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This Week in Bitcoin is an independent, investigative podcast covering Bitcoin. A high-signal news podcast focused on analysis you'll find valuable.

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84: Carry Trade Crack

84: Carry Trade Crack

2025-12-0301:07:23

Something broke in the background this week as a decades-old trade finally cracked, and Bitcoin caught the first ripple. The real story isn’t the dip; it’s what this unwind sets in motion next. Episode Links 🇺🇸 Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US 🇨🇦 The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform ⚡ The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning 🏦 Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats 💵 SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling Show Notes Yen Carry Trade Unwind Triggers Major Market Ripples | wolff responds - YouTube The Japanese Carry Trade Is Unwinding — And It Could Hit U S Markets Hard | David Stryzewski - YouTube Japan announces $135 billion stimulus to boost economy and support consumers Japan Economy News Today, December 3, 2025: Services PMI Strengthens as Bond Yields Hit 17‑Year High and BOJ Eyes Rate Hike Charles Schwab CEO says feel confident bitcoin and ethereum will be the two cryptocurrencies it can offer to market in first half of 2026 | MarketScreener Vanguard finally dips a toe into crypto waters Vanguard Will Now Allow Crypto ETFs on Its Platform Bank of America recommends adding up to 4% of ‘gold rival’ Bank Of America Opens Up All Client Portfolios To Crypto Investments Bank of America Backs 4% Crypto Allocation Larry eats Crow: BlackRock CEO Larry Fink admits he was wrong about crypto. US FED Injects $13.5B in Liquidity Overnight as QT Ends Chairman Hill, Oversight Chair Meuser Issue Final Staff Report on Biden’s Debanking of Digital Assets | U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Crypto Targeted: House Confirms Operation Choke Point 2.0 Gilfoyle cryptocurrency powerpoint - Silicon Valley S5 - YouTube Music scoot By: Kathryn
83: Knives Out Moment

83: Knives Out Moment

2025-11-2601:32:28

A sharp move, a coordinated hit, and analysts suddenly warning of quantum risk, all in one week. But the real story isn’t the price; it’s the motives revealed. And the macro signs point to a moment that matters. Episode Links 🇺🇸 Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US 🇨🇦 The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform ⚡ The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning 🏦 Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats 💵 SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling Show Notes The Dumbest Trade of 2025 Adrian on X: "THE TIMELINE OF THE $MSTR HIT JOB Bitcoin risks decline to $77.4K as Wall Street is ‘trying to kill MSTR’ MSCI Review Puts Digital Asset Treasury Companies Under Pressure JPMogran Prospectus Filed THE REAL POVERTY LINE: Strategist argues it’s a six-figure number - YouTube Part 1: My Life Is a Lie - by Michael W. Green Ethereum has much bigger problems with quantum than Bitcoin. Bitcoin Rally To $112K Depends On Four Catalysts Bitcoin Price Roars Past $90,000 On Strong Wall Street News US Congressman Proposes Bitcoin Tax Payments and Strategic Reserve - COINOTAG Bitcoin miner Hive opens door to $300 million stock sales after record quarter | The Block S&P downgrades Tether’s USDT stability rating on Bitcoin exposure By Investing.com Texas buys $5mn BTC ETF, pushes for Bitcoin reserve plan - CoinJournal JPMorgan Offers Capped Upside Notes Tied to Bitcoin ETF Performance Strategy Launches ‘BTC Rating,’ Claims Debt Is Safe During Bitcoin Slump Music Epiphany Rising By: Justin Lantrip
82: The Missing Variable

