🎙 Bitcoin Fortress Podcast — Episode 223 Date: July 5, 2026 Block Height: 956807 Moscow Time: 1598 Fees: 1 / 1 /2   In this episode: In this episode, we cover Bitcoin’s latest stress test: Strategy’s capital stack, weak ETF flows, miner pressure, macro volatility, and the broader question of discipline in a noisy market. We also look at this week’s Bitcoin podcast themes, feature A Bitcoin Way of Life — Week 7: Discipline Without Force, and connect it all back to building a stronger Bitcoin fortress over time.   Bitcoin Fortress YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEPGN1YCIQcMxkUig5GaNrQ   Bitcoin Fortress Substack Featured Post: A Bitcoin Way of Life - Week 7 https://bitcoinfortress.substack.com/p/a-bitcoin-way-of-life-week-7   Bitcoin Fortress Books: Bitcoin Fortress: A Simple Guide to Bitcoin for Beginners Bitcoin Retirement and Estate Planning The Bitcoin Lifestyle The Architecture of Money Follow me on Nostr: npub122fpu8lwu2eu2zfmrymcfed9tfgeray5quj78jm6zavj78phnqdsu3v4h5   NEWS (June 28, 2026 – July 5, 2026) Market and Macro Bitcoin price near low $60,000s — CoinDesk https://www.coindesk.com/price/bitcoin Bitcoin price and market data — CoinMarketCap https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin/ Weak jobs data helped Bitcoin reclaim $62K — Seeking Alpha https://seekingalpha.com/news/4609678-weak-job-data-handed-bitcoin-a-lifeline-btc-price-reclaims-62k-who-else-helped Dollar weakens after jobs report — Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/yen-consolidates-ahead-of-u-s-nonfarm-payrolls-report-94a64c4a Gold heads for worst quarter in 13 years — Reuters https://www.reuters.com/business/gold-set-fourth-monthly-fall-bets-fed-rate-hikes-2026-06-30/ Strategy / MSTR / STRC Strategy enterprise value falls below Bitcoin holdings — Reuters https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/strategys-valuation-falls-below-bitcoin-holdings-crypto-sentiment-sours-2026-06-29/ Strategy financial overhaul — Barron’s https://www.barrons.com/articles/mstr-stock-buybacks-bitcoin-sales-f197e065 Strategy insiders buy STRC — Barron’s https://www.barrons.com/articles/strategy-strc-preferred-stock-insider-buying-12b9ea17 Strategy buybacks and Bitcoin monetization program — CoinDesk https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/06/29/saylor-s-strategy-initiates-buybacks-bitcoin-monetization-program-lifts-strc-dividend ETFs, Sentiment, and Flows Bitcoin ETF record outflow streak — Decrypt https://decrypt.co/price/bitcoin Bitcoin ETF inflows return as exchange deposits spike — Decrypt https://decrypt.co/372744/bitcoin-53k-exchange-deposits-jump-analysts-warn-increased-volatility Coinbase Bitcoin premium negative streak — Stocktwits https://stocktwits.com/news-articles/markets/cryptocurrency/coinbase-bitcoin-premium-negative-record-streak/cZmL9HzR7kL Citi cuts Bitcoin target — Bitcoin Magazine https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/citi-slashes-bitcoin-target-to-82000 Fidelity outlines factors that could end Bitcoin winter — Bitcoin Magazine https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/fidelity-5-factors-bitcoin-crypto-winter Mining and Network Bitcoin mining energy and accidental forks study coverage — Live Science https://www.livescience.com/technology/computing/dead-end-bitcoin-mining-wastes-as-much-energy-as-switzerlands-entire-hydropower-generation-capacity Bitcoin mining difficulty drops 10.09% — Yahoo Finance https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/articles/bitcoin-mining-difficulty-drops-10-092553340.html Treasury Companies and Bitcoin Equities Public companies bought more Bitcoin than miners produced — SpendNode https://www.spendnode.io/blog/public-companies-bitcoin-buying-double-mined-supply-july-2026/ American Bitcoin reverse split — Bitcoin Magazine https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/trump-backed-american-bitcoin-july-2 Dave Portnoy Bitcoin timing story — CoinDesk https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/07/05/barstool-s-portnoy-plans-to-hold-bitcoin-down-to-zero-after-timing-it-wrong-every-time Podcast Universe The Bitcoin Layer — Has Bitcoin Lost Its Narrative? https://podcasts.apple.com/ke/podcast/has-bitcoin-lost-its-narrative-fernando-nikolic/id1482455669?i=1000775361679 New Era Finance — Michael Saylor: They Want You To Sell Bitcoin https://podcasts.apple.com/dk/podcast/michael-saylor-they-want-you-to-sell-bitcoin/id1781211657?i=1000774835582 MSTR Today — Bitcoin’s New Weapon: How MSTR Is Winning https://podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/bitcoins-new-weapon-how-mstr-is-winning/id1782689243?i=1000775002163 MSTR Today — MSTR’s $733 Million Problem Wall Street Isn’t Talking About https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/mstrs-%24733-million-problem-wall-street-isnt-talking-about/id1782689243?i=1000775336147 51 Insights — Jeff Booth on Bitcoin as protocol https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/51-insights-whats-next-in-digital-asset-ai-and-business/id1745570063 Bitcoin Magazine Podcast — Ryan Long on Bitcoin culture https://podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/bitcoin-magazine-podcast/id1459884105