Bitcoin Fortress

Date: December 28, 2025

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Bitcoin Fortress: A Simple Guide to Bitcoin for Beginners

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2) Bitcoin slips near $88K as fear rises (Economic Times)

3) “Bitcoin buzz is gone” / gold narrative (The Guardian)

4) Bitcoin & Ether ETFs outflows into Christmas (CoinDesk)

5) ETF daily flow data (Farside Investors)

6) Spot BTC & ETH ETF outflows (The Block)

7) Strategy pauses bitcoin buys (Barron’s)

8) Corporate crypto/bitcoin treasury plays of 2025 (Decrypt)

9) Bitcoin mining stocks in 2025 (CoinDesk)

10) Mining stocks recap (Yahoo Finance mirror)

11) VanEck Mid-December 2025 Bitcoin ChainCheck (Seeking Alpha)

12) 2025 crypto theft hits record levels (TechCrunch)

13) Reuters: Bitcoin 2025 volatility + rise of private litigation (Reuters Legal)

14) Square bitcoin payments roadmap (Block press release)

15) Square “Accept Bitcoin” product page

Bonus: Shift4 stablecoin settlements (Investor’s Business Daily)

PODCASTS / THEMES REVIEWED

- The Jack Mallers Show — “Bitcoin And The Missing Volatility” (Apple Podcasts)

- The Bitcoin Matrix — “Jeff Booth” (Apple Podcasts)

Date: December 21, 2025

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Bitcoin Fortress: A Simple Guide to Bitcoin for Beginners

Bitcoin Retirement and Estate Planning

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1. UK regulation of cryptoassets to start in October 2027 (Reuters)

2. Coinbase appoints George Osborne to run advisory council (Reuters)

3. UK watchdog unveils proposals to regulate crypto market (Financial Times)

4. UK Treasury drawing up new rules to police cryptocurrency markets (The Guardian)

5. U.S. bitcoin ETFs see strongest inflows for over a month (CoinDesk)

6. Bitcoin ETF IBIT ranks among top 2025 fund flows (Yahoo Finance)

7. MSCI considers excluding bitcoin-heavy firms from indexes (Reuters)

8. Strategy keeps buying Bitcoin; stock impact (Barron’s)

9. Crypto investors show caution, shift strategies after crash (Reuters)

10. Bitcoin long-term holder supply hits 8-month low (CoinDesk)

11. Bitcoin hashrate sees sharpest post-halving drop since 2024 (CoinDesk)

12. Mining revenue thin; difficulty cuts; hashrate resilient (Bitcoin.com)

13. Tether leads $8M investment in Speed (Lightning + stablecoins) (CoinDesk)

14. BitGo enables Lightning Network payments from qualified custody (Bitcoin Magazine)

15. BitGo Lightning integration coverage (Crowdfund Insider)

16. JPMorgan launches tokenized money-market fund (WSJ)

17. JPMorgan tokenized money market fund details (Business Insider)

18. Visa launches stablecoin settlement for U.S. banks (Barron’s)

19. SoFi launches SoFiUSD stablecoin (Investor’s Business Daily)

20. SEC investor bulletin on crypto asset custody (coverage)

21. Weekly regulation roundup (Yahoo Finance)

22. Bitcoin is all over the place ahead of U.S. inflation data (CoinDesk)

23. Bitcoin price today: muted near $88k after soft CPI data (Investing.com)

24. Binance Weekly Market Commentary (Binance Research)

25. “Phantom inflation” distorting Fed decisions (Financial Times)

26. Bostic: Fed should pause rate cuts (Barron’s)

27. Apollo economist warns stagflation risk (Business Insider)

28. 2025 crypto theft reaches ~$3.4B (Chainalysis)

29. The Block coverage of Chainalysis theft totals (The Block)

30. Forbes: exchanges, regulation, AI, market structure

31. Messari: Crypto Venture Weekly (Dec 15–19, 2025)

32. CoinDesk: State of the Blockchain 2025 (research)

33. Nasdaq: IBIT option chain page

34. iShares: IBIT product page

Date: December 14, 2025

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Bitcoin Fortress: A Simple Guide to Bitcoin for Beginners

