Shows Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy Now Holds Over $4.6B Worth of Bitcoin Crypto Custody Firm Ledger Introduces Institutional-Grade Trading Network EU Publishes Digital Euro Bill Featuring Privacy Controls, Offline Guarantee Azuki NFT Prices Slide 44% After Creator Releases 'Basically Identical' Elementals This episode has been edited by senior producer Michele Musso and the executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “Neon Beach.” See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This is the hash podcast.
0:10.5	Stay informed with the latest on Bitcoin, Eith, the Metaverse, Web3, and more.
0:15.9	All on the hash for your ears.
0:19.2	You're listening to the Coin Desk Podcast Network.
0:24.4	Hey there, welcome to the hash on CoinDest TV.
0:27.4	I'm Zach Seward.
0:28.4	I'm joined by Jen Sanassie and Will Foxley.
0:31.9	And we are here to talk about crypto stuff.
0:35.2	You ready for this thing?
0:36.5	I know I am.
0:40.4	Let's go. Michael Saylor, this guy,
0:46.5	this guy, this guy. He loves one thing in this world and it's Bitcoin. His company,
0:57.5	Micro Strategy, now holds $4.6 billion worth of Bitcoin. That could be significantly larger should the price continue to grow.
1:02.8	That's about 12,000 more bitcoins than it was in the last two months.
1:07.1	And man, this story just keeps on happening.
1:07.9	It's deja vu.
1:11.0	You wake up, Michael Saylor bought a bunch of Bitcoin for Microsstrategy.
1:17.4	It's just sitting there in a big giant Scrooge McDuck style pool for him to dive in at will.
1:23.2	Let's talk about this thing. Jen, what do you think? Microstrategy, the conviction is not waning.
1:25.9	They're still here. They're still buying more bitcoins. What do you think?
1:31.2	We need that Scrooge McDuck image just every time we talk about Microstratory's Bitcoin bags.
1:31.6	I think it would be a great addition to the show.
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