82: The Missing Variable

2025-11-1901:13:41

Once you see the missing variable, Bitcoin’s pullback clicks into place. The four-year cycle is cracking, and the filter-fork battle isn’t cooling off either. Episode Links 🇺🇸 Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US 🇨🇦 The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform ⚡ The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning 🏦 Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats 💵 SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling Show Notes Is the ISM Losing Its Power — or Pointing to a 2026 Bitcoin Supercycle? ISM Manufacturing PMI suggests Bitcoin cycle may extend beyond historical norm — TradingView News Dan Gambardello on X: "There Never Was A 4 Year Crypto Cycle Bitcoin Cycle May Run Longer Than Expected, Per ISM Data | CoinMarketCap Jack Mallers Reveals Why 50% of Bitcoin Holders Are Underwater Ahead of Dec 1st - YouTube The Czech National Bank has purchased digital assets for the first time in its history. 🌐 Mike Kelly on X OFAC Fears Trump promises $2,000 tariff checks by mid-2026 Music Auto Inter Woven Minds By: Longy
Bitcoin’s quiet, the macro isn’t. Assets are gearing up for lift-off while non-holders get crushed by rising costs and policy chaos, what Bitcoiners should prepare for. And why the Samourai sentencing lands as a cold warning. Episode Links 🇺🇸 Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US 🇨🇦 The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform ⚡ The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning 🏦 Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats 💵 SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling Show Notes Why Bitcoin’s Sideways Trend Could End With a Surge to $180K Samourai Wallet Dev Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison Samourai Wallet CEO Sentenced To 5 Years For Bitcoin Mixing The Rage on X: The judge did not seem particularly sympathetic Doing some mempool sleuthing on Lava Bitcoin lending app Lava quietly shifted its custody model. Users are demanding answers BIP draft: Reduced Data Temporary Softfork by dathonohm · Pull Request #2017 · bitcoin/bips ADP tracker now shows economy may have lost jobs in October - YouTube New signs of economy struggle with chain and fast-food restaurants - YouTube China accuses US of $13 billion Bitcoin heist in explosive cyber theft report | Invezz A record ~14% of student loans transitioned into 90+ days delinquency in Q3 2025 Music KNEW ALL ALONG - Suzanne Santo
80: Shutdown Shock

80: Shutdown Shock

2025-11-0501:13:14

The U.S. shutdown has sidelined a trillion dollars, starving markets and Bitcoin alike. Whales are having their IPO moment, treasury stacks are shrinking, and now BIP-444 drops a fresh dose of chaos into the mix. Episode Links 🇺🇸 Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US 🇨🇦 The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform ⚡ The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning 🏦 Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats 💵 SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling Show Notes Tomas on X: "OK, lots of bad takes on X over the past few days. How Bitcoin Liquidity Has Been Affected by the Government Shutdown - Decrypt Bitcoin’s Silent IPO: Why This Consolidation Isn’t What You Think The Truth About Why Bitcoin Isn’t Exploding (Yet) - YouTube Ted on X: "This isn’t a good sign. 🚨 That’s the second Treasury company I’ve seen selling Cory 🦢 Bitcoin @ Swan.com on X: Was too leveraged, at nearly 50%. In the initial raise, there was supposed to be significantly more in the PIPE, but at close it was $195M of equity, $189M of debt. Much more flexibility at lower leverage, eg for buybacks." Could the AI bubble pop? - YouTube BIP-444 Explained: The Bitcoin Soft Fork Proposal Dividing Developers and the Community Reduced Data Temporary Softfork by dathonohm · Pull Request #2017 · bitcoin/bips The BIP 444 proposal is incredibly bad Luke Dashjr on X: if someone mines CSAM, BIP 444 will activate to reject that block. The only way technically to then reject BIP 444 is to add a checkpoint pinning the CSAM in the chain" My Video on BIP-444: Ok, WTF Is going on with BIP-444? I Music Kick It - By: Caroline Hale
79: Collateral Damage

79: Collateral Damage

2025-10-2901:23:47

The Fed cuts, the layoffs hit, and AI papers it all over. But the real story’s in the collateral. From credit crunches to Bitcoin-backed loans, what’s breaking and what’s being built. Episode Links 🇺🇸 Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US 🇨🇦 The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform ⚡ The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning 🏦 Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats 💵 SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling Show Notes Fed cuts rates for the second time this year, will end balance sheet run-off in December Government shutdown now 2nd longest in U.S. history Ledn to Reach $1 Billion in Bitcoin-Backed Loans by 2025 Strike Line of Credit in the Works - YouTube Lava is introducing the world’s first bitcoin-backed line of credit. Lava | Waitlist Shehzan on X: "We make it seamless to use your bitcoin with instant borrowing, global off-ramps, and our upcoming card product to spend directly from Lava." / X JPMorgan To Accept Bitcoin As Collateral By Year-End Chain Code Delegation: Improving privacy in collaborative multisig S&P Global assigns B- rating to Saylor’s Strategy, cites “high bitcoin concentration” Strategy Inc Assigned 'B-' Issuer Credit Rating; | S&P Global Ratings CleanSpark Acquires Land and Power in Texas for AI Data Center Push Beyond Bitcoin Why bitcoin miner CleanSpark beat Microsoft for Wyoming AI data center Bitcoin Will Power the Internet of Money and Tokenize Real World Assets with David Marcus - YouTube Music The End Of The World BY: Filoxera
78: The Great Rotation

