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🎙️Bitcoin Fortress Podcast – Episode 203

February 15, 2026

Block Height: 936,776
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    News (2/8/26-2/15/26):

    🟠 Market, Price & ETF Flows

    • Bitcoin ETFs shed ~$410M amid price slump

    https://decrypt.co/358008/bitcoin-etfs-shed-410m-amid-btcs-ongoing-slump

    • Bitcoin falling toward $60,000 could spark liquidation spiral (Bloomberg)

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-13/bitcoin-falling-to-60-000-could-spark-fresh-liquidation-spiral

    • Bitcoin rebounds from $62K dip, consolidates near $70K after long liquidations

    https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/cryptocurrency/crypto-news/bitcoin-rebounds-from-last-weeks-62k-dip-consolidates-near-70k-after-long-liquidation/articleshow/128100035.cms

    • What triggered Bitcoin’s February selloff? (VanEck)

    https://www.vaneck.com/us/en/blogs/digital-assets/matthew-sigel-what-triggered-bitcoins-major-selloff-in-february-2026/

    • U.S. equity funds see outflows amid rate uncertainty (macro context)

    https://www.reuters.com/business/us-equity-funds-see-outflows-rate-cut-uncertainty-ai-worries-2026-02-13/

    🟠 Bitcoin Credit & Collateral

    • Bitcoin-backed bond sale hit by crypto turbulence (WSJ)

    https://www.wsj.com/finance/bitcoin-backed-bond-sale-hit-by-crypto-turbulence-f968eddc

    🟠 Regulation & Policy

    • White House crypto meetings + GENIUS Act implementation tracker

    https://www.paulhastings.com/insights/crypto-policy-tracker/white-house-hosts-crypto-meetings-treasury-secretary-addresses-genius-act-implementation

    • Crypto industry counters Wall Street bankers with stablecoin principles

    https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/02/13/crypto-group-counters-wall-street-bankers-with-its-own-stablecoin-principles-for-bill/

    • GENIUS Act – Full bill text (Congress.gov)

    https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/394/text

    • Congress needs to pass crypto legislation (Bitcoin Magazine)

    https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/congress-needs-to-pass-crypto-legislation

    🟠 Builders & Infrastructure

    • Sparrow Wallet Releases (2.4.0 and updates)

    https://github.com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/releases

    • SigBash project

    https://www.sigbash.com

    • Amboss Lightning tools

    https://amboss.space

    🟠 Podcast Universe Episodes Referenced

    • What Bitcoin Did – Joe Consorti

    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bitcoin-crashed-what-comes-next-joe-consorti/id1482455669

    • What Bitcoin Did – Checkmate

    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/is-the-bitcoin-bottom-in-checkmate/id1482455669

    • What Bitcoin Did – Mark Goodwin

    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-epstein-files-what-they-reveal-about-bitcoin/id1482455669

    • Stephan Livera Podcast – SLP718

    https://stephanlivera.com/episode/718/

    • Stephan Livera Podcast – SLP719

    https://stephanlivera.com/episode/719/

    • Stephan Livera Podcast – SLP721

    https://stephanlivera.com/episode/721/

    • TFTC – What Comes After Taproot

    https://tftc.io/tftc-714/

    • Rabbit Hole Recap

    https://tftc.io/category/rabbit-hole-recap/

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