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.

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July 09, 202563: Grift Drains Bitcoin Gains
The money printer's humming, making smart investing a must. Don't get caught by the banks' new, regulation-backed grifts and affinity scams, designed to divert you from Bitcoin.
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Are Some Whales Abandoning Self Custody?
Actions - S.2058 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): El Salvador Accountability Act of 2025
Q2 2025 Mainstream Media Bitcoin Coverage Report
shopstr: A global, permissionless Nostr marketplace for Bitcoin commerce
BTC News: Bitcoin's 'Mempool' Nearly Empty as Prices Trade Near Lifetime Highs. What Next?
Lightning Network Statistics | 1ML
Scott Bessent on who will be the next Federal Reserve chair - YouTube
President Trump is now calling for the first 300+ basis point interest rate cut in US history.
Hackers Target Bitcoin Wallet Holding Billions Swiped From Mt. Gox
BTCPrague - YouTube
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Coins & Consequences feat. ProofBoy
Go check out the full Album: Bitcoin Block Party
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1h 7min
June 25, 2025 62: Bitcoin Is the Geiger Counter
Bitcoin doesn't lie about world events, and this week proved it. Plus, my thoughts on Bitcoin Core facing its own flavor of cancel culture and why Arthur Hayes predicts $9 trillion will be printed by 2028.
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1h 1min
June 18, 2025Knots, Treasuries & Turmoil
Why Bitcoin Knots is surging—and what you should know before switching. Plus, Bitcoin Treasury risks in a downturn, and the Stablecoin showdown in D.C.
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Bitcoin Knots
Bitcoin Knots GitHub
Coin Dance | Bitcoin Nodes Summary
Core threatening a significant portion of my Net worth with their out of touch updates was the incentive I needed
Start9 on X: Our numbers are off the charts
The Corporate Bitcoin Boom Nobody Can Stop - YouTube
Stablecoin showdown moves to the House after Senate clears crypto’s landmark bill - YouTube
Senate passes landmark GENIUS Act stablecoin bill
S.1582 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): GENIUS Act | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
Text - H.R.2392 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): STABLE Act of 2025 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
Ohio Becomes First U.S. State to Pass Bitcoin Capital Gains Tax Exemption for Purchases Under $200 - CoinReporter
Fold Secures $250 Million Equity Purchase Facility Intended to Expand Bitcoin Treasury Holdings
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nameless | By: Hurling Pixels
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June 11, 2025Merged and Divided
Bitcoin Core merges bold and contentious updates; I get into their reasons why. Plus, Inflation eases for now, but the trend is clear. Why we can expect higher for longer.
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CPI inflation report May 2025: U.S. inflation rises 0.1%
Here's the inflation breakdown for May 2025 — in one chart
Trump’s tariffs have so far caused little inflation
Vance joins Trump in bashing Powell, says Fed committing 'monetary malpractice' by not cutting rates
ECB cuts interest rates to 2% in effort to bolster flagging eurozone growth | European Central Bank
Euro Rebounds to $1.14 after ECB Rates Cut
277. Lyn Alden Nothing Stops This Train - YouTube
BlackRock Bitcoin Fund Flies Past $70,000,000,000 Faster Than Any Other ETF in History
Bitcoin is introduced into Africa's largest slum, with risks and rewards - YouTube
opportunity-cost: See every price in Bitcoin. Understand the Bitcoin opportunity cost of your purchases.
Inflated - YouTube
PR #32406 LINKS
RFC 7282 - On Consensus and Humming in the IETF
Relax OP_RETURN standardness restrictions
Addressing community concerns and objections regarding my recent proposal to relax Bitcoin Core's standardness limits on OP_RETURN outputs - Philosophy - Delving Bitcoin
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1h 3min
June 04, 2025Why Nothing Stops This Train
The economic dominoes Bitcoiners predicted are falling. Why every route favors Bitcoin, the historic shifts shaking the dollar, and whispers of Bitcoin's "capture."
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Historic dollar fall needed to eliminate US trade deficit
WTF Happened In 1971?
Nothing Stops This Train w/ Lyn Alden | Bitcoin 2025 - YouTube
Dr. Jack Kruse's MINDBLOWING Answer to "Who is Satoshi Nakamoto?" - YouTube
Sparrow Wallet v2.2.1
BlackRock bought 50,000 BTC in May.
Bitcoin & Tether: Drinking The Dollar Milkshake w/ Saifedean Ammous - YouTube
MUSIC:
Shadow Man - By: Empath Eyes
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May 28, 2025The Treasury Trap 💣
As the U.S. quietly sets the stage for another Treasury binge, the biggest Bitcoin event of the year kicks off. The stage is set—and the stakes are historic.