78: The Great Rotation

2025-10-2253:12

The Binance era fades, the ETFs rise, and Bitcoin quietly migrates into the core of the financial system. The rotation has begun. Episode Links 🇺🇸 Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US 🇨🇦 The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform ⚡ The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning 🏦 Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats 💵 SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling Show Notes Bitcoin Wealth Flows to Wall Street as Whales Adopt ETFs - Bloomberg The Massive Binance Rugpull. - YouTube U.S. and Australia sign critical minerals agreement Rare Earth Stocks: Analyst Names Next Trump Stakes; U.S.-Australia Deal Struck | Investor's Business Daily Rare earths: China responds to U.S.-Australia critical minerals deal Subprime lender PrimaLend Capital Partners files for bankruptcy protection Exergy | Heat That Pays How to set up a Bitcoin Node Bull Bitcoin Wallet The open-source BULL Wallet is finally available on iOS and Android worldwide. The BULL BITCOIN Origin Story Update on the Alby attack PayPal's crypto partner mints 300 trillion stablecoins in 'technical error' Opening remarks by Governor Waller at the Payments Innovation Conference - Federal Reserve Board Crypto Goes Mainstream: Fed Governor Admits Bitcoin is Now Part of the Financial Fabric The End of Fiat: Bitcoin’s Time Has Come - YouTube Music Lowkey By: Ollie
Altcoins wrecked, traders wiped, and the fiat system shows new cracks. I unpack the Great Debasement, Trump’s tariff tantrum, and why not owning Bitcoin may be the biggest risk yet. Episode Links 🇺🇸 Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US 🇨🇦 The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform ⚡ The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning 🏦 Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats 💵 SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling Show Notes Debasement Trade - Death of Fiat Money? - Lyn Alden - YouTube The Great Debasement: Why Your Dollars, and Your Wealth, Are a Mirage. Beijing’s rare earths control is ‘China versus the world’, says US treasury chief China’s Rare Earth ‘Bazooka’ Sparks Alarm, Race for Supplies - Bloomberg Bitcoin Core :: Bitcoin Core 30.0 Bitcoin Core v30.0 is officially released — Is BTC going to fork? - Cryptopolitan Power to the Nodes w/ Start9 CEO Matt Hill | Bitcoin 2025 - YouTube Bitwise just revealed a new country is buying Bitcoin and they will announce soon There are a lot of reasons for investors to stay optimistic, says Fundstrat's Tom Lee - YouTube DOJ seizes $15 billion in bitcoin in 'pig butchering' fraud U.S. Government Bitcoin Balance $19B Liquidation: Bitcoin’s Ultimate Stress Test - YouTube Music Album: In Another LIfe Spooke by Be Glass
76: The Knots Tighten

