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Bitcoin news and financial news update. Today I cover MSCI's new index rules that could exclude Strategy, Microsoft's canceled AI data center deal with Bitcoin mining spinoff Nscale, and World's new identity verification tools for banks. I also look at a BIS study on stablecoin adoption, a scammer who lost nearly $5 million in Bitcoin to Ledger wallet thieves, Strategy's latest Bitcoin purchases and STRC buybacks, Strive's growing Bitcoin treasury, and a Dutch server seizure raising questions about privacy and government power. Topics for today: MSCI Rules Could Exclude Strategy From Indexes Microsoft Drops Nscale AI Deal Over Power Delays World ID Launches Banking and Zoom Verification Tools BIS Study Links Bank Deposit Rates to Stablecoin Growth Scammer Loses 60 BTC in Ledger Wallet Theft Strategy Buys 267 BTC and Repurchases $193M in STRC Strive Adds 1,223 BTC, Reaching 36,818 BTC Dutch Server Seizure Raises Privacy and Surveillance Concerns Circle P Sponsor: SoapMiner Tallow Soap https://soapminer.com/ Discount code: Use "BITCOINAND" in the Cart's Coupon Code box for 10% off total purchase Today's Articles: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/msci-could-exclude-strategy-from-index https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/10/19/bitcoin-mining-offshoot-nscale-loses-microsoft-ai-deal-as-power-delay-stretches-into-2030s https://www.theblock.co/news/ecosystems/2026-10-18-world-launches-world-id-suite-banks-418869 https://decrypt.co/381253/banks-hold-a-lever-over-stablecoin-adoption-bis-economists-say https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/scammer-lost-bitcoin-to-ledger-thieves https://cointelegraph.com/news/strategy-btc-22-million-buy-strc-buyback-193-million https://www.theblock.co/news/business/2026-10-19-strive-scoops-1223-bitcoin-100-million-total-holdings-reach-36818-btc-421020 https://decrypt.co/381296/terrifying-precedent-dutch-hand-us-data-from-seized-anti-fascist-server Get Your Free Comfrey Owner's Manual Here: https://www.bitcoinandshow.com/the-comfrey-owners-manual-is-here/ Help a Brother Out With 5 Star Reviews: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bitcoin-and-bitcoin-economic-news/id1438789088 Spotify Podcasts: https://open.spotify.com/show/1dsTluNHIPNsXVRghpqxhY Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ef7d5b6-9137-439d-94eb-8071ec6bf890/bitcoin-and-bitcoin-economic-news YouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWaKxaQF5Q5WiTq80SBYs_7iLDtleV0rZ Find the Bitcoin And Podcast on every podcast app here: https://episodes.fm/1438789088 Find me on nostr npub1vwymuey3u7mf860ndrkw3r7dz30s0srg6tqmhtjzg7umtm6rn5eq2qzugd (npub) 6389be6491e7b693e9f368ece88fcd145f07c068d2c1bbae4247b9b5ef439d32 (Hex) Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidB84567 StackerNews: stacker.news/NunyaBidness Podcasting 2.0: fountain.fm/show/eK5XaSb3UaLRavU3lYrI Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/unm35bjh Mastodon: https://noauthority.social/@NunyaBidness Support Bitcoin And . . . on Patreon: patreon.com/BitcoinAndPodcast Find Lightning Network Channel partners here: https://t.me/+bj-7w_ePsANlOGEx (Nodestrich) https://t.me/plebnet (Plebnet) Music by: Flutey Funk Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/