The Bernake Barnacle | Bitcoin News

Bitcoin news and economic news update. Today I cover questions around Fed independence, Japan’s growing demand for alternative assets like bitcoin and gold, New Hampshire’s rejected bitcoin reserve proposal, MARA’s Texas mining expansion, and new regulatory developments affecting privacy and digital assets. This episode covers bitcoin news, macro news, bitcoin regulation, financial news, and the broader economics of bitcoin. Topics for today: Fed independence and trust in central banking New Hampshire rejects $100 million bitcoin reserve proposal Japan’s local investment push and bitcoin demand MARA expands Bitcoin mining infrastructure in Texas EU chat scanning rules move forward Japan launches bitcoin-backed loan product OpenAI’s latest AI model developments Today’s Articles covering bitcoin news, economic news, and regulation: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/09/anthropic-fed-chair-bernanke-independent-trust.html https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/new-hampshire-council-rejects-100-million https://www.coindesk.com/daybook-us/2026/07/10/japan-s-invest-locally-plan-likely-to-spur-demand-for-assets-like-bitcoin-gold https://decrypt.co/373144/mara-stock-pops-bitcoin-miner-agrees-acquire-texas-land-plot https://cointelegraph.com/news/eu-parliament-passes-chat-control-allowing-private-chat-scans-to-2028 https://cointelegraph.com/news/japan-cryl-bitcoin-backed-loans-6-million https://decrypt.co/373151/openai-gpt-5-6-sol-how-compares-ai-models 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/