Episode Details

🎙 Bitcoin Fortress Podcast — Episode 223

Date: July 5, 2026
Block Height: 956807
Moscow Time: 1598
Fees: 1 / 1 /2

 

In this episode:

In this episode, we cover Bitcoin’s latest stress test: Strategy’s capital stack, weak ETF flows, miner pressure, macro volatility, and the broader question of discipline in a noisy market. We also look at this week’s Bitcoin podcast themes, feature A Bitcoin Way of Life — Week 7: Discipline Without Force, and connect it all back to building a stronger Bitcoin fortress over time.

 

Bitcoin Fortress YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEPGN1YCIQcMxkUig5GaNrQ

 

Bitcoin Fortress Substack Featured Post:

A Bitcoin Way of Life - Week 7
https://bitcoinfortress.substack.com/p/a-bitcoin-way-of-life-week-7

 

Bitcoin Fortress Books:

• Bitcoin Fortress: A Simple Guide to Bitcoin for Beginners

• Bitcoin Retirement and Estate Planning

• The Bitcoin Lifestyle

• The Architecture of Money

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NEWS (June 28, 2026 – July 5, 2026)

Market and Macro

Bitcoin price near low $60,000s — CoinDesk
https://www.coindesk.com/price/bitcoin

Bitcoin price and market data — CoinMarketCap
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin/

Weak jobs data helped Bitcoin reclaim $62K — Seeking Alpha
https://seekingalpha.com/news/4609678-weak-job-data-handed-bitcoin-a-lifeline-btc-price-reclaims-62k-who-else-helped

Dollar weakens after jobs report — Wall Street Journal
https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/yen-consolidates-ahead-of-u-s-nonfarm-payrolls-report-94a64c4a

Gold heads for worst quarter in 13 years — Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/business/gold-set-fourth-monthly-fall-bets-fed-rate-hikes-2026-06-30/

Strategy / MSTR / STRC

Strategy enterprise value falls below Bitcoin holdings — Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/strategys-valuation-falls-below-bitcoin-holdings-crypto-sentiment-sours-2026-06-29/

Strategy financial overhaul — Barron’s
https://www.barrons.com/articles/mstr-stock-buybacks-bitcoin-sales-f197e065

Strategy insiders buy STRC — Barron’s
https://www.barrons.com/articles/strategy-strc-preferred-stock-insider-buying-12b9ea17

Strategy buybacks and Bitcoin monetization program — CoinDesk