Bitcoin as a Beacon Amid Global Crisis

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

• Bitcoin Price Tumbles Amid Iran-Israel War Escalation
• Senate Passes Stablecoin Bill
• Trump Slams Fed for Not Cutting Rates
• Texas Signs Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Bill into Law
• $SMLR Plans To Buy 105,000 Bitcoins
• Strategy Stacks More BTC as Saylor Predicts $21 Million Bitcoin Price
• Can Bitcoin Defund Wars? 

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---- References mentioned in the episode:

• President Trump’s Post on “Successful Bombing” of Iran
• Iran’s Foreign Prime Minister: “U.S. Crossed the Line”
• Iran Claims “No Nuclear Contamination from U.S. Bombings” 
• Iran’s Parliament Officially Approves Closure of the Strait of Hormuz
• Bloomberg: “How Iran Could Wreak Havoc on Global Oil Trade”
• Fed’s Jerome Powell Keeps Interest Rates Unchanged 
• Waller: A Fed Cut Could Come as Soon as July 
• Trump Pressures “Too Late Powell” to Cut in Post
• Trump Post Directed at Jerome Powell to Cut Rates
• Bessent Interview on Stablecoins and Dollar Supremacy 
• David Sacks Interview on GENIUS Act Passing Senate 
• Trump’s Comments on the GENIUS Act Passing Senate
• Trump Urges House to Send Him the GENIUS Act ASAP
• Texas Signs Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Bill into Law
• Coin Stories Interview with Eric Semler and Renae Cormier 
• Smarter Web Company Raises 21 Million Shares 
• Semler Scientific Hires Bitcoin Veteran and Announces Plans
• DayDayCook Raises More Than $500 Million to Buy Bitcoin
• Alex Gladstein’s Article on Fiat and Forever Wars

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