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Bitcast — Full-length episodes of BTC Sessions’ live Bitcoin commentary show covering macro, regulation, geopolitics, and adoption as it happens. Every week the legacy financial system hands Bitcoin a stronger argument. These complete episodes deliver the unfiltered discussion: the data point that reframes everything, the regulation story the mainstream press buried, and the adoption signal hiding in plain sight. Join BTC Sessions, Nathan Fitzsimmons, Walker America, Joey Temprile, Brandon Gentile and the full Bitcast crew for the sharpest, no-BS takes on everything moving Bitcoin. Topics include: → Macro economics & monetary policy → Bitcoin regulation & legislation → Geopolitics & energy markets → Self-custody, security & the tools being built → Bitcoin adoption by institutions, states & individuals No hype. No agendas. Just real Bitcoiners cutting through the noise. Whether you’re a seasoned HODLer, building your first stack, or just waking up to Bitcoin — Bitcast is your weekly pulse check on markets, geopolitics, and the real Bitcoin revolution. 🔗 Resources: → BTC Mentor (1-on-1 Bitcoin education): https://btcmentor.io → Free Bitcoin Starter Guide: https://btcsessions.ca → Follow on X: https://x.com/BTCSessions #Bitcoin #BTCSessions #Bitcast #BitcoinNews #BitcoinCommentary #MacroBitcoin

  1. 1 day ago

    The Failed $82 Bitcoin Fork Already Draining Real Coins

    Blake2b coin — the Bitcoin fork that true believers said would prove the market wrong — hit exchanges at $82, roughly 1/944th the price of Bitcoin, then got delisted from its only exchange the same day after the fork community antagonized the one platform willing to list it. Meanwhile, a user reported depositing real Bitcoin to buy the thing and watching it disappear into the void with 18 on-chain confirmations and nothing to show for it. In this episode: • Blake2b (BIP 110 fork) trades at $82 on NeoXa exchange before being delisted the same day; the bid-ask spread ran from $82 to $190, with sell orders as high as $389, reflecting near-zero liquidity • A user reports depositing roughly $500 in Bitcoin to NeoXa to purchase Blake2b — funds received 18 confirmations on-chain but never appeared in the exchange balance • Ocean Mining officially drops BIP 110 support and elects Bob Burnett as chairman of its board, replacing Luke Dashjr • Opt-in replay protection on the Blake2b chain explained: legacy Bitcoin transactions remain replayable on the fork chain, and no wallets support the protection natively • FBI opens investigation into IDscan.net after 153 million U.S. and Canadian driver's license scans appear for sale on the dark web; a separate breach hit roughly 5,000 Dropbox accounts via a flaw in Lenovo's email verification • U.S. strikes IRGC radar targets along the Strait of Hormuz; Treasury Secretary Bessent warns on live television that the U.S. knows exactly where Iranian regime assets are hidden globally • TD Bank's 2024 guilty plea and $3 billion settlement for anti-money laundering failures, and the Lebanese Canadian Bank's 2013 settlement over Hezbollah-linked laundering, raised in the context of an Edmonton resident allegedly tied to Iran's missile program receiving Canadian government contracts • The Lindsay Clancy trial deadlocked after five days of jury deliberation, with reports of two younger female jurors holding out; hosts discuss the cultural and legal implications Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/aWo-ijrdH4k

