Bitcoin news and economic news update. Today I cover Square’s automatic bitcoin payments rollout, a new Senate bill tying together bitcoin mining and a strategic reserve, fresh retirement-market access for crypto, Google-linked research on Taproot and quantum attack risk, stablecoin growth, and new Chainalysis AI tools. This episode leans into bitcoin regulation, financial news, bitcoin technology, and the broader economics of bitcoin.


Topics for today: 

• Square begins automatic bitcoin payments for eligible U.S. sellers
• U.S. senators unveil a bitcoin mining and strategic reserve bill
• New U.S. rule could open an $8 trillion retirement market to crypto
• New research says Taproot may widen future quantum attack risks for Bitcoin
• Standard Chartered says stablecoin usage is rising faster than expected
• Chainalysis launches blockchain intelligence agents for investigations and compliance
• Nakamoto sells $20 million in bitcoin and cuts its Metaplanet stake
• Bitcoin market, futures, mempool, and on-chain dashboard check-in

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Today's Articles:

 
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/square-begins-automatic-bitcoin-payment

https://ditto.pub/nevent1qgsx8zd7vjg70d5na8ek3m8g3lx3ghc8cp5d9sdm4epy0wd4aape6vsqyzjvxny34tws8jwhd35x4p672vvdx33r3esf3wxval0ewxf0qj3ku0napes

https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/03/31/bitcoin-s-taproot-could-make-quantum-attacks-easier-than-expected-new-google-research-says

https://www.tradingview.com/news/cointelegraph:8f2e535da094b:0-nakamoto-sells-20-million-in-bitcoin-and-cuts-metaplanet-stake/

https://www.theblock.co/post/395867/unstable-velocity-standard-chartered-says-stablecoin-usage-rising-faster-than-expected-as-new-use-cases-emerge

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/u-s-senators-mining-bitcoin-reserve-bill

https://decrypt.co/362838/new-us-rule-open-8t-retirement-market-crypto

https://www.theblock.co/post/395811/chainalysis-introduces-blockchain-intelligence-agents

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