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#PizzaOnBitwala winners are in. Refunds hitting accounts todays. Thanks for eating on our tab. We'll do it again.

@tripleK31 People are buying groceries with stablecoins on Visa cards right now. No crash before dinner

Crypto failed as money. Nobody wants to buy groceries with something that crashes before dinner. Bitcoin solved decentralized value. DigiByte + DigiDollar may solve decentralized stable money. This might be as big as Bitcoin. No banks. No middlemen. No trust required. Keep your eyes on this. Check out @adam_ogilvie_ for the massive moves happening with DigiByte.

@CryptoWallSt_ Fehlt eine Spalte: wer hält die Keys?

Vor ein paar Wochen habe ich meinen ausführlichen Deep Dive zu MiCA, MiFID & den Veränderungen für Kryptobörsen in Europa veröffentlicht. Daraufhin habe ich mir ALLE großen EU-Kryptobörsen selbst im Detail angeschaut. OKX. Kraken. Coinbase. Bitvavo. Bybit EU. Bitpanda. BISON. Gebühren. Spreads. Futures. Liquidität. Broker vs echte Börsen. MiCA & MiFID. Deutsche IBAN. Trading-Infrastruktur. Das komplette Gesamtpaket. Und ehrlich? Das Ergebnis hat mich selbst überrascht. Das komplette Video ist jetzt online! Ich glaube, das wird der ausführlichste Vergleich zu EU-Kryptobörsen im deutschsprachigen Raum. 👀 youtu.be/v7fQyvKDiBI?is…

@cryptogoos The compliance is brutal, can confirm. But one license covers 30 countries. Good luck doing that state-by-state in the US.

EUROPE IS FAILING ON CRYPTO ADOPTION 🇪🇺 While the EU talks about digital leadership, adoption is still lagging behind the US and parts of Asia. MiCA was sold as “clarity” But to builders it feels like heavy compliance that slows everything down. Startups face high legal costs, slow licensing, and inconsistent rules across countries. That friction kills momentum before products can scale. Meanwhile, retail adoption is still weak. Crypto isn’t meaningfully used in payments, banking, or everyday fintech. Europe’s approach is: minimize risk, even if it slows innovation. But crypto doesn’t wait. Elsewhere: idea → launch → users. In Europe: idea → legal review → delay. The result is clear: Strong control. Weak adoption. Lost builders.

@cryptolyxe Self-custody doesn't have a 'Submit Documents' button.

Bybit has decided to freeze my account and withhold $200k of personal funds for absolutely ZERO reason. Have been using this account for 2+ years with 0 issue - have done 9 figures in volume and had 7 figures liquid in here with no problems. But 3 days ago my account was “banned” for depositing $10,000. It has asked me for “proof of wealth”, “full KYC”, “pay slips” as well as proving ownership of the deposit wallet. My account and KYC has already been verified to the level required for 400k+ in daily deposit limits, as well as the trading volume I already do. I can no longer trade and withdraw my OWN funds with an account i already had full KYC for. @Bybit_Official @benbybit

The honest version of HODL is "hold most of it, spend when life requires it, and don't be weird about it." Or is that just us?

Six days left on Fee-Free Month. Every fee a new user pays in May goes into a raffle. One winner gets the lot back in BTC. If you've been meaning to sign up, this is the week. If you signed up and forgot to use the card, or trade, or set up a savings plan, same message.

Roses are red, Violets are blue, It's Sunday morning, we’re checking the chart, You are too.

It's Bitcoin Pizza Day. You can eat for free: 1. Buy pizza with your Bitwala Visa Card 2. Post a photo, tag @Bitwala, use #PizzaOnBitwala 3. DM us your receipt First 21 verified card transactions = fully refunded, up to €30. Clock's running. #PizzaOnBitwala #BitcoinPizzaDay

10,000 BTC for two pizzas. That was 2010. On Friday, yours are on us. This May 22: buy pizza with your Bitwala Visa Card, post a photo on X tagging @Bitwala with #PizzaOnBitwala. First 21 verified card transactions get fully refunded, up to €30. #PizzaOnBitwala #BitcoinPizzaDay

@Bitcoin_Teddy Now do one for spending it at a supermarket.

