This Week in Bitcoin

Bitcoin is still standing while AI sucks the oxygen out of the market. I break down the trillion-dollar capex trap, and why this might be the moment Bitcoin starts telling the truth before the market is ready to hear it. 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 BIP-110 expected fork time bitnod.es Strategy Sold 32 Bitcoin… And That's A Good Thing. MSTR News: Michael Saylor's Strategy sold 32 BTC for $2.5 million in late May Can the stockmarket swallow Anthropic, SpaceX and OpenAI? Bitcoin ETFs Bleed $2.8B In Record 9-Day Outflow Streak | ZeroHedge AI productivity: not a miracle yet - DWS Markets have overestimated AI-driven productivity gains, says MIT … Inflation data suggests Fed should be hiking rates, not cutting them … Fed's Cook says inflation is moving in the wrong direction, but she's … Morning Briefing - 2022 • Yardeni Research 'Enormously naive': Major US bank leader hits out at Biden's LNG … <a href="https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/bond-

Bitcoin is 232 days from an all-time high, but it feels like everyone else is winning. I dig into the demand crisis, the AI liquidity drain, and why this hold will look easier in hindsight than it feels right now. 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 (BTC) ETFs crushed by outflows as bond market stifles interest-rate reduction hopes Bitcoin demand gauge sinks to worst level since December as spot buying weakens Strategy Buys Back $1.5B of Debt at Discount Mined in America Act Would Put Bitcoin Network at Risk Tethered to the Empire - by The Bitcoin Pharaoh Bitcoin options are coming to Nasdaq. Here's what it means for you HYPE funds attract millions as investors dump bitcoin and ether ETFs Vitalik Biterin breaks silence about Ethereum Foundation amid community frustration Bitcoin's bull catalyst could be AI stocks turning 'silly big': Lyn Alden Lyn Alden Says AI Stock Peak Could Boost Bitcoin - Bitbo SpaceX files for $2T IPO, reveals

Bond yields are flashing warning signs, and the policy machine is already looking for ways to keep the Treasury market fed. How the Clarity Act, stablecoins, and the next wave of Bitcoin demand connect. Plus, a quick BIP-110 update and why major miners are pivoting to AI. 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 This Bond Selloff Isn't Over Just Yet Arthur Hayes: The Fed will fund the government Sen. Moreno: I paid taxes with Bitcoin in 2016 Senate Banking Committee passes the CLARITY Act, 15-9 CLARITY Act Clears Senate Banking: What Comes Next? The Facts: The CLARITY Act Warren Statement on No Trump Ethics Provision in Crypto Bill Elizabeth Warren says new crypto legislation will “turbocharge” corruption Lummis-Gillibrand 2023 Bill PDF US Senators Introduce Comprehensive Stablecoin Bill Sen. Cynthia Lummis: Nobody is popping champagne on CLARITY yet Claude recovered Bitcoin worth about $397K 60 Minutes: Insider trading around US military operations 30-year yield clears 5.1% for the first time since 2007 <a href="https://www.yo

They want to blame the war, but the split was already there. This week, I follow the K-shaped economy under the headlines, and Bitcoin’s uncomfortable signal: adoption is accelerating, and so is domestication. 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 US consumer prices rise 3.8% as Iran war sends energy … Inflation spikes to 3.8 percent in April, higher than expected PPI report: Wholesale prices rose 0.5% in April, more than expected Widening K-shaped economy pattern across income groups K-shaped economy is showing up at the gas pump: NY Fed - The Hill What is the K-shaped economy, where the rich are getting … - Fortune The economy is cracking. This trend is most alarming. Senate confirms Kevin Warsh as Fed governor, clears way for chair … Kevin Warsh wins Senate confirmation to Federal Reserve Board of … Senate Banking Committee to vote on Clarity Act crypto bill <a href="https://crypto.news/senate-banking-committee-unveils-revised-clari

