Bitcoin Fortress

Date: November 8, 2026

The global financial system is being rewired, and several powerful forces are converging at once. Bitcoin is navigating another liquidity-driven selloff, Treasury markets are confronting persistent inflation and enormous government borrowing, Wall Street is moving traditional assets onto blockchain infrastructure, and artificial intelligence is challenging the economics of work, capital, and entrepreneurship. In Episode 240, we connect the week's most important developments, examine the opportunities and risks behind the AI infrastructure boom, and explore what these changes mean for monetary sovereignty and individual independence. We also feature recent podcast conversations with Jeff Booth, Jordi Visser, Lyn Alden, and Cathie Wood, highlight the Substack essay The Return of the Real World, and revisit the five Bitcoin Fortress books, including the newly published The Sovereign Life.

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The Return of the Real World

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NEWS (November 1, 2026 – November 8, 2026)

1. Bitcoin tumbles to $76,000 as collapsing AI trade drags stocks lower — CoinDesk, Nov. 5. Bitcoin, equities and the AI selloff.

2. More than $1 billion in leveraged crypto positions liquidated — CoinDesk, Nov. 5. Derivatives liquidations and forced deleveraging.

3. Bitcoin ETFs shed $430 million following technology selloff — CoinDesk, Nov. 6. Institutional flows and ETF redemptions.

4. Strong October employment report sends Treasury yields higher — Reuters, Nov. 6. Payrolls, Fed policy and rates.

5. Federal Reserve H.15 — Treasury yields and interest rates — Federal Reserve. Official rate data, supplemented by CoinDesk's November 5 bond-market coverage.

6. Democrats win control of Congress in the 2026 midterms — Associated Press, Nov. 3.

7. Voters demanded economic relief; both parties face difficult choices — Associated Press, Nov. 8.

8. Democratic sweep could be final blow to the CLARITY Act — CoinDesk, Nov. 4.

9. Stablecoins and tokenization may survive regulatory uncertainty — CoinDesk, Nov. 4.

10. Morgan Stanley brings stocks and Treasuries onto blockchain infrastructure — CoinDesk, Nov. 4.

11. NYSE expands tokenized securities infrastructure — CoinDesk, Nov. 2.

12. Standard Chartered introduces tokenized deposits in Hong Kong — CoinDesk, Nov. 2.

13. Data centers took a beating in the midterms; AI firms felt the pain — Reuters, Nov. 6.

14. Anthropic reports $567 million quarterly operating loss — CoinDesk, Nov. 2.

15. AMD's OpenAI and Meta chip deals trigger $1 billion charge — Reuters, Nov. 4.

16. Two articles covering the Bitcoin mining industry's transition toward AI:

Google's potential ownership stake in TeraWulf's AI project

Riot's potential 12% AI infrastructure financing cost

17. Binance's $6.3 billion hack began with a fake job interview — CoinDesk, Nov. 3.

18. Bitcoin developer proposes defensive measures against quantum attackers — CoinDesk, Nov. 5.

Jeff Booth with Luke Gromen

Technological deflation, global debt and Bitcoin

Jordi Visser with Natalie Brunell

The S&P 500, entrepreneurship, AI and financial transformation

Lyn Alden — Wealth Building Podcast

What to Own in 2027 & Beyond

Cathie Wood — ARK Invest, In The Know

Did the Market Overreact?

Date: November 1, 2026

AI is repricing human labor. Debt is repricing capital. Bitcoin is challenging the monetary system beneath it all. In Episode 239, we explore the $6.3 billion Binance hack, Bitcoin's latest drawdown, the Fed's difficult monetary policy choices, the AI spending boom, and new long-term Bitcoin forecasts. We also examine the future of digital dollars, the importance of self-custody, and what these developments mean for financial sovereignty.

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The Price of Human Labor

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NEWS (October 25, 2026 – November 1, 2026)

1. Binance's $6.3 Billion Security Breach — Reuters: Binance to Resume Withdrawals After Recovering Stolen Funds

2. Bitcoin Sells Off Following Binance Hack — Reuters: Analysts React to Binance Security Breach

3. Strategy Reports Record Third-Quarter Operating Income — Strategy: Q3 Financial Results — $21 Billion Operating Income (October 29).

