Institutions are laying Bitcoin distribution rails even as fragile positioning drives violent swings, with $150 billion added to crypto market cap alongside $131 million in liquidations. Policy signals span jurisdictions, from U.S. banks executing bitcoin transactions as riskless principals to a $5 million Texas reserve and Argentina's banking push. At the protocol layer, a 68% drop in Solana validators spotlights the trade-offs between performance, security, and decentralization.
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