🎙️ The Bitcoin Fortress Podcast — Episode 196 Date: December 28, 2025Block Height: 929,911Moscow Time: 1142Fees: 1 / 1 / 1   NEW! My YouTube Channel featuring short-form video content and all my podcast episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEPGN1YCIQcMxkUig5GaNrQ   Featured Substack Post: https://bitcoinfortress.substack.com/p/stay-humble-stack-sats-25c   Bitcoin Fortress Books: Bitcoin Fortress: A Simple Guide to Bitcoin for Beginners Bitcoin Retirement and Estate Planning The Bitcoin Lifestyle   Follow me on Nostr: npub122fpu8lwu2eu2zfmrymcfed9tfgeray5quj78jm6zavj78phnqdsu3v4h5 📰 News & Analysis (Dec 21 – Dec 28, 2025) 1) Bitcoin stays near $89K in thin year-end trading (Economic Times)https://m.economictimes.com/markets/cryptocurrency/bitcoin-stays-near-89000-amid-thin-year-end-trading-here-is-what-experts-say/articleshow/126184544.cms   2) Bitcoin slips near $88K as fear rises (Economic Times)https://m.economictimes.com/markets/cryptocurrency/crypto-news/bitcoin-slips-to-88000-as-fear-tightens-its-grip-is-this-just-a-pause-or-the-next-big-move/articleshow/126135795.cms   3) “Bitcoin buzz is gone” / gold narrative (The Guardian)https://www.theguardian.com/business/nils-pratley-on-finance/2025/dec/23/bitcoin-buzz-gone-investors-chose-real-gold-in-2025   4) Bitcoin & Ether ETFs outflows into Christmas (CoinDesk)https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/12/25/bitcoin-and-ether-etfs-see-outflows-ahead-of-christmas-led-by-ibit-and-ethe   5) ETF daily flow data (Farside Investors)https://farside.co.uk/btc/   6) Spot BTC & ETH ETF outflows (The Block)https://www.theblock.co/post/383717/spot-bitcoin-ether-etfs-outflows-christmas   7) Strategy pauses bitcoin buys (Barron’s)https://www.barrons.com/articles/strategy-stock-bitcoin-crypto-ad16e5d5   8) Corporate crypto/bitcoin treasury plays of 2025 (Decrypt)https://decrypt.co/352827/biggest-bitcoin-crypto-treasury-plays-2025   9) Bitcoin mining stocks in 2025 (CoinDesk)https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/12/26/bitcoin-mining-in-2025-iren-claims-the-crown-as-bitdeer-s-stock-trails-the-pack   10) Mining stocks recap (Yahoo Finance mirror)https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bitcoin-mining-2025-iren-claims-160000621.html   11) VanEck Mid-December 2025 Bitcoin ChainCheck (Seeking Alpha)https://seekingalpha.com/article/4855296-vaneck-mid-december-2025-bitcoin-chaincheck   12) 2025 crypto theft hits record levels (TechCrunch)https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/23/hackers-stole-over-2-7-billion-in-crypto-in-2025-data-shows/   13) Reuters: Bitcoin 2025 volatility + rise of private litigation (Reuters Legal)https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/bitcoin-2025-volatility-rise-private-litigation--pracin-2025-12-24/   14) Square bitcoin payments roadmap (Block press release)https://squareup.com/us/en/press/block-to-roll-out-bitcoin-payments-on-square   15) Square “Accept Bitcoin” product pagehttps://squareup.com/us/en/bitcoin   Bonus: Shift4 stablecoin settlements (Investor’s Business Daily)https://www.investors.com/news/shift4-payments-stablecoin-settlement-launch-merchants-four-stock/   PODCASTS / THEMES REVIEWED- TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast (Apple Podcasts listing for recent episodes)https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tftc-a-bitcoin-podcast/id1292381204   - The Jack Mallers Show — “Bitcoin And The Missing Volatility” (Apple Podcasts)https://podcasts.apple.com/na/podcast/bitcoin-and-the-missing-volatility/id1695949365?i=1000742435962   - The Bitcoin Matrix — “Jeff Booth” (Apple Podcasts)https://podcasts.apple.com/ee/podcast/jeff-booth-the-real-reason-why-bitcoin-will-never-fail/id1534519469?i=1000742329120