BF217 - Top Bitcoin News - 5/24/26

🎙 Bitcoin Fortress Podcast — Episode 217

Date: May 24, 2026
Block Height: 950456
Moscow Time: 1297
Fees: 1 / 1 / 2

 

In this episode:

This week feels like a classic Bitcoin contradiction: short-term weakness, ETF outflows, macro fear, and political noise — but underneath that, the long-term story is getting stronger. Strategic reserves, corporate treasuries, Bitcoin-native finance, Pizza Day, and the continued march of adoption all point in the same direction: Bitcoin keeps moving from fringe idea to reserve asset.

 

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A Bitcoin Way of Life - Week 1
https://bitcoinfortress.substack.com/p/a-bitcoin-way-of-life-week-1

 

Bitcoin Fortress Books:

• Bitcoin Fortress: A Simple Guide to Bitcoin for Beginners

• Bitcoin Retirement and Estate Planning

• The Bitcoin Lifestyle

• The Architecture of Money

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NEWS (May 17, 2026 – May 24, 2026)

1. 1. ARMA Strategic Bitcoin Reserve bill — Rep. Begich
      https://begich.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-nick-begich-leads-legislation-establish-strategic-bitcoin-reserve
   2. Bitcoin Magazine: ARMA bill
      https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/us-bill-codify-strategic-bitcoin-reserve
   3. Rep. Van Epps on Strategic Bitcoin Reserve
      https://vanepps.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-van-epps-helps-lead-legislation-to-establish-strategic-bitcoin-reserve
   4. Strategy buys 24,869 BTC
      https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/strategy-spends-a-massive-2-billion
   5. Strategy pauses buying
      https://news.bitcoin.com/strategy-pauses-bitcoin-buying-as-saylors-bitvac-comment-puts-next-btc-buy-on-watch/
   6. Tether and Twenty One Capital
      https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/tether-takes-control-of-twenty-one-capital
   7. SpaceX Bitcoin treasury report
      https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/spacex-heads-into-historic-ipo
   8. Trump Media Bitcoin transfer
      https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/trump-media-djt-moves-to-sell-bitcoin-as-losses-reach-455-million
   9. Bitcoin ETF outflows
      https://unchainedcrypto.com/spot-bitcoin-etfs-bleed-nearly-1-billion-this-week-as-seven-day-outflows-approach-2-billion/
   10. Bitcoin bounce after Iran peace announcement
       https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/05/23/bitcoin-heads-higher-as-president-trump-announces-iran-peace-agreement
   11. Bitcoin May low / liquidations
       https://www.investors.com/news/bitcoin-price-may-low-circle-upgrade-hive-rally/
   12. Blockchain.com IPO filing
       https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/crypto-exchange-blockchaincom-confidentially-files-ipo-2026-05-21/
   13. Mark Cuban sells most Bitcoin
       https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/mark-cuban-sells-most-of-his-bitcoin
   14. Bitcoin Pizza Day
       https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/happy-bitcoin-pizza-day-16th-anniversary
   15. What Bitcoin Did episodes
       https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/episodes
   16. TFTC episode #747
       https://www.radio.net/podcast/tales-from-the-crypt-a-bitcoin-podcast