Bitcoin Retirement and Estate Planning

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Bitcoin dips below $90K as AI worries dent risk appetite — Reuters

The Week On-Chain (Week 49): ETF outflows continue — Glassnode

Weekly Bitcoin Index Highlights — CF Benchmarks

Strategy buys nearly $1B worth of Bitcoin — Barron’s

Senators make progress on sweeping crypto market bill — The Block

Gillibrand & Lummis push bipartisan momentum — The Block

Bitcoin difficulty chart & adjustment estimates — CoinWarz

Block / Square discusses Bitcoin & Lightning payments — The Verge

Crypto executives court Gulf capital — Wall Street Journal

“Bitcoin’s November crash was no accident” — MarketWatch

December 7, 2025

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Bitcoin Fortress: A Simple Guide to Bitcoin for Beginners

Bitcoin Retirement and Estate Planning

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2025 was officially a wipeout year for US spot Bitcoin ETFs

CryptoSlate

Bitcoin ETFs bleed $3.4B as investors pull back, but YTD flows remain positive

ETF Database

Bitcoin ETF: Massive $194M outflow — what is happening?

Cointribune

Bitcoin spot ETFs log $194.6M in outflows as basis trades unwind

Because Bitcoin

Spot Bitcoin ETFs bounce back with $54.8M in inflows on Dec 5

CryptoRank

Bitcoin price action is no longer determined by exchanges – ETF flows as key metric

CryptoSlate

Bitcoin’s bull market: A slowdown, not a breakdown

CryptoRank

What to expect from Bitcoin price in December 2025

FastBull

Bitcoin stumbles into December after brutal November

Strategy’s Saylor in talks with MSCI as index-exclusion threat looms

Reuters

Strategy’s leveraged ETFs hit hard by crypto slump

Reuters

Bank of America expands crypto access for wealth-management clients

Reuters

Vanguard finally allows crypto ETFs and mutual funds

Barron's

Strategy stock: Bitcoin proxy and analyst targets

Investors

B Hodl unveils Bitcoin treasury and Lightning strategy

CFTC announces first listed spot crypto trading on US exchanges

CFTC

CFTC leverage ruling opens the door for $25T giants to enter crypto

CryptoSlate

Swiss and German police shut down major cryptomixer.io

CRA crypto crackdown reaps millions but yields no criminal charges

Barrie 360

China renews crypto crackdown, targets offshore exchanges

Global Crypto Policy Review & Outlook 2025/26 – TRM Labs

TRM Labs

Texas becomes the first state to buy Bitcoin as more states eye crypto

Stateline

Texas becomes the first state to buy Bitcoin — what happens next?

Bitget

Trump’s National Security Strategy ignores Bitcoin and blockchain

What to expect from Bitcoin price in December (miner margins, Bitmain probe, China hash rate)

“Bitcoin is the tulip bulb of our time” – Michael Burry

AI-fueled crypto scams are booming – TRM Labs data

November 30, 2025

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Bitcoin Fortress: A Simple Guide to Bitcoin for Beginners

Bitcoin Retirement and Estate Planning

The Bitcoin Lifestyle

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CoinDesk – “Bitcoin Rebounds From 'Extreme Oversold' Levels; XRP Jumps 7%, ZEC Surges 14%”

CoinDesk

Yahoo Finance – “November Was Bitcoin’s Second Worst Month In 2025”

Yahoo Finance

Aurpay – “The 2025 Crypto Collapse: Why Bitcoin Dropped to $80k”

Aurpay

HackerNoon – “Bitcoin's November 2025 Bloodbath: Dissecting the Perfect Storm Behind the $42,000 Crash”

Hacker Noon

MarketWatch – “Bitcoin's Trading Around $86,000 as 'Tinkerbell' Effect Haunts Crypto, in Deutsche Bank's View”

MarketWatch

Bloomberg – “Bitcoin (BTC) Jumps Back Above $89,000 to Recoup Some Recent Losses”

Bloomberg

Reuters – “Stocks, Bitcoin Edge Up as Investors Bank on Fed Rate Cuts”

