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May 28, 2025The Treasury Trap 💣
As the U.S. quietly sets the stage for another Treasury binge, the biggest Bitcoin event of the year kicks off. The stage is set—and the stakes are historic.
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Bessent Sees Easing Capital Rule on Treasuries This Summer (Full Interview) - YouTube
Understanding the scale of unfolding bond crisis - YouTube
Cantor’s Bitcoin Financing Business Fully Operational; Executes Initial Trades Throughout May
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino: We're a company that created new important features for currency - YouTube
David Rubenstein: The bond market is worried about economic weakness from rising debt - YouTube
Bitcoin Climbs on Institutional Demand, Trump Backing
Trump Media Announces $2.5B Deal to Create a Bitcoin Treasury
US Senator Cynthia Lummis Discusses Bitcoin Reserve, Stablecoin Legislation, And Market Structure Bill At Bitcoin 2025 Conference
White House Executive Director Bo Hines Declares U.S. The Future Global Crypto Superpower
Bitcoin Is Here To Stay, Says Former US Treasurer Rosie Rios
President Trump Supports Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Bill, Senator Lummis Says
Steak ‘n Shake Reveals Bitcoin Payment Success At Bitcoin 2025 Conference
GameStop Announces Purchase of Bitcoin | GameStop Corp.
spend your bitcoin at @Square terminals.
1 hr 8 min
May 14, 2025Core Knows Best
While Bitcoin Core stirs the pot, corporate treasuries stack at breakneck speed. A fresh OP_RETURN twist, and receipts on who’s quietly changed their tune on Bitcoin.
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All Bitcoin holders are in profit or broke-even, 0% in losses
Retiring the 80-Byte OP_RETURN Limit
It's a meritocracy, it's not a democracy. Full Clip
A Comprehensive OP_RETURN Limits Q&A Resource to Combat Misinformation
LOPP_RETURN Wars: The problem is deeper than spam filters, Stratum v1 needs to die
Bitcoin Mechanic vs Peter Todd Debate | Bitcoin Core Node Changes - YouTube
Quick questions about OP_RETURN? Quick answers here.
The OP_RETURN War: Who Controls Bitcoin w/ Bitcoin Mechanic - YouTube
Corporate Bitcoin Accumulation Trend Accelerates, Surging 154% in a Year
Tether Buys $458.7M in Bitcoin for SPAC-Bound Firm Twenty One Capital
MetaPlanet Story at Strat 2025
Daniel Batten on X did a great job rounding them up
Bitcoin (BTC) Miners Like Bit Digital Draw From Iceland Renewable Energy Surplus - Bloomberg
Cryptominer MARA taps US shale patch in new power generation project | Reuters
Bitcoin in the bush - crypto mining brings power to rural areas
Bitcoin mining could supercharge transition to renewables, study claims | The Independent
Can Bitcoin save Bhutan’s struggling economy? | Crypto News | Al Jazeera
1 hr 25 min
April 30, 2025Bitcoin Core’s Identity Crisis
A battle is raging over Bitcoin’s future—should it stick to finance, or allow data of all kinds? Inside the debate over blockchain limits, and the recent controversies denting Bitcoin’s image.
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Remove arbitrary limits on OP_Return outputs by petertodd · Pull Request #32359
Bitcoin devs continue fight over ‘arbitrary’ data storage
Jameson Lopp :: Angel Investor
Citrea
Bitcoin Core Going Rogue? - YouTube
Bitcoin Knots
Federal Reserve retracts guidance discouraging banks from engaging in crypto
Bitcoin has a Brand Problem
UN Claims Mining "Powerful Tool" For Money Laundering
Trump Bitcoin Report Card - Day 100 - stacker news
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You and me vs close to you By: Oxford
59 min
April 23, 2025Strategy Meets Reality
Markets quaked, tariffs tanked, but Bitcoin’s wide awake. Big strategies meet harsh realities as new heavyweights storm Bitcoin’s corporate scene.
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Bitcoin heads toward $95,000, rising for a third day
Stock market today: Live updates
Trump Powell attacks interest rates Fed
European markets live updates: stocks, news, data and earnings
Cantor Teams With SoftBank, Tether, Bitfinex on Possible $3B Bitcoin Deal
21 Capital: Cantor, Tether and SoftBank Take a Page From Strategy’s BTC Playbook
ZEUS: Bitcoin payments your way
BitBox02 hardware wallet
BitBoxApp 🔑
Advancements in Lightning Infrastructure
Alby Hackdays - Sparky Hub, Auto-Swaps & more
007 Feel the Breez: The Breez Newsletter
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Horizons Of Hope By: Jawbone
54 min
April 16, 2025Manufacturing the Crisis
Bitcoin faces its biggest decentralization test yet, just as global shifts send shockwaves through markets. In the middle of it all, Bitcoin holds the line.
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Bitcoin Mining Centralization in 2025
Tether to Deploy Hashrate on OCEAN, Advancing Decentralized
Bitcoin Mining Industry Report: February 2025
America Underestimates the Difficulty of Bringing Manufacturing Back — Molson Hart
Nvidia says the US government has banned them from selling H20 chips to China
Fort Knox Gold Audit? This Is What Actually Happened - YouTube
How Tariffs Will Transform U.S. Dollar Capital Flows Worldwide | Lyn Alden - YouTube
Former SEC Chair Gary Gensler: Trump's aggressive tariff policy is like a 'self-inflicted injury' - YouTube
US Deficit, Dollar Concerns with Rebecca Patterson - YouTube
Former Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen claims that revitalizing Americas manufacturing base is a “pipe dream.”
