This Week in Bitcoin

By Chris Fisher

This Week in Bitcoin is an independent, investigative podcast covering Bitcoin. A high-signal news podcast focused on analysis you'll find valuable.

... more

5

44 ratings

Download on the App Store

Download on the App Store

Get it on Google Play

FAQs about This Week in Bitcoin:

How many episodes does This Week in Bitcoin have?

The podcast currently has 86 episodes available.

This Week in Bitcoin episodes:

December 10, 202585: Cycle Breakers
The Fed cuts rates again and quietly pivots to baby-QE. How this shift could finally blow up Bitcoin’s four-year cycle.
Episode Links
🇺🇸 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
Show Notes
Dow gains almost 500 points, S&P 500 ends shy of record high after Fed’s final rate cut of 2025 bolsters case for early start to ‘Santa Claus rally’
Here are the five big takeaways from Wednesday's Fed rate decision
Fed interest rate decision December 2025:
BIP The Cat - Draft discussion - Protocol Design - Delving Bitcoin
The-Cat: Draft BIP: Non-monetary UTXO cleanup (“The Cat”) and related materials.
Stablecoin Adoption Could Stifle Central Bank Control, IMF Warns - Decrypt
Acting CFTC chairman Caroline Pham on new crypto collateral pilot program - YouTube
I Wasted 8 Years of My Life in Crypto
The $100 TRILLION Problem No One is Connecting To BITCOIN - YouTube
Music
Apex By: Empath Eyes
...more
1h 21min
December 03, 202584: Carry Trade Crack
Something broke in the background this week as a decades-old trade finally cracked, and Bitcoin caught the first ripple. The real story isn’t the dip; it’s what this unwind sets in motion next.
Episode Links
🇺🇸 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
Show Notes
Yen Carry Trade Unwind Triggers Major Market Ripples | wolff responds - YouTube
The Japanese Carry Trade Is Unwinding — And It Could Hit U S Markets Hard | David Stryzewski - YouTube
Japan announces $135 billion stimulus to boost economy and support consumers
Japan Economy News Today, December 3, 2025: Services PMI Strengthens as Bond Yields Hit 17‑Year High and BOJ Eyes Rate Hike
Charles Schwab CEO says feel confident bitcoin and ethereum will be the two cryptocurrencies it can offer to market in first half of 2026 | MarketScreener
Vanguard finally dips a toe into crypto waters
Vanguard Will Now Allow Crypto ETFs on Its Platform
Bank of America recommends adding up to 4% of ‘gold rival’
Bank Of America Opens Up All Client Portfolios To Crypto Investments
Bank of America Backs 4% Crypto Allocation
Larry eats Crow: BlackRock CEO Larry Fink admits he was wrong about crypto.
US FED Injects $13.5B in Liquidity Overnight as QT Ends
Chairman Hill, Oversight Chair Meuser Issue Final Staff Report on Biden’s Debanking of Digital Assets | U.S. House Committee on Financial Services
Crypto Targeted: House Confirms Operation Choke Point 2.0
Gilfoyle cryptocurrency powerpoint - Silicon Valley S5 - YouTube
Music
scoot By: Kathryn
...more
1h 8min
November 26, 202583: Knives Out Moment
A sharp move, a coordinated hit, and analysts suddenly warning of quantum risk, all in one week. But the real story isn’t the price; it’s the motives revealed. And the macro signs point to a moment that matters.
Episode Links
🇺🇸 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
Show Notes
The Dumbest Trade of 2025
Adrian on X: "THE TIMELINE OF THE $MSTR HIT JOB
Bitcoin risks decline to $77.4K as Wall Street is ‘trying to kill MSTR’
MSCI Review Puts Digital Asset Treasury Companies Under Pressure
JPMogran Prospectus Filed
THE REAL POVERTY LINE: Strategist argues it’s a six-figure number - YouTube
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie - by Michael W. Green
Ethereum has much bigger problems with quantum than Bitcoin.
Bitcoin Rally To $112K Depends On Four Catalysts
Bitcoin Price Roars Past $90,000 On Strong Wall Street News
US Congressman Proposes Bitcoin Tax Payments and Strategic Reserve - COINOTAG
Bitcoin miner Hive opens door to $300 million stock sales after record quarter | The Block
S&P downgrades Tether’s USDT stability rating on Bitcoin exposure By Investing.com
Texas buys $5mn BTC ETF, pushes for Bitcoin reserve plan - CoinJournal
JPMorgan Offers Capped Upside Notes Tied to Bitcoin ETF Performance
