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- 91: Bitcoin to $1million in 90 Days
Pod 91:
- ex Coinbase CTO https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1636797265317867520 $1m bitcoin in 90 days, hyperinflation, US civil war https://twitter.com/crypto_mckenna/status/1636995374782238725
- uh oh, bitcoiners might have been right https://twitter.com/francispouliot_/status/1636980643849437184
- What is the “top” for an immutable money that becomes the standard for humanity? https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/am-i-too-late-to-bitcoin
- FTX damaged faith in bitcoin https://twitter.com/JoeCarlasare/status/1633715106226774017? and the response https://twitter.com/Lynxabi/status/1633832821600174085
- US propose a 30% tax on bitcoin mining as its hindering the transition to low emission energy usage https://twitter.com/bitcoinmagazine/status/1633933119920168965
- Bitcoin Guatemala https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/inside-guatemalas-bitcoin-lake
- Saifedean has a new book: https://saifedean.com/poe
- Inflation weekly: Jerome Powell explains how 2% inflation helps people https://twitter.com/bitcoin_clown/status/1635724648066449409?
- governor points out you’re only insured if your money is in a big bank, accelerating the centralisation of banking https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/11tg2os/every_american_should_protect_themselves_with/
- oh and btw, FDIC insurance is 128b and deposits held by banks is $17.6t https://twitter.com/caitlinlong_/status/1637466829219045381
- Credit Suisse bust, now First Republic following on from SVB, Signature and Silvergate - 5 down https://twitter.com/lynxabi/status/1638096448737755137
- let’s be clear who America are and what we’re replacing: this is what America does to Africa https://twitter.com/wolsned/status/1638078509334528000
2 hr 4 min - 90: Silicon Valley Bank Goes Bust
Pod 90:
- inflation weekly; SVP bank collapses, 2008 part 2 https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/global-markets-banks-wrapup-1-2023-03-10/ people trying to get their money https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/11o2hoq/bank_run_at_boston_private_bank_recently_acquired/
- bank shares plummeting https://twitter.com/gurgavin/status/1634202459051638785?s=46&t=rA_ujwhNyH0Pv6-5p8oapg
- Linked with the above, Coinbase pause USDC:USD conversions https://twitter.com/coinbase/status/1634399032767307776?s=46&t=rA_ujwhNyH0Pv6-5p8oapg stable coin bruh https://twitter.com/gurgavin/status/1634452457253109761?s=46&t=rA_ujwhNyH0Pv6-5p8oapg
- Circle lost $3.3b in SVB, explains the collapse in USDC https://www.theblock.co/post/218971/circle-says-3-3-billion-of-usdc-reserves-are-with-silicon-valley-bank
- bank run on exchanges as bitcoin balances tumble https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/11oq66e/bank_run_on_bitcoin_exchanges_happening_now/
- SVB depositors are made whole with no cost to the taxpayer https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/mar/12/silicon-valley-bank-collapse-no-bailout-janet-yellen
- official fed response “everything’s fine .gif https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20230312b.htm
- the UK arm of SVB is brought for £1 by HSBC and deposits guaranteed for an insolvent bank yet. I taxpayer money was used https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rishi-sunak_innovation-svb-siliconvalleybank-activity-7040968194064330753-y_kv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios
- Auditing works 🙃 KPMG audited SVB and Signature within 2 weeks of their collapse and gave a clean bill of health https://www.linkedin.com/posts/michaeljacksonvc_tech-technology-innovation-activity-7041345346995638274-UGdb?
- SVB had no head of risk but they did have a lesbian visibility day (Daily Mail deleted their link so here’s a new one https://www.businesstoday.in/silicon-valley-bank/story/get-woke-go-broke-silicon-valley-banks-top-woman-executive-lgbtq-activist-gets-targeted-for-lenders-failure-373067-2023-03-12)
- How many canaries in the coalmine need to die before people see sense https://twitter.com/Lynxabi/status/1635283829027131394?s=20
1 hr 55 min - 89: Bitcoin Mining is in Danger
Pod 89:
- bitcoin addresses that hold over $10 is at an all time high https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/11fih3n/while_bitcoin_is_still_down_about_65_from_its_ath/
- Jack Dorsey launches new lightning service https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/tbd-announces-new-bitcoin-lightning-service-provider-c?