Why energy shocks, bond pressure, and Fed games have everyone but Bitcoiners freaking out. 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 Boost Question Sayor Selling his coins: Bait and switch? Show Notes Bitcoin Is At An All-Time High Higher Energy Prices from Iran War Will Drive World Into Recession, Says Citadel CEO Ken Griffin OPEC Is Breaking Up Citadel's Ken Griffin Says Iran War Threatens Global Recession Citadel's Ken Griffin: Global Recession Inevitable if Strait of Hormuz Stays Shut Chevron CEO Says Shortages in Oil Supply Will Begin Appearing Chevron CEO Says Global Oil Supplies Are Tightening Bessent Says Powell Staying On Is a Violation of Fed Norms Bessent Criticizes Powell's Plan to Stay on Fed Board Powell Says He'll Remain on U.S. Federal Reserve Board Powell Says He Will Stay On as Fed Governor After Term as Chair Dalio Warns Warsh Against Cutting Rates Amid Stagflation Risk</

I came away from Bitcoin 2026 with one clear signal: beneath the circus, something more permanent is 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 Boost Question Is Polymarket the bigger Bitcoin distraction? Links Yahoo Finance Analyst: Bitcoin Moving From Acceptance to Adoption Jeff Park: IBIT Options Could Fuel New Bitcoin Highs White House Teases Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Announcement Rep. Begich to Introduce Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Bill Attorney General Says Bitcoin Developers Won’t Be Prosecuted Paul Tudor Jones Calls Bitcoin the Best Inflation Hedge CNBC: Senate Vote Coming on Warsh Confirmation Lummis Says Crypto Market Structure Markup Coming in May Begich Renames Bitcoin Reserve Act Begich Reads Self-Custody Protection Bill Novogratz: Saylor Buying Could Trigger Bitcoin Supply Shock Jerome Powell’s Last Fed Meeting and Bitcoin Why MSTR Trades Below Its Bitcoin Holdings Bitcoin Outlook as Kevin Warsh Prepares for the Fed <a href="https://en.coinotag

A behind-the-scenes look at what got cut from last week’s episode with Chris’s new show-prep workflow. Think of it as an audit, out in the public.

Bitcoin isn’t being normalized by hype, but by strain. As the Fed loses credibility, it looks less like a trade and more like a necessity. 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 Boost Question If Kevin Warsh Makes it… Will he cut rates? Or - will he battle it out with Trump? Show Notes Bitcoin Price Passes $75,000 As Iran War Turns It From ‘Digital Gold’ Into Geopolitical Settlement Bet UK Lawmaker Calls For Probe Into Nigel Farage’s Bitcoin Ties Tether Moves Over $70 Million In Bitcoin To Reserves, On-chain Data Shows Covenant AI Leaves Bittensor Amid Decentralization Concerns, TAO Drops 18% Bittensor Token Plunges as Top Builder Departs Over Decentralization Doubts Bittensor's TAO Risks 45% Dip Amid 'Decentralization Theater' Accusations Trump's Fed Pick Warsh Reveals Stake In Bitcoin Startup Flashnet Bitcoin Moves Past Halfway Point In Halving Cycle As Supply Tightens Toward 2028 Fed Chairman Nominee Kevin Warsh's Vast Holdings Include Crypto Goldman Sachs Targets Income with New Bitcoin ETF Filing Back-To-Back Billion-Dollar Days: Strategy's STRC ATM Clears $2.7B In 48 Hours

The pattern is getting harder to miss: the dollar loses power, and Bitcoin gains relevance. As war, sanctions, and financial stress expose the old system’s limits, the market is starting to recognize what Bitcoin was built for. 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 Boost Question Is Saylor Under-Selling Bitcoin's Potential On Purpose? Show Notes US March PPI inflation rises to 4.0%, its highest since February 2023. Core PPI inflation was unchanged, at 3.8% Covenant AI Leaves Bittensor Amid Decentralization Concerns, TAO Drops 18% BitTensor AI Token Plunges as Top Builder Departs Over Decentralization Doubts - Decrypt Bittensor's TAO Risks 45% Dip Amid 'Decentralization Theater' Accusations Trump's Fed Pick Warsh Reveals Stake In Bitcoin Startup Flashnet Bitcoin Moves Past Halfway Point In Halving Cycle As Supply Tightens Toward 2028 Fed chairman nominee Kevin Warsh's vast holdings include crypto IMF warns about risk of global recession as Iran war impacts energy costs - YouTube Music Against All Love By: FM Rodeo