4. Franklin Templeton Launches Bitcoin Dividend-Reinvestment ETFs — Bitcoin Magazine: Franklin Templeton Launches Two Bitcoin DRIP ETFs

5. Solo Miner Finds Bitcoin Block 973,262 — Bitcoin Magazine: FutureBit Apollo Solo Miner Finds Bitcoin Block

6. Federal Reserve Holds Rates at 3.75%–4% — Bitcoin Magazine: Fed Keeps Rates Steady in Split Vote

7. Bond Investors Shift Their Attention to AI and Fiscal Deficits — Reuters: Bond Investors Are Thinking Less About the Fed and More About AI, Deficits

8. Bank of Canada Raises Interest Rates — Reuters: Bank of Canada Raises Key Rate to 2.50%

9. OPEC+ Maintains Production Targets Amid Energy Inflation — Reuters: OPEC+ Keeps Oil Output Targets Steady

10. Microsoft Offers Buyouts to Approximately 60,000 Employees — Reuters: Microsoft Offers Employee Buyouts

11. Investors Demand Cash Flow From the AI Spending Boom — Reuters: Cash Is King as Investors Draw New Battle Lines in AI Spending Boom

12. Meta's AI Spending Pressures Its Credit Outlook — Reuters: S&P Global Revises Meta's Outlook to Negative

13. UPS Sees a $15 Billion Opportunity in AI Infrastructure — Reuters: UPS Sees Annual Revenue Opportunity From Data Center Boom

14. Bitwise Raises Its 2036 Bitcoin Target to $1.6 Million — Bitcoin Magazine: Bitwise Raises Bitcoin Price Target

15. U.S. Treasury Outlines Its Digital Asset Strategy — Bitcoin Magazine: U.S. Treasury Says U.S. Will Win in the Digital Asset Stack as CLARITY Act Stalls (October 28).

16. Treasury Sanctions North Korean Fake-Worker Networks — Bitcoin Magazine: U.S. Treasury Sanctions Crypto Launderers Behind North Korea's Fake Workers (October 29).

17. Google Develops Institutional Split-Key Crypto Custody — Bitcoin Magazine: Google Debuts Bank-Grade Crypto Custody Tool

18. Coinbase Misses Revenue Expectations as Trading Activity Slows — Bitcoin Magazine: Coinbase Misses Revenue Estimates as Users Fall

TFTC — Marty Bent and Matthew Mežinskis

Bitcoin Is Cheap and Nobody Believes It — October 27, 2026. A discussion of Bitcoin valuation, market sentiment, and the disconnect between short-term price action and long-term fundamentals.

TFTC — Ten31 Timestamp: Spirit of '63

October 26, 2026. AI infrastructure, stablecoins, Treasury financing, and historical parallels with the National Currency Act of 1863.

Coin Stories — Natalie Brunell with Lyn Alden

The Invisible Rug Pull, Gold's Next Move & Bitcoin in 2036 — October 30, 2026. Lyn discusses Bitcoin's long-term outlook, monetary risks, and the potential impact of AI on cryptographic security.

Date: October 25, 2026

What happens when the asset we've spent generations calling risk-free is no longer so risk-free? In Episode 238, we explore the structural repricing of government bonds, the growing cost of sovereign debt, Bitcoin's battle to establish a durable floor, and the enormous capital demands of the AI revolution. We also examine institutional Bitcoin adoption, stablecoin regulation, emerging payment networks for AI agents, and the latest conversations across the Bitcoin podcast universe. Our featured Substack essay, The End of the Risk-Free Asset, connects these developments to a larger question: what does financial safety really mean in a world where the old assumptions about money, debt, and investment returns are breaking down?