- inflation weekly: don’t forget shrinkflation isn’t included in the inflation numbers https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-1327-shrinkflation-is-not-included-in-cpi-data/
- Nationwide and HSBC crack down on bitcoin buys https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/british-banks-crack-down-on-bitcoin-crypto-access?
- a new bitcoin mining idea; Stratum https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/stratum-v2-will-save-bitcoin-mining?
1 hr 42 min - 88: The Bitcoin Wet Dream
Pod 88:
- 2 billion sats to bitcoin projects https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/hrf-donates-2-billion-satoshis-bitcoin-projects?
- bonds aren’t worth investing in https://twitter.com/saifedean/status/1628264320856469504?s=46&t=vOCdkUWNVagR2KTulztp2w
- Inflation weekly: Lebanon hyper inflation v bitcoin https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/119enrs/this_is_why_we_buy_bitcoin/
- El Salvador mega prisons and the media reaction https://twitter.com/reuters/status/1629524121204711426?s=46&t=y_XmFrRzZn2aRVnZYwCwZg someone more balanced https://twitter.com/legendaryenergy/status/1630285865791688705?s=46&t=Thr3Gz4nU_JdljcFRsksjQ
- It’s over, fiat won, bitcoin lost, says fiat maxi https://english.alarabiya.net/business/technology/2023/02/22/Crypto-has-lost-the-battle-against-national-currency-BIS-chief-Agustin-Carstens
- even if you don’t care about bitcoin, you should be against CBDCs https://bitcoinmagazine.com/legal/legislators-introduce-bill-to-prohibit-creation-of-us-cbdc?
- blue wallet ending custody lightning wallets https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/bluewallet-to-sunset-custodial-lightning-wallet-service?
- bitcoin privacy keeps getting easier https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/btcpay-server-adds-coinjoin-plugin?
1 hr 51 min - 87: $59 to be in the bitcoin 1%
Pod 87:
- Bullish $25k smashed and fiat is accelerating too, downwards https://twitter.com/lylepratt/status/1626686451566972928?s=46&t=W045ifylzs3XJO5BBlPWaQ
- how much bitcoin is enough, wanna be in the top 1% of holders? https://youtu.be/8j44WEhjshw
- also: http://bitcoinsperperson.com/
- Saylor explains why diversification doesn’t make any sense https://twitter.com/JoeNakamoto/status/1625483272170905603?s=20&t=UKIuAOmAN5ZEU1cy3B95VQ
- Banks currently have a 0% backing requirement for customer funds, they changed it during lockdowns https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-1319/
- Inflation weekly: how to do inflation without enraging the public, by Keynes https://twitter.com/jbhearn/status/1626158095024984067?s=46&t=6jlnaEWzMfj9Vrzc48ySGw
- Andrew Tate loses 21 bitcoin to the government https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/police-seized-nearly-dollar500000-in-btc-from-andrew-and-tristan-tate
1 hr 37 min - 86: Make Bitcoin Your Valentine
Pod 86:
- Kraken get SEC crackdown for their staking service https://twitter.com/garygensler/status/1623777842000539648?s=46&t=jqxzDs_ssgZ9OwYywfquEw Kraken confirm https://blog.kraken.com/post/17619/settlement/
- IMF says El Salvador is fine using bitcoin but regulators really need to get involved anyway https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/imf-says-el-salvadors-bitcoin-risks-have-not-materialized-but-should-be-addressed/ar-AA17lLQA
- local bitcoins shuts down https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/bitcoin-exchange-localbitcoins-to-shut-down
- Coldcard Q1 is launched https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/coinkite-new-bitcoin-wallet-coldcard-q1
- DIY backup seed words for $20 https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/10wtmjp/diy_crypto_steel_made_with_316_steel/
- CSW loses this case, hopefully other judges take note https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/10wtruw/faketoshi_rekt_london_high_court_judge_with_some/
- bitcoins like baseball cards, don’t expect the tax payer to subsidise your losses https://www.marketwatch.com/story/fed-governor-warns-crypto-investors-dont-expect-taxpayers-to-socialize-your-losses-d261881d
- the fiat treadmill https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/fiat-breaks-individual-incentives
1 hr 44 min - 85: Bitcoins Gonna Get Ya
Pod 85:
- How to orange pill: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/an-orange-pill-for-bitcoiners
- when the money fails, so does the social fabric https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-1311-when-money-breaks-down-so-does-the-social-fabric/
- inflation weekly: Lebanon to devalue their currency by 90% on Feb 1st, go from 1500 to 15,000 per USD https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/lebanon-devalue-currency-by-90-feb-1-cbank-chief-says-2023-01-31/
- “Britcoin” https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11720865/Shoppers-use-digital-currency-dubbed-Britcoin-instead-cash.html
- Ray Dalio gets asked about bitcoin, confirms he’s still a low iq brainlet https://twitter.com/quacethequant/status/1621168715428671490?s=46&t=dj5NYgbwW6mzzo0NECQo4g
- Craig Wright case is going to court over 11,111 bitcoin https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/02/03/craig-wrights-uk-case-against-16-bitcoin-developers-to-go-to-full-trial-report/
- remember your 12/24 words in the form of pictures https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/10us934/this_is_my_12_word_seed_phrase_in_pictures/
1 hr 41 min - 84: US Debt Interest Hits $1 Trillion
Pod 84:
- banks have to hold bitcoin 121 with a euro if they want to offer it https://bitcoinmagazine.com/legal/eu-capital-requirements-banks-holding-crypto?
