News Block: Game-Changing Bitcoin-Backed Loans, New ETF Filings and Nation-State Adoption to Surge in 2025

In this week's episode of the Coin Stories News Block, we cover these major headlines related to Bitcoin and global finance: NYDIG to Use Insurance Float for Bitcoin-Backed Loans Six New Bitcoin ETF Products Get Filed Nearly 10 Countries Now Mining Bitcoin With Government Resources   ---- Join my mailing list and subscribe to our free newsletter: thenewsblock.substack.com  ---- References mentioned in the episode:  Stone Ridge Annual Shareholder Letter U.S. Insurance Companies Hold $8.5 trillion  Warren Buffett’s History With Insurance Float  Six New Bitcoin ETF Products Are Filed ProShares’s New Bitcoin ETF Product Filing Bitwise’s Bitcoin Corporate Treasury Strategy ETF Nate Geraci’s Tweet on New Bitcoin ETF Filings  BitcoinTreasuries.net VanEck’s End of Year Bitcoin Report  Bitcoin Hash Rate Eclipses 800 TH/s Trend of Governments Mining Bitcoin  Goldman Sachs’s Bullish on Nation State Adoption ---- Natalie’s Promotional Links:  Secure your Bitcoin with collaborative custody and set up your inheritance plan with Casa: https://www.casa.io/natalie         For easy, low-cost, instant Bitcoin payments, I use Speed Lightning Wallet. Get 5000 sats when you download using this link and promo code COINSTORIES10: https://www.speed.app/sweepstakes-promocode/ River is where I DCA weekly and buy Bitcoin with the lowest fees in the industry: https://partner.river.com/natalie  Safely self-custody your Bitcoin with Coinkite and the ColdCard Wallet. Get 5% off: https://store.coinkite.com/promo/COINSTORIES Master your Bitcoin self-custody with 1-on-1 help and gain peace of mind with the help of The Bitcoin Way: https://www.thebitcoinway.com/natalie Bitcoin 2025 is heading to Las Vegas May 27-29th! Join me for my 4th Annual Women of Bitcoin Brunch! Get 10% off Early Bird passes using the code HODL: https://tickets.b.tc/affiliate/hodl/event/bitcoin-2025   Protect yourself from SIM Swaps that can hack your accounts and steal your Bitcoin. Join America’s most secure mobile service, trusted by CEOs, VIPs and top corporations: https://www.efani.com/natalie  Connect with Bitcoiners and Bitcoin merchants wherever you live and travel on the Orange Pill App: https://signup.theorangepillapp.com/opa/natbrunell ---- This podcast is for educational purposes and should not be construed as official investment advice. ---- VALUE FOR VALUE — SUPPORT NATALIE’S SHOWS Strike ID https://strike.me/coinstoriesnat/ Cash App $CoinStories   #money #Bitcoin #investing