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The End of the Risk-Free Asset

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NEWS (October 18, 2026 – October 25, 2026)

Bitcoin and digital assets

1. Bitcoin briefly falls below $80,000, triggering $404 million in long liquidations — The Block, October 24.

2. Bitcoin ETFs reverse course with $636 million in outflows — The Block, October 23.

3. BlackRock files for Bitcoin ETF offering downside protection — The Block, October 19.

4. JPMorgan issues first long-term Bitcoin forecast, projecting 10% annual returns — The Block, October 20.

5. Michael Saylor's Strategy purchases another 267 Bitcoin for $22 million — The Block, October 19.

6. OCC finalizes regulations implementing the GENIUS Act — OCC, October 21.

7. American Bankers Association challenges stablecoin interest provisions — ABA Banking Journal, October 21.

8. Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand expand cross-border stablecoin initiative — The Block, October 23.

9. HSBC launches Hong Kong dollar stablecoin RedCoin for retail users — The Block, October 23.

10. Mastercard opens early access to AI-agent payments following Coinbase and Cloudflare pilots — The Block, October 20.

11. Meta shares slide as enormous AI spending alarms investors — Reuters, October 22.

12. Stocks drop as Meta fuels AI concerns and Treasury bonds rally — Reuters, October 22.

13. Oil prices surge amid geopolitical tensions and supply concerns — Reuters, October 22.

14. Treasury financing plans spark anxiety on Wall Street — MarketWatch, October 19.

15. French government bond yields rise amid mounting fiscal concerns — Reuters, October 22.

Stephan Livera Podcast, Episode 782 — Debanking and Bitcoin Business Accounts in the EU

Stephan Livera Podcast, Episode 783 — Plan Your Second Passport Before You Need It

Stephan Livera Podcast, Episode 779 — Lightning in x402 and Agent Payments (earlier contextual episode).

Lyn Alden — Recent Wealthion Interview

Date: October 18, 2026

This week on The Bitcoin Fortress Podcast, we explore what happens when the financial system's ability to create credit runs into the real world's inability to create energy, infrastructure, and productive capacity on demand. From rising Treasury yields and growing skepticism about AI infrastructure financing to Bitcoin treasury companies facing new challenges, the common thread is becoming difficult to ignore: capital is no longer free, and reality is beginning to impose some discipline. We also examine the latest thinking from the Bitcoin podcast universe, revisit the importance of self-sovereignty, and feature the latest Bitcoin Fortress essay, You Can't Print a Gigawatt.

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NEWS (October 11, 2026 – October 18, 2026)

Bitcoin falls below $82,000 after inflation report — The Block, October 14

Strategy buys another 250 BTC, holdings reach 848,250 BTC — The Block, October 12

Strive acquires 3,311 Bitcoin for $280 million — The Block, October 13

MSCI index changes threaten Bitcoin treasury companies — Investopedia, October 17

K33 questions Strategy's preferred-stock financing — The Block, October 14

Hot September CPI raises expectations of additional rate hikes — Reuters, October 14

PIMCO warns Treasury yields may have further to rise — Reuters, October 13

European sovereign debt concerns intensify — Reuters, October 14

China's producer inflation accelerates amid weak consumer demand — Reuters, October 14

IMF meetings expose growing developing-country debt pressures — Reuters, October 18

Rising rates test AI data center financing boom — Reuters, October 15

Microsoft withdraws from Nscale UK data center deal — Reuters, October 18

America's AI infrastructure boom begins to fray — Financial Times, October 18

Former FTX-linked Bitcoin mining assets join the AI boom — Wall Street Journal, October 12

Bitcoin mining production softens at major operators — The Block, October 15

Google quantum breakthrough renews Bitcoin security debate — The Block, October 16

Judge refuses to vacate Gemini's $5 million CFTC settlement — Reuters, October 16

TFTC #802: The Banks Are Fleecing You — Mel Mattison

TFTC #801: Proving What's Real in the Age of AI — Bryan Jacoutot

TFTC #800: London Closed the Strait of Hormuz — Tom Luongo (October 10)

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Date: October 11, 2026

This week on The Bitcoin Fortress Podcast, we're watching two powerful economic forces collide. Capital is becoming more expensive as bond yields climb, inflation persists, and governments struggle with mounting debt. At the same time, artificial intelligence is making once-expensive capabilities increasingly abundant. We examine Bitcoin's resilience, the changing regulatory landscape, turmoil in global bond markets, the enormous financing demands of AI, and what it all means for monetary sovereignty. We also explore conversations from the Bitcoin podcast universe and feature my latest Substack essay, When Intelligence Becomes Cheap. The common thread? The old assumptions about money, value, and scarcity are being challenged.

