Bitcoin news and economic news update. Today I cover GameStop’s bitcoin collateral strategy, Brazil’s new law for seized crypto, Tether’s Big Four audit push, institutional bitcoin adoption, prediction market growth, and new pressure on Kraken’s Fed master account bid. This episode touches on bitcoin regulation, financial news, bitcoin investing, and the broader economics of bitcoin.

Topics for today:

GameStop’s 4,709 BTC was serving as bitcoin-backed collateral at Coinbase
Brazil passes a law covering seized crypto assets
Tether taps KPMG for its first Big Four USDT audit amid U.S. expansion
St. Cloud Financial deepens its bitcoin exposure
Prediction markets top $20 billion in monthly volume as geopolitics drives activity
Trust Wallet launches AI agent kit
Retail investors appear to dominate a major slice of Strategy’s stretch buyers
A U.S. lawmaker presses the Kansas Fed over Kraken’s master account approval

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Today’s Articles covering bitcoin news, economic news, and regulation:

https://atlas21.com/gamestop-the-4709-btc-were-not-sold-they-were-held-as-collateral-at-coinbase/

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/brazil-passes-law-turning-seized-crypto

https://decrypt.co/362556/tether-taps-kpmg-for-first-big-four-usdt-audit-amid-u-s-expansion-push

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/st-cloud-financial-passes-10-bitcoin

https://www.theblock.co/post/395454/prediction-markets-top-20-billion-in-monthly-volume-as-geopolitics-now-drives-majority-of-activity-trm-labs

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/trust-wallet-launches-agent-kit

https://www.tradingview.com/news/cointelegraph:59cec64d7094b:0-80-of-strategy-s-stretch-buyers-are-mom-and-pop-investors/

https://www.tradingview.com/news/cointelegraph:94a393d72094b:0-us-lawmaker-presses-kansas-fed-over-kraken-master-account-approval/

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