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August 06, 202567: The Treasury Vacuum
Reserve tricks, revaluation games, and a brewing liquidity storm. While quietly, the groundwork for a national Bitcoin reserve is laid.
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⚡ 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 Fed - Official Reserve Revaluations: The International Experience
Luke Gromen on U.S. Collapse, AI Disruption & Bitcoin’s Rise - YouTube
Treasury Announces Marketable Borrowing Estimates | U.S. Department of the Treasury
US Treasury to Sell a Record $100 Billion of Four-Week Bills - Bloomberg
Treasury to Sell Record $100 Billion in 4-Week Bills - Barron's
Financial Literacy for Dummies (Like Me) with JL Collins - YouTube
The Fiscal Engine Is Failing And Bitcoin Is The Spark
Tornado Cash Jury Still Deliberating — Here's Why That's A Good Thing
Samourai Wallet Developers Plead Guilty To Unlicensed Money Transmission
Roman Storm Found Guilty of Unlicensed Money Transmission Conspiracy
Samourai Wallet Founders Plead Guilty, Agree to $237 Million Forfeiture -
Keys.Band E xtension for Chrome | Svelte Meta Tags
A learning center has helped teach the owners of 200 local businesses how to use Bitcoin
Economía Bitcoin returns in Berlín, El Salvador
How the FIRE movement is inspiring early retirees - YouTube
1 hr 22 min
July 30, 202566: Bitcoin’s Historic Stress Test
Bitcoin survived its largest-ever stress test. But with a trillion-dollar liquidity crunch looming, could the real challenge be yet to come?
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:
White House releases first-ever report on Bitcoin and crypto policy
Fact Sheet: The President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets Releases Recommendations to Strengthen American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology
BTC falls as Trump’s crypto report skips Bitcoin reserve details
Bitcoin reserve plan missing from White House's crypto report
This Week in Bitcoin • Bonus 01: Living in the Shadow of Bitcoin
PayPal Businesses Can Now Accept Bitcoin Payments
Brian Armstrong on X: "Bitcoin is probably the best form of money ever created.
Brian Armstrong - Mining 21 Million Bitcoins, Satoshi Nakamoto and Elizabeth Warren | SRS #222 - YouTube
Samourai Wallet Developers Plead Guilty To Unlicensed Money Transmission
sat.watch - Real-time Bitcoin monitoring
1 hr 19 min
July 24, 2025 Bonus 01: Living in the Shadow of Bitcoin
A viral anti-Bitcoin video spreads fear through emotional storytelling and slick sound design. But what's the real story behind the drama, and why does it matter?
2 min
July 23, 202565: Trump's Stablecoin Gamble
How the Genius Act impacts Bitcoin's future, why the Stablecoin gold rush might end in tears, and how Bitcoin could become a liquidity sink amid Trump's inflationary gamble.
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⚡ 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
Episode Links:
President Trump Signs GENIUS Act—Industry Leaders Respond – The White House
Assume The Position. by Arthur Hayes
4 Million US Merchants Could Soon Accept Bitcoin Payments
IMF report implies that Bukele is lying about bitcoin purchases
El Salvador: 2025 Article IV Consultation, First Review Under the Extended Fund Facility
f it didn’t stop when the world ostracized us and most “bitcoiners” abandoned us, it won’t stop now, and it won’t stop in the future. Proof of work > proof of whining"
Electrum 4.6.0 released
Alby Hub v1.18 is now live!
Alby Bitcoin Payments MCP — Bitcoin Payments for your AI Agent
The Jack Mallers Show
President Trump Plans To Open 401(k)s To Bitcoin, Crypto, Gold, And Private Equity
Bitcoin Whale Moves 1.26 Billion After Years of Dormancy
Block’s S&P 500 Inclusion May Increase Investor Exposure to Bitcoin and Support Mainstream Adoption
BTC miner MARA to raise $1 billion for new Bitcoin purchases
Treasury Secretary Bessent calls for a review of 'the entire' Federal Reserve
51 min
July 16, 202564: Blame the Dollar
The uncomfortable truth behind Bitcoin's price surge, debunking the tired "Tether pumps Bitcoin" myth, my take on a Satoshi-era whale finally cashing out, and more.
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🏦 Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats
💵 SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling
Show Notes
$600M In 1 Day: Why Are Bitcoin, Ethereum ETF Suddenly So Bullish? - Benzinga
Bitcoin Is A Commodity: Why Congress Must Fix Bitcoin Taxes
Altcoins Rally Gains Momentum as Bitcoin Dominance Potentially Declines Below 64% | COINOTAG NEWS
Cantor Fitzgerald SPAC in Talks for $4B Bitcoin Deal With Blockstream’s Adam Back: FT - Decrypt
Tornado Cash Trial Day 2: Prosecution And Defense Tell Different Stores About Roman Storm
Something Strange Is Happening with the Dollar (What History Says) - YouTube
Vanguard Is Now the Largest Holder of Bitcoin-Bullish Strategy
No bitcoin ETFs at Vanguard? Here’s why | Vanguard
Trump says 'not planning' fire Fed Chair Powell after reports suggest Powell ouster coming 'soon'
Cantor Fitzgerald Nears $4 Billion Bitcoin Deal With Blockstream Founder Adam Back
Truflation US Inflation Index | Truflation
Fort Worth Pioneers Bitcoin Mining Among U.S. Cities
Bitcoin will have consistent demand over supply, says Bitwise's Matt Hougan - YouTube
Music
Numb By: Circle the Earth
1 hr 4 min
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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🏦 Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats
💵 SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling
LINKS
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
MUSIC
Coins & Consequences feat. ProofBoy
Go check out the full Album: Bitcoin Block Party
1 hr 7 min
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.
1 hr 1 min
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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⚡ 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
LINKS:
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
MUSIC:
nameless | By: Hurling Pixels
46 min
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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🇨🇦 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
LINKS:
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
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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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1 hr 3 min
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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🇨🇦 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
LINKS:
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
1 hr

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