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When Intelligence Becomes Cheap

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NEWS (October 4, 2026 – October 11, 2026)

Bitcoin and digital assets

MarketWatch — Bitcoin's longer-term uptrend — Oct 5

Barron's — Bitcoin pressured by dollar and yields — Oct 7

Reuters — CFTC proposes crypto oversight rules — Oct 5

Barron's — CME and CFTC perpetual futures dispute — Oct 10

WSJ — Bitcoin investment products expand in Europe — Oct 8

Macro, interest rates and global debt

Reuters — Pimco warns 10-year Treasury could reach 6% — Oct 9

Reuters — Strong Treasury auction eases bond selloff — Oct 7

Barron's — Investors buy into Treasury rout — Oct 5

Reuters — Dollar and rates respond to Fed minutes — Oct 8

Reuters — Investors move toward cash and bonds — Oct 9

Reuters — European debt and bond-market stress — Oct 9

Energy and geopolitics

Reuters — Global debt dominates IMF–World Bank meetings — Oct 11

Reuters — Oil, inflation and global markets — Oct 9

Artificial intelligence and capital

Reuters — Financing the AI infrastructure boom — Oct 9

Reuters — Nvidia explores Reflection AI investment — Oct 10

Reuters — AI-led bull market approaches four years — Oct 9

TFTC — Jeremy Ryan Slate: Rome's Currency Debasement Playbook — Oct 5

TFTC — Susan Kokinda: The Economic Revolution Is Already Here — Oct 7

TFTC — Tom Luongo: London Closed the Strait of Hormuz — Oct 10

Date: October 4, 2026

Bitcoin spent another week doing something increasingly interesting: refusing to behave the way the old models say it should.

Treasury yields pushed above 5%. The dollar strengthened. Gold sold off. The Federal Reserve remained hawkish. The labor market weakened. And yet Bitcoin held together, institutional money continued moving into the asset, and corporate buyers kept stacking.

Maybe the story isn't simply that Bitcoin is getting stronger.

Maybe the map itself is changing.

This week we look at the return of expensive money, Bitcoin's surprising resilience, Strategy and Strive continuing to accumulate, the IMF's increasingly awkward relationship with El Salvador, growing political pressure around stablecoins, Bitcoin mining's collision with the AI energy buildout, and a Bitcoin podcast universe increasingly focused on sovereignty, self-custody, AI, tokenization and the changing architecture of money.

Then we'll connect all of it to this week's Bitcoin Fortress essay, The Great Repricing.

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The Great Repricing

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NEWS (September 27, 2026 – October 4, 2026)

CoinDesk — Analysts see the 10-year Treasury yield potentially reaching 6%

CoinDesk — Bitcoin shrugs off surging Treasury yields

Reuters — Gold falls as dollar and Treasury yields rise

Reuters — Fed may skip an October rate hike after weak jobs data

Reuters — Fed policymakers argue for patience before another hike

The Block — Bitcoin ETFs complete nine-day, $3.1 billion inflow streak

Yahoo Finance — Bitcoin finishes another green September

Investopedia — Strategy adds another 1,665 Bitcoin

Strive adds another 1,107 Bitcoin

The Block — CLARITY failure may have accelerated other crypto regulatory changes

SEC — Innovation exemption for tokenized U.S. securities

Reuters — Swiss central banker warns about stablecoins and monetary-policy transmission

