Bitcoin Fortress

Bitcoin Fortress — Episode 184   Date: October 5, 2025   Block Height: 917,785   Moscow Time: 810   Fees: 1 / 1 / 2  

1) Bitcoin prints a new all-time high above ~$125,000      https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/bitcoin-hits-all-time-high-above-125000-2025-10-05/

 

2) ETF flows rebound: second-highest weekly inflows      https://www.theblock.co/post/373425/bitcoin-etfs-rebound-with-second-highest-weekly-inflows-since-launch...

Bitcoin Fortress — Episode 183   Date: September 28, 2025   Block Height: 916,801   Moscow Time: 907   Fees: 1 / 1 / 1  

 

News:

1) Strive acquires Semler; 5,816 BTC added      https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/ramaswamy-backed-strive-buy-semler-13-billion-deal-all-stock-deal-boosting-2025-09-22/

 

2) IREN pivots into AI; stock jumps      https://www.investors.com/news/bitcoin-price-selloff-iren-stock-ai-cloud-expansion-b...

Bitcoin Fortress — Episode 182 Date: Sept 21, 2025 Block Height: 915,753 Moscow Time: 865 Fees: 1 / 3 / 4

1) Fed cut 25 bps; more cuts signaled - Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/business/fed-lowers-interest-rates-signals-more-cuts-ahead-miran-dissents-2025-09-17/

- Reuters (Powell “risk management”): https://www.reuters.com/business/view-fed-lowers-rates-by-quarter-point-powell-says-was-risk-management-cut-2025-09-17/

 

2) Street...

📜 Show Notes — Bitcoin Fortress Podcast, Episode 181

Recorded: September 14, 2025 Block Height: 914,680 • Moscow Time: 864 • Fees (low/med/high): 1 / 3 / 4 sats/vB

Segment Sources (1–31)

1. Bitcoin-proxy equities cool / premiums compress — Reuters overview of “bitcoin hoarder” stocks pullback; FT analysis of the “crypto treasury” trade. Link: https://www.reuters.com/business/bitcoin-buyers-plunge-investors-crypto-euphoria-fade...

Show Notes — Episode 180

Recorded: September 7, 2025 Block Height: 913,606 | Moscow Time: 899 | Fees: 1/1/1 sats/vB

Headlines & Source Links

1. SEC's pro-crypto rulemaking agenda & SEC/CFTC coordination → Decrypt – SEC ramps up digital asset rule games

2. Registered exchanges can list spot crypto assets → Shearman & Sterling insight summary

3. Senate floats crypto market-structure framework → CoinDesk – Senate banking...

📒 Show Notes — Episode 179

Recorded: August 31, 2025 Block Height: 912,572 | Moscow Time: 919 | Fees: 1/3/4 sats/vB

Topics & Articles

• U.S. Commerce Dept on-chain data pilot — CoinDesk

• Tether USDT on Bitcoin via RGB — Bitcoin Magazine

• Amsterdam Bitcoin Treasury Strategy raises funds — CoinTelegraph

• UAE government-linked mining report — Bitcoin News

• American Bitcoin (ABTC) Nasdaq listing — Reuters

• Bitcoin Optech:...

Episode 178 — Recorded August 24, 2025 Block Height: 911,507 | Moscow Time: 874 | Fees: 1/1/1 sats/vB

Topics & Articles

• DOJ backs off prosecuting devs for code — Reuters

• Fed ends crypto oversight unit — Reuters

• Basel crypto capital rules under review — Reuters

• IRS crypto chief exits — CoinDesk

• CFTC “crypto sprint” — CoinDesk

• SoFi + Lightspark Lightning remittances — CoinTelegraph

• JPMorgan: hashrate +4% — CoinD...

Bitcoin Fortress Podcast

Episode 177 — August 17, 2025

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Show Notes Podcast Highlights

• State-Level Bitcoin Reserves: Texas has officially created its own Bitcoin reserve via S.B. 21—now operating as a standalone fund outside the general treasury. → Read the news

• Corporate Treasury Adoption: Public companies now hold ~320,000 BTC across 30+ firms, including MicroS...

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Weekly fiat market update / outlook and Top Bitcoin News:

• Hodler's Digest 7/27-8/2
• Weekly Crypto Recap - Cryptopotato 8/1/25
• Arthur Hayes unloads millions in ETH, PEPE, ENA says Bitcoin will 'test 100k'
• Bitcoin sets record monthly close at $115,800 despite market chaos
• GENIUS sets new stablecoin rules but remains vague on foreign issuers
• Controlling more Bitcoin:  Strategy unveils...

