Episode Details

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:

• Trump proposes a 10% cap on credit card interest rates
• Trump targets Wall Street firms buying single-family homes
• Government plan to buy a large amount of mortgage bonds to push mortgage rates down
• Defense budget could jump to $1.5 trillion
• MSCI keeps Bitcoin-holding companies in its indexes (for now)
• Morgan Stanley moves into Bitcoin: ETF, trading and wallet plans

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References mentioned in the episode:

• Trump Bans Institutional Investors from Housing
• Trump Announcement on Institutional Housing Ban
• Trump's Ban on Corporate Homebuying Blindsides Wall St.
• Trump Proposes to Raise Defense Spending by $500B
• Trump Instructs $200B of Mortgage Bond Buying
• Lyn Alden's Tweet In Response to Defense Spending
• Trump's Defense Spending Plan Could Raise Deficit
• Trump Restricts Defense Companies from Stock Buybacks
• Trump's Announcement on Defense Sector Restrictions
• Trump Instructs Freddie and Fannie to Buy Bonds
• Trump's $200B MBS Order Asserts Power Over Market
• Erik Vorhees's Tweet on Credit Card Interest Cap
• Trump's Announcement on Credit Card Interest Cap

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