Happy New Year!

Weekly market update / outlook and Top Bitcoin News:

• Block 877778:  Important News of the Week (nobsbitcoin.com)
• Hodler's Digest 12/29 - 1/4 (cointelegraph.com)
• IRS pushes back new Bitcoin tax rules to 2026
• Bitcoin mining is now harder than ever - 16 years after Satoshi started it all
• Michael Saylor's Bitcoin poll exposes 2025 buying frenzy - 78% say more BTC
• Microstrategy eyes more Bitcoin with potential $2B preferred stock offering
• Arthur Hayes:  China interest rate 'bazooka' will goose Bitcoin prices
• Check out this week's featured post on Bitcoin Fortress substack:  "Why Forgiving Student Loans is Bad Public Policy"

Shout out to top boosts of the week on Fountain (BF147 - 12/22/24):

@user40185001 with 950 sats - Thank You!

@godsdeth with 537 sats - Thank You Sir!

 

Substack: Bitcoin Fortress

Nostr:  npub122fpu8lwu2eu2zfmrymcfed9tfgeray5quj78jm6zavj78phnqdsu3v4h5

 

Mentioned in this week's Podcast:

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/877778/

https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/ether-price-solana-etf-odds-memecoins-ai-agents-hodlers-digest/

https://bitcoinnews.com/legal/irs-pushes-back-bitcoin-tax-rules-2026/

https://decrypt.co/299475/bitcoin-mining-difficulty-peak-16th-birthday-satoshi

https://news.bitcoin.com/behind-ripples-stablecoin-growth-a-closer-look-at-the-top-10-rlusd-giants/

https://cointelegraph.com/news/microstrategy-eyes-2-billion-preferred-stock-raise-to-buy-more-bitcoin

https://cryptopotato.com/arthur-hayes-china-interest-rate-bazooka-will-goose-bitcoin-prices/

https://bitcoinfortress.substack.com/p/why-forgiving-student-loans-is-bad