This week, even the optimistic case sounds like decline. And when that becomes the sell, Bitcoin starts to look like the only honest asset in the room. 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 Boost Question Are you on Team Luke or Team Lyn? And: How should we celebrate episode 100? Show Notes Trump’s Billion-Dollar Bitcoin Blowout Exposed US recession by end of 2026? Prediction Market Prices - Yahoo Finance The New York Times may have found bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto. Here's what you need to know. Bitcoin Pioneer Adam Back, Bernstein Say Quantum Threat to BTC Isn’t Existential Morgan Stanley launches cheapest Bitcoin ETF Iran ceasefire wipes out millions in short liquidations Bitcoin Going To Zero, Says Economist Who Predicted 2008 Crash — Does His Reasoning Have Merit? Bitcoin Price Reclaims $72,000 After US-Iran Two-Week Ceasefire Agreed The Real War Isn’t in Iran — It’s in the US Treasury Market | Luke Gromen & Lyn Alden - YouTube Ethereum Researcher Justin Drake: I think of it more as an opportunity. vitalik.eth on X:

History is moving whether anyone is ready or not. How the system is under pressure, and why it will flow toward Bitcoin. 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 Boost Question Exit Interview: How do you grade our Crypto Czar? Show Notes Understanding the National Debt | U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data Jerome Powell says $39 trillion national debt is ‘not unsustainable,’ but it ‘will not end well’ 'ENERGY SHOCKS': Recession fears EXPLODE as oil disruption ROCKS Wall Street - YouTube The World Uncertainty Index just hit 105,000. Higher than Covid. Fannie Mae accepts first Bitcoin-backed mortgage product Crypto and Bitcoin mortgages The System Isn’t Broken - It’s Rigged | Lyn Alden - YouTube David Sacks says his time as Trump's crypto and AI czar has ended Tether Was Born On Bitcoin. Twelve Years Later, Is It Coming Back? Google Finds Quantum Computers Could Break Bitcoin Sooner Than Expected Blockstream Research dropped a new post-quantum signature scheme: SHRIMPS Developers are currently working on a Bitcoin Improvement Proposal to strengthen Bitcoin against quantum, with a test net already deployed

Managing a Bitcoin node is changing. We dig into the tools and guard rails that let agents monitor, maintain, and interact with your stack without handing over the keys. 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 Boost Question What's next for your node? Show Notes Alby Hub OpenCode Chris's Boltz and lncli Skill Nostr Wallet Connect Nostr Wallet Connect Docs Overview NIP-47: Nostr Wallet Connect Alby MCP Alby CLI strfry nostr-rs-relay Boltz Boltz Swap Types and States boltz-client Alby AI and Agent Tools Bitcoin Prometheus Exporter Grafana Bitcoin Node Dashboard lndmon Core Lightning Plugins Core Lightning Prometheus Plugin LND Core Lightning mempool LND Safety Guide LND Recovery Guide <a

War spending, mounting financial fragility, and a rare flash of clarity made this a bigger week than it may have seemed at first. 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 Boost Question What's the worst Bitcoin take you've ever seen? Show Notes Iran war has cost Americans at least $11bn already. And that’s just the start War With Iran Has Already Cost $1 Billion A Day At Least Oil and Gas Prices Jump as Iran Lists Gulf Energy Targets - YouTube Private Credit: The Next Risk in the Financial System - YouTube Nvidia CEO Huang says company sees more than $1 trillion in sales through 2027 Nvidia’s Next Act Will Be Its Biggest—and Toughest - WSJ SEC And CFTC Deliver Landmark Crypto Clarity SEC’s new crypto interpretation draws clearer line for advisors - InvestmentNews The SEC Finally Defines Crypto CFTC No Action Letter CFTC Staff Issues No-Action Position to Self-Custodial Crypto Asset Wallet Software Provider 'Bitcoin Is Going To Die', Oscar-Nominated Actor Declares, But Silver Will Reach 'Thousands Of Dollars' <a href=

