News Block: $3.3T Deficit Warning, Bitcoin-Backed Mortgages, & Trump Pressures the Fed

In this week's episode of the Coin Stories News Block powered exclusively by Gemini, we cover these major headlines related to Bitcoin, macroeconomics, and global finance:

• CBO projects $3.3 trillion deficit spike from Trump's new spending bill
• Bitcoin and the American Dream of home ownership: Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac ordered to recognize Bitcoin in mortgage approvals
• Trump pushes for Fed rate cuts and continues to criticize Powell
• Bitcoin seen as a release valve for inflation and asset bubbles
• Billionaire regrets not buying Bitcoin sooner
• Strategy, Metaplanet and other corporations stack more Bitcoin

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References mentioned in the episode:

• Trump's Tax & Spending Bill Passes Key Senate Vote
• What's Inside Trump's One Big Beautiful Spending Bill?
• CBO Estimates Spending Bill Will Add $3.3 Trillion to Deficit
• CRFB's Estimates of the Senate's New Spending Bill
• Trump Would "Love" If Fed Chairman Jerome Powell Resigned
• S&P 500 Index and Nasdaq-100 Hit New All-Time Highs
• Mark Moss's Tweet On Bitcoin Absorbing the Inflation
• Nearly Half of U.S. Households Unable to Afford $250K Home
• Bitcoin Policy Institute Article on Bitcoin-backed Mortgages
  Director Bill Pulte's Order to Consider Bitcoin an Eligible Asset
• FHFA Directs Fannie and Freddie to Explore Cryptocurrencies
• Gemini Launches Tokenized Shares, Starting with MSTR
• Philippe Laffont's Interview on CNBC on Bitcoin
• Metaplanet Surpasses Tesla, Now Holds 12,345 BTC
• Bitcoin Treasury Corporation Stacks $50 Million Worth of BTC
• Semler Scientific Announces a New Entity, CardioVanta
• Anthony Pompliano Launches New Bitcoin Treasury Company
• Strategy Stacks Another 4,980 Bitcoin for $532 million</