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November 11131: Stress Test
Hot inflation, hawkish Fed officials, and cracks in the AI trade are testing Bitcoin’s resolve, and long-time holders have seen this kind of chaos before.
Episode Links
🎉 Boost from the Web
⚡ Strike - Ultra-low fees, high trading limits, and easy loans.
🇺🇸 Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US
🇨🇦 The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform
💳 The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning
💵 SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling
Show Notes
Bitcoin Falls After Hot October CPI
Bitcoin Holds $73K as Stablecoin Supply Shrinks
MSCI Rules on Whether to Remove Strategy From Its Indexes
MARA Sells 13,597 BTC for $1.1 Billion
Bitcoin ETF Outflows Hit $95 Million
BlackRock IBIT Sees Record Bitcoin Custody Swaps
LNbits Releases Urgent 1.7.0 Security Update After Attacks Drain Funds
LNbits 1.7.0: security update and upgrade guidance
Ethereum Falls Nearly Twice as Far as Bitcoin
U.S. Credit Card Debt Reaches Record $1.3 Trillion
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Faces Board Investigation
What We Know About Jensen Huang’s Affair and Espionage Allegations
A Timeline of the Jensen Huang Spying Scandal
Jensen Huang Spying Scandal
Wall Street Cools on Nvidia
Heatbit Bitair — Official Product Page
Altair Technology — Bitair Hands-On Setup Guide
Bitcoin Network Hashrate and Mining Metrics
Heatbit — Lottery Mining FAQ
Stephan Livera Podcast 787 — Interview with Heatbit founder
Heatbit — Power Computing Service Agreement
Altair Technology — Bitair Custom Pool Setup
53 min
November 03130: Trust Fall
From exchange breaches to AI fueled growth promises, everyone wants your trust, but you’re the one paying when it breaks.
Episode Links
🎉 Boost from the Web
⚡ Strike - Ultra-low fees, high trading limits, and easy loans.
🇺🇸 Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US
🇨🇦 The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform
💳 The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning
💵 SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling
Show Notes
Bitcoin Holds Near $78K as Binance Reopens Withdrawals
Binance Reopens Withdrawals as Hack Recovery Continues
Binance Hack: What We Know
North Korea Likely Behind $6.4 Billion Binance Hack
Mercado Bitcoin Hit by $40 Million Hack
Mercado Bitcoin Halts Withdrawals After Security Incident
BTCPay Server Security Incident Affecting 2.4.1 and Earlier
Strategy Buys 811 Bitcoin for $65.5 Million
Citi Raises Bitcoin Target to $113K
Is Bitcoin Heading for a Major Bottom After the November Elections?
Luke Gromen on the U.S. Midterms and Beyond
Heatbit on Making Bitcoin Mining More Accessible
Heatbit BitAir Mainboard
59 min
October 28129: The Quantum Trap
As the AI boom collides with financial reality, Bitcoin faces a new wave of doomsday predictions, even as some of finance's biggest names quietly bet on its future.
Episode Links
🎉 Boost from the Web
⚡ Strike - Ultra-low fees, high trading limits, and easy loans.
🇺🇸 Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US
🇨🇦 The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform
💳 The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning
💵 SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling
Show Notes
Bitcoin Holds Near $80.8K as Fed Keeps Rates at 3.75%
Fed Holds Rates Steady as Bitcoin Eyes December Hike Risk
Bitcoin Shows a Major Sign of Strength
BlackRock Resumes Buying Bitcoin as Price Reclaims $81K
Bitcoin ETF Inflows Reach $176 Million
Bitwise Raises Bitcoin Target to $1.6 Million by 2036
VanEck Launches Wealth Builder ETF With 2% Bitcoin Target
MARA Moves 4,860 Bitcoin in October
Trenton Johnston Sentenced in $13 Million Bitcoin Impersonation Scam
Austin Trip Day One: Bitcoin All Around
Austin Trip Day Two: Paying With Bitcoin Gets Weird
$2 Trillion Debt Wave Could Hit Markets and the Economy
Fed Expected to Hold Interest Rates Steady
Bank of Canada Raises Rate to 2.5% Amid Persistent Inflation
U.S. Stocks Edge Higher Ahead of Fed Decision
France Is Burning
1 hr 8 min
October 21128: The Unwind
As markets weigh a spectacular collapse against a controlled unwind of the AI boom, Bitcoin is showing surprising strength and may emerge as the unexpected winner.
Episode Links
🎉 Boost from the Web
⚡ Strike - Ultra-low fees, high trading limits, and easy loans.
