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  1. 110: Fork Risk Rising

    11 hrs ago

    110: Fork Risk Rising

    Bitcoin gets dragged back into the fiat casino as the AI capex bubble starts to crack, while BIP-110 shifts from internet drama to a real fork-risk countdown. 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 access to your BTC Value w/out Selling Show Notes Trump Quantum Executive Orders Trump EO Signing Remarks Trump Executive Orders, 2025 Jack Mallers Bitcoin Speech Arthur Hayes on AI Crash and Bitcoin BIP 110 and the Future of Soft Forks Knotzi Death March Countdown BIP 110 Forking Dynamics Start9 on BIP 110 All the Fork Risk of BIP 110 State of Transaction Privacy Work in Bitcoin Fed Requests Comment on Stablecoin Issuer ID Rules Lummis Says CLARITY Act Is Moving in July Caitlin Long on Bitcoin and Banking Risk Strategy Drops as Bitcoin Falls Tech Sell-Off Grips Global Stocks Trump and Vance Sign US-Iran Agreement Tom Lee on SpaceX IPO Market Top Fears SpaceX IPO Forces Wall Street to Reorganize SpaceX Stock Falls as It Seeks Debt Raise SpaceX Stock Tumbles After IPO Gains Jamie Dimon Rips Coinbase CEO Jamie Dimon Blasts Coinbase Tyler Residents Raise Bitcoin Mining Concerns Developer Addresses Tyler Bitcoin Mining Concerns Trump Signs Quantum Computing Orders Trump Orders Push to Supercharge Quantum Computing Music: Through the Fire By: Nope

    1h 1m
  2. 109: Market Forced Peace

    Jun 17

    109: Market Forced Peace

    Everyone expected energy markets to explode. Instead, the Iran deal exposed a deeper signal: oil, debt, inflation, and the Fed now define the limits of American power. Bitcoiners can’t afford to look away. 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 access to your BTC Value w/out Selling Show Notes Consumer Inflation Up Over 4% Annual CPI Inflation Surges to 4.2% Consumer Price Index Summary: May 2026 Consumer Debt Rises Amid Worsening K-Shaped Divide Explaining the K-Shaped Economy Bitcoin Bulls Eye Yield-Curve Control Surging Dollar Revives Plaza Accord Talk Bitcoin’s War Rally Challenges the Digital Gold Narrative Bitcoin Steadies as Iran War Worries Ease Bitcoin as Hard Money Backed by Energy BlackRock’s BITA and Institutional Bitcoin Demand BlackRock Reveals New Income ETF BlackRock Expands Bitcoin Premium Income ETF Offering Erica Downs Testimony Energy Stockpiling as a China Strategic Warning Indicator Michael Saylor Faces Market Revolt as Bitcoin Premium Sinks Why the World Didn’t Have an Oil Crisis Trump Secretly Approved Qatar-Iran Cash Deal Five Takeaways from Kevin Warsh’s First Fed Meeting Chairman Warsh Abstains from Rate Forecast June Fed Meeting Statement Changes SpaceX Stock Loses Momentum After Rally Markets React to Kevin Warsh’s First Fed Meeting Iran to Define Hormuz Future with Oman and Gulf States Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Set for Major Downward Adjustment SpaceX Joins Public Bitcoin Leaderboard with 18,712 BTC Alby Hub 1.23: Ark Backend, JIT Channels, Cards Page Music: No Shot By: John Trainum

