Episode notes
In this week's episode of the Coin Stories News Block powered exclusively by Gemini, we cover these major headlines related to Bitcoin, macroeconomics, and global finance:
- Bitcoin Price Tumbles Amid Iran-Israel War Escalation
- Senate Passes Stablecoin Bill
- Trump Slams Fed for Not Cutting Rates
- Texas Signs Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Bill into Law
- $SMLR Plans To Buy 105,000 Bitcoins
- Strategy Stacks More BTC as Saylor Predicts $21 Million Bitcoin Price
- Can Bitcoin Defund Wars?
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---- References mentioned in the episode:
- President Trump's Post on "Successful Bombing" of Iran
- Iran's Foreign Prime Minister: "U.S. Crossed the Line"
- Iran Claims "No Nuclear Contamination from U.S. Bombings"
- Iran's Parliament Officially Approves Closure of the Strait of Hormuz
- Bloomberg: "How Iran Could Wreak Havoc on Global Oil Trade"
- Fed's Jerome Powell Keeps Interest Rates Unchanged
- Waller: A Fed Cut Could Come as Soon as July
- Trump Pressures "Too Late Powell" to Cut in Post
- Trump Post Directed at Jerome Powell to Cut Rates
- Bessent Interview on Stablecoins and Dollar Supremacy
- David Sacks Interview on GENIUS Act Passing Senate
- Trump's Comments on the GENIUS Act Passing Senate
- Trump Urges House to Send Him the GENIUS Act ASAP
- Texas Signs Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Bill into Law
- Coin Stories Interview with Eric Semler and Renae Cormier
- Smarter Web Company Raises 21 Million Shares
- Semler Scientific Hires Bitcoin Veteran and Announces Plans
- DayDayCook Raises More Than $500 Million to Buy Bitcoin
- Alex Gladstein's Article on Fiat and Forever Wars
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