Bitcoin Use Case in Iran

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 Pulls Back from $78k as Geopolitical Tensions Rattle Markets
• UAE Threatens to Diversify from the Dollar to Chinese Yuan in Wartime Oil Deals
• Paulson Warns of a "Vicious" U.S. Debt Crisis
• Strategy's STRC Hits $1 Billion in Single-Day Volume and Proposes Bi-Monthly Dividends
• Goldman Sachs Files for Bitcoin ETF as Wall Street Race Heats Up

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References mentioned in the episode:

• Bitcoin Climbs to Two-Month High Amid Middle East Deal Optimism
• Fox Business: Bitcoin Is a Lifeline for Iranian People
• Bitcoin's War Rally Is Forcing a Rethink Beyond "Digital Gold"
• Luke Gromen's Tweet on WSJ Scoop on UAE and Dollar Swap Lines
• The IMF Just Repriced the Macro Backdrop for Bitcoin with a Global Debt Warning
• Henry Paulson Suggests US Make a Break-Glass Treasuries Plan
• Strategy's STRC Sees Record Breaking Trading Day
• Strategy's STRC $1.1 Billion Volume: Saylor's Bitcoin Buying Engine
• STRC.live Tracker
• Strategy Proposes Semi-Monthly Dividends on its Popular STRC Preferred Stock
• Why Michael Saylor's Strategy Decided to Make STRC's Dividend Bi-Monthly
• Strategy Corporate Announcement on STRC Dividend Payments
• Michael Saylor "Think Even Bigger" Post
• Tether Adds $70 Million in Bitcoin to Reserves, Holdings Above 97,000 BTC
• Morgan Stanley's Bitcoin ETF Reaches $100M in First Week, Marking the Bank's Strongest Launch
• Goldman Sachs Files for Bitcoin ETF That Invests in Other Bitcoin ETFs
• Nate Geraci on Goldman's Bitcoin Premium Income ETF
• BlackRock's IBIT: Nearly $100 Billion Bitcoin Giant
• Nomura Study Says 65% of Institutional Investors See Crypto as a Vital Portfolio Diversifier

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