{"id":95227,"date":"2026-05-24T15:18:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T15:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=95227"},"modified":"2026-05-24T15:18:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T15:18:04","slug":"weekend-round-up-bitcoins-big-players-xrp-etfs-spacexs-btc-holdings-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=95227","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Round-Up: Bitcoin&#8217;s Big Players, XRP ETFs, SpaceX&#8217;s BTC Holdings And More"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>This week was a rollercoaster ride in the world of cryptocurrency and NFTs. From\u00a0<strong>Michael Saylor<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Kevin O\u2019Leary<\/strong>\u00a0sharing their insights on<strong> Bitcoin<\/strong>, to the surprising performance of XRP ETFs and\u00a0SpaceX\u00a0revealing its Bitcoin holdings ahead of its IPO. Not to forget, the popular NFT brand\u00a0Pudgy Penguins\u00a0is extending its partnership with <strong>Manchester City Soccer Club<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s dive into the details.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Michael Saylor\u2019s Bitcoin Perspective<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Michael Saylor, CEO of\u00a0<strong>MicroStrategy Inc.<\/strong>, stated that Bitcoin would have been trading between $40,000 and $50,000 without his company\u2019s involvement. MicroStrategy is the world\u2019s largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, owning approximately 818,000 units. Saylor believes that even without his company, Bitcoin would have found success, but MicroStrategy\u2019s involvement accelerated its price appreciation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/05\/52755197\/michael-saylor-says-bitcoin-would-be-trading-at-40000-to-50000-without-mstr\">Read the full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Kevin O\u2019Leary\u2019s Take On Bitcoin<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Kevin O\u2019Leary, the \u201cShark Tank\u201d star, emphasized the need for a crypto bill to pass for Bitcoin and tokenization to move beyond the fringes for major institutional players. He believes that global compliance within the SEC through the passage of a bill will change everything. With the midterms approaching in November, O\u2019Leary sees the present as the perfect opportunity to pass &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/05\/52763591\/weekend-round-up-bitcoins-big-players-xrp-etfs-spacexs-btc-holdings-and-more?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Weekend\" round-up: bitcoin big players xrp etfs spacex btc holdings and more>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week was a rollercoaster ride in the world of cryptocurrency and NFTs. From\u00a0Michael Saylor\u00a0and\u00a0Kevin O\u2019Leary\u00a0sharing their insights on Bitcoin, to the surprising performance of XRP ETFs and\u00a0SpaceX\u00a0revealing its Bitcoin holdings ahead of its IPO. Not to forget, the popular NFT brand\u00a0Pudgy Penguins\u00a0is extending its partnership with Manchester City Soccer Club. Let\u2019s dive into the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-95227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=95227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95227\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}