76: The Knots Tighten

2025-09-2401:07:17

Core wars, treasury liquidity changes, and Europe’s digital dollar. Why Q4 of 2025 will be Bitcoin’s moment of truth. Affiliate Links 🇺🇸 Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US 🇨🇦 The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform ⚡ The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning 🏦 Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats 💵 SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling Show Notes Strategy’s Saylor Bets on Ossification: Changes to Bitcoin Must Be Viewed as a ‘Threat’ The battle between Bitcoin Core vs Knots is getting ugly Bitcoin Core vs Knots: Debate Intensifies Over Network Direction Bitcoin Core vs Knots: Debate Intensifies Over Network Direction Crypto Markets Will Rally Once US Treasury Hits $850 Billion Goal: Analyst TWiB 67: The Treasury Vacuum A 2025 Overview Of What You Need To Know About The Digital Euro 'MAJOR DISRUPTION': ECB chief explains criticism of Trump tariffs - YouTube Austin Unplugged Birthday Lunch Party, Sat, Oct 4, 2025, 10:00 AM | Meetup Texas Linux Festival 2025 macadamia Wallet zeugmaster/macadamia: macadamia is a native Cashu wallet for iOS. macadamia Wallet on the App Store The Fold Bitcoin Credit Card™ | Join the waitlist FOLD BITCOIN on X: "Fold x @stripe x @Visa Together Music Better Days By: ₿illy LeRiff
The Fed was forced to slash rates, and the jobs revision is nothing more than a smokescreen for the mess they’re really in. Affiliate Links 🇺🇸 Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US 🇨🇦 The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform ⚡ The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning 🏦 Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats 💵 SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling Show Notes Saifedean Ammous on X: "It's fiat bingo day again! Bank of Canada lowers interest rate to 2.5% in first cut since March Someone bought $680 MILLION Bitcoin ahead of today's rate cut decision. Federal Reserve Board - Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement Fed Cuts Rates by Quarter Point and Signals More Are Likely - WSJ BRICS Nations Hold the Leverage (and Gold) and Why Bitcoin Price Isn’t Higher with Luke Gromen - YouTube Bitcoin Hashrate Surges Past 1 Zetahash, Marking Security Milestone Music This That by Ollie
74: Using Bitcoin as Money

74: Using Bitcoin as Money

2025-09-1601:00:20

From casual to committed, Oscar Merry reveals how his Bitcoin journey led to Fountain.fm and the tools that bring Bitcoin into daily use. Plus, his vision for an open alternative to platforms like YouTube and Spotify. Affiliate Links 🇺🇸 Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US 🇨🇦 The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform ⚡ The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning 🏦 Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats 💵 SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling Show Notes Oscar Merry - Nostr Profile Oscar Merry Fountain 1.3 - Likes, New Home Tab, Improved Search and Nostr Infrastructure Upgrades Open Podcast Payments with Bitcoin and Nostr
The jobs myth collapsed overnight. The Fed’s the fall guy, and Scott Bessent’s hint is loud and clear: buy Bitcoin. Affiliate Links 🇺🇸 Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US 🇨🇦 The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform ⚡ The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning 🏦 Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats 💵 SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling Show Notes BLS Revises Job Growth Down by 911,000 Between April 2024 and March 2025 Employers added 910 fewer jobs than initially estimated, per BLS revision US payrolls benchmark revision estimate suggests labor market weaker than previously thought PDF: The Fed’s New “Gain-of-Function” Monetary Policy Wholesale prices fell unexpectedly in August US wholesale prices decelerated in August PPI inflation August 2025: Prices unexpectedly declined 0.1% Anatomy of a Billion-Download NPM Supply-Chain Attack 🚨 There’s a large-scale supply chain attack in progress Charles Guillemet on X: "Update on the NPM attack: The attack fortunately failed, with almost no victims.🔒 BTC Sessions 😎 on X: Confirmed unaffected NPM attack Electricity costs are surging, and AI could supercharge demand. - YouTube How AI infrastructure is driving a sharp rise in electricity bills - YouTube Bitcoin can 'easily' get to $200,000 before year-end, says Fundstrat's Tom Lee - YouTube Congress bill mandates Treasury report on strategic bitcoin reserve U.S. Congress Demands 90-Day Report on Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Security US Treasury Given 90 Days to Outline Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Congress bill mandates Treasury report on strategic bitcoin reserve Lightning Channel Stats: H1 2025 The Fed Will Make Bitcoin Worth Millions! - YouTube Mel Mattison (@MelMattison1) MUSIC Hard Work [Live in Amsterdam]
72: The Spam War

72: The Spam War

2025-09-0343:34

Fiat markets are cracking, and Bitcoin is tearing itself apart in a spam war. Both point to an impending reckoning. Affiliate Links 🇺🇸 Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US 🇨🇦 The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform ⚡ The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning 🏦 Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats 💵 SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling Show Notes Long-Dated Bond Yields in Europe Surge to Decade-Plus Highs Treasuries Join Global Bond Selloff With 30-Year Yield Near 5% Employment Situation | FRED | St. Louis Fed Canadian economy shrinks 1.6% in 2nd quarter Billionaire Ray Dalio Links Bitcoin’s Rise to ‘Debt-Fueled Heart Attack’ in U.S. Revisions to BLS employment data | FRED Blog New Bitcoin Software Version Will Raise OP_RETURN Data Cap as Debate Concludes Release Schedule for 30.0 The battle between Bitcoin Core vs Knots is getting ugly Bitcoin Core vs Knots: Debate Intensifies Over Network Direction The Bitcoin Mempool: Relay Network Dynamics Release Wasabi Wallet v2.7.0 Why Business Owners Are Putting 22% of Profits Into Bitcoin PDF: River Research Report on Business Owners Buying Bitcoin Peter Van Valkenburg explains Bitcoin Music That's Okay By: Fepeste
71: Silent Squeeze