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Weekly market update / outlook and Top Bitcoin News:

• Hodler's Digest 7/20-7/26
• Bitcoin Highlights 7/20-7/27
• Global liquidity surge sets stage for Bitcoin price explosion
• Bitcoin nears $120K as analyst predicts 'larger price swings' next
• Bitcoin 'up year' is 2026, and the four-year cycle is dead:  Bitwise exec
• Does Bitcoin have less than 100 days left in this cycle?
• Bitcoin Podcast Ro...

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Weekly market update / outlook and Top Bitcoin News:

• Hodler's Digest 7/6-7/12
• Bitcoin surpasses silver, becomes sixth largest asset in the world
• 6 reasons behind Bitcoin's surge to uncharted territory:  can they push BTC even higher?
• IBIT hits $80B AUM milestone, now holds over 700,000 BTC
• 5 free metrics every Bitcoin investor needs
• Democrat senators want El Salvador sanctioned, BT...

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Weekly market update / outlook and Top Bitcoin News:

• Hodler's Digest 6/29-7/5
• Crypto Market Update - Cryptopotato
• Mysterious Bitcoin whale moves $8B in 'largest daily' transfer of old BTC in history
• Bitcoin's 5% problem:  why most people still don't own crypto - and what that means for its future
• Bitcoin price watch:  tight range signals calm before the breakout
• Senator Lummis intr...

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Weekly market update / outlook and Top Bitcoin News:

• Hodler's Digest 6/22-6/28
• Grant Cardone calls Bitcoin treasury companies the new gold rush
• Few Bitcoin treasury companies will survive 'death spiral':  VC report
• Tahini's Bitcoin treasury:  how a family chain outsmarted inflation
• Bitcoin takes pressure off the US dollar - US President Trump
• How the IMF prevents global Bitcoin ado...

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Weekly market update / outlook and Top Bitcoin News:

• Hodler's Digest 6/15-6/21
• Bitcoin quickly plunges below $103K, with volatility burst spurring $450M in crypto liquidations
• Texas governor signs bill adding Bitcoin to official reserves
• Bitcoin treasury companies:  a double-edged sword for the market - here's why
• Bitcoin gets a billionaire boost from Mexico's 3rd wealthiest man
• Tru...

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Market news update / outlook and Top Bitcoin News:

• Hodler's Digest 6/8-6/14
• Vietnam legalizes crypto under new digital technology law
• Bitcoin-backed loans open the real estate market to crypto-rich, tax-free
• Why is BlackRock's IBIT Bitcoin ETF soaring?
• How US firms and small businesses are increasing crypto adoption:  Coinbase Research
• The 30,000-foot view of the Oslo Freedom Forum
• B...

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Weekly market news / outlook and Top Bitcoin News:

• Hodler's Digest 6/1-6/7 
• Cryptopotato Weekly Recap
• If it keeps the pace, Blackrock's IBIT is on track to seize 1 million BTC by early 2026
• Michael Saylor's Strategy announces $979,700,000 stock offering in a bid to acquire more Bitcoin
• Metaplanet aims to raise $5.3 Billion to buy more Bitcoin
• Circle shares surge on NYSE debut, signal...

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Weekly market update / outlook and Top Bitcoin News:

• Hodler's Digest 5/25-5/31 (cointelegraph.com)
• Jack Mallers announced a new system of Bitcoin backed loans at Strike
• Michael Saylor presents the 21 ways to wealth at Bitcoin 2025
• The debt train has no brakes:  Lyn Alden makes the case for BTC at Bitcoin 2025
• IMF alarmed as Pakistan declares bold Bitcoin reserve
• JP Morgan's Jamie D...

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Weekly market news update / outlook and Top Bitcoin News:

• Hodler's Digest 5/11-5/17 (cointelegraph.com)
• Gemini Weekly Market Update 5/15
• Bitcoin adoption news:  Top Win rebrands, SteakNShake accepts BTC, Galaxy's Nasdaq debut
• Bitcoin whale outflows:  over 17,000 BTC exit exchanges in 7 days
• Al Abraaj becomes first mideast firm with Bitcoin treasury
• Twenty One Capital becomes 3rd larg...

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Weekly market update / outlook and Top Bitcoin News:

• Hodler's Digest 5/4-5/10 (cointelegraph.com)
• Bitcoin challenges $105k on positive weekend macro headlines
• Ex-Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky sentenced to 12 years in prison for fraud
• New BIS report says Bitcoin use surges during economic stress
• Oregon passes law officially recognizing Bitcoin as collateral
• Steak N Shake goes full crypto...