This Week in Bitcoin

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This Week in Bitcoin episodes

March 2597: The New Operator
Managing a Bitcoin node is changing. We dig into the tools and guard rails that let agents monitor, maintain, and interact with your stack without handing over the keys.
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
Boost Question
What's next for your node?
Show Notes
Alby Hub
OpenCode
Chris's Boltz and lncli Skill
Nostr Wallet Connect
Nostr Wallet Connect Docs Overview
NIP-47: Nostr Wallet Connect
Alby MCP
Alby CLI
strfry
nostr-rs-relay
Boltz
Boltz Swap Types and States
boltz-client
Alby AI and Agent Tools
Bitcoin Prometheus Exporter
Grafana Bitcoin Node Dashboard
lndmon
Core Lightning Plugins
Core Lightning Prometheus Plugin
LND
Core Lightning
mempool
LND Safety Guide
LND Recovery Guide
Lightning Labs Disaster Recovery Guide
DarthCoin LND Recovery Guide
Core Lightning Troubleshooting and FAQ
Core Lightning Backup Guide
1 hr 8 min
March 1896: System Stress
War spending, mounting financial fragility, and a rare flash of clarity made this a bigger week than it may have seemed at first.
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
Boost Question
What's the worst Bitcoin take you've ever seen?
Show Notes
Iran war has cost Americans at least $11bn already. And that’s just the start
War With Iran Has Already Cost $1 Billion A Day At Least
Oil and Gas Prices Jump as Iran Lists Gulf Energy Targets - YouTube
Private Credit: The Next Risk in the Financial System - YouTube
Nvidia CEO Huang says company sees more than $1 trillion in sales through 2027
Nvidia’s Next Act Will Be Its Biggest—and Toughest - WSJ
SEC And CFTC Deliver Landmark Crypto Clarity
SEC’s new crypto interpretation draws clearer line for advisors - InvestmentNews
The SEC Finally Defines Crypto
CFTC No Action Letter
CFTC Staff Issues No-Action Position to Self-Custodial Crypto Asset Wallet Software Provider
'Bitcoin Is Going To Die', Oscar-Nominated Actor Declares, But Silver Will Reach 'Thousands Of Dollars'
Stanley Druckenmiller Critiques Bitcoin’s Utility
Stanley Druckenmiller says stablecoins could power global payments in 10–15 years
Stanley Druckenmiller says stablecoins could power global payments in 10–15 years
Music
Moment of Clarity by Rizik
1 hr 2 min
March 1195: Follow the Incentives
AI job loss fear is everywhere, and the latest Bitcoin FUD is coming from names you already know. I break down how these narratives get made, who benefits, and what they’re really selling.
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
Boost Question
What is Ray and Chamath's angle?
Why would these two start humming the same tune?
Request: Technical arguments for BIP-110
Not links.
Make the technical case
Show Notes
Core Scientific Sells $175M in Bitcoin
First BIP-110 Signaling Block
Jane Street ETF Dump Theory
Jane Street Dump Theory Debunked
Mt. Gox Stolen Funds Recovery PR
77% of Bitcoin Treasury Companies Underwater
Dorsey and Saylor on Bitcoin for Centuries
Lummis on Spending Bitcoin Without Capital Gains Tax
Bitcoin Hits $73K as ETFs Stabilize Markets
Bitcoin Air Pocket Above $72K Could Trigger Run to $80K
Bitcoin May Face Next Leg Down After $73K Move
Morgan Stanley Taps Coinbase and BNY for Bitcoin ETF Custody
Ark Invest Buys the Dip on Coinbase and Robinhood
UK House of Lords Presses Coinbase on Stablecoins
Trump Crypto Adviser Rejects Dimon on Yield-Bearing Stablecoins
CFTC Chair Says US Perpetual Futures Are Coming
Clarity Act signed into law in 2026? Predictions & Odds | Polymarket
Music
Battle By: Bacalao
1 hr 30 min
February 2594: Cope, Narratives, and Dark Pools
Bitcoiners find evidence of market manipulation, and Wall Street calls it liquidity. This week: dark pools, Jane Street, AI capital rotation, and why two things can be true at the same time.
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
Boost Question
Is AI impacting YOUR job right now in any way?