Strategy Launches ‘BTC Rating,’ Claims Debt Is Safe During Bitcoin Slump
Music
Epiphany Rising By: Justin Lantrip
...more
1h 33min
November 19, 202582: The Missing Variable
Once you see the missing variable, Bitcoin’s pullback clicks into place. The four-year cycle is cracking, and the filter-fork battle isn’t cooling off either.
Episode Links
🇺🇸 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
Show Notes
Is the ISM Losing Its Power — or Pointing to a 2026 Bitcoin Supercycle?
ISM Manufacturing PMI suggests Bitcoin cycle may extend beyond historical norm — TradingView News
Dan Gambardello on X: "There Never Was A 4 Year Crypto Cycle
Bitcoin Cycle May Run Longer Than Expected, Per ISM Data | CoinMarketCap
Jack Mallers Reveals Why 50% of Bitcoin Holders Are Underwater Ahead of Dec 1st - YouTube
The Czech National Bank has purchased digital assets for the first time in its history. 🌐
Mike Kelly on X OFAC Fears
Trump promises $2,000 tariff checks by mid-2026
Music
Auto Inter Woven Minds By: Longy
...more
1h 14min
November 12, 202581: The Inequality Pump
Bitcoin’s quiet, the macro isn’t. Assets are gearing up for lift-off while non-holders get crushed by rising costs and policy chaos, what Bitcoiners should prepare for. And why the Samourai sentencing lands as a cold warning.
Episode Links
🇺🇸 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
Show Notes
Why Bitcoin’s Sideways Trend Could End With a Surge to $180K
Samourai Wallet Dev Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison
Samourai Wallet CEO Sentenced To 5 Years For Bitcoin Mixing
The Rage on X: The judge did not seem particularly sympathetic
Doing some mempool sleuthing on Lava
Bitcoin lending app Lava quietly shifted its custody model. Users are demanding answers
BIP draft: Reduced Data Temporary Softfork by dathonohm · Pull Request #2017 · bitcoin/bips
ADP tracker now shows economy may have lost jobs in October - YouTube
New signs of economy struggle with chain and fast-food restaurants - YouTube
China accuses US of $13 billion Bitcoin heist in explosive cyber theft report | Invezz
A record ~14% of student loans transitioned into 90+ days delinquency in Q3 2025
Music
KNEW ALL ALONG - Suzanne Santo
...more
59min
November 05, 202580: Shutdown Shock
The U.S. shutdown has sidelined a trillion dollars, starving markets and Bitcoin alike. Whales are having their IPO moment, treasury stacks are shrinking, and now BIP-444 drops a fresh dose of chaos into the mix.
Episode Links
🇺🇸 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
Show Notes
Tomas on X: "OK, lots of bad takes on X over the past few days.
How Bitcoin Liquidity Has Been Affected by the Government Shutdown - Decrypt
Bitcoin’s Silent IPO: Why This Consolidation Isn’t What You Think
The Truth About Why Bitcoin Isn’t Exploding (Yet) - YouTube
Ted on X: "This isn’t a good sign. 🚨 That’s the second Treasury company I’ve seen selling
Cory 🦢 Bitcoin @ Swan.com on X: Was too leveraged, at nearly 50%. In the initial raise, there was supposed to be significantly more in the PIPE, but at close it was $195M of equity, $189M of debt. Much more flexibility at lower leverage, eg for buybacks."
Could the AI bubble pop? - YouTube
BIP-444 Explained: The Bitcoin Soft Fork Proposal Dividing Developers and the Community
Reduced Data Temporary Softfork by dathonohm · Pull Request #2017 · bitcoin/bips
The BIP 444 proposal is incredibly bad
Luke Dashjr on X: if someone mines CSAM, BIP 444 will activate to reject that block. The only way technically to then reject BIP 444 is to add a checkpoint pinning the CSAM in the chain"
My Video on BIP-444: Ok, WTF Is going on with BIP-444? I
Music
Kick It - By: Caroline Hale
...more
1h 14min
October 29, 202579: Collateral Damage
The Fed cuts, the layoffs hit, and AI papers it all over. But the real story’s in the collateral. From credit crunches to Bitcoin-backed loans, what’s breaking and what’s being built.
Episode Links
🇺🇸 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
Show Notes
Fed cuts rates for the second time this year, will end balance sheet run-off in December
Government shutdown now 2nd longest in U.S. history
Ledn to Reach $1 Billion in Bitcoin-Backed Loans by 2025
Strike Line of Credit in the Works - YouTube
Lava is introducing the world’s first bitcoin-backed line of credit.
