News Block: Fed Cuts & Pauses QT, Bitcoin's IPO Moment, Strategy Gets Rated

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:

• Fed cuts 25 basis points - what it means for markets and Bitcoin
• Is the end of QT the beginning of QE?
• Why isn't Bitcoin higher?
• Bitcoin is having its "IPO moment" 
• Jamie Dimon suddenly likes crypto
• Is Japan mining Bitcoin?
• Strategy gets a "B-" credit rating in industry milestone

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References mentioned in the episode:

 

• Five Takeaways from the Fed Meeting
• Fed Winding Down Balance Sheet Contraction
• Fed Cuts Rates Again, Plans to End QT Program
• Lyn Alden's Tweet on Money Printing and QE
• Jordi Visser's Newsletter on Bitcoin's IPO Moment
• Scott Bessent's Tweet on Bitcoin's Resilency
• Scott Bessent Praises the Bitcoin Network 
• Japan Now Mining BTC with Government Resources
• Matthew Sigel's Tweet on Japan Mining BTC
• Jamie Dimon Says Crypto Will Be Used by Banks
• Michael Saylor Rumors on Bank Bitcoin Adoption
• Larry Fink's Comments on Currency Debasement
• Jamie Dimon Capitulates on Cryptocurrency
• S&P Global Assigns 'B-' Rating to Strategy
• Strategy's Q3 2025 Earnings Presentation
• S&P Global Assigns Strategy Junk Bond Rating

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