Episode notes
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:
- Bitcoin price drops to mid-$90ks
- Institutional investors double down on Bitcoin
- Czech National Bank becomes first central bank to buy Bitcoin
- Square launches Bitcoin payments for millions of merchants
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References mentioned in the episode:
- Government Reopens After Longest Shutdown
- Bitcoin Crashes 22% From All-Time High
- Stock Market Suffers Steep Decline
- Emory University Doubles Down on Bitcoin
- Harvard Increases Bitcoin ETF Allocation
- Eric Balchunas's Tweet on Harvard's IBIT Buy
- Harvard Triples Down on Bitcoin Allocation
- Macroscope's Tweet on Sovereign Wealth Fund
- Grayscale Investments Files for U.S. IPO
- Michael Saylor's Tweet on Bitcoin Volatility
- Czech Central Bank Buys Bitcoin for Pilot
- Czech Central Bank Bitcoin Announcement
- Czech Central Bank Becomes First to Buy BTC
- Czech Central Bank Governor's Bitcoin Tweet
- SoFi Launches Crypto Trading on its Platform
- BTC Just Got One Step Closer to Being Money
- Jack Dorsey's Tweet on BTC Payments Launch
- Cash App Enables Bitcoin Lightning Payments
- Twitter Thread Breaking Down Block's Launch
- Miles Suter's Tweet on Bitcoin Payments
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