Senate Backs Stablecoins, AMEX with 4% Bitcoin Back, and Amazon’s Crypto Ambition

Bitcoin for Mortgages, Stocks Get Tokenized, States Revolt

(00:00) Intro and Major Headlines (00:57) Texas Treats Bitcoin Like Gold: A State-Level Reserve (02:41) Bitcoin as Mortgage Collateral (04:33) Robinhood’s Big Bet: Tokenized Stocks, Staking, and a Blockchain of Its Own (07:32) Stablecoins Get Serious: Circle and Ripple Chase Bank Charters (08:55) Fiserv’s FIUSD: A Payments Giant Joins the Stablecoin Party (10:29) Betting on the Future: Polymarket and Kalshi Raise Millions (12:07) Fold Buys Lolli to Supercharge Bitcoin Rewards (13:46) Weekly Recap, Hot Take, and Closing Thought

Senate Backs Stablecoins, AMEX with 4% Bitcoin Back, and Amazon’s Crypto Ambition

(00:00) Intro and Major Headlines (00:47) Senate Says "Genius" to Stablecoins (03:44) Stablecoins in E-commerce: Shopify's Big Move (06:59) Walmart and Amazon’s Stablecoin Ambitions (09:52) Coinbase Card: AMEX with up to 4% Bitcoin Rewards (12:48) Bitcoin’s Supply Squeeze Heats Up (16:49) Weekly Recap, Hot Take, and Closing Thought

Circle Soars, X Bets on Polymarket, Save Our Wallets

(00:00) Intro and Major Headlines (01:00) Circle's Explosive IPO and Its Implications (04:46) Tether's Astonishing Profits and Market Position (07:39) The Great IPO Rush: Gemini and Beyond (10:40) X Bets on Polymarket (13:51) Stripe as AWS of Internet Money (16:35) The Fight for Wallet Freedom in Congress (19:53) Conclusion: The Future of Money

Square Accepts Bitcoin, GameStop Buys It, Circle IPOs

(00:00) Intro and Major Headlines (00:49) VP Vance: Stablecoins Supercharge the Dollar (03:36) GameStop’s $513M Bitcoin Bet: Meme Stock Goes Full Saylor (06:16) Square Makes Bitcoin Payments Easy as Pie (08:32) Tether's Dominance and Global Impact (11:10) Russia’s Largest Bank Bets on Bitcoin Bonds (12:59) Circle’s IPO: Stablecoins Go Wall Street (15:01) SEC Drops Binance Suit: Regulation by Enforcement Dies (16:55) Conclusion: The Great Normalization

Bitcoin Surpasses Amazon, Stocks Tokenize, Stablecoins Soar

(00:00) Introduction and Overview (00:50) Bitcoin Outmuscles Amazon: The $2 Trillion Milestone (05:47) Kraken’s xStocks: Wall Street Meets Blockchain (09:46) The GENIUS Act: Stablecoins Get a Rulebook (14:14) Major Banks Entering the Stablecoin Arena (18:26) Weekly Recap and Final Thoughts