  2. 1 day ago

    The EU and Michael Saylor are BOTH Setting the Same Trap

    LIVE – Governments moved against sound money three different ways this week — the EU floated redirecting €10 trillion in citizen savings toward 'European companies,' the Taliban banned Bitcoin outright and arrested traders in Herat, and Strategy quietly resumed buying with 4,603 BTC for $370M. Put those side by side and the case for Bitcoin writes itself. In this Bitcast live stream we break down the August 2026 macro picture and what each of these moves tells you about who fears self-custody and why. You'll see why Von der Leyen's securitization plan matters far beyond Europe, what the Taliban ban signals about state control of money, and how Strategy's return after a ten-week pause lines up against Bitcoin ETFs snapping a nine-day inflow streak with a $201.9M outflow. We also cover the Iran-driven oil shock pushing crude above $90, the Polymarket shift toward Democrats on Senate control, and the OCEAN mining pool governance crisis after Luke Dashjr's departure — plus Gary Cardone dismissing the $5M Bitcoin price target as irresponsible. Subscribe for weekly Bitcoin-only education and live commentary: https://www.youtube.com/@BTCSessions Follow on X for real-time takes: https://x.com/BTCSessions Join the newsletter for the best Bitcoin reads of the week: https://btcsessions.ca ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Hit the bell so you never miss a live show. Like this video if you think more people need to hear this. Drop your questions in the chat — we read them live. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ FOLLOW BTC Sessions on X: x.com/BTCsessions ——————————— SHOW SPONSORS: BITCOIN WELL BUY BITCOIN https://qrco.de/bfiDC6 ABUNDANT MINES: https://qrco.de/bgYKPB HODLHODL NO KYC P2P EXCHANGE https://hodlhodl.com/join/BTCSESSION DEBIFI LOANS https://qrco.de/bfiDCp BOOK Private Sessions with Nathan, Ben and the BTC Mentor Team: Master self-custody, hardware, multisig, Lightning, privacy, and more. Visit btcmentor.io

  3. 6 days ago

    ALL OUT Financial Warfare — China Hacks U.S Fed and NASA

    Chinese state-sponsored hackers spent years burrowing into the Federal Reserve, NASA, the DOJ, the US Senate, hospitals, power companies, and defense contractors — working for a private firm whose paying clients included China's Ministry of State Security and the People's Liberation Army. Meanwhile, closer to home in the Bitcoin ecosystem, a critical vulnerability hit Core Lightning, and developers are urging node operators to shut down or upgrade immediately while an emergency patch is prepared under a two-week embargo. In this episode: • Core Lightning critical vulnerability: Blockstream developer urges node operators to shut down now; developers are releasing signed binaries while keeping exploit details under embargo for two weeks after a wave of AI-generated CVE reports. • Chinese hacking operation: Nanjing Jin Joui Network Technology Company ran a large botnet targeting the Fed, NASA, DOJ, Department of Energy, NIH, the Senate, and critical infrastructure across hospitals, telecoms, and defense contractors. • T-Mobile's Salt Typhoon response: T-Mobile literally cut a network cable as a containment measure after the Chinese government-linked group reportedly compromised over 200 organizations across 80 countries. • US July PCE inflation data: Headline PCE came in at 3.7, above the 3.6 expectation, with core PCE at 3.3 — nearly double the Fed's 2% target — ahead of Kevin Warsh's first Jackson Hole appearance. • Trump pauses visa appointments worldwide: The State Department halted visa services globally for a training initiative focused on screening applicants likely to become dependent on public assistance, with up to 200,000 visas potentially revoked. • Canada trade war posturing: Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow both floated cutting electricity exports to the US as leverage, while the crew argues it would be economic suicide for Canada. • Dolly Parton and Tim Curry remembered: Both passed within 24 hours, prompting a broader conversation about lasting cultural legacy versus today's performative, AI-generated content. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/qhqNsOMijg0

