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Bitcoin surged to a new ATH (all-time high) above $122,000 early Monday as corporate buying intensified, led by Metaplanet’s purchase of another 797 BTC and a new signal from Michael Saylor that Strategy may resume its BTC buying spree. The king of cryptos jumped 3% over the past 24 hours, hitting $122,340.63 at 2:23 a.m. EST after earlier hitting a record intraday high of $122,540.92, Metaplanet Boosts Bitcoin Holdings With 797 BTC Buy Metaplanet announced earlier today that it bought another 797 BTC for around $93.6 million.  The firm’s CEO, Simon Gerovich, shared the announcement on X in a post earlier today.  Metaplanet has acquired 797 BTC for ~$93.6 million at ~$117,451 per bitcoin and has achieved BTC Yield of 435.9% YTD 2025. As of 7/14/2025, we hold 16,352 $BTC acquired for ~$1.64 billion at ~$100,191 per bitcoin. $MTPLF pic.twitter.com/zFSH0WIima — Simon Gerovich (@gerovich) July 14, 2025 He said the latest buy was executed at an average p...

Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) founder Michael Saylor has had a busy week. In addition to a 6,911-bitcoin (BTC) purchase for his company and the shocking announcement that he intends to burn most of his personal BTC prior to his death in a sort of Bitcoin Giving Pledge, he has also been boasting about a BTC announcement from GameStop. Posing for a photo beside CEO Ryan Cohen, Saylor cheered as GameStop — the world’s second-largest meme stock behind Tesla — unanimously approved the purchase of BTC for its corporate treasury . Welcome to Team Bitcoin, @RyanCohen. $GME pic.twitter.com/ldGh7my9WM — Michael Saylor️ (@saylor) March 25, 2025 Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin Giving Pledge In yesterday’s meandering video interview, in addition to applauding GameStop, Saylor claimed that enlightened Bitcoiners could “leave all our money to the human race” in a final act “true to Satoshi Nakamoto’s principles.” Spelling it out for confused viewers, the billion...