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Bessent Sees Easing Capital Rule on Treasuries This Summer (Full Interview) - YouTube
Understanding the scale of unfolding bond crisis - YouTube
Cantor’s Bitcoin Financing Business Fully Operational; Executes Initial Trades Throughout May
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino: We're a company that created new important features for currency - YouTube
David Rubenstein: The bond market is worried about economic weakness from rising debt - YouTube
Bitcoin Climbs on Institutional Demand, Trump Backing
Trump Media Announces $2.5B Deal to Create a Bitcoin Treasury
US Senator Cynthia Lummis Discusses Bitcoin Reserve, Stablecoin Legislation, And Market Structure Bill At Bitcoin 2025 Conference
White House Executive Director Bo Hines Declares U.S. The Future Global Crypto Superpower
Bitcoin Is Here To Stay, Says Former US Treasurer Rosie Rios
President Trump Supports Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Bill, Senator Lummis Says
Steak ‘n Shake Reveals Bitcoin Payment Success At Bitcoin 2025 Conference
GameStop Announces Purchase of Bitcoin | GameStop Corp.
spend your bitcoin at @Square terminals.
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1h 8min
May 14, 2025Core Knows Best
While Bitcoin Core stirs the pot, corporate treasuries stack at breakneck speed. A fresh OP_RETURN twist, and receipts on who’s quietly changed their tune on Bitcoin.
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All Bitcoin holders are in profit or broke-even, 0% in losses
Retiring the 80-Byte OP_RETURN Limit
It's a meritocracy, it's not a democracy. Full Clip
A Comprehensive OP_RETURN Limits Q&A Resource to Combat Misinformation
LOPP_RETURN Wars: The problem is deeper than spam filters, Stratum v1 needs to die
Bitcoin Mechanic vs Peter Todd Debate | Bitcoin Core Node Changes - YouTube
Quick questions about OP_RETURN? Quick answers here.
The OP_RETURN War: Who Controls Bitcoin w/ Bitcoin Mechanic - YouTube
Corporate Bitcoin Accumulation Trend Accelerates, Surging 154% in a Year
Tether Buys $458.7M in Bitcoin for SPAC-Bound Firm Twenty One Capital
MetaPlanet Story at Strat 2025
Daniel Batten on X did a great job rounding them up
Bitcoin (BTC) Miners Like Bit Digital Draw From Iceland Renewable Energy Surplus - Bloomberg
Cryptominer MARA taps US shale patch in new power generation project | Reuters
Bitcoin in the bush - crypto mining brings power to rural areas
Bitcoin mining could supercharge transition to renewables, study claims | The Independent
Can Bitcoin save Bhutan’s struggling economy? | Crypto News | Al Jazeera
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1h 25min
April 30, 2025Bitcoin Core’s Identity Crisis
A battle is raging over Bitcoin’s future—should it stick to finance, or allow data of all kinds? Inside the debate over blockchain limits, and the recent controversies denting Bitcoin’s image.
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Remove arbitrary limits on OP_Return outputs by petertodd · Pull Request #32359
Bitcoin devs continue fight over ‘arbitrary’ data storage
Jameson Lopp :: Angel Investor
Citrea
Bitcoin Core Going Rogue? - YouTube
Bitcoin Knots
Federal Reserve retracts guidance discouraging banks from engaging in crypto
Bitcoin has a Brand Problem
UN Claims Mining "Powerful Tool" For Money Laundering
Trump Bitcoin Report Card - Day 100 - stacker news
trump-bitcoin-report-card
MUSIC:
You and me vs close to you By: Oxford
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59min
April 23, 2025Strategy Meets Reality
Markets quaked, tariffs tanked, but Bitcoin’s wide awake. Big strategies meet harsh realities as new heavyweights storm Bitcoin’s corporate scene.
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Bitcoin heads toward $95,000, rising for a third day
Stock market today: Live updates
Trump Powell attacks interest rates Fed
European markets live updates: stocks, news, data and earnings
Cantor Teams With SoftBank, Tether, Bitfinex on Possible $3B Bitcoin Deal
21 Capital: Cantor, Tether and SoftBank Take a Page From Strategy’s BTC Playbook
ZEUS: Bitcoin payments your way
BitBox02 hardware wallet
BitBoxApp 🔑
Advancements in Lightning Infrastructure
Alby Hackdays - Sparky Hub, Auto-Swaps & more
007 Feel the Breez: The Breez Newsletter
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Horizons Of Hope By: Jawbone
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April 16, 2025Manufacturing the Crisis
Bitcoin faces its biggest decentralization test yet, just as global shifts send shockwaves through markets. In the middle of it all, Bitcoin holds the line.
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Bitcoin Mining Centralization in 2025
Tether to Deploy Hashrate on OCEAN, Advancing Decentralized
Bitcoin Mining Industry Report: February 2025
America Underestimates the Difficulty of Bringing Manufacturing Back — Molson Hart
Nvidia says the US government has banned them from selling H20 chips to China
Fort Knox Gold Audit? This Is What Actually Happened - YouTube
How Tariffs Will Transform U.S. Dollar Capital Flows Worldwide | Lyn Alden - YouTube
Former SEC Chair Gary Gensler: Trump's aggressive tariff policy is like a 'self-inflicted injury' - YouTube
US Deficit, Dollar Concerns with Rebecca Patterson - YouTube
Former Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen claims that revitalizing Americas manufacturing base is a “pipe dream.”
Watch CNBC's full interview with former Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen - YouTube
China has stopped exporting rare earths to everyone
Ray Dalio Says US ‘Likely’ Going to Be in a Recession - YouTube
JPMorgan Chase infinite money glitch: Bank sues more customers
Exclusive: US consumer safety agency to stop collecting swaths of data after CDC cuts | Reuters
Coachella Kick…
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