# Strategy Meets Reality

URL: /show/this-week-in-bitcoin/55/
> Markets quaked, tariffs tanked, but Bitcoin’s wide awake. Big strategies meet harsh realities as new heavyweights storm Bitcoin’s corporate scene.

- Show: [This Week In Bitcoin](/show/this-week-in-bitcoin/)
- Episode: 55
- Date: 2025-04-23
- Hosts: chris
- Duration: 00:53:43
- Audio: https://op3.dev/e/serve.podhome.fm/episode/f01a19c0-6f9d-4aef-9515-08dc15242149/638810298037026473b7590fdc-078b-4ea0-8e95-e319fb2b3819v1.mp3





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* [Bitcoin heads toward $95,000, rising for a third day](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/23/crypto-market-today.html)
* [Stock market today: Live updates](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/22/stock-market-today-live-updates.html)
* [Trump Powell attacks interest rates Fed](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/21/trump-powell-attacks-interest-rates-fed.html)
* [European markets live updates: stocks, news, data and earnings](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/23/european-markets-live-updates-stocks-news-data-and-earnings.html)
* [Cantor Teams With SoftBank, Tether, Bitfinex on Possible $3B Bitcoin Deal](https://decrypt.co/315868/cantor-teams-with-softbank-tether-bitfinex-on-possible-3b-bitcoin-deal-report)
* [21 Capital: Cantor, Tether and SoftBank Take a Page From Strategy’s BTC Playbook](https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/21-capital-cantor-tether-softbank-strategy-btc-playbook/)
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* [Advancements in Lightning Infrastructure](https://opensats.org/blog/advancements-in-lightning-infrastructure)
* [Alby Hackdays - Sparky Hub, Auto-Swaps & more](https://blog.getalby.com/alby-hackdays-sparky-hub-auto-swaps-more/)
* [007 Feel the Breez: The Breez Newsletter](https://newsletter.breez.technology/p/007-feel-the-breez)

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* [Horizons Of Hope By: Jawbone](https://podcastindex.org/podcast/7292781)