BF212 - Top Bitcoin News - 4/19/26

🎙 Bitcoin Fortress Podcast — Episode 212

Date: April 19, 2026
Block Height: 945813
Moscow Time: 1329
Fees: 1 / 1 / 1

 

In this episode:
Geopolitical panic, a fast Bitcoin recovery, more treasury accumulation, a new Goldman Bitcoin ETF filing, Kraken’s next moves, the growing quantum debate, and the biggest themes from the Bitcoin podcast universe this week.

 

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Bitcoin vs Currency Debasement
https://bitcoinfortress.substack.com/p/bitcoin-vs-currency-debasement

 

Bitcoin Fortress Books:

• Bitcoin Fortress: A Simple Guide to Bitcoin for Beginners

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• The Bitcoin Lifestyle

 

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NEWS (April 12, 2026 – April 19, 2026)

NEWS AND MARKET

Bitcoin slips below $71,000 as Trump orders blockade of Strait of Hormuz
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/04/12/bitcoin-slips-below-usd71-000-as-trump-orders-blockade-of-strait-of-hormuz

 

Bitcoin moves off lowest level as worst of weekend fears slip away
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/04/13/bitcoin-moves-off-lowest-level-as-worst-of-weekend-fears-slip-away

 

Bitcoin hits $75,000 for first time since early February
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/04/14/bitcoin-hits-usd75-000-for-first-time-since-early-february-but-will-it-means-if-it-does

 

Bitcoin passes halfway point in halving cycle
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/04/14/bitcoin-passes-halfway-point-in-halving-cycle-as-price-gains-trail-prior-cycles

 

TREASURY AND INSTITUTIONAL ADOPTION

Strategy buys 13,927 Bitcoin
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/strategy-mstr-buys-a-massive-13927-bitcoin

 

Strategy STRC ATM just did $1 billion in a single day
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/strategy-strc-1-billion-volume-day

 

Strategy STRC ATM clears $2.7B in 48 hours
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/billion-dollar-day-strc-atm

 

Capital B buys more Bitcoin
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/capital-b-buys-more-bitcoin

 

Goldman Sachs files for its first Bitcoin ETF product
https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/goldman-sachs-files-its-first-bitcoin-etf-product-2026-04-14/

 

POLICY AND POLITICS

Virginia enacts law requiring state to hold unclaimed crypto
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/virginia-enacts-law-state-crypto

 

Crypto talks approaching the final stretch
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/crypto-legislation-nears-finish-line

 

Crypto Clarity bill has 30% chance of passing this year
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/04/11/crypto-clarity-bill-has-30-chance-of-passing-this-year-wintermute-s-hammond-says

 

Congresswoman Sheri Biggs discloses Bitcoin exposure via IBIT
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/sheri-biggs-discloses-250000-bitcoin

 

EXCHANGES AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Kraken reportedly confirms confidential IPO filing
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/kraken-reportedly-confirms-ipo-filing

 

Deutsche Börse takes $200 million stake in Kraken
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/deutsche-borse-takes-200m-stake-in-kraken

 

Kraken owner Payward to acquire Bitnomial
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/kraken-owner-payward-to-acquire-bitnomial

 

TECH AND SECURITY

Bitcoin developers propose quantum migration plan
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/bitcoin-developers-propose-quantum-plan

 

ADOPTION AND CULTURE

Tether moves over $70 million in Bitcoin to reserves
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/tether-moves-over-70-million-in-bitcoin

 

Bitcoin Scholars Fund launches with $21 million goal
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/bitcoin-scholars-fund-launches

 

Steak ’n Shake teases Bitcoin Milkshake for Bitcoin Conference 2026
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/steak-n-shake-teases-bitcoin-milkshake-for-bitcoin-conference-202

 

BITCOIN PODCAST UNIVERSE

What Bitcoin Did – Why Everyone Is Wrong About Inflation | Ansel Lindner
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-everyone-is-wrong-about-inflation-ansel-lindner/id1482455669?i=1000761606390

 

What Bitcoin Did – This Is The End Of The Dollar System | Jeff Ross
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-is-the-end-of-the-dollar-system-jeff-ross/id1482455669?i=1000761997254

 

What Bitcoin Did – Is the Quantum Threat to Bitcoin Actually Real? | Alex Pruden
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/is-the-quantum-threat-to-bitcoin-actually-real-alex-pruden/id1482455669?i=1000760499101

 

Swan Signal Live – Quantum Panic, the Death of the Four Year Cycle, and AI
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/quantum-panic-the-death-of-the-four-year-cycle-and/id1503581478?i=1000760826258

 

Stephan Livera Podcast – BTC Prague 2026 with Matyas Kuchar | SLP733
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/733/

 

TFTC
https://www.tftc.io/