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The Bank of Japan raised its policy rate by 25 basis points to 1%, its highest level since 1995, as inflation and energy-shock risks stayed in focus. For Bitcoin, another step away from ultra-cheap yen matters because tighter Japanese liquidity and carry-trade stress can spill into global risk assets.

BlackRock’s BITA product is now live, giving investors a new way to package bitcoin exposure with an income-focused options strategy. The launch broadens the institutional BTC toolkit beyond plain spot exposure and could draw interest from allocators looking for yield-style crypto products.

Strategy disclosed another 1,587 Bitcoin purchase for $100 million, lifting its total holdings to 846,842 BTC. The buy was funded through MSTR share sales, showing the company is still using capital-markets access to add BTC despite trading below its average purchase price.

CFTC Chairman Michael Selig named Donald Battle, a former SEC crypto task-force adviser, as the agency’s chief data innovation officer. The appointment signals a push to build deeper in-house capability around blockchain forensics, data science and crypto-market oversight.