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🎙 Bitcoin Fortress Podcast — Episode 205

Date: March 1, 2026

Block Height: 938,901
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    NEWS (February 22– March 1, 2026)

     

    📰 Market & Macro

    Tariff Uncertainty Impacts Bitcoin

    Barron’s
    https://www.barrons.com/articles/bitcoin-price-crypto-trump-tariffs-xrp-aa97476d

    Fed Officials See No Urgent Policy Change

    Reuters
    https://www.reuters.com/business/two-fed-officials-do-not-see-imminent-need-change-monetary-policy-2026-02-24/

    Fed’s Waller on Jobs Data & Policy Pause

    Reuters
    https://www.reuters.com/world/us/feds-waller-january-jobs-data-an-upside-surprise-if-it-continues-policy-pause-2026-02-23/

    OCBC Explores Physical Gold Custody Amid Demand Surge

    Reuters
    https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/singapores-ocbc-bank-explores-physical-gold-custody-business-institutional-2026-02-25/

    📊 ETF Flows & Institutional Activity

    Spot Bitcoin ETFs Record Five Straight Weeks of Outflows

    The Block
    https://www.theblock.co/post/390706/spot-bitcoin-etfs-notch-five-straight-weeks-of-outflows-for-first-time-since-march-2025

    Spot Bitcoin ETFs See $257M Inflows

    Cointelegraph
    https://cointelegraph.com/news/spot-bitcoin-etfs-257m-inflows-fbtc-ibit-bitcoin-65k

    Bitcoin ETFs Post $506M Inflows

    Bitcoin Magazine
    https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/bitcoin-etfs-post-half-a-billion-inflows

    ETF Outflows & Key Support Levels to Watch

    MarketWatch
    https://www.marketwatch.com/story/bitcoin-etfs-are-hemorrhaging-billions-heres-what-investors-awaiting-a-crypto-turnaround-should-watch-for-33d31eed

    🏢 Corporate Bitcoin & TradFi Integration

    Strategy Continues Bitcoin Purchases Amid Price Drop

    MarketWatch
    https://www.marketwatch.com/story/strategy-shows-no-fear-it-keeps-adding-to-a-losing-bitcoin-position-as-prices-drop-950e8de1

    DDC Surpasses 2,000 BTC Treasury Holdings

    Nasdaq / Business Wire
    https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/ddc-surpasses-2000-bitcoin-treasury-holdings-additional-80-btc-purchase-2026-02-17

    Morgan Stanley Plans Bitcoin Custody, Trading & Lending

    Bankless Times
    https://www.banklesstimes.com/articles/2026/02/27/morgan-stanley-plans-to-offer-bitcoin-custody-trading-yield-and-lending/

    Banks Expand Regulated Crypto Infrastructure

    Coin360
    https://coin360.com/news/barclays-morgan-stanley-sofi-crypto-stablecoins-custody-solana

    ⛏ Mining & Infrastructure

    Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Jumps 15%

    The Block
    https://www.theblock.co/post/390599/bitcoin-mining-difficulty-jumps-15-posting-record-absolute-increase-as-hashrate-rebounds-after-us-winter-storm

    MARA Earnings & AI/Data Center Pivot

    Investor’s Business Daily
    https://www.investors.com/news/bitcoin-price-bitcoin-etf-flows-american-bitcoin-earnings-trump-abtc-mara-terawulf-figure/

    American Bitcoin Swings to Quarterly Loss

    Reuters
    https://www.reuters.com/business/trump-brothers-backed-american-bitcoin-swings-quarterly-loss-amid-crypto-selloff-2026-02-26/

    ⚡ Lightning & AI

    Lightning Network Processes 5,000 Payments in 8 Hours

    AOL Finance
    https://www.aol.com/finance/lightning-network-powers-5-000-192300697.html

    Lightning Labs Rolls Out AI Agent Tools

    Bitcoin Magazine
    https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/lightning-labs-rolls-out-ai-agent-tools

    🌎 Sovereign Adoption

    El Salvador Overhauls Bitcoin Education Program

    Yahoo News
    https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/el-salvador-overhauls-bitcoin-learning-114206731.html

    🏛 Regulation & Markets

    CFTC Leadership & Prediction Market Oversight

    Business Insider
    https://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-michael-selig-prediction-markets-cftc-2026-3

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    Stephan Livera Podcast — SLP725 ($1B Lightning Volume)

    https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/stephan-livera-podcast-707081/episodes/1b-monthly-volume-on-lightning-283911484

    Stephan Livera Podcast — SLP726 (Stablecoins & Adoption)

    https://stephanlivera.com

    TFTC #721 — AI & Human Skills

    https://podbay.fm/p/tftc-a-bitcoin-podcast/e/1772290826

    Bitcoin Audible — Read_933

    https://podscan.fm/podcasts/bitcoin-audible

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