News Block: U.S. Stablecoin Push Grows, Bitcoin Touted as Reserve Currency, Steak Prices Expose Real Inflation, SEC Backs Self-Custody

2025-06-16

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: U.S. Stablecoin Momentum Heats Up Could Amazon and Walmart Issue Stablecoins? Coinbase CEO: Bitcoin Could Become World Reserve Currency Paul Tudor Jones Recommends Bitcoin for Inflation Protection Inflation of Steak Prices Has Soared - Bitcoin Could Have Protected Your...

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:

U.S. Stablecoin Momentum Heats Up
Could Amazon and Walmart Issue Stablecoins?
Coinbase CEO: Bitcoin Could Become World Reserve Currency
Paul Tudor Jones Recommends Bitcoin for Inflation Protection
Inflation of Steak Prices Has Soared - Bitcoin Could Have Protected Your Purchasing Power
SEC Chair: “Right to Self-Custody is a Foundational American Value.”

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References mentioned in the episode:

Block to Launch Bitcoin Payments on Square
Shopify to Launch Stablecoin Payments with Coinbase
Steak n’ Shake COO Comments on Bitcoin Success
President Trump Addresses Coinbase Summit
Bessent Predicts Stablecoin Market Cap to Exceed $2 Trillion
Amazon & Walmart Considering Stablecoin Implementations
Senate Votes to Move Forward with the GENIUS Act
Senate to Hold Final Vote on GENIUS Act on Tuesday
Parker Lewis’s Tweet on Local Steak Inflation
TFTC Launches Bitcoin Web Browser Extension
Bank of America Chart on Disruptive Technologies
Bitcoin Network Successfully Mines 900,000th Block
SEC Clears Trump Media to Buy Bitcoin for Treasury
Brian Armstrong: Bitcoin Could be Reserve Currency
SEC Chair’s Comments on Right to Self-Custody BTC
Paul Tudor Jones’ Interview on BloombergTV

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