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

What the wave of Bitcoin company closures and bankruptcies tells us about where we are in the bear market
84% of Bitcoin is now held by long-term holders — the highest level ever recorded
AI agents just paid each other in Bitcoin over Lightning for the first time
BlackRock, Fidelity, and seven other institutions pledge $15M to protect Bitcoin from quantum threats — and critics are calling it "Big Bitcoin"
Strategy repurchases $25M in STRC at $86.52 and boosts its cash reserve to $3.75 billion

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References mentioned in the episode:

BitMEX Ends Operations After 11 Years
BitMart to Wind Down Its Exchange
Satsuma Shareholders Approve Bitcoin Treasury Liquidation
Smarter Web Company Sells Bitcoin to Repay Debt
Poolin Files for Bankruptcy
Poolin Files Chapter 11 and Sets $52 Million Floor Bid
Bitcoin Standard Treasury Company Scraps Original SPAC Terms
Jack Mallers Steps Down as Twenty One Capital CEO
MARA Sells $1.5 Billion of Bitcoin Amid AI Shift
Bitdeer Empties Its Bitcoin Treasury as Miners Pivot to AI
Natalie Brunell Interviews MARA CEO Fred Thiel
84% of Bitcoin Is Held by Long-Term Holders
Bitcoin Conviction Is at an All-Time High
Lightning Labs Launches Wavelength
Jensen Huang Explains Why Open AI Models Matter
Mark Zuckerberg on Open Source and Preventing Centralization
Elon Musk Says X's Code Will Be Open Source and Audited
Jack Dorsey Announces Buzz
Michael Levin Demonstrates Buzz and Wavelength Working Together
Satoshi Nakamoto on the Root Problem With Conventional Currency
Mike Schmidt Explains the Bitcoin Security Consortium
Brian Armstrong on Preparing Bitcoin for Quantum Computing
Official Bitcoin Security Consortium Announcement
BlackRock, Coinbase and Strategy Join $15 Million Security Consortium
Nine Firms Launch the Bitcoin Security Consortium
Galaxy Launches the Bitcoin Quantum Readiness Initiative
Strategy Overhauls Its Bitcoin Capital-Markets Metrics
Strategy Announces Its New Bitcoin Capital-Markets Metrics

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News Block: Is This Bear Market Almost Over? "Big Bitcoin" Unites to Defend Network, Strategy Makes Its First STRC Buyback