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The Bitcoin Brief episodes

  • Black Monday Never Showed Up

    This audio edition uses an AI-generated version of Marty Bent's voice.

    Black Monday Never Showed Up - Audio edition of the Bitcoin Brief newsletter.

    Stories covered:

    • The Commoner
    • OpenCode breach: your API key is a bearer instrument
    • Plug your agent into TFTC, no key required
    • Claude solves the NIST curve mystery, and it was timestamps
    • MSCI now decides whether a bitcoin company is a real company
    • Lopp's wrench attack archive passes 700 after an AI-assisted sweep
    • 📚 The Braiins Bitcoin Library Is Free
    • Bisq 2 ships a required security update

      • Read the full written brief: https://tftc.io/bitcoin-brief

      10 min
    • AI Just Made Your Bank's Database Cheaper to Rob

      This audio edition uses an AI-generated version of Marty Bent's voice.

      AI Just Made Your Bank's Database Cheaper to Rob - Audio edition of the Bitcoin Brief newsletter.

      Stories covered:

      • The Commoner
      • Wells Fargo's bank shrank its workforce and paid out more than it earned
      • Feeling sidelined? Read James Check
      • Government-linked bitcoin is moving. That doesn't prove a reserve sale
      • DOE to PJM: data centers pay their own way
      • Towns are saying no to plate readers
      • BTCPay Server limits public access to old receipts

        • Read the full written brief: https://tftc.io/bitcoin-brief

        10 min
      • Don't Panic, and Don't Reuse Addresses

        This audio edition uses an AI-generated version of Marty Bent's voice.

        Don't Panic, and Don't Reuse Addresses - Audio edition of the Bitcoin Brief newsletter.

        Stories covered:

        • The Commoner
        • Iraq made dollars 15% more expensive overnight
        • The 10-year auction cleared at its highest yield since 2000
        • Russia lets bitcoin in through a narrow door
        • Core Lightning node runners: upgrade now
        • Five counties hit pause on data centers in two days
        • Android users can now check BlueWallet's build

          • Read the full written brief: https://tftc.io/bitcoin-brief

          11 min
        • Four Decades and $35 Billion vs. a Week-Old Repo

          This audio edition uses an AI-generated version of Marty Bent's voice.

          Four Decades and $35 Billion vs. a Week-Old Repo - Audio edition of the Bitcoin Brief newsletter.

          Stories covered:

          • The Commoner
          • Spend stablecoins, save in bitcoin
          • Nobody cares, and that's bullish
          • Taunton says a cloned voice sent a SWAT team to his house
          • Google is paying for more nuclear
          • Fuel costs are showing up everywhere
          • Alby Hub users: update before you migrate

            • Read the full written brief: https://tftc.io/bitcoin-brief

            13 min
          • Download bitchat Before You Need It

            This audio edition uses an AI-generated version of Marty Bent's voice.

            Download bitchat Before You Need It - Audio edition of the Bitcoin Brief newsletter.

            Stories covered:

            • The Commoner
            • The 10-year is at a level we haven't seen since 2002
            • A task force won't protect open models for us
            • These Hormuz attacks look desperate
            • DarkHorse is paying for Hopkinsville's new substation
            • The CFTC starts writing crypto market rules
            • Rome debased its way down
            • Bring your own hardware to Nunchuk inheritance

              • Read the full written brief: https://tftc.io/bitcoin-brief

              10 min
            • Trump Is Telling You to Own Bitcoin

              This audio edition uses an AI-generated version of Marty Bent's voice.

              Trump Is Telling You to Own Bitcoin - Audio edition of the Bitcoin Brief newsletter.

              Stories covered:

              • The Commoner
              • Good riddance to these surveillance proposals
              • Apple, let people use their computers
              • Your electricity bill would like a word
              • Turns out Europe still needs refineries
              • BlackRock did the heavy lifting
              • A rough time to be looking for work
              • Latin America is moving right
              • LDK operators: check the security update

                • Read the full written brief: https://tftc.io/bitcoin-brief

                9 min
              • You're Still Early

                This audio edition uses an AI-generated version of Marty Bent's voice.

                You're Still Early - Audio edition of the Bitcoin Brief newsletter.

                Stories covered:

                • The Commoner
                • A familiar face is going to fool a lot of people
                • Tommy Eastman on putting agents to work
                • Trump is telling you how they want to deal with the debt
                • This is an identity crisis
                • Ben Affleck gets it
                • Compare your Signal safety numbers

                  • Read the full written brief: https://tftc.io/bitcoin-brief

                  8 min
                • You Can't Print Abundance

                  This audio edition uses an AI-generated version of Marty Bent's voice.

                  You Can't Print Abundance - Audio edition of the Bitcoin Brief newsletter.

                  Stories covered:

                  • The Commoner
                  • Passive funds still answer to active committees
                  • Daines proposes a spending tax break for stablecoins
                  • A public timestamp for courtroom evidence
                  • Spending rose while real disposable income stood still
                  • America.gov gets an order to become the front door
                  • Save the document and its proof

                    • Read the full written brief: https://tftc.io/bitcoin-brief

                    9 min
                  • They Can Refinance the Debt. You Still Pay.

                    This audio edition uses an AI-generated version of Marty Bent's voice.

                    They Can Refinance the Debt. You Still Pay. - Audio edition of the Bitcoin Brief newsletter.

                    Stories covered:

                    • The Commoner
                    • Tune in to Freedom Tech DC
                    • $1.71 billion into bitcoin ETFs in two sessions
                    • Factories are reporting more orders, output and hiring
                    • An update on the Coldcard recovery effort
                    • TankerTrackers estimates 10.35 million barrels a day through Hormuz
                    • Give your linked Signal devices a look

                      • Read the full written brief: https://tftc.io/bitcoin-brief

                      8 min
                    • Keep It Simple, Stupid

                      This audio edition uses an AI-generated version of Marty Bent's voice.

                      Keep It Simple, Stupid - Audio edition of the Bitcoin Brief newsletter.

                      Stories covered:

                      • The Commoner
                      • Amazon would prefer you do the shopping yourself
                      • Who gets to set the rules for frontier AI?
                      • Strategy is buying both sides of its structure
                      • The Fed can't produce the missing supply
                      • Core Lightning operators have an update to make
                      • Prepare the payment without handing over the keys

                        • Read the full written brief: https://tftc.io/bitcoin-brief

                        8 min

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                      Your daily bitcoin and macro intelligence briefing, powered by AI. Every morning, an AI-generated version of Marty Bent's voice delivers the key stories from the TFTC Bitcoin Brief — bitcoin,…