    1h 4m
  3. 108: The Hard Bet

    Jun 10

    108: The Hard Bet

    IPO mania is pulling capital into the biggest promises in the market, just as inflation, energy, and the Fed make every bet harder. This week, why Bitcoin may be the harder long-term bet worth making. 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 access to your BTC Value w/out Selling Show Notes CPI inflation report May 2026: Prices rose 4.2% annually Consumer prices rose 4.2% annually in May, highest in three years - YouTube You can’t print molecules Bitcoin’s Worst Week Since FTX Crash Signals More Pain Ahead The SpaceX IPO could lead to 8% of America’s current-account deficit being refinanced in a single day - MarketWatch US inflation tops 4% for first time in three years as oil prices jump | CNN Business Bitcoin Treasuries Shed $62B in Deepening Crypto Rout - YouTube Will Bitcoin Keep Crashing?! - YouTube Treasury Market Signals Rates Need to Be Higher - YouTube sending a letter to Senate Majority Leader Thune and Senate Democratic Leader Schumer signed by 160 former national security, intelligence, and law enforcement professionals in support of the Clarity Act. | 1/ Today, we’re sending a letter to Senate Majority Leader Thune and Senate Democratic Leader Schumer signed by 160 former national security, intelligence, and law enforcement professionals in support of the Clarity Act. America’s Data Center Build-Out Is Falling Way Behind Schedule - WSJ Jeff Currie thinks we are sleepwalking into one of the biggest commodity shocks since Covid and the market is still pricing it like a headline risk instead of a physical crisis May jobs report stronger than expected, Fed unlikely to cut interest rates - YouTube May jobs report comes as inflation squeezes economy - NBC News Tulip King explains why he is becoming bearish on $ZEC after the devs fixed a "double-spend" bug Zcash plummets 38% as Shielded Labs reveals a major bug that … There's little tech explanation on this Zcash vulnerability, very serious stuff The prompt that found an exploit in a 10 billion dollar protocol Music Tragedy By Irf Kat

    1h 11m
  4. 107: AI Crash Math

    Jun 3

    107: AI Crash Math

    Bitcoin is still standing while AI sucks the oxygen out of the market. I break down the trillion-dollar capex trap, and why this might be the moment Bitcoin starts telling the truth before the market is ready to hear it. 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 BIP-110 expected fork time bitnod.es Strategy Sold 32 Bitcoin… And That's A Good Thing. MSTR News: Michael Saylor's Strategy sold 32 BTC for $2.5 million in late May Can the stockmarket swallow Anthropic, SpaceX and OpenAI? Bitcoin ETFs Bleed $2.8B In Record 9-Day Outflow Streak | ZeroHedge AI productivity: not a miracle yet - DWS Markets have overestimated AI-driven productivity gains, says MIT … Inflation data suggests Fed should be hiking rates, not cutting them … Fed's Cook says inflation is moving in the wrong direction, but she's … Morning Briefing - 2022 • Yardeni Research 'Enormously naive': Major US bank leader hits out at Biden's LNG … Bond Markets Are Bullying Japan and the U.K. One Has the Right … The issue with crypto regulation is 'the lack of clarity', says … Coindesk's Emily Parker on crypto's big sell-off Strategy's Michael Saylor says selling bitcoin to fund … Michael Saylor Says Just 2% Bitcoin Growth Covers MicroStrategy's … JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon slams CLARITY Act, signals bank … JPMorgan CEO Goes Nuclear On CLARITY Act, Calling Coinbase's … Senate's crypto drama comes to a head | Semafor Banks Sound Alarm As Senate Pushes High-Stakes Stablecoin Bill … How the US managed to seize $500M of crypto from Iran US Seizes $1 Billion in Cryptocurrency from Iran | Phemex News Strategy CEO: Bitcoin's headwinds turning to tailwinds - FOX One Mark Cuban Sold Bitcoin—Strategy CEO Says He Simply Found … Bitcoin: The Four Year Cycle Is Not Dead : r/intothecryptoverse Bitwise CEO Says Four-Year Crypto Cycle Is Dead : r/CryptoCurrency Bitcoin crash: Bitwise CIO cites 'the four-year cycle' for losses Bitcoin 4-year cycles explained - Fidelity Investments AI Capex Is Propping Up the U.S. Economy — But What Happens … How AI spending is impacting the U.S. economy Ex-CIA official arrested after $40M in gold bars allegedly found … Former CIA official accused of stealing $40M in gold bars - WBAL-TV Music What We Are by The Doerfels

