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:

• Gold Price Slides as Bitcoin Holds Around $70,000
• Morgan Stanley Continues to Lean into Bitcoin
• Strategy Announces New $42B ATM
• SEC/CFTC Provide More Regulatory Clarity on Crypto
• Market Structure Bill - CLARITY Act - Progressing

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References mentioned in the episode:

• Morgan Stanley Sets MSBT Ticker and $1M Seed Capital for Bitcoin ETF
• Morgan Stanley Exec Says Crypto ETF Adoption "Very Early" Among Advisors
• Morgan Stanley Advances Bitcoin ETF Filing via Amended S-1
• Strategy's Phong Le on the Potential of Morgan Stanley's MSBT
• Coinbase & EY-Parthenon: 2026 Institutional Investor Digital Assets Survey
• SEC/CFTC Interpretation of Federal Securities Laws to Crypto Assets
• SEC/CFTC Releases Joint Crypto Guidance on Securities Classification
• U.S. SEC Issues First-Ever Definitions for What Crypto Assets Are Securities
• Senate Banking Committee Eyes April Vote on Crypto Market Structure Bill
• Lawmakers Reach Breakthrough Agreement in Principle on Stablecoin Yield
• Crypto Clarity Act May Be Cleared to Move After Senators Agree on Stablecoin Yield
• Key U.S. Senator on Crypto Market Structure Bill: "We Think We've Got It"