The Bitcoin Bear Market Is a Survival Test | Matt Odell
“Bear markets are actually more about survival.” Matt Odell is back on the show to explain why Bitcoin bear markets grind people down, why the fundamentals have not changed, and why he has never been more bullish on Bitcoin. In this episode, we discuss Jack Mallers stepping down from XXI, the risks of Bitcoin treasury companies, and why profitable businesses should save in Bitcoin rather than make financial engineering the product. We also get into Nostr’s failure to replace X, the continued…
#774: Quarterly Monetary Base Update with Matthew MeĹľinskis
Bitcoin analyst Matthew Mezinskis joins the show to defend the power law model against recent criticism, arguing the curve remains intact and Bitcoin is trading near historical lows relative to its trend. He breaks down why exponential models fail to capture Bitcoin’s network growth, compares the power curve to stock-to-flow and Plan B projections, and examines global monetary base expansion, Fed balance sheet trends, and the intersection of Bitcoin’s scalable growth with TradFi’s volatile…
The Liberty Solution Why the State Can't Coexist With Freedom with Derek Wills S3-EP4
This week on Space Tomatoes, Havok and LX sit down with Derek Wills (AncapAir), author of The Liberty Solution. Derek walks us through his journey from hardcore Republican → constitutional conservative → libertarian → full ancap, and how reading Murray Rothbard completely rewrote the book he was working on. We dive deep into why the state is inherently incompatible with liberty, the myth of "necessary evil," reputation as the ultimate enforcement mechanism in a stateless society, and why IP is…
Bitcoin Could Split In 15 Days — How To Protect Your Stack | Wicked & Portland Hodl
Bitcoin could split in 15 days. And most people have no idea what that actually means for their stack. Wicked Smart Bitcoin and Portland Hodl join the show to give you the most clear-eyed, technically grounded breakdown of what is happening with BIP110, what you need to do before August 8th, and why both of them think this fork is going to fail miserably — and why that is actually bullish for Bitcoin. Here is what we cover: • Should you move your Bitcoin around August 8th — the practical answer…
CBDCs are Coming (And the Bitcoin Exit Awaits)
I walk through the global push for Central Bank Digital Currencies, why voluntary rollouts have mostly flopped, and what governments really gain from programmable, fully surveilled money. I dig into the upcoming digital euro, the U.S. Senate’s move against a federal CBDC, and the rise of OpenUSD as an open stablecoin standard. Ultimately I argue that while CBDCs are about control, the infrastructure they create may unintentionally supercharge a global Bitcoin exit ramp. I break down why this…
192 - The First Country on the Internet | Joey Flores
A Country on the Internet, a Passport by 2050, and the Death of the CV - Joey Flores is Head of Marketing at SafetyWing, the Y Combinator-backed company building a global social safety net for remote workers. A two-time startup founder whose YC-funded music startup was acquired, he dropped out of high school at sixteen and now lives in Oaxaca, Mexico. Timothy Allen sits down with Joey at the Running Remote conference in Austin, Texas, for a conversation about building for the 21st century nomadic…
RABBIT HOLE RECAP #419: FREEDOM IN THE DIGITAL AGE
No Agenda Show Announces Passing of Beloved Host John C. Dvorak at Age 74 https://x.com/na_announce/status/2079952538040672302 Tether’s Three-Way Crypto Deal Falls Apart as Jack Mallers Steps Down from Twenty One Capital https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-21/tether-s-three-way-crypto-deal-falls-apart-mallers-steps-down BitMEX Announces Shutdown of Exchange Operations Effective September 23, 2026 https://x.com/bitmex/status/2080201602456301580 Coinkite Opens Reservations for arca…
China's 190,000 Bitcoin Problem
Bitcoin just crashed from a $122K all-time high to $63K, and this week alone brought five separate bombshells. Trump accused China of stealing 220 million US voter files and Bitcoin dropped within hours. The US struck 80+ Iranian military targets. Russia's Duma just legalized Bitcoin for cross-border trade. Treasury and Commerce are in an open turf war over who controls the government's 300,000+ BTC reserve. And Michael Saylor, the guy who said "you do not sell your Bitcoin", sold Bitcoin. This week…
114: Hard Money Wins
Open source AI is shaking the capex boom, energy inflation is tightening liquidity, and gold’s old weaknesses are back in focus, while BlackRock and even gold bugs keep making the case for Bitcoin. Episode Links 🎉 Boost from the Web 🇺🇸 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…
114: Hard Money Wins
Open source AI is shaking the capex boom, energy inflation is tightening liquidity, and gold’s old weaknesses are back in focus, while BlackRock and even gold bugs keep making the case for Bitcoin. Episode Links 🎉 Boost from the Web 🇺🇸 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…
The Disturbing Bitcoin Signal Hiding In Plain Sight | Rekt Capital
LIVE 🔴 Rekt Capital Market Analysis. Is Bitcoin quietly building a base… or is this summer range setting up for another leg lower? In this live stream, Rob Wallace is joined by Rekt Capital to break down Bitcoin’s current market structure, the significance of the 200-week moving average, and whether the current consolidation resembles historical summer ranges that preceded major moves. Topics include: • Is the current summer range accumulation or distribution? • Why the 200-week SMA…
#773: Open Source AI Is Non-Negotiable with Conner Brown
Conner Brown from the Bitcoin Policy Institute joins to break down AI and Bitcoin policy moving through Washington. We cover Taiwan’s legislative push for Bitcoin reserves, foreign influence campaigns targeting American data centers, and why open source AI matters for crypto adoption. Plus: how AI agents are already choosing Bitcoin, the real story behind company brains and LLM workflows, and the fight to keep DC from regulating innovation out of existence. Conner on X: https://x.com/BitcoinConner …