News Block: Digital Credit's Worst Day Ever, Warsh's New Fed Era Begins, Bitcoin's Community Attack Problem
Coin Stories with Natalie Brunell
Release Date: 06/22/2026
Alex Leishman: Institutions Are Buying What Retail Sells — Plus How to Keep Your Bitcoin Safe
Coin Stories with Natalie Brunell
Natalie Brunell sits down with Alex Leishman, Founder, CEO & CTO of River. Alex shares what River's own client data reveals about who is buying and selling Bitcoin right now — and why big institutions are quietly accumulating during this downturn while everyday investors sell. In this episode: Is Bitcoin still Bitcoin if Wall Street owns a growing share of it? Why most people never move their Bitcoin off an exchange How scammers actually steal Bitcoin, and the simple habits that stop them Whether quantum computing is a real threat to your Bitcoin, and how River is preparing Why Alex has...
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News Block: Bitcoin Price Surges on Surprise Treasury Move, Washington's Big Crypto Week, and Tether's First-Ever Audit
Coin Stories with Natalie Brunell
In this week's episode of the Coin Stories News Block powered exclusively by , we cover these major headlines related to Bitcoin, macroeconomics, and global finance: Bitcoin jumps to nearly $70K after a surprise move by the U.S. Treasury Trump hosts crypto CEOs at the White House as a make-or-break vote looms Japan's biggest Bitcoin company is coming to America Tether finally got audited after a decade of doubters. Here's what they found Hackers leaked the names and home addresses of thousands of Bitcoin holders Bitcoin volatility has almost never been this quiet. Fidelity says that won't...
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Michael Saylor & Phong Le: MSTR Dilution Fears, Buybacks and Strategy as the "J.P. Morgan of Digital Assets"
Coin Stories with Natalie Brunell
Michael Saylor and Phong Le sat down with Natalie Brunell to take questions directly from Strategy investors — including some pointed concerns about MSTR’s sharp drawdown, dilution and whether common shareholders are still the company’s top priority. One investor said he put $73,000 into MSTR for each of his three children, only to see each investment fall to roughly $20,000. He asked Saylor and Le directly: have common shareholders become Strategy’s lowest priority? In this episode: Michael and Phong address dilution fears around $MSTR common stock Are $MSTR buybacks are on...
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Mark Moss: "Retire Off Bitcoin" Strategy and How to Build Wealth in Any Market
Coin Stories with Natalie Brunell
Can you really retire off Bitcoin — even if the price drops 50%? Mark Moss returns to Coin Stories to explain why he believes you can, what most people misunderstand about volatility, and why becoming a forced seller can be more dangerous than a falling market. He also opens up about what happened inside Satsuma, the Bitcoin treasury company that ultimately unraveled. In this episode: How to retire off Bitcoin without selling it What really happened inside Satsuma Whether the Coldcard exploit changes self-custody Why Mark doesn’t expect another 2008-style crash soon What could finally...
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Alex Thorn: Tracking the Stolen Bitcoin and the "Red Team" Racing to Find More Bug
Coin Stories with Natalie Brunell
More than 1,700 bitcoins have been drained from Coldcard wallets belonging to people who did everything right when it comes to self-custody. Alex Thorn, Head of Firmwide Research at Galaxy Digital, has been tracing those coins on-chain since the second day of the attack, working directly with victims. He joins me with the fullest accounting of the hack that exists anywhere: how much was actually taken, where that Bitcoin is sitting right now, and what the people who took it have and haven't done with it since. In this episode: • Where the stolen Bitcoin is sitting right now and...
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News Block #152: Bitcoin's Red Team Fights Back, the BIP-110 Moment of Truth Arrives, CLARITY Punted to September
Coin Stories with Natalie Brunell
In this week's episode of the Coin Stories News Block powered exclusively by , we cover these major headlines related to Bitcoin, macroeconomics, and global finance: Bitcoin's Red Team audits 390 projects in record time, and what they found will surprise you Rob Hamilton says OpenAI blocked the Red Team's defensive work, so where is he turning instead? BIP-110's activation deadline arrived. Here's how it played out. The CLARITY Act missed its August window. What happens now? Putin signs Russia's first crypto law, and it reveals who the law is really for Why Bessent's yen rescue was never...
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Matt Kratter: Inside Bitcoin's Civil War Over BIP-110
Coin Stories with Natalie Brunell
BIP 110 has divided the Bitcoin community more than anything I've covered in years, and a lot of the argument has played out as people shouting past each other online. Matt Kratter of Bitcoin University, one of the proposal's most vocal supporters, joins me to break down Bitcoin's civil war. Matt makes his case, I push back where I have questions, and we talk about why this debate has gotten as heated as it has. In this episode: What BIP 110 would actually do, and why supporters say it would stop spam on the Bitcoin network What a chain split would look like, and Matt's honest answer on...
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Dylan LeClair: Why Bitcoin Treasury Companies Sold Off and What Comes Next
Coin Stories with Natalie Brunell
In 2026, Bitcoin treasury stocks have taken a much bigger beating than Bitcoin itself. Dylan LeClair, Director of Bitcoin Strategy at Metaplanet, joins me from to explain why he thinks the bears got carried away. In this episode: Why treasury company stocks fell so much further than Bitcoin did His response to the criticism Parker Lewis brought to this show about perpetual preferred equitites What Metaplanet is building in Japan, where $7 trillion sits in cash earning nothing Whether he thinks Bitcoin has bottomed, from someone who swore off price calls Follow Dylan LeClair at ----...
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News Block #151: ColdCard Hack Explained - First Self-Custody Breach at Scale, Strategy Makes First STRC Buyback, Fed's Most Hawkish Dissent in Decade
Coin Stories with Natalie Brunell
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: The COLDCARD hack explained — the first time a major self-custody device has been compromised at scale, and what you need to know Why this hack is different from Mt. Gox, Bitfinex, and FTX and why it matters more for everyday Bitcoiners Strategy confirms it will no longer put 100% of capital raises into Bitcoin — here's what that actually means Three Fed members voted to raise rates, the most divided the FOMC has been...
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Parker Lewis: Digital Credit, Bitcoin Treasury Companies, and Where We Disagree
Coin Stories with Natalie Brunell
Parker Lewis, Head of Business Development at Zaprite and author of Gradually, Then Suddenly, has been one of the clearest writers on Bitcoin as money for years. Lately he's been vocal about the Bitcoin treasury companies and the yield products built on them. I wanted to hear him out, but I also pushed back — because I think there's a version of these products that brings in people who wouldn't otherwise be here. We didn't land in the same place, which is what makes it worth your time. In this episode: Why Parker says the simplest way to save in Bitcoin is to own Bitcoin His answer to...
info_outlineIn 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:
- Digital credit's worst day ever - what actually caused the STRC and SATA selloff and why it matters
- The carry trade that blew up: how investors borrowing at 5% to earn 11.5% created a cascade
- Kevin Warsh chairs his first Fed meeting, kills forward guidance, and launches five task forces
- The Iran deal is already fraying — Iran re-declares the Strait of Hormuz closed days after signing
- A message to the Bitcoin community on recent in-fighting
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