Reuters — Senate report scrutinizes Iran-linked USDT activity

El Salvador receives IMF disbursement after Bitcoin-related waiver

Soluna and Bitdeer expand wind-powered Texas Bitcoin mining project

Coin Stories — Bitcoin mining, AI data centers and local infrastructure battles

CoinDesk — Bitcoin dominance approaches 60%

Reuters — Dollar remains strong amid elevated Treasury yields

Market Disruptors — Lyn Alden: Nothing Stops This Train. Not Even AI

Kitco — Lyn Alden on deficits, Fed policy and Bitcoin

Stephan Livera Podcast — Bitcoin Savings vs Casino Exchanges with Julian Liniger

Stephan Livera Podcast — Why Bitkey Ditched Seed Phrases with Clay Garrett

TFTC #797 — The ColdCard Hack Was Only the Beginning

TFTC #796 — Own Your Intelligence Stack

Coin Stories — Simon Dixon on what could make him sell Bitcoin for gold

Date: September 27, 2026

In this episode: Bitcoin pushes back toward the mid-$80,000s as ETF inflows accelerate, while stress continues to build in the supposedly “safe” parts of the financial system. We look at the 10-year Treasury above 5%, Japan raising rates while the yen weakens, tightening global diesel supplies, Strategy buying Bitcoin again, Sequans exiting its Bitcoin treasury, and the continued migration of traditional finance onto digital rails. We also explore this week’s Bitcoin podcast conversation around sovereign debt, global liquidity and Bitcoin’s declining volatility before finishing with The Gift of Solitude and a different kind of sovereignty—the ability to be comfortable with your own thoughts in an increasingly noisy world.

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The Gift of Solitude

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NEWS (September 20, 2026 – September 27, 2026)

Wall Street Journal — Bitcoin Jumps Above $86,000 to Eight-Month High

BeInCrypto — Bitcoin ETFs Pull In a Record $2.39 Billion

CoinDesk — Bitcoin’s Bear Markets Are Getting Milder

Yahoo Finance / Investing.com — Bitcoin Holds Near $84,000 as Treasury Yields Rise

U.S. Treasury — Increased Long-End Treasury Buybacks

Reuters — Fed’s Collins Supports Rate Hike Amid Inflation Risks

Reuters — Yen Weakens Despite Bank of Japan Rate Increase

Reuters — Global Diesel Shortage Could Persist Into 2027

The Guardian — U.S. Considers Diesel Export Restrictions

The Block — Strategy Buys Another 950 BTC

SEC Filing — Sequans Completes Bitcoin Treasury Exit

Federal Reserve — Proposed GENIUS Act Stablecoin Framework

CFTC — Updated Crypto and Blockchain Guidance

House Financial Services Committee Coverage — Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Legislation Advances

Bitcoin Magazine — Assessing the Quantum Threat to Bitcoin

StarkWare — Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Transaction Costs Fall 79%

Yahoo Finance — Hut 8 Acquires Two Texas Data Centers

Saifedean Ammous — The Bond Crisis & Bitcoin’s Rise as a True Macro Asset

Jim Bianco — Macro Outlook, The Fourth Turning and Bitcoin Adoption

Brent Johnson — Bitcoin as the Pure Play on Global Liquidity

Dave Weisberger — Why Bitcoin FOMO Hasn’t Even Started Yet

The Bitcoin Layer — Central Banks Have Lost Control

Date: September 20, 2026

In this episode: We return from vacation to a financial system that looks increasingly difficult to manage. The 10-year Treasury crosses 5%, Treasury expands its own bond buybacks, oil remains above $100, the Fed raises rates, and Japan hikes rates only to watch the yen weaken. Meanwhile, Bitcoin absorbs all of it and rallies back above $80,000. We dig into the failure of the CLARITY Act, the SEC's move toward tokenized stocks, continued institutional Bitcoin adoption, Strategy's evolving capital structure, and the security lessons from the Liquid and Coldcard exploits. Plus, we look at the latest themes across the Bitcoin podcast universe and this week's Bitcoin Fortress essay on building resilience instead of trying to predict the future.

