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The 2,931 BTC passed through two unidentified addresses and remains intact at its latest destination.
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Major financial institutions are building Bitcoin products, custody, and infrastructure, while Bitwise estimates individuals hold about 13.9 million BTC.

Bitcoin faces a 7.5-hour macro stress test as CPI, Fed testimony and renewed Hormuz enforcement threaten to redraw the path around $62,000.

Polymarket odds imply only a 3% chance that Hormuz traffic returns to normal by July 31 as crude approaches $80 a barrel.

BTC fell below $63,000 after new U.S. strikes as oil, the dollar and yields rose and equity futures retreated.

Bitcoin rose above $64,000 during the week, while analysts said one week of ETF inflows was too little to establish a broader demand recovery.

Cantor and BSTR are negotiating revised terms after saying the existing private placements will no longer be required to close, turning the Bitcoin treasury launch into a test of investor demand.