🇺🇸 Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US
🇨🇦 The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform
💳 The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning
💵 SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling
Show Notes
Bitcoin Finds Support but Not a Breakout
What Falling USDT Supply Means for Bitcoin’s Recovery
Bitcoin Blasts Past $84K as Traders Eye $90K
JPMorgan Publishes First Long-Term Bitcoin Price Forecast
Saylor Sees Bitcoin Bull Run Lasting Four Years
Bitcoin ETFs Post Best Day in Nearly a Month
BlackRock IBIT Takes in $665.2 Million
BlackRock Proposes ETF Designed to Cushion Bitcoin Losses
FINMA Approves Switzerland’s First Direct Bitcoin ETF
Standard Chartered Moves to Acquire Zodia Custody
Fidelity Says Preferred Stock Funded 135,979 BTC Purchases
Strive Debuts New Preferred Stock for Bitcoin Treasury Strategy
Sui Hashi Unveils $500 Million Bitcoin Finance Plan
Dormant 500 BTC Wallet Awakens After 10.7 Years
SpaceX-Tesla Merger Could Create a Major Bitcoin Treasury
Mt. Gox Pushes Bitcoin Repayment Deadline to October 2027
Liquid Network Announces Final Stages of Recovery
Liquid Network Staged Recovery Update
Bitkey Reflections: New and Old
Samourai Wallet Co-Founder Sentenced to Five Years
The Mixer Rule Is Dead, Long Live Outlawing Mixers
Are Boomers Getting Rich at Young Americans’ Expense?
56 min
October 14127: The Squeeze Is On
Energy inflation squeezes the Fed and bond market, while businesses quietly stack Bitcoin. And what the numbers reveal is surprising.
Episode Links
🎉 Boost from the Web
⚡ Strike - Ultra-low fees, high trading limits, and easy loans.
🇺🇸 Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US
🇨🇦 The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform
💳 The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning
💵 SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling
Show Notes
Is Bitcoin’s Rally a Debasement Trade or a Short Squeeze?
Bitcoin Price Falls After Hotter-Than-Expected CPI
Standard Chartered Launches Bitcoin and Ethereum Trading in the UAE
Sberbank Wins Approval to Trade Bitcoin
Bitcoin Posts Best Third Quarter Since 2017
Bitcoin Hashrate Stabilizes After Sudden Plunge
Metaplanet and Strategy Prioritize Share Buybacks Over Bitcoin Purchases
Businesses Already Own 8% of All Bitcoin
Fold Reserve
10-Year Treasury Yield Hits Highest Level Since 2002
CPI Needs a Strong Upside Surprise to Shake the Fed
Gasoline Jumped 9.1% in September
Scott Bessent Hires Judy Shelton as Treasury Adviser
Who Is Planting Backdoors in Ledger Crypto Wallets?
Ledger Reviews Reseller Policies After Spy-Chip Attack
Ledger Confirms Spy-Chip Implant Behind Wallet Thefts
1 hr 13 min
October 07126: Saying It Out Loud
They're finally admitting inflation is the plan for America's debt. Will the market recognize Bitcoin as the escape hatch before the damage is done?
Episode Links
🎉 Boost from the Web
🇺🇸 Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US
🇨🇦 The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform
💳 The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning
🏦 Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats
💵 SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling
⚡ Strike - Ultra-low fees, high trading limits, and easy loans.
Show Notes
BlackRock Says AI Agents May Save in Bitcoin for Long-Term Value Preservation
Jack Mallers Announces Stacks for Strike Savings
Why Bitcoin Dropped $2,000 in 20 Minutes
Charles Schwab Says U.S. Investors Want More Crypto Exposure
Arch Lending Makes the Case for Bitcoin-Backed Loans
U.S. Government Moves $103 Million in Seized Bitcoin and BNB
Russia’s Sberbank Gets Approval to Custody Bitcoin
Robinhood Adds $25 Million in Bitcoin to Its Treasury
Ledger Adds Bitcoin-Backed Loans Through Morpho
Simple Mining Acquires Iowa Bitcoin Mining Site
Fed Officials See Another Rate Hike Coming
Inflation Expectations Rise to Highest Level Since 2023
10-Year Treasury Yield Pulls Back After Strong Bond Auction
Trump Says Inflation Could Pay Down the Debt Rapidly
Higher Inflation Framed as a Way to Reduce U.S. Debt Burden
U.S. Home Foreclosures Surge 42%
Boomers Back Higher Taxes on Younger Workers to Preserve Social Security Benefits
56 min
September 30125: Losing the Plot
Everyone in charge of money lost the plot this week. Bitcoin never had one to lose.
🎉 Boost from the Web
🇺🇸 Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US
🇨🇦 The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform
💳 The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning
🏦 Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats
💵 SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling
⚡ Strike - Ultra-low fees, high trading limits, and easy loans.
