How Silent.Link Solves SIM-Swap Risks And Roaming Hassles For Traveling Bitcoiners

Silent Link, a Bitcoin native SMS and mobile data company, has quietly grown into an international service provider for privacy-oriented users worldwide, at competitive rates. But how can a young company compete with the mobile data giants?

Born from the Bitcoin industry, the brainchild of cypherpunk thought leaders like Matt Odell, Silent Link is a modern mobile data and SMS company that challenges the complicated and mediocre customer service of phone service providers around the world.

A founding member of Silent Link, who asked not to be named, and thus we will call Bob, told Bitcoin Magazine in an exclusive interview the genesis story of this company that’s solving one of the…

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Coinbase (COIN) And Strategy (MSTR) Shares Surge Today

U.S. markets saw a rotation into risk assets today and crypto-linked stocks, like Coinbase and Strategy, led some of the brightest gains of the day’s session. Even as broader indexes such as the Dow and S&P 500 traded mixed on inflation and economic data, digital-asset exposure helped certain high-beta names outperform.

Coinbase (COIN) was among the standout performers. COIN surged more than 18% on the day, finishing well ahead of most traditional technology stocks as traders “bought the dip” in crypto exposure. 

The daily gain came despite a difficult earnings backdrop: Coinbase reported a $666.7 million Q4 2025 loss, its first in several quarters, driven by lower…

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Fidelity Director Calls Bitcoin Bottom: ‘My Guess Is $60,000 Is The Low’

Fidelity’s Jurrien Timmer called Bitcoin’s (CRYPTO: BTC) $60,000 low the cycle bottom, predicting a new bull market will begin after “a few months of backing and filling” as BTC trades around $67,589.

The Bottom Call

Timmer, Fidelity’s director of global macro, said Bitcoin’s drop to $60,000 last week fulfilled the support zone he predicted months ago when he wrote the four-year cycle bull market had ended.

“It’s anyone’s guess whether $60,000 is the low, but my guess is that it is, and that after a few months of backing and filling the next cyclical bull market will get underway,” Timmer wrote on X.

He pointed to pattern recognition as the basis for optimism. “Based on…

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Bitcoin Eyes $70,000 Reclaim As Ethereum, XRP, Dogecoin Flip Green — Bullish Weekend Ahead?

Bitcoin reversed its recent slide and is pushing back toward $70,000, even as ETF flows remain volatile and sentiment linger in “Extreme Fear” territory.

Notable Statistics:

Coinglass data shows 94,874 traders were liquidated in the past 24 hours for $294.61 million.

In the past 24 hours, top gainers include Humanity Protocol, pippin and Kite.

Notable Developments:

Trader Notes: Crypto Tony said Bitcoin is testing a critical short-term level near $68,400. As long as bulls defend that support, the near-term outlook remains constructive. A breakdown, however, could quickly shift momentum back to the downside.

Trader Lennaert Snyder noted that Bitcoin broke above the $68,410 swing high,…

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Trillions Are Waiting To Enter Crypto

Patrick Witt, Executive Director of the President’s Council of Advisors for Digital Assets, discussed the ongoing push for the crypto legislation and the federal government’s management of Bitcoin during a Yahoo Finance interview earlier today, stressing the need for regulatory clarity and institutional engagement.

Witt explained that the House passed its version of the Clarity Act last year, and the Senate is drafting its own amendments. 

Sections of the bill addressing the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have cleared the Agriculture Committee, while portions covering the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) remain in the Senate Banking Committee. A markup…

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Why Is Bitmine Immersion Stock Gaining Friday? – BitMine Immersion (AMEX:BMNR)

Bitmine Immersion Technologies Inc. (NYSE:BMNR) stock surged Friday, tracking strength in Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) prices and renewed institutional accumulation, including a sizable position increase by Charles Schwab Corp.

Ethereum traded at $2,029.96, up 4.24% over 24 hours and 2.36% over seven days, with a market cap of $245 billion and trading volume of $21.9 billion.

Charles Schwab Increases Holdings

Charles Schwab reported in its 13F-HR filing on Wednesday that it increased its Bitmine holdings from 1,712,780 shares to 2,732,761 shares, representing a 59.55% increase in its position.

Technical Analysis

Currently, BitMine is trading 16.1% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA) and…

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‘A Big, Bipartisan Group Working Hard’ On Crypto Bill As Paul Atkins Warns On Conflicts Of Interest – Coinbase Global (NASDAQ:COIN)

According to Sen. Mark Warner (D-VI), a “big, bipartisan group working hard” to advance the Senate’s crypto market structure bill, even as talks face mounting obstacles.

Future-Proof Policy Requires Congress              

During a Senate Banking Committee hearing, SEC Chairman Paul Atkins cautioned that while the agency can issue rules under his “Project Crypto” agenda, any clarity created solely through SEC action could be reversed by a future administration.

Atkins stressed that durable, “future-proof” crypto regulation requires legislation passed by Congress, not just agency rulemaking, CoinDesk reported on Friday.

The proposed Digital Asset Market Clarity Act continues to…

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Crypto Trader To Tesla Bulls: ‘Give Me One Reason Why TSLA Is Worth $1.3 Trillion’ – Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA)

Prominent pseudonymous crypto trader DonAlt on Friday challenged Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) bulls to justify the company’s $1.3 trillion valuation, questioning the AI, cars, and X as the stock fell 0.5% testing the 200 EMA at $394.

The Bear Case

DonAlt posted on X asking why Tesla deserves its current market cap. “The AI kind of sucks in comparison to the competition. The cars suck horrendously in comparison to the competition in China. Twitter isn’t hugely successful. Is it all about SpaceX?”

The auto business is foundering as Q4 2025 revenue fell to $94.8 billion from $97.7 billion in 2024—the first annual decline in company history. 

Net income plunged 61% year-over-year in Q4 and 46%…

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Brazil Eyes 1 Million Bitcoin For National BTC Reserve

Brazilian lawmakers have reintroduced a bill to create a national Strategic Sovereign Bitcoin Reserve, known as RESBit, proposing the gradual acquisition of one million bitcoins over five years. 

The bill, presented by Federal Deputy Luiz Gastão (PSD/CE), outlines a comprehensive framework to integrate Bitcoin into the country’s financial strategy and diversify national reserves.

The proposed legislation establishes several guidelines for RESBit. First, the plan calls for a gradual accumulation of at least 1,000,000 BTC over five years. It prohibits the sale of bitcoins seized by Brazilian judicial authorities, ensuring that these assets remain within public…

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Lightning Labs Releases AI Tools To Help Bitcoin Payments

Lightning Labs has released a new open-source toolkit designed to allow AI agents to operate directly on the Bitcoin Lightning Network, providing autonomous systems with a native way to make payments and access services. 

The company says the tools address a key gap in the emerging AI economy: enabling agents to transact without human intervention.

Michael Levin, Lightning Labs’ Head of Product Growth, explained that the toolkit allows AI systems to run a Lightning node, pay for services, and host paid endpoints without needing identity verification, API keys, or traditional registration. 

The repository includes seven modular features, covering tasks such as node…

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