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How Companies Are Adding Bitcoin Art to Their Corporate Collections

Bitcoin art and Bitcoin corporations don’t seem to mix. But for decades — indeed centuries — companies have collected art to express their role in society. As early as the 15th century, the Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena (1472) established one of the first corporate art collections. What began merely as decorative embellishment quickly evolved into a status symbol and a sign of wealth, success and cultural responsibility. Can Bitcoin-native companies gain strategic advantages through digital art? And what role does Bitcoin art play as a new asset class and cultural anchor?

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At the Bitcoin 2025 Conference, held May 27-29 at The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas, Simple Proof CEO Carlos Toriello and Screven County, Georgia, Elections Supervisor Stacey Scott shared insights into their groundbreaking use of Bitcoin’s blockchain to secure election results. In an exclusive video interview, now released to the public, the duo detailed how Simple Proof’s hash-only timestamping technology is transforming document authentication while balancing transparency and privacy. The interview, conducted amid the conference’s 30,000 attendees, highlights the growing adoption of Bitcoin-based solutions in public recordkeeping.

Simple Proof, a tech startup leveraging…

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Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), has sharply increased its indirect Bitcoin holdings this year, signaling growing institutional acceptance of crypto. Data from K33 Research’s Vetle Lunde shows NBIM’s exposure surged 192% year-on-year, reaching 7,161 BTC—worth around $844 million—up from 3,821 BTC at the end of 2024. The first half of 2025 alone saw an increase of 3,340 BTC.

The spike stems largely from heavier investments in Bitcoin-heavy companies such as Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) and Marathon Digital. Strategy accounted for the biggest boost, adding 3,005.5 BTC to NBIM’s indirect holdings, while Marathon contributed 216.4 BTC. Other contributors included Block (85.1 BTC), Coinbase (57.2 BTC), and Japan’s Metaplanet (50.8 BTC), with smaller additions from firms like Tesla, GameStop, and Mercado Libre.

Analysts suggest the trend reflects Bitcoin’s deeper integration into diversified investment portfolios. Exposure often comes as a byproduct of equity stakes in companies holding substantial BTC reserves—making digital assets an increasingly common fixture in institutional strategies.

Bitcoin price maintained its position above $118,000 as two major corporations, Metaplanet and Smarter Web Company, announced significant additions to their Bitcoin treasury holdings, highlighting the growing trend of institutional Bitcoin adoption.

Metaplanet, now the sixth-largest corporate Bitcoin holder, acquired 518 BTC at an average price of $118,519 per coin, representing a total investment of approximately $61.4 million. The Tokyo-based investment company’s latest purchase brings its total holdings to 18,113 BTC, with an average purchase price of $101,911 per Bitcoin.

The company’s Bitcoin-related metrics show impressive growth, with its BTC Yield – a key performance…

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2025 has seen the personal risks to Bitcoin investors reach an all-time high, according to Alena Vranova, founder of hardware wallet maker SatoshiLabs. Speaking at the Baltic Honeybadger 2025 conference in Riga, Latvia, Vranova said:

“Every week, there is a Bitcoiner, at least one in the world, who gets kidnapped, tortured, extorted, and sometimes even worse.”

These attacks, often referred to as the “5-dollar wrench attacks”, are physical assaults, kidnappings and threats of violence to force victims to hand over their private keys – the digital passwords that control access to their bitcoin holdings.

Many assume these attacks only target wealthy early…

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U.S.-listed ether (ETH) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded a historic milestone on Monday, pulling in over $1 billion in daily inflows for the first time. The surge came as ETH climbed to $4,358, its highest price since December 2021, fueled by optimism in the broader crypto market. The nine ETFs beat their previous daily record of $726.74 million, set on July 17, according to SoSoValue data.

BlackRock’s ETHA dominated with nearly $640 million in inflows, while Fidelity’s FETH followed with $276.9 million. Total cumulative inflows have now reached $10.83 billion, with combined assets valued at $25.71 billion — representing 4.77% of ether’s market cap. Investors appear increasingly confident as macroeconomic signals point toward favorable conditions for risk assets.

Traders reacted positively to data suggesting an 84% chance of a 25-basis-point interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve in September, according to CME’s FedWatch tool. The U.S. SEC’s decision to drop its lawsuit against XRP developer Ripple also provided fresh momentum, boosting sentiment across the altcoin market.

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