Federal Reserve's Evolving Stance on Bitcoin and MicroStrategy's Financial Innovations

In this week's episode of the Coin Stories News Block, we cover these major headlines related to Bitcoin and global finance:

• A New Era for Stablecoins: Tether Is Coming to Bitcoin
• Fed’s Powell: “Banks Can Serve Crypto Customers”
• MicroStrategy to Launch New Perpetual Preferred Stock ($STRK) 

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---- References mentioned in the episode:

• USD-Denominated Stablecoin Total Volume 
• Lightning Labs Announces Tether Integration 
• Tether Announces Integration with Lightning Labs
• Federal Reserve Puts “Pause” On Interest Rates 
• Inflation Doesn’t Have to Hit 2% Target to Cut Again
• President Trump Asks for Fed to Lower Rates 
• Treasury Yields Rise After FOMC Meeting 
• President Trump’s Truth Social Post on the Fed 
• Federal Reserve Crypto Policy Statement on Banks
• Czech Central Bank Considering Adding Bitcoin
• MicroStrategy Buys Another +10,000 BTC
• MicroStrategy Announces Strike Preferred Stock Offering
• Institutions Are Primed for MSTR's Preferred Stock Sale

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