71: Silent Squeeze

2025-08-2701:11:09

Powell’s Jackson Hole pivot wasn’t about stability; it was about debt. With inflation simmering and wages trapped, fiat tightens the screws, and Bitcoiners should pay attention. Affiliate Links: 🇺🇸 Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US 🇨🇦 The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform ⚡ The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning 🏦 Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats 💵 SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling Show Notes Speech by Chair Powell on the economic outlook and framework review - Federal Reserve Board Fed’s Jackson Hole Exposes Hard Road Ahead for Central Bankers - Bloomberg As it happened: Trump orders firing of Fed governor Lisa Cook - market reaction and what's next | Reuters Jackson Hole Economic Symposium - Wikipedia Lyn Alden August 2025 Newsletter: Tighter Fiscal, Looser Monetary zerohedge on X: "Now why would someone want to sell a huge block and take out the entire bid stack (3 times in a row) Portland Hodl, employee of MARA Mining, hates you so much he’s using a Sybil attack Lmao…Portland didn't even do it. SEC.gov | Statement on Certain Liquid Staking Activities Bitcoin News: Liquid Staking on Bitcoin Gains Momentum With Lombard's $BARD Token Lombard: Bitcoin Capital Markets Onchain Dave Collum and Tucker Carlson think that Bitcoin was created by the US government but won’t be allowed to succeed Swan Bitcoin Transitions Ownership of Open Source Specter Project to Nonprofit Association Bitcoin ETFs bought $88.1 MILLION Bitcoin yesterday. Did BlackRock just dump $5 billion of Bitcoin this week? FUN FACT: If you hold Bitcoin for 3+ years, your odds of losing money are basically 0%. Bitcoin Volatility Will EXPLODE Higher! - YouTube Music Want You To Stay by Joe Martin
70: Empire Extraction

70: Empire Extraction

2025-08-2001:08:47

Empires drowning in debt turn to plunder, tariffs, and control. But this time, the cracks in the empire reveal the case for Bitcoin. Affiliate Links: 🇺🇸 Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US 🇨🇦 The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform ⚡ The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning 🏦 Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats 💵 SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling Show Notes: Bitcoin tanks below $119k as Bessent says gov’t won’t buy Bitcoin for reserve Producer Price Index News Release summary - 2025 M07 Results Not at the table: Europe's colonial moment Arthur Hayes: Bitcoin Will Soar as Money Printing Won’t Stop! - YouTube Bank of International Settlements Paper Proposes Self-KYC For Non-Custodial Wallets Former White House cryptocurrency adviser Bo Hines joins Tether FBI's undercover $250 Bitcoin payment helps take down alleged serial corporate hacker Citigroup considers custody and payment services for stablecoins, crypto ETFs Ethereum staking faces $3.28 billion exit queue as delays hit longest wait in months Group pitches Bitcoin mining to warm Vancouver's Kits Pool BITCOIN HISTORY: Satoshi launched Bitcoin . org exactly 17 years ago today Andreas Antonopoulos - Currency Wars and Bitcoin's Neutrality - YouTube MUSIC: Junkyard of Dreams by Jawbone
Why the latest Ethereum bull run could threaten Bitcoin adoption, a takedown of the “no cash flow” myth, Monero’s 51% attack, and more. Affiliate LINKS: 🇺🇸 Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US 🇨🇦 The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform ⚡ The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning 🏦 Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats 💵 SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling Show Notes Democratizing Access to Alternative Assets for 401(K) Investors – The White House Trump Executive Order Paves Way for Crypto in 401(k)s The crypto craze sweeping Washington and Wall Street - YouTube SEC Announces Departure of Chief of Staff Amanda Fischer Trump's ‘big, beautiful bill’ pushed US Debt to record $37T The World’s Largest ETH Holder - Tom Lee on Treasuries, Ethereum Dominance, and Wall Street - YouTube Crypto is having a breakout summer — and bitcoin isn't the reason Circle Reports Second Quarter 2025 Results Roman Storm Found Guilty of Unlicensed Money Transmission Conspiracy Samourai Wallet Founders Plead Guilty, Agree to $237 Million Forfeiture Trump Admin Silent As Tornado Cash Verdict Threatens Bitcoin Privacy Bo Hines, Executive Director of the White House Crypto Council — is stepping down. Qubic Overtakes Monero’s Hash Rate in Live “51% Takeover Demo” Debunked:"Ledger’s CTO claims sustaining the alleged 51% attack on Monero via Qubic costs $75M/day. Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff in 2018: Bitcoin is more likely to hit $100 than $100,000 within a decade. Natalie Brunell ⚡️ on X: "My message to the Fox Business hosts on Bitcoin
68: Lightning Grows Up

