Blockchain DXB: 🔴 17th March 🔴 🟠 White House to acquire BTC? 🔴Kentucky BTC bill 💯Pavel Durov departs France 🟣Clearstream: `BTC & ETH custodial services

17th March: Blockchain DXB podcast🟠 White House to acquire BTC? 🔴Kentucky BTC bill 💯Pavel Durov departs France 🟣Clearstream: `BTC & ETH custodial services🟠 An orange White House- As reported by Decrypt here https://shorturl.at/I70bJ, The White House is going orange as the new administration plans to buy more Bitcoin, according to Bo Hines, Executive Director of the Presidential Working Group on Digital Assets. Attendees at a closed-door roundtable hosted by the Bitcoin Policy Institute confirmed that Hines stated the administration aims to acquire as much as possible. However, no official confirmation has been released yet.🟠Kentucky Senate passed a bill that will protect Bitcoin self-custody rights with 0 votes against it. The bill outlines several key provisions, including:Protection for Bitcoin self-custody: Individuals have the legal right to use and store digital assets in self-hosted wallets.- Prohibition of discriminatory zoning laws: Local governments cannot impose zoning changes that unfairly target digital asset mining businesses.Exemptions from money transmitter licensing: Home Bitcoin miners and digital asset mining businesses are exempt from Kentucky’s money transmitter requirements.- Clarification of securities laws: Digital asset mining and staking as a service are explicitly not classified as securities under Kentucky law.💯The bill now heads to the Governor's desk.⭕ Pavel Durov, CEO of Telegram Messenger, has been set free and allowed to relocate to Dubai after seven months in France following his arrest. Info via FRANCE 24 here https://lnkd.in/d9H3dCeC🟠 The news triggered a 67% surge in Toncoin’s open interest (OI) to $169 million, with TON’s price rising 17% to $3.45.Durov’s legal troubles over alleged illicit transactions have fueled concerns about crackdowns on privacy-focused services. His August 2024 arrest also caused a 32% OI spike, highlighting market sensitivity. Meanwhile, Telegram has fully committed to The Open Network (TON), dropping support for all other blockchains.🟠 Deutsche Boerse’s Clearstream will offer cryptocurrency settlement and custody services to institutional clients later this year, starting with Bitcoin and Ether. The move aims to meet growing demand from traditional financial institutions and is part of a broader push into digital assets.- Clearstream’s 2,500 clients will be able to use their existing accounts for these services, with plans to expand to other cryptocurrencies and additional services like staking and lending. The initiative, launched in partnership with Deutsche Boerse’s Crypto Finance, follows rising demand for crypto support from banking clients, especially after the MiCA regulation came into effect. via Bloomberg here https://shorturl.at/MDDbm💯Not your Keys, Not your Bitcoin🟠Two UAE news (See slides)⚡Ripple Secures First DFSA Blockchain Payments License in Dubai Push⚡Binance raises $2 billion from Abu Dhabi-based MGXFor slides click here: https://shorturl.at/LRzafLinkedIn Profile : https://shorturl.at/v9KV4 To support this channel:🚨Join our Patreon🚨: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/BlockchainDXB ⁠⁠⁠⚡ Tether USDT (ERC20) 0x7acd89cececd5b125a2fc4caa9bc642879579f1e⚡ Buy me Coffee ☕⁠⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/info36/w/6987⁠⁠⁠⚡ Advanced MediaAdvanced Media is the largest distributor of professional video, photo, broadcast and cinema equipment and accessories in the Middle East  ⁠⁠⁠https://www.amt.tv/⁠⁠⁠⚡ The Race Space Podcast 🎙️Instagram: @theracespoacepodcast Podcast Host: @black_incarnation⚡ Ledger Wallet 🔑⁠⁠⁠https://shop.ledger.com?r=ae54df359c4d⁠⁠⁠Registration Link:⚡ Bitcoin address: 02ddf96964b352b75dd660a56a5162bf9e76e549e31263b88ed93015e635771795⚡ Cardanoaddress:addr1qxwu4h9uw4ptc6jp4zzhvckcjua7nda9u5fkvmdfrge00n3dpznq9000nxdcvklpdtw320zku7eeju483l2pg6gtw3eqp8e4q6