Reuters

CryptoNews – “Why Is Crypto Up Today? – November 26, 2025”

Cryptonews

Bitcoin Magazine – “Bitcoin Price Down 30% From All-Time Highs as Market…”

Bitcoin Magazine

Forbes – “Bitcoin Braced For A Huge Fed Price Earthquake After Sudden Flip”

CoinDesk – “ETF Outflows, Stablecoin Flows and DAT Reversals Signal Crypto Capital Flight”

CoinDesk

CoinDesk – “Bitcoin ETFs Have Bled a Record $3.79B in November”

CoinDesk

Farside – “Bitcoin ETF Flow (US$m)”

Farside Investors

SoSoValue – “US Bitcoin Spot ETF Dashboard”

SoSoValue

Investors.com – “Bitcoin Tries To Find Footing; JPMorgan Upgrades These 2 Miners, Cuts Targets For Others”

Investors+1

Investopedia – “Bitcoin Has Regained Some Ground. Strategy’s Michael Saylor 'Won’t Back Down'”

Investopedia

AInvest – “Bitcoin’s Institutional Adoption Surge: A Catalyst for Sustained Bullish Momentum in November 2025”

AInvest

BTCC – “Bitcoin Institutional Adoption Accelerates as Robinhood …”

BTCC

Bitbo – “Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Set to Rise Amid Record-Low…”

Bitbo

Reuters – “Bitcoin Mining in China Rebounds, Defying 2021 Ban”

Reuters

Yahoo / TheStreet – “Largest Private Gold Holder Shuts Down Bitcoin Mining …”

Yahoo Finance

TechRadar – “Is AI More Appealing Than Crypto Now? A Major Bitcoin Miner Has Decided to Pivot to AI Data Centers”

TechRadar

Lowenstein – “Crypto Brief – November 26, 2025 (Bitcoin for America Act)”

Lowenstein Sandler

CoinDesk – “State of Crypto: What Congress Has Left to Do This Year”

CoinDesk

ICAEW – “The Future of Crypto Regulation: Key Considerations”

ICAEW

Reuters – “China’s Central Bank Vows Crackdown on Virtual Currency, Flags Stablecoin Concerns”

Reuters

U.S. DOJ – “Founders of Samourai Wallet Cryptocurrency Mixing Service Sentenced to Five and Four Years”

Department of Justice

Bank Policy Institute – “BPInsights: November 8, 2025 (Stablecoin Risks & GENIUS Act)”

Bank Policy Institute

Bloomberg – “China Accuses US of Orchestrating $13 Billion Bitcoin Hack”

Bloomberg

DisruptionBanking – “Did the U.S. Steal $13 Billion in Bitcoin? China Says the Biggest Crypto Heist Ever Was a Black Ops Job”

CoinDesk – “VanEck CEO Concerned About Bitcoin’s Encryption and Privacy, Says Firm Could Walk Away”

CoinDesk

CoinDesk – “On-Chain Stocks Could Misprice Over Weekends, Triggering Arbitrage Risks”

CoinDesk

Voltage – “Why Lightning Is the Only Scalable Network for Stablecoins”

Voltage

Medium – “The Lightning Network Money Trail”

Medium

Reddit – “Stinger32LND Monthly Update — November 2025”

reddit.com

MillionMiner – “Nation-State Bitcoin Adoption Could Transform Markets – Expert Insight (22 Nov 25)”

millionminer.com

November 23, 2025

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Price, Market Structure & Sentiment

Reuters – Bitcoin rebounds after falling below $90,000, a 7-month low Reuters

Bloomberg – Crypto Market Extends Slide With Bitcoin Dropping Below $87,000 Bloomberg

Bloomberg – Bitcoin Heading for Worst Month Since Crypto Collapse of 2022 Bloomberg

Bloomberg – Crypto’s Brutal Month Triggers a Stress Test for Wall Street Bloomberg

Reuters – Bitcoin on thin ice after sinking in flight from risk Reuters

Axios – Crypto plunge wipes out nearly $400 billion in a week Axios

CBS News – Bitcoin has shed almost $800 billion since its October peak CBS News

CoinDesk – Bitcoin Correction Mirrors April Drop as 2025 Buyers Fall Into the Red CoinDesk

