In this week's episode of the Coin Stories News Block powered exclusively by Ledn, we cover these major headlines related to Bitcoin, macroeconomics, and global finance:
- Did one firm's Bitcoin dump tank the entire market? The Jane Street story everyone's talking about
- Block bets the house on AI and cuts jobs to prove it — what Jack Dorsey knows that you don't
- The biggest banks in the world are going all-in on Bitcoin...here's what they're planning
- Iran conflict escalates and what it has to do with Bitcoin
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References mentioned in the episode:
- Morgan Stanley Announces Full-Stack Bitcoin Offering
- Citi Plans to Launch Institutional Bitcoin Custody
- STRC Added to Three Corporate Balance Sheets
- Strategy Raises STRC Dividend to 11.5%
- Matt Hougan: Crypto May Be Structurally Mispriced
- Jane Street Sued by Terraform Labs Bankruptcy Administrator
- Jane Street Allegedly Suppressing Bitcoin Price
- Alex Kruger: No Consistent 10 a.m. Bitcoin Dump in Market Data
- Ari Paul: Large Firms Do Not Suppress Price Structurally
- Jane Street Faces $560M Manipulation Case from India's SEBI
- DOJ Investigation Reported Into Jane Street Trading Activities
- US and Israel Launch Strikes on Iran; Khamenei Killed
- Iran Retaliates with Missile and Drone Strikes on US Bases
- Strait of Hormuz: 20% of World Oil Supply at Risk
- Chainalysis: Iran's Crypto Ecosystem Reached $7.8B in 2025
- 15 Million Iranians Have Crypto Exposure Amid 50% Inflation
- Jack Dorsey Announces Block to Cut 40% of Staff
- Jack Dorsey's X Post on Company Layoffs Due to AI
- Greg Cipolaro: Bitcoin in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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