McIntosh and Kenshin discuss the European Central Bank's push for a digital euro as a sovereignty move against US dollar dominance and stablecoins. They cover Switzerland's erosion of privacy laws forcing Proton to relocate servers, the EU's proposed chat control legislation, and September's bullish close for Bitcoin signaling potential strong Q4 gains. Plus: next week's listener Q&A Zapathon.

Stick around to the very end for Send It Mike's  track, “Freedom Code Revolution”.

Resources

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/date/2025/html/ecb.sp250929~9a94367d26.en.html

https://en.cryptonomist.ch/2025/09/29/digital-euro-ecb-breakthrough-offline-app-more-sovereignty-in-payments/

https://fightchatcontrol.eu/

https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/is-proton-leaving-switzerland-legal-uncertainty-of-proposed-surveillance-laws-is-pushing-them-to-make-several-changes

https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/vpns/proton-refuses-to-be-held-hostage-by-controversial-swiss-surveillance-law

Bitcoin Price at Time of Recording

Oct 1st, 2025: 116,939 USD | 99,800 euro

Block Height at Time of Recording

917,265

Episode Page

https://satoshis-plebs.com/episode-228

Music Credits

Freedom Code Revolution
Send It Mike

Website

https://satoshis-plebs.com

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McIntosh can be reached by email at [email protected] and on Twitter at @McIntoshFinTech. His mastodon handle is @[email protected] and his Nostr.  Kenshin can be reached on Twitter at @kenshin_ninja or on Nostr. Kenshin’s email is [email protected]. You can also follow the Satoshi’s Plebs podcast account on Nostr. We are looking forward to hearing from you!

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