🧠 Jane Street & Market Structure
Jane Street Accused of Insider Trading That Helped Collapse Terraform (WSJ)
Jane Street Barred from Indian Markets by SEBI (CNBC)
Jane Street Faces Insider Trading Claims Over Terraform Collapse (CoinDesk)
Jane Street Sued for Crypto Insider Trading in Terraform Collapse (ZeroHedge)
Terraform Estate Sues Jane Street (CryptoNews)
Bitcoin News Post on Jane Street Lawsuit (X)
₿ Saylor, Rehypothecation & Price Dynamics
Michael Saylor Interview: Bitcoin, Quantum Debate & Market Criticism (Fountain)
Bitcoin Price Suppression and Rehypothecation Discussion (Medium / Coinmonks)
Updates
Mt. Gox Collapse — Full Story (Stacker News)
Strike Line of Credit Announcement (Primal)
Bitkiwi Meetup — March 7, 2026 (New Zealand)
Pasadena Linux Party, Fri, Mar 6, 2026, 6:00 PM
Music
All’s Well That Ends — Justin Lantrip (Podcast Index)
1 hr 22 min
February 1893: Manufactured Bitcoin Crisis
AI is getting the blame for deflation, but other forces may be driving it. What happens to Bitcoin in a world of falling prices? Then: BIP-110 and the biggest governance fight since the blocksize wars.
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:
Deflation & Macro Narrative
Lyn Alden on the Gradual Print Era, Gold & Bitcoin
Cathie Wood Predicts Deflation
BIP-110
BIP-110 Official Site
BIP-110 Overview — The Bitcoin Manual
BIP-110 Soft Fork Gains Support — Phemex
Bitcoin Nodes Running BIP-110 Cross 2% — Cointelegraph
BIP-110 Divides Developers and Miners — Bit2Me News
Adam Back Criticizes BIP-110 — ForkLog
BIP-110 Validator Support Snapshot — RootData
Could BIP-110’s Data Cap Disrupt Bitcoin? — AInvest
Plan ₿ Forum 2026 — Knots & BIP-110 Debate
OP_RETURN Stats
Recent OP_RETURN Output Statistics — Delving Bitcoin
Updates & Market Signals
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Interview — CNBC
T-Bills Driving Bitcoin Price — Cointelegraph
Goldman Sachs CEO on Bitcoin & Clarity Act — Decrypt
Music:
Radio Brigade — Mellow Cassette
1 hr 16 min
February 1192: Bears Smell Blood
The macro shifts, the media smells blood, and Bitcoin is back on trial. I dismantle the latest attacks and the whale tactics behind the dips. Plus, the new push against quantum FUD.
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:
Dollar scrutiny increases as China banks shift away from USD
January jobs report has bulls excited, even if it means fewer rate cuts in 2026
WHITE HOUSE STABLECOIN MEETING ENDS WITHOUT A DEAL.
Mitigating The Impact Of The Quantum Freeze - BitMEX Blog
Strategy ($MSTR) To Lead Bitcoin Quantum Defense, Says Saylor
Bitcoin $60K Retest Possible Due To Growing Liquidity Gap
US Jobs Data Could Shock Bitcoin, Here’s Why
Is Bitcoin Now Officially in a Bear Market? What Historical Data Says
Nayib Bukele Says 'We Bought The Other Dip' As El Salvador Loads Up On Gold And Bitcoin - Benzinga
Examining bitcoin's possible role in Nancy Guthrie case - CBS News
Bitcoin Slides as Fed Rate Cut Doubts Follow Strong Jobs Report - Decrypt
MARA expands Bitcoin mining amid AI surge, CEO Thiel unveils growth strategy | Fox Business Video
Here's why the quantum threat for bitcoin may be smaller than people fear
Fear that quantum computing is on the cusp of cracking cryptocurrency's encryption spurs a global investment firm to remove Bitcoin from recommendations | Tom's Hardware
This Analyst Is Dumping Bitcoin Over Quantum Computing Fears
Pay-Per-Prompt AI Service
Jack Mallers on X: "Bitcoin is not a software company.
Meet up: Pasadena Linux Party, Fri, Mar 6, 2026, 6:00 PM | Meetup
Music
Take A Break By: Fentlay
1 hr 13 min
February 0491: The Wrong Kind of Hawk
Power shifted, expectations broke, and markets blinked. Short-term thinking is being rewarded again, even as the long-term bill quietly grows.
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 chair nominee Warsh may want smaller Fed holdings, but that's not easy to do
Inflation Is A Choice: Kevin Warsh On Fixing The Federal Reserve
Wall Street can't get a handle on Kevin Warsh. Expect a volatile market until it does.
Kevin Warsh, Don Kohn on quantitative easing and inequality - YouTube
Kevin Warsh will inherit a challenge no Fed chief has faced since post-World War II | Fortune
Looking at price action and the 14 day RSI, Bitcoin never entered historically “overbought” territory in 2025
CLARITY Act Could Become Law by April 2026, Industry Leaders Optimistic
Text - H.R.3633 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress+Morning Minute: Trump's Crypto Entanglements Threaten CLARITY Act Timeline
House Committee on Financial Services - Democrats on X: "Trump family's cryptocurrency firm "World Liberty Financial"
The Bitcoin vs Gold Debate: Saifedean Ammous vs Peter Schiff - YouTube
River's Founder Alexander Leishman 🇺🇸 on X
River on X: "Bitcoin has value because we value Bitcoin.
