BF217 - Top Bitcoin News - 5/24/26

🎙 Bitcoin Fortress Podcast — Episode 217 Date: May 24, 2026 Block Height: 950456 Moscow Time: 1297 Fees: 1 / 1 / 2   In this episode: This week feels like a classic Bitcoin contradiction: short-term weakness, ETF outflows, macro fear, and political noise — but underneath that, the long-term story is getting stronger. Strategic reserves, corporate treasuries, Bitcoin-native finance, Pizza Day, and the continued march of adoption all point in the same direction: Bitcoin keeps moving from fringe idea to reserve asset.   Bitcoin Fortress YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEPGN1YCIQcMxkUig5GaNrQ   Bitcoin Fortress Substack Featured Post: A Bitcoin Way of Life - Week 1 https://bitcoinfortress.substack.com/p/a-bitcoin-way-of-life-week-1   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 (May 17, 2026 – May 24, 2026) ARMA Strategic Bitcoin Reserve bill — Rep. Begich https://begich.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-nick-begich-leads-legislation-establish-strategic-bitcoin-reserve Bitcoin Magazine: ARMA bill https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/us-bill-codify-strategic-bitcoin-reserve Rep. Van Epps on Strategic Bitcoin Reserve https://vanepps.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-van-epps-helps-lead-legislation-to-establish-strategic-bitcoin-reserve Strategy buys 24,869 BTC https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/strategy-spends-a-massive-2-billion Strategy pauses buying https://news.bitcoin.com/strategy-pauses-bitcoin-buying-as-saylors-bitvac-comment-puts-next-btc-buy-on-watch/ Tether and Twenty One Capital https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/tether-takes-control-of-twenty-one-capital SpaceX Bitcoin treasury report https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/spacex-heads-into-historic-ipo Trump Media Bitcoin transfer https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/trump-media-djt-moves-to-sell-bitcoin-as-losses-reach-455-million Bitcoin ETF outflows https://unchainedcrypto.com/spot-bitcoin-etfs-bleed-nearly-1-billion-this-week-as-seven-day-outflows-approach-2-billion/ Bitcoin bounce after Iran peace announcement https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/05/23/bitcoin-heads-higher-as-president-trump-announces-iran-peace-agreement Bitcoin May low / liquidations https://www.investors.com/news/bitcoin-price-may-low-circle-upgrade-hive-rally/ Blockchain.com IPO filing https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/crypto-exchange-blockchaincom-confidentially-files-ipo-2026-05-21/ Mark Cuban sells most Bitcoin https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/mark-cuban-sells-most-of-his-bitcoin Bitcoin Pizza Day https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/happy-bitcoin-pizza-day-16th-anniversary What Bitcoin Did episodes https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/episodes TFTC episode #747 https://www.radio.net/podcast/tales-from-the-crypt-a-bitcoin-podcast