Institutional Investment Trends in Bitcoin Amidst Regulatory Clarity

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

• SEC Confirms Bitcoin Mining is Not a Security Transaction

• OCC to End Reputation Risk Exams Amid Backlash

• Survey Shows 85% of Institutional Investors Increased BTC Allocation

• Bo Hines: “We [U.S. government] want as much BTC as we can get.” 

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---- References mentioned in the episode:

• SEC Statement on Proof-of-Work Mining
• SEC Hosts First Crypto-Focused Roundtable
• Michael Saylor’s Digital Asset Framework 
• Coinbase Files Recommendations to the SEC
• President Trump Addresses Digital Assets Summit
• OCC Seizes Examinations of Reputation Risk
• OCC Ends Reputation Risk Exams Amid Backlash
• Coinbase’s Institutional Investor Digital Assets Survey
• Coin Stories Interview with Bitwise’s Matt Hougan
• Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan’s Tweet on Institutional Adoption
• Kraken to Acquire Futures Platform NinjaTrader
• Bloomberg: Coinbase in “Advanced” Talks to Buy Deribit
• Bo Hines Hints at Revaluing Gold to Buy More Bitcoin
• Bo Hines: “We want as much Bitcoin as we can get”
• Scott Bessent’s Interview on the All-In Podcast

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