- the first attack on miners, electricity taxes, here we see it in Paraguay https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-1308-more-discrimination-against-bitcoin-miners/
- inflation weekly: US debt to go to $1 trilly https://twitter.com/grdecter/status/1619043959317368832?s=46&t=0oAVZZVcei2BC2xWNV3aRQ
- but Nik and his mate think the dollar dying is a meme https://thebitcoinlayer.substack.com/p/reports-of-the-dollars-death-have?
- blockstream raise $125m to continue expanding mining operation https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/blockstream-raises-usd-125m/
- is Elon adding bitcoin payments into twitter? https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/twitter-prepping-for-payments-could-include-bitcoin
1 hr 23 min - 83: Davos and Bitcoin
Pod 83:
- hydro power bitcoin mining: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/sazmining-launches-wisconsin-hydro-bitcoin-mining
- Mining expansion https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/cleanspark-50-megawatt-bitcoin-mining-expansion
- the WEF want urgent regulation on bitcoin https://twitter.com/bitcoinnewscom/status/1615720382140383234?s=46&t=3EpPHuNf5UHXXmV2jhDCEQ
- CNBC orange pilling Dimon at Davos https://twitter.com/joenakamoto/status/1616061474354364416?s=46&t=3EpPHuNf5UHXXmV2jhDCEQ
- inflation weekly: Nigeria reduce withdrawals to $44 https://www.dw.com/en/nigeria-new-cash-withdrawal-restrictions-set-to-hit-small-businesses-hard/a-64300004
- Peter Thiel sold his “crypto” in March 2022 now doesn’t have significant exposure https://worldnewsera.com/news/finance/stock-market/peter-thiels-fund-wound-down-8-year-bitcoin-bet-before-market-crash
- how not to start your bitcoin journey https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/10hemjd/
- Play Chess, Earn Bitcoin, with Bitcoin Chess app https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/zebedee-and-viker-launch-bitcoin-chess
1 hr 33 min - 82: Inflation will steal your home
Pod 82:
- Tax season and locked out of coinbase account (Mr Allin)
- Miss Universe El Salvador: https://twitter.com/ensdegen/status/1614077521867476992?s=46&t=sC-sc6gijOonPLskP_KqXQ
- inflation weekly: is this money printing explained? https://twitter.com/macroalf/status/1614315558463209473?s=46&t=g6lQ_jumHf-7aYDmJy-Hnw
- inflation actually explained: https://twitter.com/colin_sully/status/1614688670627528705?s=46&t=aA0PmHqoScv7LghFkCMR3A or how about we use house prices and average salary https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/e1jrvw/oc_salaries_vs_house_prices_in_uk/
- FUD of the week: Mining centralisation, or is it https://twitter.com/hlopez_/status/1614378455621324800?s=20&t=0zvs7FlOFpdtcboiWcKfKg
- FUD of the week pt2 - crypto claims company spawned from the company where people lost their money (you can’t make it up) - https://youtu.be/9Y4HedegKsE
- hash rate ATH https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-1301
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A weekly podcast by 4 bitcoin plebs that discuss the most recent bitcoin news. We venture into wider business topics, touch on sport but everything comes back to bitcoin and why we're bullish on if we…
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