Giant Bitcoin drone show in Switzerland showing BTC eating fiat currencies like Pac-Man 🇨🇭

@WuBlockchain USDT up $5B while every regulated alternative shrank. Compliance alone doesn't win users.

USDT Gains $5B as Other Stablecoins Shrink Total stablecoin supply has topped $300 billion, but growth has sharply slowed. Over the past month, Tether’s USDT expanded by more than $5 billion, while USDC, USDe and PYUSD together fell by about $4.2 billion—leaving net stablecoin growth at only around $0.9 billion, or roughly 0.3% for the month. The report said new inflows are concentrating in USDT rather than expanding the overall market. Ethena’s USDe supply dropped 28% over the month and is down nearly 34% year-to-date, attributed to compressed perp funding rates reducing yields; Sky’s USDS and World Liberty Financial’s USD1 picked up some inflows, while PYUSD fell 13% over the month. x.com/TheBlockCo/sta…

@Defi_Warhol Now rank them by how easy it is to actually spend crypto there.

Tier List of EU Countries for Crypto Holders (ranked by crypto tax rate, regulation, overall crypto friendliness) S Tier 🇲🇹 Malta 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇩🇪 Germany 🇨🇿 Czechia 🇭🇷 Croatia A Tier 🇨🇾 Cyprus 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇷🇴 Romania 🇭🇺 Hungary 🇱🇹 Lithuania 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 🇬🇷 Greece B Tier 🇵🇱 Poland 🇸🇰 Slovakia 🇪🇪 Estonia 🇱🇻 Latvia C Tier 🇸🇮 Slovenia 🇪🇸 Spain 🇦🇹 Austria 🇫🇮 Finland 🇫🇷 France 🇸🇪 Sweden D Tier 🇮🇪 Ireland 🇮🇹 Italy 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇩🇰 Denmark Do you agree?

@Cointelegraph $323B in supply. How much of it moved through a real transaction last month?

📊 UPDATE: Stablecoin supply just hit a new all-time high of over $323B.

@coinbureau The attack only works because there's a seed phrase to steal

⚠️LEDGER USER LOSES $1M IN A PHISHING SCAM A Ledger user reportedly lost $1 million after receiving a fake letter impersonating Ledger Support. The letter directed the victim to a phishing site, where they entered their seed phrase, allowing attackers to drain the wallet.

@Romynft Word

@Bitwala 893 days of pure mental strength

893 days between signup and first BTC buy. Joined at $34K. Watched it hit $126K. Watched it come back down. Finally bought at $74K. The best time was 893 days ago. But today works too.

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@NikoJilch @Coin_Tracking Austria already tried taxing crypto gains flat. Revenue was marginal, compliance costs were not. Germany looking at the same playbook and expecting different results is bold

Fällt die Bitcoin-Haltefrist? Drohendes Steuer-Chaos in Deutschland! ⚠️ Ich habe mit Berken Menges von @Coin_Tracking über die aktuellen Pläne der SPD gesprochen, die Krypto-Haltefrist abzuschaffen und warum das ein fataler Fehler für den gesamten Standort ist. 🛑 Österreich als Warnung: Kaum Steuereinnahmen, aber massiver bürokratischer Aufwand. 📊 DAC 8 im Anmarsch: Das Finanzamt bekommt bald automatische Krypto-Datenpakete. 📉 Der Bärenmarkt-Effekt: Warum die Politik die geringe Aufmerksamkeit der Community ausnutzt. youtube.com/watch?v=j3qQvQ…

@TrendingBitcoin Portugal: hold a year, pay nothing. Germany: thinking about scrapping the holding period entirely. 1 market, 27 tax regimes

🇵🇹 PORTUGAL: 0% CAPITAL GAINS TAX ON BITCOIN - IF YOU HOLD 1 YEAR Hold BTC for 365+ days as a Portuguese tax resident and pay zero tax on gains. The most crypto-friendly tax regime in Europe