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LIVE – A Bitcoin treasury company sat locked out of its own withdrawal requests for four months — and the day it broke, the stock swung 27% in a single session. Not your keys, not your coins isn't a slogan this week; it's a live case study.
This is the full Bitcast news roundup for the week. You'll see exactly what happened with Datavault and the Biconomy exchange freeze, why the Fed's 10-2 hold at 3.75%-4.00% matters (with Lisa Cook and Beth Hammack dissenting toward a hike), and what MicroStrategy's 99.3% shareholder approval of its daily dividends amendment actually changes for MSTR holders. You'll also get the breakdown on Coinbase confirming a 70,000-user data breach through an analytics vendor, Treasury Secretary Bessent's stablecoin-for-dollar-dominance pitch, and where the Clarity Act, Google's custody framework, and the CFTC's 24/7 trading roundtable now stand.
In the back half we cover sovereignty under pressure: Brazil's judicial censorship regime targeting the opposition as Bolsonaro flees to the US, GrapheneOS shipping Vanadium 156.0, Tor crossing 4 million daily users, and what the freedom-tech stack looks like when courts and borders start closing in. Bitcoin-only commentary — no hype, no trading signals, just what actually happened and why it matters for your sovereignty.
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• Brandon Gentile: https://www.youtube.com/@brandon_gentile
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This is the full Bitcast news roundup for the week. You'll see exactly what happened with Datavault and the Biconomy exchange freeze, why the Fed's 10-2 hold at 3.75%-4.00% matters (with Lisa Cook and Beth Hammack dissenting toward a hike), and what MicroStrategy's 99.3% shareholder approval of its daily dividends amendment actually changes for MSTR holders. You'll also get the breakdown on Coinbase confirming a 70,000-user data breach through an analytics vendor, Treasury Secretary Bessent's stablecoin-for-dollar-dominance pitch, and where the Clarity Act, Google's custody framework, and the CFTC's 24/7 trading roundtable now stand.
In the back half we cover sovereignty under pressure: Brazil's judicial censorship regime targeting the opposition as Bolsonaro flees to the US, GrapheneOS shipping Vanadium 156.0, Tor crossing 4 million daily users, and what the freedom-tech stack looks like when courts and borders start closing in. Bitcoin-only commentary — no hype, no trading signals, just what actually happened and why it matters for your sovereignty.
Subscribe for weekly Bitcoin-only education and live commentary: https://www.youtube.com/@BTCSessions
Follow on X for real-time takes: https://x.com/BTCSessions
Join the newsletter for the best Bitcoin reads of the week: https://btcsessions.ca
ALSO WATCH THE CO-HOSTS:
• Canadian Bitcoiners (Joey): https://www.youtube.com/@canadianbitcoiners
• THE Bitcoin Podcast (Walker): https://www.youtube.com/@walkeramerica
• Brandon Gentile: https://www.youtube.com/@brandon_gentile
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SHOW SPONSORS:
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ABUNDANT MINES:
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DEBIFI LOANS
https://qrco.de/bfiDCp
STAMP SEED TITANIUM BACKUP
https://www.stampseed.com/products/titanium-seed-stamping-kit
Use promo code BITCAST for 15% off site wide
CASA COLLABORATIVE MULTISIG
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Use promo code SESSIONS for 10% off your first year
BOOK Private Sessions with Nathan, Ben and the BTC Mentor Team: Master self-custody, hardware, multisig, Lightning, privacy, and more.
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