Bitcoin Effect — Episode [Date: June 16, 2025]
In this episode:
• Bitcoin hits a major milestone with its fifth consecutive weekly close above 100K, showing strength despite global uncertainty and geopolitical tensions between Israel and Iran.
• Spot Bitcoin ETFs continue to attract strong institutional inflows, led by BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust, which now holds over 662,000 BTC (more than 3% of total supply).
• Trump Media files to launch a new fund, with 75% Bitcoin and 25% Ether exposure, advancing its plan to build a significant Bitcoin treasury.
• More than sixty publicly traded companies hold Bitcoin on their balance sheets, with recent additions from Bitcoin-centric firms like American Bitcoin Corp, Genius Group, and Bitcoin Depot, as well as non-Bitcoin companies SolarBank, Davis Commodities, and Universal Digital signaling new treasury strategies.
• GameStop announces a $1.75 billion convertible note offering, expected to support its growing Bitcoin holdings and ongoing pivot, sparking investor skepticism.
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Sources and Attributions:
• Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/what-are-bitcoin-treasury-strategies-latest-trend-public-markets-2025-06-16/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
• Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/cryptocurrency-bitcoin-company-balance-sheets-16a1e2b8?utm_source=chatgpt.com
• MarketWatch: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/gamestop-hints-at-its-next-bitcoin-buy-the-stock-is-tumbling-26bff165?utm_source=chatgpt.com
• Barron’s: https://www.barrons.com/articles/gamestop-stock-convertible-notes-bitcoin-5f541c10?utm_source=chatgpt.com
• Economic Times: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/cryptocurrency/crypto-news/bitcoin-holds-above-106k-amid-geopolitical-jitters-solana-hyperliquid-jump-up-to-7/articleshow/121875934.cms?utm_source=chatgpt.com
• Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/technology/trump-media-technology-group-files-bitcoin-ether-etf-with-sec-2025-06-13/
• Additional sources include Crypto news aggregators and official company filings.
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Visual Attributions:
• Bitcoin price charts and market graphs sourced from TradingView (free for personal use).
• Middle East maps from Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Middle_East_location_map.svg
• BlackRock and Crypto.com logos from Wikimedia Commons.
• SEC building image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Securities_and_Exchange_Commission_building,_Washington_DC_LCCN2010635385.tif
• Company logos and corporate building vectors sourced from Pixabay and official press kits (where available).
• GameStop and Bitcoin logos via Wikimedia Commons.
• Icons from Flaticon under free license with attribution.
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