# Curses And Cursors | Bitcoin News Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/bitcoin-and-bitcoin-economic-news-869672/curses-and-cursors-bitcoin-news Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/bitcoin-and-bitcoin-economic-news-869672/curses-and-cursors-bitcoin-news.md Podcast: [Bitcoin And | Bitcoin & Economic News](https://stenobird.com/podcast/bitcoin-and-bitcoin-economic-news-869672) Published: 2026-06-16T16:33:17+00:00 Episode link: https://serve.podhome.fm/episodepage/bitcoin-and-/1362 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-ade3-08dc4d9e1446/6391722348179085801babe06b-e9a2-4769-b97b-3c3652595ca9v1.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bitcoin-and-bitcoin-economic-news-869672/episodes/curses-and-cursors-bitcoin-news Duration seconds: 4180 ## Resource   Bitcoin news and financial news update. Today I cover Kraken’s CFTC-regulated bitcoin perpetual futures launch, Michael Saylor’s argument that Bitcoin does not need Ethereum-style yield, Bitcoin’s reaction to the Bank of Japan rate hike, BlackRock’s new bitcoin income fund, Strive’s latest BTC purchase, Ledn’s bitcoin-backed lending forecast, and Coinbase and AWS bringing x402 payments to AI traffic. This episode touches on bitcoin investing, bitcoin technology, interest rates, and the broader economics of bitcoin.  Topics for today:   BBC macro and global news lead   Kraken launches CFTC-regulated bitcoin perpetual futures   Strategy and Saylor frame Bitcoin credit versus crypto yield   Bitcoin reacts to Bank of Japan rate hike   BlackRock rolls out bitcoin income fund   Strive adds 73 BTC to its treasury   Ledn sees a large bitcoin-backed lending market   Coinbase and AWS bring x402 payments to AI agents  Today’s Articles covering bitcoin news, financial news, markets, and bitcoin technology:   https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgd5g7d7gyo https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/kraken-launches-cftc-regulated-bitcoin https://cointelegraph.com/news/strategy-saylor-bitcoin-credit-alternative-crypto-yield https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/06/16/bitcoin-rises-after-bank-of-japan-hikes-interest-rates-to-a-31-year-high https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/06/16/blackrock-s-new-bitcoin-income-fund-offers-cash-flow-alongside-btc-exposure https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/strive-asst-acquires-73-bitcoin https://www.theblock.co/post/404885/ledn-says-bitcoin-backed-lending-market-could-reach-1-trillion-as-securitization-attracts-institutional-capital https://www.theblock.co/post/… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bitcoin-and-bitcoin-economic-news-869672/episodes/curses-and-cursors-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/curses-and-cursors-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.