News Block: Did Jane Street Crash Bitcoin? Block's AI-Fueled Jobs Cut, Banks Announce Major BTC Plans, Iran Conflict Heats Up

In this week's episode of the Coin Stories News Block powered exclusively by Ledn, we cover these major headlines related to Bitcoin, macroeconomics, and global finance:

• Did one firm's Bitcoin dump tank the entire market? The Jane Street story everyone's talking about
• Block bets the house on AI and cuts jobs to prove it — what Jack Dorsey knows that you don't
• The biggest banks in the world are going all-in on Bitcoin...here's what they're planning
• Iran conflict escalates and what it has to do with Bitcoin

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References mentioned in the episode:

• Morgan Stanley Announces Full-Stack Bitcoin Offering
• Citi Plans to Launch Institutional Bitcoin Custody 
• STRC Added to Three Corporate Balance Sheets
• Strategy Raises STRC Dividend to 11.5%
• Matt Hougan: Crypto May Be Structurally Mispriced
• Jane Street Sued by Terraform Labs Bankruptcy Administrator 
• Jane Street Allegedly Suppressing Bitcoin Price
• Alex Kruger: No Consistent 10 a.m. Bitcoin Dump in Market Data
• Ari Paul: Large Firms Do Not Suppress Price Structurally 
• Jane Street Faces $560M Manipulation Case from India's SEBI 
• DOJ Investigation Reported Into Jane Street Trading Activities 
• US and Israel Launch Strikes on Iran; Khamenei Killed 
• Iran Retaliates with Missile and Drone Strikes on US Bases 
• Strait of Hormuz: 20% of World Oil Supply at Risk 
• Chainalysis: Iran's Crypto Ecosystem Reached $7.8B in 2025 
• 15 Million Iranians Have Crypto Exposure Amid 50% Inflation 
• Jack Dorsey Announces Block to Cut 40% of Staff 
• Jack Dorsey's X Post on Company Layoffs Due to AI 
• Greg Cipolaro: Bitcoin in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
  

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