The Rise of the Lightning Network and Fold's Historic IPO

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

• 2025: The Year of the Bitcoin Treasury Company?
• A closer look at instutional adoption of Bitcoin based on recent 13F filings
• Czech Central Banker tweets about Bitcoin vs crypto
• Fold goes public
• and much more!

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References mentioned in the episode: 

• Saylor’s Big Bet on Bitcoin Is Inspiring Copycat CEOs
• Strategy is Best-Performing Stock in Last 12 Months 
• Eric Yakes’ Report on the State of the Bitcoin Ecosystem 
• Strive CEO: “2025 Will Be The Year of the Bitcoin Treasury Company”
• 3 Sources Confirm that Gamestop is Considering BTC Investment 
• Eric Semler Launches the “Zombie Zone”
• Semler Identifies Zoom as Potential Bitcoin Treasury CompanyFounder and CEO of Zoom Follows Joe Burnett 
• Vivek Ramaswamy’s Tweet on Bitcoin Corporate Adoption
• Czech Central Bank Governor Wants to Buy Bitcoin 
• Czech Central Bank Governor Tweets on Bitcoin 
• Czech Central Bank Proposal For Adopting Bitcoin
• Sam Callahan’s Thread on Institutional Adoption  
• Bitcoin Financial Services Company, Fold, Goes Public
• Join the Fold Credit Card Waitlist Here 
• Fidelity Digital Assets & Voltage Publish Lightning Report 
• Fidelity Digital Assets: Lightning Strengthens Bitcoin

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