S&P 500 Snub and Oversight Challenges in Crypto Investments

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:

• Poor Jobs Data Cements Case for Rate Cuts
• DOJ Launches Criminal Investigation into Fed Governor
• Gold Hits New Record High
• Dalio: “Bad debt situations contributing to Bitcoin’s rise" 
• SEC/CFTC Issue Joint Statement to Enable Spot Crypto Trading
• Strategy Snubbed by S&P 500 

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References mentioned in the episode:

• U.S. Unemployment Rate Near Four-Year High
• U.S. Jobs Report Cements Case for Fed Rate Cut
• Americans Losing Faith in the American Dream
• DOJ Opens Investigation into Fed’s Lisa Cook 
• Ray Dalio’s Financial Times Interview 
• Gold Hits New All-time High, Above $3,600
• Charlie Bilello’s Chart on Gold’s Performance
• U.S. Bank Resumes Cryptocurrency Custody Service
• SEC and CFTC Joint Statement on Digital Assets 
• Robinhood, AppLovin, and EMCOR Join S&P 500
• Strategy Gets Snubbed by S&P 500 Committee 
• Matt Cole’s Tweet on S&P 500 Committee
• Michael Saylor’s Tweet on S&P 500 
• Nasdaq Increases Scrutiny on Crypto Treasury Companies
• Strategy’s Tweet in Response to Nasdaq Report
• Scott Johnsson’s Tweet on Impact of Nasdaq Report
• New Bitcoin Treasury Company Launches in Amsterdam
• River’s Business Bitcoin Adoption in 2025 Report 
• Coin Stories Interview with Jeff Park

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