Lava | Waitlist
Shehzan on X: "We make it seamless to use your bitcoin with instant borrowing, global off-ramps, and our upcoming card product to spend directly from Lava." / X
JPMorgan To Accept Bitcoin As Collateral By Year-End
Chain Code Delegation: Improving privacy in collaborative multisig
S&P Global assigns B- rating to Saylor’s Strategy, cites “high bitcoin concentration”
Strategy Inc Assigned 'B-' Issuer Credit Rating; | S&P Global Ratings
CleanSpark Acquires Land and Power in Texas for AI Data Center Push Beyond Bitcoin
Why bitcoin miner CleanSpark beat Microsoft for Wyoming AI data center
Bitcoin Will Power the Internet of Money and Tokenize Real World Assets with David Marcus - YouTube
Music
The End Of The World BY: Filoxera
...more
1h 24min
October 22, 202578: The Great Rotation
The Binance era fades, the ETFs rise, and Bitcoin quietly migrates into the core of the financial system. The rotation has begun.
Episode Links
🇺🇸 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
Show Notes
Bitcoin Wealth Flows to Wall Street as Whales Adopt ETFs - Bloomberg
The Massive Binance Rugpull. - YouTube
U.S. and Australia sign critical minerals agreement
Rare Earth Stocks: Analyst Names Next Trump Stakes; U.S.-Australia Deal Struck | Investor's Business Daily
Rare earths: China responds to U.S.-Australia critical minerals deal
Subprime lender PrimaLend Capital Partners files for bankruptcy protection
Exergy | Heat That Pays
How to set up a Bitcoin Node
Bull Bitcoin Wallet
The open-source BULL Wallet is finally available on iOS and Android worldwide.
The BULL BITCOIN Origin Story
Update on the Alby attack
PayPal's crypto partner mints 300 trillion stablecoins in 'technical error'
Opening remarks by Governor Waller at the Payments Innovation Conference - Federal Reserve Board
Crypto Goes Mainstream: Fed Governor Admits Bitcoin is Now Part of the Financial Fabric
The End of Fiat: Bitcoin’s Time Has Come - YouTube
Music
Lowkey By: Ollie
...more
54min
October 15, 202577: Owning Bitcoin Isn’t Optional
Altcoins wrecked, traders wiped, and the fiat system shows new cracks. I unpack the Great Debasement, Trump’s tariff tantrum, and why not owning Bitcoin may be the biggest risk yet.
Episode Links
🇺🇸 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
Show Notes
Debasement Trade - Death of Fiat Money? - Lyn Alden - YouTube
The Great Debasement: Why Your Dollars, and Your Wealth, Are a Mirage.
Beijing’s rare earths control is ‘China versus the world’, says US treasury chief
China’s Rare Earth ‘Bazooka’ Sparks Alarm, Race for Supplies - Bloomberg
Bitcoin Core :: Bitcoin Core 30.0
Bitcoin Core v30.0 is officially released — Is BTC going to fork? - Cryptopolitan
Power to the Nodes w/ Start9 CEO Matt Hill | Bitcoin 2025 - YouTube
Bitwise just revealed a new country is buying Bitcoin and they will announce soon
There are a lot of reasons for investors to stay optimistic, says Fundstrat's Tom Lee - YouTube
DOJ seizes $15 billion in bitcoin in 'pig butchering' fraud
U.S. Government Bitcoin Balance
$19B Liquidation: Bitcoin’s Ultimate Stress Test - YouTube
Music
Album: In Another LIfe
Spooke by Be Glass
...more
1h 11min
September 24, 202576: The Knots Tighten
Core wars, treasury liquidity changes, and Europe’s digital dollar. Why Q4 of 2025 will be Bitcoin’s moment of truth.
Affiliate Links
🇺🇸 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
Show Notes
Strategy’s Saylor Bets on Ossification: Changes to Bitcoin Must Be Viewed as a ‘Threat’
The battle between Bitcoin Core vs Knots is getting ugly
Bitcoin Core vs Knots: Debate Intensifies Over Network Direction
Bitcoin Core vs Knots: Debate Intensifies Over Network Direction
Crypto Markets Will Rally Once US Treasury Hits $850 Billion Goal: Analyst
TWiB 67: The Treasury Vacuum
A 2025 Overview Of What You Need To Know About The Digital Euro
'MAJOR DISRUPTION': ECB chief explains criticism of Trump tariffs - YouTube
Austin Unplugged Birthday Lunch Party, Sat, Oct 4, 2025, 10:00 AM | Meetup
Texas Linux Festival 2025
macadamia Wallet
zeugmaster/macadamia: macadamia is a native Cashu wallet for iOS.
macadamia Wallet on the App Store
The Fold Bitcoin Credit Card™ | Join the waitlist
FOLD BITCOIN on X: "Fold x @stripe x @Visa Together
Music
Better Days By: ₿illy LeRiff
...more
1h 8min