    58 min
  5. 106: Bitcoin’s Demand Crisis

    May 27

    106: Bitcoin’s Demand Crisis

    Bitcoin is 232 days from an all-time high, but it feels like everyone else is winning. I dig into the demand crisis, the AI liquidity drain, and why this hold will look easier in hindsight than it feels right now. 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 Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs crushed by outflows as bond market stifles interest-rate reduction hopes Bitcoin demand gauge sinks to worst level since December as spot buying weakens Strategy Buys Back $1.5B of Debt at Discount Mined in America Act Would Put Bitcoin Network at Risk Tethered to the Empire - by The Bitcoin Pharaoh Bitcoin options are coming to Nasdaq. Here's what it means for you HYPE funds attract millions as investors dump bitcoin and ether ETFs Vitalik Biterin breaks silence about Ethereum Foundation amid community frustration Bitcoin's bull catalyst could be AI stocks turning 'silly big': Lyn Alden Lyn Alden Says AI Stock Peak Could Boost Bitcoin - Bitbo SpaceX files for $2T IPO, reveals AI and Anthropic deals · PulseAugur AI Boom Prices Out Bitcoin Miners in US Energy Market Shake-Up AI is poaching Bitcoin miners — and this CEO says holders shouldn't … New U.S. Bill Introduced To Codify Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Congressman Nick Begich Leads Legislation to Establish Strategic … Iran's $7.7 billion crypto war chest raises alarm over … US targets Iran's $7.7 billion crypto network tied to regime … Mark Cuban Says He Sold Most of His Bitcoin After It Failed as a … Mark Cuban says he sold most of his Bitcoin, citing its failure as a … Full text of "Financial Times , 1993, UK, English" - Internet Archive ICYMI: Congressman Nick Begich Introduces The BITCOIN Act to … H.R.2032 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): BITCOIN Act of 2025 Mark Cuban: Bitcoin is a 'store of value that is more religion' Mark Cuban: Bitcoin Demand to Outpace Supply, BTC Is a Great … The Real Deal National March 2022 - Calaméo Josh Swihart's Zcash Open Development Lab raises $25 … Zcash Is About to “Burn the Old Model” Non-Profit OUT, Startup IN? Music: GwALT (Instrumental) By Absolut Absolem

    59 min

  6. May 20

    105: Yield Panic

    Bond yields are flashing warning signs, and the policy machine is already looking for ways to keep the Treasury market fed. How the Clarity Act, stablecoins, and the next wave of Bitcoin demand connect. Plus, a quick BIP-110 update and why major miners are pivoting to AI. 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 This Bond Selloff Isn't Over Just Yet Arthur Hayes: The Fed will fund the government Sen. Moreno: I paid taxes with Bitcoin in 2016 Senate Banking Committee passes the CLARITY Act, 15-9 CLARITY Act Clears Senate Banking: What Comes Next? The Facts: The CLARITY Act Warren Statement on No Trump Ethics Provision in Crypto Bill Elizabeth Warren says new crypto legislation will “turbocharge” corruption Lummis-Gillibrand 2023 Bill PDF US Senators Introduce Comprehensive Stablecoin Bill Sen. Cynthia Lummis: Nobody is popping champagne on CLARITY yet Claude recovered Bitcoin worth about $397K 60 Minutes: Insider trading around US military operations 30-year yield clears 5.1% for the first time since 2007 How will the Federal Reserve handle rate cuts during an inflation crisis? Bond market inflation fears are rising over oil prices and a new Fed chair Morgan Stanley close to offering crypto trading through E*TRADE Morgan Stanley taps partner to offer crypto to E*TRADE clients David Marcus: China trip shows the surveillance state Fox News host warns of “Big Brother” in China Reuters: US probes suspicious oil trades before Iran pivot Warren, Whitehouse probe suspicious oil trades around Iran announcements US 30-year yield tops 5% as Fed faces inflation test US 30-year bond yield tops 5% Interest rate hikes are less powerful against inflation than conventional wisdom suggests What Is the Relationship Between Inflation and Interest Rates? US Yields at 5% Tug Traders Between Dip-Buying Greed and Fear Citadel’s CEO on the AI boom: “Is it hype? Of course” Music: Heaven Pool By: Ambriel

