This Week in Bitcoin

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.

  1. HACE 20 H

    99: Empire in Denial

    This week, even the optimistic case sounds like decline. And when that becomes the sell, Bitcoin starts to look like the only honest asset in the room. 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: Are you on Team Luke or Team Lyn? And: How should we celebrate episode 100? Show Notes: Trump’s Billion-Dollar Bitcoin Blowout Exposed US recession by end of 2026? Prediction Market Prices - Yahoo Finance The New York Times may have found bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto. Here's what you need to know. Bitcoin Pioneer Adam Back, Bernstein Say Quantum Threat to BTC Isn’t Existential Morgan Stanley launches cheapest Bitcoin ETF Iran ceasefire wipes out millions in short liquidations Bitcoin Going To Zero, Says Economist Who Predicted 2008 Crash — Does His Reasoning Have Merit? Bitcoin Price Reclaims $72,000 After US-Iran Two-Week Ceasefire Agreed The Real War Isn’t in Iran — It’s in the US Treasury Market | Luke Gromen & Lyn Alden - YouTube Ethereum Researcher Justin Drake: I think of it more as an opportunity. vitalik.eth on X: A very important document. Let's walk through this one "goal" at a time. Ethereum prepares for quantum threat, with security boost and scalability challenge Ethereum Reclaims $2,000 as ETF Inflows and Upgrade Roadmap Boost Momentum Blockstream Research Demonstrates Quantum-Resistant Transaction Signing Blockstream Research Brings libsecp256k1-zkp Back Up to Speed Here's What Researchers Are Doing to Protect Bitcoin From Quantum Threats Stranded Energy Is Emerging As Fuel For The Digital Economy How Bitcoin Mining Could Drive the Next Wave of Green Innovation Will Bitcoin Crash to $10K? Bloomberg Warning Explained Morgan Stanley Debuts Bitcoin ETF as Price Slump Rattles Holders Eric Balchunas on X: "BIG BOY LAUNCH: Morgan Stanley Bitcoin ETF hits the market today LFNW2026 - Back to Root MUSIC: You Say You're a Warrior, Are Ya? - By: Longy

    58 min
  2. 1 ABR

    98: Demand by Chaos

    History is moving whether anyone is ready or not. How the system is under pressure, and why it will flow toward 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 Boost Question: Exit Interview: How do you grade our Crypto Czar? Show Notes: Understanding the National Debt | U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data Jerome Powell says $39 trillion national debt is ‘not unsustainable,’ but it ‘will not end well’ 'ENERGY SHOCKS': Recession fears EXPLODE as oil disruption ROCKS Wall Street - YouTube The World Uncertainty Index just hit 105,000. Higher than Covid. Fannie Mae accepts first Bitcoin-backed mortgage product Crypto and Bitcoin mortgages The System Isn’t Broken - It’s Rigged | Lyn Alden - YouTube David Sacks says his time as Trump's crypto and AI czar has ended Tether Was Born On Bitcoin. Twelve Years Later, Is It Coming Back? Google Finds Quantum Computers Could Break Bitcoin Sooner Than Expected Blockstream Research dropped a new post-quantum signature scheme: SHRIMPS Developers are currently working on a Bitcoin Improvement Proposal to strengthen Bitcoin against quantum, with a test net already deployed MARA sold 15,000 BTC, Bitdeer sold all of its BTC, Riot is selling BTC from treasury to fund data center build-outs, Auradine just rebranded to Velaura AI. The biggest miners are leaving the game. 31.0 Adding Cluster mempool Music I Need a Little By: The Retrograde

    51 min
  3. 18 MAR

    96: 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 h 1 min
  4. 11 MAR

    95: 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 h 30 min
  5. 25 FEB

    94: 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 h 21 min
  6. 11 FEB

    92: 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 h 13 min

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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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