FAQs about This Week in Bitcoin:

How many episodes does This Week in Bitcoin have?

The podcast currently has 86 episodes available.

More shows like This Week in Bitcoin

LINUX Unplugged by Jupiter Broadcasting

LINUX Unplugged

268 Listeners

Late Night Linux by The Late Night Linux Family

Late Night Linux

164 Listeners

TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast by Marty Bent

TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

774 Listeners

The Peter McCormack Show by Peter McCormack

The Peter McCormack Show

2,180 Listeners

Bitcoin Audible by Guy Swann

Bitcoin Audible

433 Listeners

The Bitcoin Standard Podcast by Dr. Saifedean Ammous

The Bitcoin Standard Podcast

434 Listeners

Stephan Livera Podcast by Stephan Livera

Stephan Livera Podcast

402 Listeners

Bitcoin Magazine Podcast by BTC Media

Bitcoin Magazine Podcast

140 Listeners

2.5 Admins by The Late Night Linux Family

2.5 Admins

98 Listeners

The Bitcoin Matrix by Cedric Youngelman

The Bitcoin Matrix

84 Listeners

Coin Stories by Natalie Brunell

Coin Stories

441 Listeners

Rabbit Hole Recap by ODELL and Marty Bent

Rabbit Hole Recap

122 Listeners

The Jack Mallers Show by Jack Mallers

The Jack Mallers Show

121 Listeners

Bitcoin for Millennials by Bram Kanstein

Bitcoin for Millennials

24 Listeners

Simply Bitcoin by Simply Bitcoin

Simply Bitcoin

101 Listeners