123: No Rescue
The Fed is raising rates into an energy supply shock, just as the AI trade starts sabotaging itself from within. π Boost from the Web πΊπΈ Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US π¨π¦ The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform π³ The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning π¦ Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats π΅ SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling β‘ Strike - Ultra-low fees, high trading limits, and easy loans. β¦
122: Weakest Links
The legacy system is breaking down as Bitcoin infrastructure builds up. From bond-market stress to Liquidβs 4,000 BTC crisis, the weakest links are showing. Episode Links π Boost from the Web πΊπΈ Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US π¨π¦ The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform π³ The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning π¦ Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats π΅ SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling β‘β¦
121: No Going Back
A structural shift is taking hold across markets, institutions, and Bitcoin. And this week, it suddenly felt a lot more permanent. Episode Links π Boost from the Web πΊπΈ Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US π¨π¦ The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform π³ The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning π¦ Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats π΅ SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling β‘ Strike - Ultra-low fees, highβ¦
120: You Canβt Print Credibility
As the AI trade cools and Washington leans harder on the bond market, Bitcoin and hard assets are reminding investors that credibility is the one thing you canβt print. Episode Links π Boost from the Web πΊπΈ Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US π¨π¦ The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform π³ The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning π¦ Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats π΅ SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/outβ¦
119: Debt Always Wins
Washington reaches for Hamiltonian economics, the bond market pushes back, and Bitcoin rips for exactly the reasons Bitcoiners warned about. Episode Links π Boost from the Web πΊπΈ Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US π¨π¦ The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform π³ The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning π¦ Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats π΅ SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling β‘ Strike - Ultra-lowβ¦
117: Coldcard Fallout
We unpack the widening Coldcard fallout, the uncomfortable lessons Bitcoiners need to face, and a major macro intervention that reveals just how trapped the financial system has become. Episode Links π Boost from the Web πΊπΈ Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US π¨π¦ The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform π³ The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning π¦ Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats π΅ SALT Lending - Get access to yourβ¦
116: Coldcard Wallets Compromised
An urgent warning for COLDCARD users: Coinkite says funds tied to seeds generated on some Mk3 devices may be at risk, and we examine why other hardware wallets could be next. Episode Links π Boost from the Web πΊπΈ Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US π¨π¦ The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform π³ The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning π¦ Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats π΅ SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Valueβ¦
115: Before Satoshi
Bitcoin did not emerge from a vacuum. We trace the decades of ideas that made it possible, and revisit the early days when it all came together. Episode Links π Boost from the Web πΊπΈ Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US π¨π¦ The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform π³ The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning π¦ Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats π΅ SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling β‘ Strike -β¦
114: Hard Money Wins
Open source AI is shaking the capex boom, energy inflation is tightening liquidity, and goldβs old weaknesses are back in focus, while BlackRock and even gold bugs keep making the case for Bitcoin. Episode Links π Boost from the Web πΊπΈ Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US π¨π¦ The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform π³ The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning π¦ Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats π΅ SALT Lending - Getβ¦
113: The August Trap
Markets cheer cooler CPI and rate-cut hopes as another energy shock builds beneath them. Meanwhile, BIP-110βs August 8 signaling deadline brings Bitcoin closer to a possible chain split. Episode Links π Boost from the Web πΊπΈ Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US π¨π¦ The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform π³ The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning π¦ Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats π΅ SALT Lending - Get access to yourβ¦
112: The Saylor Test
Bitcoin passes The Saylor Test as Strategy sells and the market shrugs, while weak jobs, energy shocks, Fed risk, and BIP-110 politics turn one green week into a bigger stress test. Episode Links π Boost from the Web πΊπΈ Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US π¨π¦ The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform π³ The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning π¦ Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats π΅ SALT Lending - Get access to your BTCβ¦
111: Death of the Debasement Trade
King Dollar is back, the debasement trade is supposedly dead, and Bitcoin is left testing the one question that matters: what happens when Saylor stops buying? Episode Links β‘ Boost from the Web πΊπΈ Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US π¨π¦ The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform β‘ The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning π¦ Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats π΅ SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling Showβ¦