AI job loss fear is everywhere, and the latest Bitcoin FUD is coming from names you already know. I break down how these narratives get made, who benefits, and what they’re really selling. 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 Boost Question What is Ray and Chamath's angle? Why would these two start humming the same tune? Request: Technical arguments for BIP-110 Not links. Make the technical case Show Notes Core Scientific Sells $175M in Bitcoin First BIP-110 Signaling Block Jane Street ETF Dump Theory Jane Street Dump Theory Debunked Mt. Gox Stolen Funds Recovery PR 77% of Bitcoin Treasury Companies Underwater Dorsey and Saylor on Bitcoin for Centuries Lummis on Spending Bitcoin Without Capital Gains Tax Bitcoin Hits $73K as ETFs Stabilize Markets Bitcoin Air Pocket Above $72K Could Trigger Run to $80K Bitcoin May Face Next Leg Down After $73K Move Morgan Stanley Taps Coinbase and BNY for Bitcoin ETF Custody Ark Invest Buys the Dip on Coinbase and Robinhood <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/uk-lords-grill-coinbase-over-stableco

Bitcoiners find evidence of market manipulation, and Wall Street calls it liquidity. This week: dark pools, Jane Street, AI capital rotation, and why two things can be true at the same time. 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 Boost Question Is AI impacting YOUR job right now in any way? 🧠 Jane Street & Market Structure Jane Street Accused of Insider Trading That Helped Collapse Terraform (WSJ) Jane Street Barred from Indian Markets by SEBI (CNBC) Jane Street Faces Insider Trading Claims Over Terraform Collapse (CoinDesk) Jane Street Sued for Crypto Insider Trading in Terraform Collapse (ZeroHedge) Terraform Estate Sues Jane Street (CryptoNews) Bitcoin News Post on Jane Street Lawsuit (X) ₿ Saylor, Rehypothecation & Price Dynamics Michael Saylor Interview: Bitcoin, Quantum Debate & Market Criticism (Fountain) Bitcoin Price Suppression and Rehypothecation Discussion (Medium / Coinmonks) Updates Mt. Gox Collapse — Full Story (Stacker News) Strike Line of Credit Announcement (Primal) Bitkiwi Meetup — March 7, 2026 (New Zealand)</l

AI is getting the blame for deflation, but other forces may be driving it. What happens to Bitcoin in a world of falling prices? Then: BIP-110 and the biggest governance fight since the blocksize wars. 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: Deflation & Macro Narrative Lyn Alden on the Gradual Print Era, Gold & Bitcoin Cathie Wood Predicts Deflation BIP-110 BIP-110 Official Site BIP-110 Overview — The Bitcoin Manual BIP-110 Soft Fork Gains Support — Phemex Bitcoin Nodes Running BIP-110 Cross 2% — Cointelegraph BIP-110 Divides Developers and Miners — Bit2Me News Adam Back Criticizes BIP-110 — ForkLog BIP-110 Validator Support Snapshot — RootData Could BIP-110’s Data Cap Disrupt Bitcoin? — AInvest Plan ₿ Forum 2026 — Knots & BIP-110 Debate OP_RETURN Stats Recent OP_RETURN Output Statistics — Delving Bitcoin Updates & Market Signals Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Interview — CNBC T-Bills Driving Bitcoin Price — Cointelegraph Goldman Sach

The macro shifts, the media smells blood, and Bitcoin is back on trial. I dismantle the latest attacks and the whale tactics behind the dips. Plus, the new push against quantum FUD. 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: Dollar scrutiny increases as China banks shift away from USD January jobs report has bulls excited, even if it means fewer rate cuts in 2026 WHITE HOUSE STABLECOIN MEETING ENDS WITHOUT A DEAL. Mitigating The Impact Of The Quantum Freeze - BitMEX Blog Strategy ($MSTR) To Lead Bitcoin Quantum Defense, Says Saylor Bitcoin $60K Retest Possible Due To Growing Liquidity Gap US Jobs Data Could Shock Bitcoin, Here’s Why Is Bitcoin Now Officially in a Bear Market? What Historical Data Says Nayib Bukele Says 'We Bought The Other Dip' As El Salvador Loads Up On Gold And Bitcoin - Benzinga Examining bitcoin's possible role in Nancy Guthrie case - CBS News Bitcoin Slides as Fed Rate Cut Doubts Follow Strong Jobs Report - Decrypt MARA expands Bitcoin mining amid AI surge, CEO Thiel unveils growth strategy | F