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The Architecture of Resilience

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NEWS (September 6, 2026 – September 20, 2026)

What Bitcoin Did — Lyn Alden: “The US Is Long-Term Insolvent”

What Bitcoin Did — Jeff Ross: “Can AI Actually Grow America Out of Its Debt?”

What Bitcoin Did — Jameson Lopp: “AI Came for Bitcoin First”

TFTC — Chris Drzyzga: “Bitcoin Playbook for Commercial Real Estate Owners”

TFTC — Mark Suman: “Building Privacy-First AI in an Age of Surveillance”

TFTC — Sam Lyman: “China Is Funding the War on Data Centers”

Date: September 6, 2026

In this episode, we look at a week where Bitcoin increasingly behaved like an escape valve from a strained monetary system. We cover the strong jobs report and renewed Fed pressure, rising Bitcoin-gold correlation, institutional adoption, corporate treasury accumulation, the CLARITY Act, El Salvador, the Trezor privacy breach, and the growing role of Bitcoin in places where traditional banking simply doesn’t work. Plus, we check in on the Bitcoin podcast universe, feature this week’s Bitcoin Fortress Substack, and talk about the new book, The Sovereign Life.

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The Family as a Sovereign Institution

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NEWS (August 30, 2026 – September 6, 2026)

Date: August 30, 2026

In this episode, we break down Bitcoin’s surge back above $80,000 and the growing recognition that this move may be about something much bigger than another risk-on rally. We look at the emerging debasement trade, Kevin Warsh’s hawkish Jackson Hole message, rising gold demand, institutional Bitcoin adoption, the shakeout among Bitcoin treasury companies, miners pivoting toward AI infrastructure, quantum-security developments, stablecoins, financial surveillance, and the latest fight over the CLARITY Act. We also tour the Bitcoin podcast universe, feature “The Courage to Be Early,” and preview the upcoming Bitcoin Fortress book The Sovereign Life.

Bitcoin Fortress YouTube Channel:

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Bitcoin Fortress Substack Featured Post:

The Courage to Be Early

Bitcoin Fortress Books:

Bitcoin Fortress: A Simple Guide to Bitcoin for Beginners

Bitcoin Retirement and Estate Planning

The Bitcoin Lifestyle

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NEWS (August 23, 2026 – August 30, 2026)

Reuters — Bitcoin rises above $80,000 as debasement fears boost momentum

The Block — Bitcoin records largest weekly dollar gain in history

The Block — Historic short squeeze may signal Bitcoin bull-market reset

The Block — CryptoQuant: $83K needed for bull-market confirmation

The Block — Bitcoin faces $81K–$86K resistance zone

The Block — BlackRock's Mitchnick on Bitcoin as a risk-off asset

The Block — Bernstein's $150K Bitcoin and debasement thesis

Federal Reserve — Kevin Warsh's Jackson Hole address

Reuters — Warsh signals Fed may need to raise rates

Reuters — Gold hits three-month high ahead of Jackson Hole

The Block — Strategy establishes $1.6B USD Cash pool

The Block — Strive acquires another 1,110 BTC

Financial Times — Bitcoin treasury companies undergo major shakeout

The Block — IREN's massive AI infrastructure buildout

The Block — First quantum-resistant Bitcoin transaction demonstration

The Block — Charles Schwab expands crypto trading platform

The Block — SEC crypto custody rules move to White House review

Reuters — Japan explores blockchain settlement for equities and JGBs

The Block — Shinhan and Visa test stablecoin payment infrastructure

Reuters — Stand With Crypto endorses 32 House candidates as CLARITY stalls

The Bitcoin Layer — Bitcoin Just Failed Three Times

Simply Bitcoin — Bitcoin's Biggest Week Ever Just Exposed the Endgame

Café Bitcoin — Lightning, Quantum-Proof Transactions and the Surveillance State

The Bitcoin Way — The Real Reason Bitcoin Is Pumping

Simply Bitcoin — The Fed Is Trapped! Bitcoin Already Knows