News Block: Iran Tensions Escalate, Bitcoin Reacts to War and Inflation, Trump Targets the Fed, Stablecoin & Treasury Adoption Surge

Jun 23, 2025

In this week's episode of the Coin Stories News Block powered exclusively by Gemini, we cover these major headlines related to Bitcoin, macroeconomics, and global finance:

• Bitcoin Price Tumbles Amid Iran-Israel War Escalation
• Senate Passes Stablecoin Bill
• Trump Slams Fed for Not Cutting Rates
• Texas Signs Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Bill into Law
• $SMLR Plans To Buy 105,000 Bitcoins
• Strategy Stacks More BTC as Saylor Predicts $21 Million Bitcoin Price
• Can Bitcoin Defund Wars? 

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References mentioned in the episode:

• President Trump’s Post on “Successful Bombing” of Iran
• Iran’s Foreign Prime Minister: “U.S. Crossed the Line”
• Iran Claims “No Nuclear Contamination from U.S. Bombings” 
• Iran’s Parliament Officially Approves Closure of the Strait of Hormuz
• Bloomberg: “How Iran Could Wreak Havoc on Global Oil Trade”
• Fed’s Jerome Powell Keeps Interest Rates Unchanged 
• Waller: A Fed Cut Could Come as Soon as July 
• Trump Pressures “Too Late Powell” to Cut in Post
• Trump Post Directed at Jerome Powell to Cut Rates
• Bessent Interview on Stablecoins and Dollar Supremacy 
• David Sacks Interview on GENIUS Act Passing Senate 
• Trump’s Comments on the GENIUS Act Passing Senate
• Trump Urges House to Send Him the GENIUS Act ASAP
• Texas Signs Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Bill into Law
• Coin Stories Interview with Eric Semler and Renae Cormier 
• Smarter Web Company Raises 21 Million Shares 
• Semler Scientific Hires Bitcoin Veteran and Announces Plans
• DayDayCook Raises More Than $500 Million to Buy Bitcoin
• Alex Gladstein’s Article on Fiat and Forever Wars

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