CoinDesk – Bitcoin Backwardation Returns, a Pattern That Often Marks Market Bottoms CoinDesk

CoinDesk – Bitcoin Sell-Off Likely ‘Complete’, Rally Into Year-End Still in Play: Standard Chartered CoinDesk

CoinDesk – Crypto Bulls See $1.7B Liquidations as Bitcoin Swiftly Nears $80K CoinDesk

Yahoo Finance – Death Cross Confirmed: Is Bitcoin Bottoming or About to Crash? Yahoo Finance

Bitget – Bitcoin’s Death Cross: Is This the Cycle’s Lowest Point or the Start of a Deeper Slump? Bitget

ETFs, Institutions & Corporate Bitcoin

CoinDesk – Bitcoin ETFs Have Bled a Record $3.79B in November CoinDesk

Reuters – Investors pull record $523 million from BlackRock’s flagship bitcoin ETF Reuters

Morningstar – Crypto ETF Investors Pull Billions as Bitcoin Slides Below $90,000 Morningstar

Coinpaper – Bitcoin ETFs Record First Major Inflow After Weeks of Heavy Outflows Coinpaper

Barron’s – Strategy Stock Is Scary. Its Preferred Might Be Worth a Look. Barron's

Yahoo Finance – Strategy’s $55 Billion Bitcoin Bet Undeterred by Index Delisting Concerns Yahoo Finance

Yahoo Finance – What Will Happen to MicroStrategy If Bitcoin Falls Under Key Levels? Yahoo Finance

The Coin Republic – Strategy’s $835 Million Bitcoin Acquisition Marks Largest Purchase Since July The Coin Republic

FinViz – Strategy Inc. Eyes More Bitcoin Purchase on $620 Million Injection Finviz

Mining, Hashrate, Energy & AI

CoinDesk – Bitcoin Hashprice Falls to Five-Year Low CoinDesk

Yahoo Finance – Bitcoin Miner Reserves Plunge to Record Low as Revenue Collapses Yahoo Finance

CoinDesk – Hobbyist Bitcoin Miner Wins $265K Block Reward CoinDesk

Forbes – Africa’s Bitcoin Mining Hashrate Exfiltration Conundrum Forbes

TechRadar – Bitfarms pivots some of its mining hashpower to AI data centers TechRadar

Investor’s Business Daily – Cipher Mining, Fluidstack & Google Team Up on AI Hosting Deal Investors

PR Newswire – BitMine Immersion Reports FY25 Results, Announces First Dividend PR Newswire

Policy, Regulation & Nation-States

OCC – Interpretive guidance on bank custody of digital assets and network fees OCC.gov

Brookings – The Best Way to Regulate Digital Assets: Merge the SEC and CFTC Brookings

ICIJ – How Crypto Is Regulated (or Not) Around the World ICIJ

Paul Hastings – Federal Government Is Back to Work: Updates on Market Structure Legislation… Paul Hastings

Latham & Watkins – U.S. Crypto Policy Tracker (including Trump’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve EO) Latham & Watkins

CoinDesk – U.S. House Bill Would Allow Federal Taxes in BTC While Aiding U.S. Reserve CoinDesk

Decrypt – Proposed Bitcoin for America Bill Would Enable BTC Tax Payments Decrypt

The Block – Rep. Davidson Introduces Bill to Allow Taxes to Be Paid in BTC, Bolstering Strategic Reserve The Block

Wikipedia – U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve overview Wikipedia

Sovereign Bitcoin & Events

Bitcoin Histórico – official site for El Salvador conference (Nov 12–13, 2025) Bitcoin Histórico

Bitcoin Magazine – El Salvador: The Making of a Sovereign Nation Bitcoin Magazine

Economia Bitcoin 2025 – event details for Usulután, El Salvador Coinpedia Events

Quantum & BIP-360 Resources

Human Rights Foundation – The Quantum Threat to Bitcoin Human Rights Foundation

HRF Reports index – Quantum threat listing Human Rights Foundation

BIP-360 official site – Pay to Quantum Resistant Hash bip360.org

The Bitcoin Manual – What IS BIP-360? The Bitcoin Manual

DelvingBitcoin – Changes to BIP-360 – Pay to Quantum Resistant Hash (P2QRH) Delving Bitcoin