Show Notes
Bitcoin Core 32 Enters Final Testing
Liquid Network Security Incident Assessment
Block Adds Lightning Payments to x402 for AI Agents
Sparrow Wallet 2.5.5 Released After Security Reviews
BTCPay Server 2.4.4 Blocks New LND Takeover Route
Bitcoin ETF Inflows Leave Institutional Demand Unclear
Bitcoin Tests Long-Term Holder Supply Cluster
Bitcoin Hovers Around $84,000 After Gold Tumbles
Luke Gromen Fades Bitcoin While Staying Bullish on Debasement
PCE Methodology Changes Could Lower Core Inflation
PCE Revision Is Not a Disinflationary Signal
Fed’s Williams Signals Openness to a Pause
Why One Strategist Does Not Fully Buy the Debasement Trade
When Wealth Becomes Money: Why Crypto Matters
Tokenize Everything, but Can You Sell It?
Trump Says He Does Not Know Whether Iran Will Give Up
1 hr 23 min
September 23124: Why Bitcoin Ripped
Bitcoin ripped when the old narratives said it shouldn’t. How we got here and what it means for the four-year cycle.
Episode Links
🎉 Boost from the Web
🇺🇸 Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US
🇨🇦 The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform
💳 The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning
🏦 Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats
💵 SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling
⚡ Strike - Ultra-low fees, high trading limits, and easy loans.
Show Notes
Hegseth Confirms Bitcoin as a Strategic Asset
White House Crypto Report: Key Takeaways
Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Executive Order
Bitcoin Absorbs Fed Hike and CLARITY Failure
White House Shifts Bitcoin Rule Push to Regulators
Bitcoin ETFs Take Nearly $1 Billion in a Day
Bitcoin Flashes Signal Linked to Past Bull Markets
Strategy Resumes Bitcoin Buying as Strive Gains More BTC per Share
Tesla’s Bitcoin Holdings Near $1 Billion
Dormant 600 BTC Wallet From 2012 Wakes Up
Calamos Says Bitcoin Is Becoming a Portfolio Allocation
Coinbase’s Post-Quantum Bitcoin Custody Playbook
Post-Quantum Security for the Bitcoin Lightning Network
Quantum-Proof Bitcoin Lightning Network
White-Hat Hackers Move Coldcard Exploit Bitcoin Into Recovery Trust
BlackRock Sees AI Agents Driving Crypto Demand
Grayscale Converts Bitcoin Miners ETF Into AI Compute Fund
Iran Inflation Surges Amid Economic Pressure
52 min
September 16123: No Rescue
The Fed is raising rates into an energy supply shock, just as the AI trade starts sabotaging itself from within.
🎉 Boost from the Web
🇺🇸 Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US
🇨🇦 The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform
💳 The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning
🏦 Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats
💵 SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling
⚡ Strike - Ultra-low fees, high trading limits, and easy loans.
Show Notes
Fed rate decision September 2026: Rates rise to 3.75%-4%
Here are five key takeaways from Wednesday's Fed rate hike
CLARITY Act Fails Senate Cloture Vote
CLARITY Act Falls Short in the Senate
Digital Asset Market Clarity Act Text
Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Bill Heads to House Committee
American Reserve Modernization Act of 2026
House Financial Services Committee on Digital Asset Legislation
Bitcoin ETFs Record $450 Million Outflow
Bessent Bond Plan Details Emerge
Bessent Dismisses Treasury Buyback Concerns
What Treasury’s Buyback Surprise Says About the Bond Market
10-Year Treasury Yield Tops 5%
What a 5% 10-Year Treasury Yield Means
S&P 500 Could Fall 30% as AI Bubble Enters Late Stages
Altman Says AI Could Create the Greatest Business Boom
Bitcoin Policy Institute Head of Research Testifies Before Congress on Foreign Influence Campaign Targeting American AI
1 hr 5 min
September 09122: Weakest Links
The legacy system is breaking down as Bitcoin infrastructure builds up. From bond-market stress to Liquid’s 4,000 BTC crisis, the weakest links are showing.
Episode Links
🎉 Boost from the Web
🇺🇸 Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US
🇨🇦 The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform
💳 The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning
🏦 Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats
💵 SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling
⚡ Strike - Ultra-low fees, high trading limits, and easy loans.
Show Notes
Liquid Network Exploit Drains 4,000 BTC From Federation Reserves
Liquid Network Hit by $320 Million Exploit
Liquid Rangeproof Bug: Nobody Broke the Math
Liquid Network Incident Technical Report
Elements Fixes Rangeproof Cache Validation Bug
Liquid Incident Working Theory
Block Applies to Establish Builders Bank
Block Seeks Bank Charter to Custody Bitcoin
Bitcoin’s Overlooked Promise: Freedom
Dan Morehead Says Bitcoin Will Massively Outperform Gold
Failed Bond-Market Move Lights a Fire Under Bitcoin
Dan Morehead Calls Bessent’s Bond Buyback a Mistake
The 60/40 Portfolio and a Changing Monetary System
Bond-Market Stress Spooks Investors
Global Investors Sound the Alarm on Debt
What Would a Fiscal Crisis Look Like?
Warsh and Bessent Clash Over the Fed and Bond Market
56 min

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