Power shifted, expectations broke, and markets blinked. Short-term thinking is being rewarded again, even as the long-term bill quietly grows. 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 chair nominee Warsh may want smaller Fed holdings, but that's not easy to do Inflation Is A Choice: Kevin Warsh On Fixing The Federal Reserve Wall Street can't get a handle on Kevin Warsh. Expect a volatile market until it does. Kevin Warsh, Don Kohn on quantitative easing and inequality - YouTube Kevin Warsh will inherit a challenge no Fed chief has faced since post-World War II | Fortune Looking at price action and the 14 day RSI, Bitcoin never entered historically “overbought” territory in 2025 CLARITY Act Could Become Law by April 2026, Industry Leaders Optimistic Text - H.R.3633 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress+Morning Minute: Trump's Crypto Entanglements Threaten CLARITY Act Timeline House Committee on Financial Services - Democrats on X: "Trump family's cryptocurrency firm "World Liberty Financial" The Bitcoin vs Gold Debate: Saifedean

The dollar drama is exposing plans that would otherwise remain hidden. Gold is responding immediately. Bitcoin is not. Understanding why matters more than the price. 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: U.S. dollar plunges after Trump says he's not concerned about recent drop Gold prices surge amid economic uncertainty | Fox News Video US Dollar Rebounds from 4-Year Low — TradingView News Energy Grids Look to Diesel for Data Center Backup Power Amid US Cold Snap - Bloomberg BlackRock says investors can no longer rely on bonds for portfolio safety BlackRock Commentary: Immutable laws in action again Bitcoin and the End of Globalism - YouTube Fed holds rates steady as inflation remains elevated - The Washington Post Rick Rieder: "Bitcoin belongs in the ideal portfolio." Who will Trump nominate as Fed Chair? Predictions Steak 'n Shake on X: "Steak n Shake's Burger-to-Bitcoin transformation continues. Winter Storm Unleashes Bitcoin Mining's Grid-Supporting Superpower Texas Governor Abbott says Texas had a massive surplus of

The world’s financial order is cracking in public, not theory. Gold is acting first, Bitcoin isn’t, and that disconnect tells a harder story than most Bitcoiners want to hear. 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: Wall Street Pulls Back From Bitcoin’s Money-Spinning Basis Trade - Bloomberg Gold is ripping. Japan’s bond market is cracking. And the Fed is quietly adding liquidit Luke Gromen: The Dollar System Is Breaking — And Markets Aren’t Ready - YouTube Major Currencies Are Headed for a Reckoning | Lyn Alden - YouTube Japan 10 Year Government Bond Yield Global bond markets shaken by Japan selloff, Greenland worries Why the Japanese Bond-Market Rebellion Has Investors on Edge Coinbase Pulls Support From CLARITY Act as U.S. Crypto Market Reform Enters Critical Phase Charles Hoskinson criticizes Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse for backing flawed CLARITY Act Senate Banking Committee Delays Markup On Crypto Market Infrastructure Bill As Draft Legislation Criticized Christine Lee on X: ""THE POLICY OF THIS GOVERNMENT IS TO ADD SEIZED BITCOIN TO OUR DIGITAL ASSET RESERVE" —U.S. Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent <a href="https://www.coindesk