    1h 3m

  7. May 13

    104: The K Trap

    They want to blame the war, but the split was already there. This week, I follow the K-shaped economy under the headlines, and Bitcoin’s uncomfortable signal: adoption is accelerating, and so is domestication. 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 US consumer prices rise 3.8% as Iran war sends energy … Inflation spikes to 3.8 percent in April, higher than expected PPI report: Wholesale prices rose 0.5% in April, more than expected Widening K-shaped economy pattern across income groups K-shaped economy is showing up at the gas pump: NY Fed - The Hill What is the K-shaped economy, where the rich are getting … - Fortune The economy is cracking. This trend is most alarming. Senate confirms Kevin Warsh as Fed governor, clears way for chair … Kevin Warsh wins Senate confirmation to Federal Reserve Board of … Senate Banking Committee to vote on Clarity Act crypto bill Senate Banking Committee unveils revised Clarity Act text before … Crypto Market Structure Bill Gains Bipartisan Momentum Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong heads to Senate to advocate for … Labor unions oppose Senate crypto bill ahead of Thursday … Crypto legislation faces another hurdle: Labor unions Strategy CEO Phong Le unveils 6 capital-management principles … Strategy weighs selling bitcoin to fund dividends amid Q1 net loss Strategy Will Keep Buying Bitcoin Forever, Saylor Says Strategy Considers Bitcoin Liquidation to Cover Preferred Dividends Crypto-Assets: Implications for Consumers, Investors, and … A good article deeply analyzing the impact of Bitcoin ETF on … Inflation spikes to 3.8 percent in April, higher than expected - The Hill US consumer prices rise 3.8% as Iran war sends energy prices higher 324. Apolar Money: Lecture at the Global Economy & Finance Conference in Seoul - YouTube Bitcoin Wins Big While Altcoins Face New Regulatory Reality - YouTube Music: Shoot Me Down By: Nat Hills

    1h 18m

  8. May 6

    103: The Energy Squeeze

    Why energy shocks, bond pressure, and Fed games have everyone but Bitcoiners freaking out. 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 Sayor Selling his coins: Bait and switch? Show Notes Bitcoin Is At An All-Time High Higher Energy Prices from Iran War Will Drive World Into Recession, Says Citadel CEO Ken Griffin OPEC Is Breaking Up Citadel's Ken Griffin Says Iran War Threatens Global Recession Citadel's Ken Griffin: Global Recession Inevitable if Strait of Hormuz Stays Shut Chevron CEO Says Shortages in Oil Supply Will Begin Appearing Chevron CEO Says Global Oil Supplies Are Tightening Bessent Says Powell Staying On Is a Violation of Fed Norms Bessent Criticizes Powell's Plan to Stay on Fed Board Powell Says He'll Remain on U.S. Federal Reserve Board Powell Says He Will Stay On as Fed Governor After Term as Chair Dalio Warns Warsh Against Cutting Rates Amid Stagflation Risk Ray Dalio Says Kevin Warsh Shouldn't Cut Interest Rates in a Stagflation Era U.S. Debt Exceeds Country's GDP for First Time Since World War II Powell Says Tariffs Keeping Inflation Elevated, Fed Watching Energy Prices Fed Chair Powell: Tariffs Should Be a One-Time Issue for Inflation The U.S. Debt Now Exceeds the Country's GDP. Should We Worry? mempool.space API Bitnodes Latest Snapshot Clark Moody Dashboard PIG by The Death of Rock and Roll The Abuse by DOGS No Longer by POLANSKI What's On My Mind by Wobitty Way to Go Kid by Panzee V4V Music Public Tagging API Wall Street Just Gave Your Bitcoin Bonds a Triple-B Rating Why Bitcoin Replaces Gold, Bonds & Real Estate Why Bitcoin Is Crushing Gold Since the War Many Don't Realize How Wild the Bitcoin Market Is About to Get Allocating Scarce Assets: Energy, Compute & Bitcoin A World of Debt: Why Bitcoin Must Replace Bonds Beyond Finance: Bitcoin and the Energy Infrastructure of the Future Mike McGlone on Energy Spikes and Bitcoin

    53 min
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    Chris Fisher
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
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