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Nov 5, 2026 1 hr 13 min

Flipside | Bitcoin News

from Bitcoin And | Bitcoin & Economic News Hosted by David Bennett | Bitcoin & Economic News

Bitcoin news and bitcoin regulation update. Today I cover House Democrats' plans for a new crypto market structure bill, threats of investigations into Trump's crypto businesses and Big Tech, Block's proposed $764 million DOJ settlement, and Tether's claim to hold roughly 150,000 bitcoin. The financial and technology news includes a reported $133 million French bank theft, OpenAI's power-grid promises, Sam Altman's RAM backlash, and new uncertainty for bitcoin miners developing AI data centers in Texas. Topics for today: House Democrats Weigh New Crypto Rules Democrats Target Trump and Big Tech Block's $764M DOJ Deal and Bitcoin Profit Drop Credit Mutuel Arkea Hack: $133M Estimate Tether Claims 150,000 Bitcoin Holdings OpenAI's Data Center Grid Protection Plan Sam Altman's RAM Comments Spark Backlash Texas Politics Pressure Bitcoin Miners Circle P Sponsor: Microdays https://microdays.cc/ https://microdays.cc/microdosing-guidebook/ Today's Articles covering bitcoin regulation, financial news, and technology: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/house-democrats-crypto-market-structure https://cointelegraph.com/news/lawyer-up-democrats-target-trump-big-tech-after-midterm-sweep https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/11/04/jack-dorsey-s-block-faces-usd764-million-doj-settlement-as-bitcoin-profit-plunges-50 https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/credit-mutuel-arkea-hack-133-million https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/tether-holds-150000-bitcoin-ceo-says https://decrypt.co/382476/openai-ai-data-centers-rebrand-protect-power-grid https://decrypt.co/382606/sam-altman-says-its-fucking-annoying-his-ram-comments-were-taken-out-of-context https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/11/04/wall-street-cuts-bitcoin-miner-price-targets-after-democrats-texas-win-threatens-ai-data-center-boom Get Your Free Comfrey Owner's Manual Here: https://www.bitcoinandshow.com/the-comfrey-owners-manual-is-here/ Help a Brother Out With 5 Star Reviews: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bitcoin-and-bitcoin-economic-news/id1438789088 Spotify Podcasts: https://open.spotify.com/show/1dsTluNHIPNsXVRghpqxhY Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ef7d5b6-9137-439d-94eb-8071ec6bf890/bitcoin-and-bitcoin-economic-news YouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWaKxaQF5Q5WiTq80SBYs_7iLDtleV0rZ Find the Bitcoin And Podcast on every podcast app here: https://episodes.fm/1438789088 Find me on nostr npub1vwymuey3u7mf860ndrkw3r7dz30s0srg6tqmhtjzg7umtm6rn5eq2qzugd (npub) 6389be6491e7b693e9f368ece88fcd145f07c068d2c1bbae4247b9b5ef439d32 (Hex) Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidB84567 StackerNews: stacker.news/NunyaBidness Podcasting 2.0: fountain.fm/show/eK5XaSb3UaLRavU3lYrI Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/unm35bjh Mastodon: https://noauthority.social/@NunyaBidness Support Bitcoin And . . . on Patreon: patreon.com/BitcoinAndPodcast Find Lightning Network Channel partners here: https://t.me/+bj-7w_ePsANlOGEx (Nodestrich) https://t.me/plebnet (Plebnet) Music by: Flutey Funk Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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  1. 0:01 2026 Midterm Elections: Democratic Wins and Political Fallout
  2. 4:50 House Democrats Draft New Crypto Market Structure Bill
  3. 12:02 Democrats Target Trump, Crypto, and Big Tech Investigations
  4. 20:44 Block Faces $764M DOJ Settlement Over Anti-Money Laundering Controls
  5. 30:35 Crédit Mutuel Arkéa Hack: Reported $133M Bank Theft
  6. 34:16 Bitcoin Price Pullback as Financial Markets Slide
  7. 38:23 Tether Says It Holds 150,000 Bitcoin in Reserves
  8. 44:02 OpenAI Pitches AI Data Centers as Power Grid Protectors
  9. 51:47 Sam Altman Backtracks on RAM Comments
  10. 59:23 Texas Politics Threaten the AI Data Center Boom
  11. 1:07:30 Texas, Jobs, and the Cost of Political Division

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