This week’s Fed chaos wasn’t random. It was the bill coming due. As Powell’s record is challenged in public, the market is being forced to rethink Bitcoin. 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: Gross Domestic Product | U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) The US economy expanded at the fastest pace in two years as wealthier Americans kept spending U.S. GDP Grew 4.3%, Surging in Third Quarter of 2025 Why 2026 Will See Unprecedented U.S. GDP Growth The Money Masters (1996) - YouTube The campaign to convince Trump to investigate the Federal Reserve chief Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Refers Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for Criminal Investigation Over False Testimony Jerome Powell Under Criminal Investigation — Here's Why This Matters - YouTube Corporate Bitcoin Buying Outstrips Mining Supply 3-to-1 Bitcoin ETFs Log Best Week Since October Flash Crash Zcash Developer Team Resigns Rumored Venezuelan Bitcoin Fate ‘Remains To Be Seen’ Introduction to Bitcoin: what is bitcoin and why does it matter? - YouTube PlanetNix 2026</l

The story keeps changing. The macro is adjusting. A curveball no one saw coming might complicate things for Bitcoin. 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 BREAKS THE 4 YEAR CYCLE AFTER 14 YEARS Stats from Jameson Lopp (@lopp) BTC Map on X said: "Square was a big contributor, but we've seen growth across the board." Venezuela 600,000 BTC Shadow Reserve Claim Explained Venezuela will ship sanctioned oil to U.S. indefinitely, sources say Trump's Maduro Move: Geopolitics Has Returned to Energy Markets | The Daily Economy Bitcoin Core v30 bug risks fund loss during legacy wallet upgrades — TradingView News Ledger Users Hit by Phishing Scam After Global-e Data Breach Exposes Order Information - Cointribune The US Marshals appear to have sold bitcoin received from the Samourai developers as part of their plea deal, despite Executive Order 14233 requiring forfeited bitcoin to be held in the U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. Strategy Pares Gains On New MSCI Rule "BESSENT: "QE led to a two-tier economy, where either you were an asset holder or you were left behind. Morgan Stanley files

Bitcoin sentiment has turned ugly, and the excuses are getting creative. We expose the perfect FUD driving quantum panic, cycle mythology, and weak macro narratives at precisely the wrong moment. 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: Manipulation? Bitcoin Drops $2,000 in 35 Minutes, $132M Longs Liquidated BREAKING: Bitcoin dumped $3,200 from $89.8k to $86.6k and liquidated $203 million worth of longs. All this happened in last 60 minutes with no major negative news or FUD. $200 million worth of levered longs were liquidated with Bitcoin now down to $86,000. That’s a $140 BILLION swing() Luke Gromen: We Are Facing "The Mother of All Crises" (And It’s Physical) - YouTube Luke bailed Longtime bull makes 'ugly' prediction for gold rival This is the first time he’s openly admitted selling BTC to buy back lower — framing it through the classic 4-year cycle and a broader 2026 market reset. Bitcoin is humbling bc it doesn’t care about your patterns You're selling BTC in favor of other technological platforms equally, if not more so, affected by powerful quantum computers. Lawrence Lepard: "Anybody who has zero Bitcoin is really missing the most asymmetric bet that I have ever seen." Glassnode data shows whales accumulated 269,822 BTC Fidelity reports that Bitcoin's 4 year cycle may be over 👀 Investors "believe we could be entering a supercycle<

The Fed cuts rates again and quietly pivots to baby-QE. How this shift could finally blow up Bitcoin’s four-year cycle. 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 Dow gains almost 500 points, S&P 500 ends shy of record high after Fed’s final rate cut of 2025 bolsters case for early start to ‘Santa Claus rally’ Here are the five big takeaways from Wednesday's Fed rate decision Fed interest rate decision December 2025: BIP The Cat - Draft discussion - Protocol Design - Delving Bitcoin The-Cat: Draft BIP: Non-monetary UTXO cleanup (“The Cat”) and related materials. Stablecoin Adoption Could Stifle Central Bank Control, IMF Warns - Decrypt Acting CFTC chairman Caroline Pham on new crypto collateral pilot program - YouTube I Wasted 8 Years of My Life in Crypto The $100 TRILLION Problem No One is Connecting To BITCOIN - YouTube Music Apex By: Empath Eyes

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 La

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.

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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

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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 | 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 dat

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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

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

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