HackerNoon – BIP-360: Bitcoin’s Quantum Wild West HackerNoon

HRF – The Quantum Threat to Bitcoin coverage & related posts YFarmX | Crypto News & Insights+1

Featured Substack Post

Bitcoin Fortress – The Quantum Threat and BIP-360 Future 

Also, check out my books available in multiple formats:

Bitcoin Fortress: A Simple Guide to Bitcoin for Beginners

Bitcoin Retirement and Estate Planning

The Bitcoin Lifestyle

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November 16, 2025

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Bitcoin in ‘bear market regime’ as cryptocurrency falls below $95,000 – Yahoo Finance

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bitcoin-in-bear-market-regime-as-cryptocurrency-falls-below-95000-164138043.html Yahoo Finance

Bitcoin sinks to six-month low as risk-off sentiment persists – Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/bitcoin-slides-six-month-low-risk-off-tone-grips-markets-2025-11-14/ Reuters

Bitcoin Drops to Six-Month Low amid Bear Market Sell-Off – AlphaSpread

https://www.alphaspread.com/market-news/stock-movements/bitcoin-drops-to-six-month-low-amid-bear-market-sell-off www.alphaspread.com

Bitcoin falls 10% after Federal Reserve rate cut – Yahoo Finance

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bitcoin-falls-10-federal-rate-104900693.html Yahoo Finance

Bitcoin Downturn Seeps Into Crypto Treasury Space – PYMNTS

https://www.pymnts.com/cryptocurrency/2025/bitcoin-downturn-seeps-into-crypto-treasury-space/ PYMNTS.com

US Government Reopening and Crypto Market Rebound – AInvest

https://www.ainvest.com/news/government-reopening-crypto-market-rebound-policy-shifts-institutional-moves-2511/ AInvest

Crypto News Today: US Government Shutdown Ends as Crypto Progress Continues – LiveBitcoinNews

https://www.livebitcoinnews.com/crypto-news-today-us-government-shutdown-ends-as-crypto-progress-continues-more-upside-ahead/ Live Bitcoin News

Crypto Market Trends – November 9, 2025 – Binance

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/11-09-2025-binance-market-update-crypto-market-trends-november-9-2025-32148191570826 Binance

Bitcoin Crashes Under $97,000 as Nearly $1B in Longs Get Wiped Out – CastleCrypto

https://castlecrypto.gg/news/bitcoin-crashes-under-97000-as-nearly-1b-in-longs-get-wiped-out/ Castle Crypto

Bitcoin ETFs Swing by $800M in 24 Hours as Traders Brace for CPI Shock – CryptoSlate

https://cryptoslate.com/bitcoin-etfs-swing-by-800m-in-24-hours-as-traders-brace-for-cpi-shock/ CryptoSlate

Bitcoin ETF Inflows Spike as Market Confidence Creeps Back – CryptoDnes

https://cryptodnes.bg/en/bitcoin-etf-inflows-spike-as-market-confidence-creeps-back/ CryptoDnes.bg

Bitcoin ETF Inflows Hit $524M as BlackRock’s IBIT Leads Surge – TradingNews

https://www.tradingnews.com/news/bitcoin-btc-usd-etf-inflows-surge-to-524m-usd-blackrocks-ibit-dominate Trading News

US Spot Bitcoin ETFs Dashboard – SoSoValue

https://m.sosovalue.com/assets/etf/us-btc-spot SoSoValue

Bitcoin ETF Flows [Table & Chart] – Bitbo

https://bitbo.io/treasuries/etf-flows/ Bitbo

Bitcoin ETFs See $492M Outflow as XRP and Solana Attract Inflows – KuCoin News

https://www.kucoin.com/news/flash/bitcoin-etfs-see-492m-outflow-as-xrp-and-solana-attract-inflows KuCoin

