# Blast Off | Bitcoin News Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/bitcoin-and-bitcoin-economic-news-869672/blast-off-bitcoin-news Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/bitcoin-and-bitcoin-economic-news-869672/blast-off-bitcoin-news.md Podcast: [Bitcoin And | Bitcoin & Economic News](https://stenobird.com/podcast/bitcoin-and-bitcoin-economic-news-869672) Published: 2026-06-12T17:25:06+00:00 Episode link: https://serve.podhome.fm/episodepage/bitcoin-and-/1358 Audio file: https://op3.dev/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pdcn.co/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.podhome.fm/episode/98d1b634-3ead-490c-ade3-08dc4d9e1446/639168811419505806690666ef-91d5-49ae-8acf-744cb0b16b5ev1.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bitcoin-and-bitcoin-economic-news-869672/episodes/blast-off-bitcoin-news Duration seconds: 4685 ## Resource   Bitcoin news and economic news update. Today I cover Bitcoin’s rebound as war-risk pressure eases, Gary Gensler backing states in the prediction market regulation fight, Metaplanet buying Siiibo Securities, Poland’s latest MiCA veto, El Salvador’s tax pitch for Bitcoin holders, Sam Bankman-Fried losing another FTX appeal, Microsoft’s AI labor warning, and BitGo bringing institutional bitcoin to the Lightning Network. This episode touches on bitcoin price, bitcoin regulation, financial news, and bitcoin technology without pretending any of this is normal. Progress, apparently.  Topics for today:   Bitcoin rebounds as Iran risk cools   Gensler backs state prediction market rules   Metaplanet buys Siiibo Securities   Poland vetoes MiCA crypto bill again   El Salvador pitches Bitcoin tax advantages   Sam Bankman-Fried loses FTX appeal   Microsoft warns graduates on AI   BitGo launches Lightning Earn    Today’s Articles covering bitcoin news, economic news, regulation, and bitcoin technology:   https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/06/12/bitcoin-climbs-back-into-the-green-as-trump-signals-an-end-to-the-iran-war https://decrypt.co/370875/gary-gensler-backs-states-in-fight-over-prediction-market-regulation https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/metaplanet-acquires-siiibo-securities https://cointelegraph.com/news/polish-president-vetoes-crypto-bill-third-time-mica-deadline https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/bukeles-reform-makes-el-salvador-a-top-tax-haven-0-on-foreign-income-and-bitcoin-gains-with-minimal-presence https://www.theblock.co/post/404637/appeals-court-rejects-sam-bankman-frieds-bid-for-new-trial-in-ftx-fraud-case https://chatgpt.com/c/6a2c13ed-c9a8-83e8-afb1-13d64… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bitcoin-and-bitcoin-economic-news-869672/episodes/blast-off-bitcoin-news/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/bitcoin-and-bitcoin-economic-news-869672/blast-off-bitcoin-news.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.