68: Lightning Grows Up

2025-08-1139:03

Alby Hub is doing more than meets the eye. Co-founder Moritz Kaminski joins to break down the latest features, how they're advancing the Lightning ecosystem, and making it all approachable for friends, family, and the next wave of users. Show Notes: Moritz on Nostr Moritz Kaminski on X Alby Hub - Your own Bitcoin Lightning node: easy, connectable, feature-rich ✨ Run anywhere. Become self-sovereign. Release v1.18.5 Johan Helsingius · getAlby/hub Alby Go Alby Community Call BOLT 12 Send Messages With Keysend lightning-address fountain-fm/podpay podcast-namespace lnaddress.md
67: The Treasury Vacuum

67: The Treasury Vacuum

2025-08-0601:21:12

Reserve tricks, revaluation games, and a brewing liquidity storm. While quietly, the groundwork for a national Bitcoin reserve is laid. Episode Links: 🇺🇸 Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US 🇨🇦 The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform ⚡ The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning 🏦 Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats 💵 SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling Show Notes: The Fed - Official Reserve Revaluations: The International Experience Luke Gromen on U.S. Collapse, AI Disruption & Bitcoin’s Rise - YouTube Treasury Announces Marketable Borrowing Estimates | U.S. Department of the Treasury US Treasury to Sell a Record $100 Billion of Four-Week Bills - Bloomberg Treasury to Sell Record $100 Billion in 4-Week Bills - Barron's Financial Literacy for Dummies (Like Me) with JL Collins - YouTube The Fiscal Engine Is Failing And Bitcoin Is The Spark Tornado Cash Jury Still Deliberating — Here's Why That's A Good Thing Samourai Wallet Developers Plead Guilty To Unlicensed Money Transmission Roman Storm Found Guilty of Unlicensed Money Transmission Conspiracy Samourai Wallet Founders Plead Guilty, Agree to $237 Million Forfeiture - Keys.Band E xtension for Chrome | Svelte Meta Tags A learning center has helped teach the owners of 200 local businesses how to use Bitcoin Economía Bitcoin returns in Berlín, El Salvador How the FIRE movement is inspiring early retirees - YouTube
Bitcoin survived its largest-ever stress test. But with a trillion-dollar liquidity crunch looming, could the real challenge be yet to come? Episode Links 🇺🇸 Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US 🇨🇦 The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform ⚡ The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning 🏦 Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats 💵 SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling Show Notes: White House releases first-ever report on Bitcoin and crypto policy Fact Sheet: The President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets Releases Recommendations to Strengthen American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology BTC falls as Trump’s crypto report skips Bitcoin reserve details Bitcoin reserve plan missing from White House's crypto report This Week in Bitcoin • Bonus 01: Living in the Shadow of Bitcoin PayPal Businesses Can Now Accept Bitcoin Payments Brian Armstrong on X: "Bitcoin is probably the best form of money ever created. Brian Armstrong - Mining 21 Million Bitcoins, Satoshi Nakamoto and Elizabeth Warren | SRS #222 - YouTube Samourai Wallet Developers Plead Guilty To Unlicensed Money Transmission sat.watch - Real-time Bitcoin monitoring
A viral anti-Bitcoin video spreads fear through emotional storytelling and slick sound design. But what's the real story behind the drama, and why does it matter?
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