Bitcoin Miners Must Own Power or Die Trying Before Next Halving, MARA CEO Says – CoinDesk

https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/11/11/bitcoin-miners-must-own-power-or-die-trying-before-next-halving-mara-ceo-says CoinDesk

Bitcoin Mining Stock Prices Plummet, Lose $8 Billion in One Day – Yahoo Finance

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bitcoin-mining-stock-prices-plummet-230251529.html Yahoo Finance

Trump Brothers-Backed American Bitcoin Swings to Profit on Margin Expansion – Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/business/trump-brothers-backed-american-bitcoins-quarterly-revenue-more-than-doubles-2025-11-14/ Reuters

Scaramuccis Led $220 Million Investment in Crypto Mining Firm Tied to President’s Family – Fortune

https://fortune.com/2025/11/15/aj-scaramucci-anthony-scaramucci-solari-capital-american-bitcoin-trump-crypto-empire/ Fortune

Cloud Mining in 2025: An Overview of FY Energy and Market Alternatives – CryptoNinjas

https://www.cryptoninjas.net/news/cloud-mining-in-2025-an-overview-of-fy-energy-and-market-alternatives/ CryptoNinjas

SoFi Rolls Out Crypto Trading as Digital Asset Gold Rush Draws Lenders – Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/technology/sofi-rolls-out-crypto-trading-digital-asset-gold-rush-draws-lenders-2025-11-11/ Reuters

Jack Dorsey’s Cash App Enables Bitcoin Lightning and Stablecoin Payments – The Block / Yahoo Finance

https://www.theblock.co/post/378837/jack-dorseys-cash-app-enables-bitcoin-lightning-and-stablecoin-payments The Block

Mirror: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/jack-dorsey-brings-bitcoin-lightning-005813330.html Yahoo Finance

Square Enables Bitcoin Payments for Merchants with Lightning Network Integration – Bitget / Coinspeaker

https://www.bitget.com/news/detail/12560605056472 Bitget

Bitcoin Lightning Network Usage Statistics 2025: Growth & Adoption – Coinlaw

https://coinlaw.io/bitcoin-lightning-network-usage-statistics/ CoinLaw

Lightning Network Gets ‘Real Bitcoin’ Reality Check – Protos

https://protos.com/lightning-network-gets-real-bitcoin-reality-check/ Protos

Lightning Thursday! November 13, 2025 – r/Bitcoin

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1ovulnq/lightning_thursday_november_13_2025_explore_the/ Reddit

Adopting Bitcoin 2025 (Conference, El Salvador) – CoinPedia Events

https://events.coinpedia.org/adopting-bitcoin-2025-7358/ Coinpedia Events

Crypto News Catch Up | Nov. 9–15, 2025 – BitPinas

https://bitpinas.com/cryptocurrency/news-nov-15/ BitPinas

Chinese Fraud Mastermind Jailed in UK for Laundering Bitcoin – Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/chinese-fraud-mastermind-jailed-uk-laundering-bitcoin-2025-11-11/ Reuters

SEC Chair Paul Atkins Details New Crypto Rulebook – Coingape (roundup incl. Saylor rumor)

https://coingape.com/sec-chair-paul-atkins-details-new-crypto-rulebook/ CoinGape

The SEC’s No-Action Letter on Crypto Custody: What Advisers and Funds Need to Know – IQ-EQ

https://iqeq.com/insights/the-secs-no-action-letter-on-crypto-custody-what-advisers-and-funds-need-to-know/ IQ-EQ

Weekly Blockchain Blog – November 2025 #2 – JD Supra

https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/weekly-blockchain-blog-november-2025-2-9192544/ JD Supra

Latest in China’s Crypto Crackdown – Galaxy Digital Research

https://www.galaxy.com/insights/research/latest-in-chinas-crypto-crackdown Galaxy

Strategy’s Michael Saylor Has a Message for Bitcoin Investors as Its Price Falls – Investopedia

https://www.investopedia.com/strategy-s-michael-saylor-has-a-message-for-bitcoin-investors-as-its-price-falls-11849689 Investopedia

