# Tethered Drift | Bitcoin News Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/bitcoin-and-bitcoin-economic-news-869672/tethered-drift-bitcoin-news Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/bitcoin-and-bitcoin-economic-news-869672/tethered-drift-bitcoin-news.md Podcast: [Bitcoin And | Bitcoin & Economic News](https://stenobird.com/podcast/bitcoin-and-bitcoin-economic-news-869672) Published: 2026-04-16T17:25:41+00:00 Episode link: https://serve.podhome.fm/episodepage/bitcoin-and-/1316 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-ade3-08dc4d9e1446/639119561296745308fb91b335-ba98-43b2-8ca1-610e9f02706cv1.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bitcoin-and-bitcoin-economic-news-869672/episodes/tethered-drift-bitcoin-news Duration seconds: 4193 ## Resource   Bitcoin news and economic news update. Today I cover Tether moving more than $70 million in bitcoin, Drift raising fresh funding from Tether and partners after a major exploit, a new argument against Bitcoin tax rules that hinder everyday payments, and Virginia’s new state crypto law. This episode also touches on bitcoin regulation, bitcoin investing, financial news, ETF flows, and the broader economics of bitcoin. Topics for today:   Tether moves more than $70 million in bitcoin   Drift raises $14.8 million from Tether and partners and swaps out Circle’s stablecoin for USDT after a major exploit   A Washington think tank argues current Bitcoin tax rules hurt everyday payments   Virginia enacts a new state crypto law   U.S. probes suspicious oil trades made before a Trump Iran policy pivot   Bitcoin ETFs add $186 million as Morgan Stanley’s MSBT tops $100 million in early inflows   World Liberty faces backlash over a proposed token unlock plan   Killing Satoshi, a new Bitcoin film starring Casey Affleck, plans heavy AI use  Circle P:   GreatGhee   Product: 100% Pasture-Raised, Grass-Fed, Jersey Cow Ghee sourced and produced in Southwest Virginia   Put BitcoinAnd in the order comments section   https://oshi.link/OI4TQU nostr Profile: https://ditto.pub/@GreatGhee@greatghee.com Today’s Articles covering bitcoin news, economic news, bitcoin regulation, and financial news: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/tether-moves-over-70-million-in-bitcoin https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/04/16/drift-gets-usd148-million-funding-from-tether-and-partners-as-it-replaces-circle-stablecoin-with-usdt-after-massive-exploit https://www.theblock.co/post/397703/bitcoin-taxes-make… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bitcoin-and-bitcoin-economic-news-869672/episodes/tethered-drift-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/tethered-drift-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.