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The Bitcoin Brief episodes

  • The Oil Is Still Moving

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

    The Oil Is Still Moving - Audio edition of the Bitcoin Brief newsletter.

    Stories covered:

    • The Commoner
    • The buyers are showing up
    • Steak 'n Shake wants passive votes to be passive
    • Tokenized stocks get an opening
    • Duke gets emergency access to more generation
    • Read the ZEUS migration warning
    • Make sure the backup can bring you back

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

      8 min
    • Who Benefits From You Being Angry?

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

      Who Benefits From You Being Angry? - Audio edition of the Bitcoin Brief newsletter.

      Stories covered:

      • The Commoner
      • Another refinery outage when diesel is already expensive
      • A utility makes the case for more customers
      • Washington targets the businesses around bitcoin
      • Japan raises the cost of yen funding
      • Mistral responds to the code-sale claim
      • Check the download before you install

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

        9 min
      • Let's Check Our Priors

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

        Let's Check Our Priors - Audio edition of the Bitcoin Brief newsletter.

        Stories covered:

        • Flock needs to show its work
        • Spending the bitcoin was the easy part
        • Crusoe is putting numbers behind the buildout
        • Update your Alby extension
        • The rare earth that has me paying attention

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

          9 min
        • Time Is a Flat Circle

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

          Time Is a Flat Circle - Audio edition of the Bitcoin Brief newsletter.

          Stories covered:

          • The Commoner
          • My view on bitcoin after the CLARITY vote
          • More competition for the frontier AI companies
          • Inside the bitcoin reserve proposal
          • Import prices are still going up
          • Slower growth, higher costs
          • Choose what you read

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

            9 min
          • The Absurdity Is Right in Front of Us

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

            The Absurdity Is Right in Front of Us - Audio edition of the Bitcoin Brief newsletter.

            Stories covered:

            • The Commoner
            • Has bitcoin mining reached peak power demand?
            • Record diesel prices squeeze operating costs
            • EPA finalizes a partial power-plant rollback
            • Bolt offers more building capacity in exchange for training data
            • Bitcoin Well adds an AnchorWatch referral path
            • Keep sensitive AI work local

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

              8 min
            • CLARITY Moves Ahead With a Civil-Only BRCA Compromise

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

              CLARITY Moves Ahead With a Civil-Only BRCA Compromise - Audio edition of the Bitcoin Brief newsletter.

              Stories covered:

              • The AI slowdown campaign goes geopolitical
              • Latham is buying itself AI options
              • Howell sees a long-term hedge and a short-term warning
              • Inflation is still taking its cut
              • Revolut handed customer records to an impostor
              • Electrum users: check your Lightning backups

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

                9 min
              • Who Gets to Decide Whether You're Allowed to Build AI?

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

                Who Gets to Decide Whether You're Allowed to Build AI? - Audio edition of the Bitcoin Brief newsletter.

                Stories covered:

                • Prepare for the bull market before it gets to your head
                • Buying generators is not delivering power
                • AI makes surveillance cheaper
                • California needs to explain its home-health oversight
                • A bitcoin playbook for commercial real estate owners
                • Europe raises rates into an energy shock
                • Saudi Arabia's oil bypass has its own chokepoint
                • Stop making your phone number the way strangers find you

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

                  9 min
                • The World Needs More Stuff, Not More Financialization

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

                  The World Needs More Stuff, Not More Financialization - Audio edition of the Bitcoin Brief newsletter.

                  Stories covered:

                  • Build the data centers. Let the towns share the upside.
                  • A legitimate sender can still deliver a seed-stealing email
                  • Watch what enterprises spend, without calling the cycle on one month
                  • Cipher moves through the process. Its power remains conditional.
                  • Follow the funding before handing AI incumbents a regulatory moat
                  • Stakwork wants your company to own its intelligence
                  • Sparrow tightens hardware-wallet checks

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

                    9 min
                  • The Growth Bet Has a Lot of Moving Parts

                    The Growth Bet Has a Lot of Moving Parts - Audio edition of the Bitcoin Brief newsletter.

                    Stories covered:

                    • Liquid Gets 3,400 BTC Back, but the Network Is Still Paused
                    • Nick Shirley Challenges California's Immigration-Provider Privacy Law
                    • Google's TPU Gets an External Inference Scorecard
                    • IREN's 2GW Sweetwater Hub Clears a Conditional Hurdle
                    • BitcoinPIR Adds a Cashu-Paid Cashier for Private Queries
                    • ETF FLOW CHECK
                    • Ride The Lightning v0.15.12-beta Closes an Unauthenticated Rebalance Route
                    • DATA SNAPSHOT

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

                      9 min
                    • If GPT-6 Astra Is Legit, Governments Will Tell Us

                      If GPT-6 Astra Is Legit, Governments Will Tell Us - Audio edition of the Bitcoin Brief newsletter.

                      Stories covered:

                      • Debt-Heavy Governments Want the Banks to Finance Their Priorities
                      • America's Foreign-Born Population Estimate Is Falling
                      • Bitcoin Is Knocking on $82,500 Again
                      • Empire Needs a Story Before It Can Take Your Stuff
                      • Zaprite Is Fixing the Awkward Part of Paying Friends in Bitcoin
                      • ETF FLOW CHECK
                      • Nunchuk Android Added BitBox and Krux Support
                      • DATA SNAPSHOT

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

                        10 min

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