I Asked ChatGPT Where Bitcoin Is Headed in 2026. Here’s What It Said. – Nasdaq

https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/i-asked-chatgpt-where-bitcoin-headed-2026-heres-what-it-said Nasdaq

What Bitcoin Did – “What It Really Means to Be Sovereign | SeedSigner”

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-it-really-means-to-be-sovereign-seedsigner/id1482455669?i=1000736413837 Apple Podcasts

What Bitcoin Did – “Bitcoin Power Law: The End of Exponential Growth”

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bitcoin-power-law-the-end-of-exponential-growth/id1482455669?i=1000736091582 Apple Podcasts

Stephan Livera Podcast – “Bitcoin Adoption in Mexico and Aureo with Gustavo Flores | SLP701”

https://stephanlivera.com/episode/701/ Stephan Livera

TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast – “#681: The Health Insurance Death Spiral Is Here”

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/681-the-health-insurance-death-spiral-is-here-with/id1292381204?i=1000736114966 Apple Podcasts

The Breakdown – “Bitcoin’s $100K Test and the Return of Stimmy Checks”

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/bitcoins-%24100k-test-and-the-return-of-stimmy-checks/id1438693620?i=1000736259435 Apple Podcasts

Milk Road Podcast – “Why Bitcoin’s Next Big Move Could Be $180K, Not $80K” (series page)

https://milkroad.com/podcast/bitcoin-og-explains-why-crypto-was-built-for-ai-not-humans-how-to-profit-from-it-erik-voorhees-TsL0dgPkjb8/ Milk Road

Featured Substack Post:

https://bitcoinfortress.substack.com/p/when-ai-eats-wall-street

Bitcoin Fortress Books:

Bitcoin Fortress: A Simple Guide to Bitcoin for Beginners

Bitcoin Retirement and Estate Planning

The Bitcoin Lifestyle

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Markets & Flows

CoinShares weekly flows: https://coinshares.com/research/digital-asset-fund-flows-weekly

Mid-week inflows: https://www.theblock.co/post/308970/bitcoin-ethereum-etf-inflows

Nov 5 tape: https://www.theblock.co/post/309044/bitcoin-etf-outflows-mid-week

CME OI rising: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/11/06/cme-bitcoin-futures-open-interest-increases

Macro & Policy

GENIUS Act comment window closed: https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-treasury-seeks-comments-stablecoin-rules-2025-10-31/

Regulatory shift: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/11/04/us-crypto-regulation-reversing-course/

Treasury retaining seized BTC: https://apnews.com/article/us-government-bitcoin-seized-assets-2025

Trump 50-year mortgages: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-floats-50-year-mortgage-policy-2025-11-09/

Trump $2,000 stimulus: https://www.theblock.co/post/309204/trump-proposes-2000-stimulus-from-tariff-revenue

Mining / AI

Hashprice & hashrate: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2025/11/05/hashprice-sinks-hashrate-climbs

Difficulty projection: https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/difficulty

Marathon earnings + AI: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/11/06/marathon-ai-hpc-data-centers-earnings

CleanSpark expansion: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/11/06/clean-spark-power-contract-ai-campus.html

Riot October production: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/11/05/riot-platforms-october-production

Applied Digital & Macquarie: https://www.reuters.com/technology/applied-digital-macquarie-investment-2025-09-30/

Lightning / Adoption

Square LN rollout: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/square-enables-lightning-for-merchants

Cash App LN features: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/cash-app-adds-ln-payment-tools

Retail LN pilots: https://www.theblock.co/post/309108/us-retailers-pilot-bitcoin-lightning-payments

Corporate

MicroStrategy raise: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/11/04/microstrategy-plans-715m-raise-to-buy-bitcoin

Tether Q3: https://tether.to/en/tether-releases-q3-attestation-2025/

Legal

Binance lawsuit dismissal: https://www.reuters.com/legal/sec-drops-binance-lawsuit-2025-11-06/

FTX creditor payouts: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/11/03/ftx-creditor-payouts-round-2/

Tech

Bitlayer upgrade: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2025/11/05/bitlayer-upgrades-bitvm-bridge-on-mainnet

BitVM efficiency gains: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/bitvm-testing-major-efficiency-gains