Alby Sandbox
Alby-agent-skill: Build lightning wallet functionality into your apps with your favorite agent, without hallucinations
Introducing Alby Sandbox
👋 Introduction | Boltz API
Full Setup Guide | Start With Bitcoin
Music
Shadowland By: Prosperous Soul
59 min
January 2890: Dollar Drama
The dollar drama is exposing plans that would otherwise remain hidden. Gold is responding immediately. Bitcoin is not. Understanding why matters more than the price.
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:
U.S. dollar plunges after Trump says he's not concerned about recent drop
Gold prices surge amid economic uncertainty | Fox News Video
US Dollar Rebounds from 4-Year Low — TradingView News
Energy Grids Look to Diesel for Data Center Backup Power Amid US Cold Snap - Bloomberg
BlackRock says investors can no longer rely on bonds for portfolio safety
BlackRock Commentary: Immutable laws in action again
Bitcoin and the End of Globalism - YouTube
Fed holds rates steady as inflation remains elevated - The Washington Post
Rick Rieder: "Bitcoin belongs in the ideal portfolio."
Who will Trump nominate as Fed Chair? Predictions
Steak 'n Shake on X: "Steak n Shake's Burger-to-Bitcoin transformation continues.
Winter Storm Unleashes Bitcoin Mining's Grid-Supporting Superpower
Texas Governor Abbott says Texas had a massive surplus of power during this winter storm.
Bitcoin hashrate drops 8% as US miners curtail during Winter Storm Fern
Local businesses in Las Vegas are beginning to accept Bitcoin payments
Pasadena Linux Party, Fri, Mar 6, 2026, 6:00 PM | Meetup
Music:
Be the Wheel By: Theo Katzman
1 hr 10 min
January 2189: The Wrong Moment
The world’s financial order is cracking in public, not theory. Gold is acting first, Bitcoin isn’t, and that disconnect tells a harder story than most Bitcoiners want to hear.
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:
Wall Street Pulls Back From Bitcoin’s Money-Spinning Basis Trade - Bloomberg
Gold is ripping. Japan’s bond market is cracking. And the Fed is quietly adding liquidit
Luke Gromen: The Dollar System Is Breaking — And Markets Aren’t Ready - YouTube
Major Currencies Are Headed for a Reckoning | Lyn Alden - YouTube
Japan 10 Year Government Bond Yield
Global bond markets shaken by Japan selloff, Greenland worries
Why the Japanese Bond-Market Rebellion Has Investors on Edge
Coinbase Pulls Support From CLARITY Act as U.S. Crypto Market Reform Enters Critical Phase
Charles Hoskinson criticizes Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse for backing flawed CLARITY Act
Senate Banking Committee Delays Markup On Crypto Market Infrastructure Bill As Draft Legislation Criticized
Christine Lee on X: ""THE POLICY OF THIS GOVERNMENT IS TO ADD SEIZED BITCOIN TO OUR DIGITAL ASSET RESERVE" —U.S. Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent
More than half of all crypto tokens have failed — and most died in 2025
Risk, Freedom & Building Billion-Dollar Companies Before the World Believed - YouTube
PlanetNix 2026
SCaLE 23x | Registration
Music
KNEW ALL ALONG By: Suzanne Santo
1 hr 15 min
January 1488: Fed Credibility Collapse
This week’s Fed chaos wasn’t random. It was the bill coming due. As Powell’s record is challenged in public, the market is being forced to rethink Bitcoin.
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:
Gross Domestic Product | U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
The US economy expanded at the fastest pace in two years as wealthier Americans kept spending
U.S. GDP Grew 4.3%, Surging in Third Quarter of 2025
Why 2026 Will See Unprecedented U.S. GDP Growth
The Money Masters (1996) - YouTube
The campaign to convince Trump to investigate the Federal Reserve chief
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Refers Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for Criminal Investigation Over False Testimony
Jerome Powell Under Criminal Investigation — Here's Why This Matters - YouTube
Corporate Bitcoin Buying Outstrips Mining Supply 3-to-1
Bitcoin ETFs Log Best Week Since October Flash Crash
Zcash Developer Team Resigns
Rumored Venezuelan Bitcoin Fate ‘Remains To Be Seen’
Introduction to Bitcoin: what is bitcoin and why does it matter? - YouTube
PlanetNix 2026
Jupiter Broadcasting Meetup Page
Music
Sara Jade • Splinters
1 hr 26 min

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