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

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