Ordinals fees: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/ordinals-fee-spike-returns

On-Chain

LTH accumulation: https://insights.glassnode.com/bitcoin-long-term-holder-supply

Funding rates: https://www.coinglass.com/funding

Volatility dashboard: https://www.theblock.co/data/bitcoin-volatility-dashboard

International

Nigeria: https://www.theblock.co/post/309112/nigeria-bitcoin-premium-widens

Argentina: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/adoption/argentina-bitcoin-lightning-boom

Banking / Strike

Bitcoin-collateralized loans: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/11/07/us-banks-bitcoin-collateral-lending-pilots

Strike expansion: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/strike-expands-us-integration-with-plaid

Featured Post

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📆 Week of October 27 – November 2, 2025

Bitcoin ends “Uptober” in the red

Spot ETF Outflows ~600M

Fed cuts 25bps, Powell signals caution

US shutdown delays crypto policy

Treasury Secretary praises Bitcoin’s uptime

Altcoin ETFs launched

Strategy (MSTR) posts $2.78B Q3 profit on BTC gains

Glassnode: 62,000 BTC moved from long-term holders

Bitcoin in “silent IPO” phase

Regulatory clarity rising, complexity too

Crypto caution grows with mainstream adoption

Citi and Coinbase build institutional payments rails

November seasonality – mean vs median

Altcoin season hype returns

Bitcoin hashrate remains strong

[Retail chases highs while institutions accumulate](← discussed, no specific link)

Macro risk returns: real yields rising

[Bitcoin-only simplicity in complex markets](← synthesis of prior items)

HRF: Quantum threat to Bitcoin

KuCoin summary of HRF report

Sean Bill on Bitcoin as Super-Collateral

• Bitcoin Fortress Episode 8 — The Future

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Bitcoin Fortress Episode 4: How to Use Bitcoin — Read at: https://open.substack.com/pub/bitcoinfortress/p/bitcoin-fortress-episode-4-how-to

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Spot ETF inflows rebound (~$446 M) etc. — Dashboard: Farside Investors Farside

CoinShares weekly outflows (BTC −$946 M; alts green) 

Whipsaw price action / ~$657 M liquidations on Oct 22 — “Crypto Sell-Off: $320M Liquidations as Bitcoin Falls Below $108K” (CoinDesk) CoinDesk

StanChart sub-$100k flush possibility 

“Uptober” wobble — seasonality stress 

FalconX to acquire 21Shares — Reuters coverage 

Capitol Hill push for market-structure bill

CoinShares dashboard reference — Farside Investors flow data Farside

ETF flow tracker dispersion (IBIT vs peers) — BitBo ETF flows table Bitbo

Gold → Bitcoin rotation chatter — CryptoSlate article “$1.2B exits US Bitcoin ETFs …” CryptoSlate

MicroStrategy +168 BTC (Oct 20 filings) 

Crypto-treasury caution (~$17B retail losses) 

Mid-cap treasury adds (~150 BTC) — PRNewswire: Hyperscale Data Bitcoin Treasury Climbs to $60 Million

ISS recommends reject CoreWeave deal for Core Scientific — Reuters: link Reuters+1

CoreWeave urges YES (proxy fight) — available via Finviz article: link Finviz

Bitdeer Sept ops +20.5% m/m — IR: Bitdeer Press Release

Miners → AI/HPC commentary 

Riot earnings on deck — Riot IR page public: IR Page

Lightning for treasuries Op-Ed — CoinDesk: link

LN fundamentals refresher — BraveNewCoin article: link Brave New Coin

Macro pulse Oct 20: global markets graphic — Reuters: link

US–China overhang still in VAR — Reuters earlier: link

Congressional crypto market-structure momentum 

UK/EU access momentum 

Education spike after volatility 

Streaming/podcast cross-pollination

Quiet week no mega-hacks 

Messari: 31 deals / $197M — Messari Report

Blockstream Capital Partners acquires Berglinde AG — BTC Times link

Miners’ equities in motion (RIOT/BTDR) — Finviz News link

Day by day ETF prints — Farside flows table above

OG whale skepticism: large short-put returns