Watch CNBC's full interview with former Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen - YouTube
China has stopped exporting rare earths to everyone
Ray Dalio Says US ‘Likely’ Going to Be in a Recession - YouTube
JPMorgan Chase infinite money glitch: Bank sues more customers
Exclusive: US consumer safety agency to stop collecting swaths of data after CDC cuts | Reuters
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April 09, 2025Reserve Reckoning
The Trump strategy is backfiring. Tariffs are the decoy. It’s a high-stakes reshuffle of global power, and Bitcoin may be the only asset seeing it clearly.
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US Dollar Could Lose Reserve Currency Status amid Tariffs, Experts Warn - Newsweek
Trump, tariffs, and the dollar’s role as reserve currency - Janus Henderson Investors - corporate
How Trump Could Dethrone the Dollar | CNAS
The nuclear option China could take in trade war with the US
CEA Chairman Steve Miran Hudson Institute Event Remarks – The White House
Mortgage rates slingshot higher as tariff uncertainty roils markets
EU approves countermeasures against US tariffs starting next week
'Let Donald Trump Run The Global Economy': Lutnick Defends Trump After Tariff Rollout Pummels Market - YouTube
China raises its retaliatory tariff on the US to 84%, vows to 'fight to the end' | The Times of Israel
All Banks Need to Succeed, Bessent Says - YouTube
U.S. Justice Department Ends Crypto Enforcement Unit and Regulation by Prosecution
DOJ ends crypto enforcement team, shifts focus to terrorism and fraud
Phoenix Wallet available again in the US
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April 02, 2025Golden Illusions
Gold sends a quiet signal about Bitcoin's next chapter, institutions hint at a shifting world order, and why tariffs might be noise—but something deeper is unfolding beneath the headlines.
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Larry Fink’s 2025 Chairman’s Letter to Investors
EU vows it's ready to retaliate as Trump trade war looms
Politics Impacting Economic Polling - YouTube
Trader Wagers Almost $100M on Bitcoin Dropping to $60K
Trump sons' Bitcoin mining business plans to eventually go public
Tether’s Big Bet: $70M Worth Of Bitcoin Snapped Up In Q1 2025
Gold prices remains flat at record high ahead of Trump's tariff announcement
Gold nears all-time high as investors await Trump tariff plan
Fidelity Lets Investors Directly Invest in BTC, ETH, LTC Through New IRA Plan
Bisq v2.1.7: More Reliable Message Delivery, Trade & Mediation Enhancements
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TJ Wong • Apple Pie
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March 26, 2025Recession Roulette
The White House's bold economic gamble is starting to falter, leaving Bitcoiners with one undeniable insight—no matter how the financial dice roll.
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Trump Plays Recession Roulette With the American Economy - WSJ
GameStop to put corporate cash in bitcoin, mimicking MicroStrategy
Millions of student loan borrowers past-due after bills restarted
Bitcoin Reserve order removes Bitcoin's last "existential threat"
World Liberty Financial crypto venture to launch stablecoin
Elon Thinks X Could be 50% of the global economy
Crusoe Energy exits Bitcoin mining business, sells operations to NYDIG to focus on AI
Chainalysis Sued For Deception In Celsius Scam
Consumer confidence comes in lower than estimates - YouTube
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Bill Status SB1025
Bill Information for HB 1203
Quantitative Tightening is Coming To an End
Fed says it will slow balance sheet runoff process
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March 19, 2025Delayed Reaction
Recession talk is back, and while the experts panic, Bitcoiners stay patient. This week, we look at why that patience might finally pay off.
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Weekly mortgage demand pulls back, as interest rates rise for the first time in 9 weeks
Scott Bessent | All-In in DC! - YouTube
Mohamed A. El-Erian on Payment Weaponization
Fed rate decision March 2025: Fed holds interest rates steady
Trump policies 'promise' an economic downturn, says prominent forecaster in first-ever 'recession watch'
Samourai Wallet Hearing Sets Key Dates For Criminal Trial
New release: ZEUS v0.10.0
ZEUS v0.10.0
Ark's Wood on Bitcoin, Fed Rate Cuts, Support for Crypto - YouTube
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Satoshi Statue By: Michilis
55 min
March 12, 2025Playing with Fire
The bond market is whispering, Trump’s shouting, and Bitcoin is listening. What happens when the debt machine needs a reboot—and how that desperation could light the next Bitcoin firestorm.
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CPI inflation report February 2025
The Fed Shouldn’t Enable Donald Trump - Bloomberg
10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Minus 3-Month Treasury Constant Maturity
Truflation US Inflation Index
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Establishes the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and U.S. Digital Asset Stockpile – ]
President Trump Confirms Strategic 'Crypto' Reserve with Bitcoin and Altcoins
Donald Trump shares DETAILS on United States Strategic Bitcoin Reserve White House Crypto Summit
Trump orders the government to explore pathways to acquire Bitcoin only with no cost to taxpayers.
China and Middle Eastern countries are considering a "Bitcoin buying strategy," CNBC says.
To clear up confusion here. This EO established 2 different things: a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, and a U.S. Digital Asset Stockpile.
US Bitcoin Reserve: Implementation Timeline Accelerated
Satsify: ⚡ See Amazon prices in sats! FOSS Chrome extension that converts USD to Bitcoin satoshis instantly 🛍️
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Don’t Count Me Out by Jimmie Bratcher
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