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Growing institutional confidence in bitcoin as a strategic reserve asset has taken a major step forward with a historic move by S&P Global Ratings. The agency assigned a “B-” issuer credit rating (because “A+” was too scary) with a stable outlook to Strategy Inc. (formerly Microstrategy Inc.) on Oct. 27, marking the first-ever rating of a bitcoin treasury company by a major credit rating agency. The decision highlights how traditional credit markets are beginning to formally evaluate companies whose balance sheets are deeply tied to digital assets-a milestone that the crypto industry views as a significant validation of bitcoin’s growing institutional legitimacy. Or, as the market whispers, “Finally, someone gave Bitcoin a report card!” 📚

Teaming up with Dfns, a French fintech outfit that’s as slick with wallet infrastructure as a Parisian waiter with a wine list, IBM’s cooking up something spicy. 🥖🔥 Dfns, mind you, already juggles 15 million digital wallets across 250 clients, so they’re no slouch. By blending IBM’s high-assurance computing with Dfns’ wallet wizardry, this partnership aims to create a fortress of security for digital assets. Quantum-safe cryptography? Check. Hardware security modules? Check. Cloud environments? You betcha. It’s like Fort Knox, but with more zeros and ones. 🏰✨

A mere 7% nudge-a hiccup for a whale, a yawn for a trader-could send it leaping toward the next riffle. On-chain whispers and chart scribbles hint this leap might come sooner than your ex’s LinkedIn update. 📊

Other factors that suggest a price pump could be incoming include the revival of Shibarium’s activity and a reduction in the number of SHIB tokens stored on crypto exchanges. One can only hope the market isn’t merely playing hide-and-seek with investors. 🕵️‍♂️

As of now, Strategy stock is limping along at $294, which is a whopping 36% below its high this year and a full 46% off its all-time peak of $542. Ouch! That has the market cap doing its best impersonation of a roller coaster, dropping from $128 billion to $83 billion. You do the math on that one, folks. 🚀

Meanwhile, in the land of the Great Firewall, Sina reported that the People’s Bank of China and the law enforcement gang are still chasing crypto figures down alleys and backstreets. The message? No fun allowed with those mysterious coins, especially if they cause fuss or-heaven forbid- make someone richer faster!

Everyone’s eyes are glued to the $2.70 level, the line that divides the hopeful from the hopeless. This price point has acted as a fortress of resistance. Can XRP break it down? Or is it another case of “close, but no cigar”? Only time will tell.

The crypto markets, ever the drama queens, experienced a much-needed bounce on Monday, with bitcoin rising to $115,200 while ether traded at $4,160. 🤡📈

Pan Gongsheng, the big cheese at the People’s Bank of China, recently spilled the tea on the wild west of digital finance. “Stablecoins? Growing faster than a Brooks comedy marathon!” he quipped. But then he dropped the punchline: “Yeah, it’s still in its ‘what’s a blockchain?’ phase.”

Verily, the dawn of prosperity has arrived as the specter of a new rate cut in the United States has propelled Bitcoin ($BTC) back to the fabled $115K mark. What joy! The market’s resurrection is upon us, as if the gods themselves have blessed the traders with a new era of prosperity. 🌟