  4. 6 days ago

    While Everyone Is Panicking, The Warsh Meeting Is Secretly Bullish For Bitcoin

    Kevin Warsh spooked markets at Jackson Hole, sending Bitcoin from 81,000 down toward 78,000 in a single afternoon — but Nathan and Joey aren't worried. They break down why Warsh's hawkish-sounding speech was quietly balanced with dovish signals, and why the real story is what the Fed chair refused to say. In this episode: • Kevin Warsh's Jackson Hole debut: why he explicitly refused to call it "forward guidance," said wages no longer signal incoming inflation, and described financial conditions as "not restrictive" — all read as quietly bullish signals despite the market selloff • CME futures showing roughly 20% odds of a 25 basis point hike in 18 days, and whether Warsh might deliberately go against market predictions to establish independence from the Powell-era hand-holding approach • Bitcoin holding above its 200-week moving average at 77,000, with US Bitcoin ETFs posting 1.4 billion in inflows this week and Bernstein calling for 125,000 by year end and 300,000 by 2029 • Critical security alert: Core Lightning version 2607 is out now fixing confirmed vulnerabilities discovered over the past three weeks — anyone running Core Lightning should update immediately • France's tax authority breach exposing 678,000 individuals including names, addresses, incomes and property data — plus 19 Chrome and Edge extensions quietly turned into crypto-stealing tools after their developers sold them • Argentina's lower house passing Milei's central bank reform 144 to 102, banning direct money printing to finance government spending and stripping the central bank's employment mandate • Flock surveillance cameras under fire: a new poll showing Americans oppose warrantless mass surveillance, Florida using the network 250 times for immigration arrests, and South Carolina teens arrested for destroying the cameras with a hammer Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/V2DRECxiwiY

  5. 26 Aug

    WE JUST CROSSED THE RUBICON — WTF Just Happened w Bessent?

    Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent threatened to cut any country that defies American expectations out of the dollar system entirely — and hinted the US may deploy a $950 billion Treasury war chest to buy back long-dated bonds. Bitcoin nearly touched 80K the same day, and ETF call options on IBIT hit a record 1.58 million contracts in a single session. In this episode: • Bessent's "D-Day sanctions" speech targeting Iran: his exact quote — "If people do not want to meet our expectations, they should expect they will leave the dollar system" — and what it means for dollar weaponization • The $950 billion Treasury General Account and talk of using it for bond buybacks, including doubling the current program from $2 billion to $4 billion • Bitcoin ETFs bought roughly $2 billion last week, more than the previous 16 weeks combined, while IBIT call options set an all-time daily volume record • Strategy raised another $2 billion without buying Bitcoin; the hosts debate whether MSTR will outperform spot Bitcoin before 2031 and whether STRC is close to returning to par • Matt Crowder calling Bitcoin "dead man walking" and claiming replay attacks are too complicated to deal with — guest educator Forest Hoddle joins live to explain exactly how replay protection works and why the excuse doesn't hold up • Canada-US trade war escalation: Trump's threat of 50% auto tariffs by January 2027, Ontario Premier Doug Ford's threat to cut off nickel and uranium exports, and why the hosts think much of it is political theatre • Trezor phishing attack now circulating after an August data breach via their shipping partner — how to protect yourself and why a burner email matters Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/mT6_CVHinIs

  6. 22 Aug

    Ray Dalio Just Said Bessent Failed To Control Treasuries — Says Buy Bitcoin

    Bitcoin ripped 30% in four days, blew past $79,000, and wiped out $2.4 billion in short positions — and then Ray Dalio published a piece telling the world to buy gold and "a bit of Bitcoin." The hosts dig into why Dalio is finally moving past his old objection that governments would crush it, and what the collapsing 30-year treasury yield tells us about where the dollar is actually headed. In this episode: • Bitcoin surged roughly 30% in four days, liquidating $2.4 billion in shorts, with prediction markets moving odds of Bitcoin above $90K by year-end from 12% to 48%. • Ray Dalio's new article, "How Countries Go Broke," recommends underweighting bonds and allocating 10–15% to a gold-and-Bitcoin bucket, citing debt devaluation risk across the U.S., UK, EU, China, and Japan. • The 30-year Treasury yield hit 5.34%, the highest since 2007. The Treasury doubled long-term bond buybacks to at least $4 billion, briefly pulling yields from 5.28% to 5.18% — relief that evaporated within 48 hours. • Foreign holdings of U.S. Treasuries dropped $190 billion over four months to $9.3 trillion; Japan trimmed $26 billion and China cut to its lowest level since September 2008. • MicroStrategy's MNAV hit 1.0 during the rally, raising questions about how Saylor funds further Bitcoin purchases; a caller at a Strategy investor Q&A described losing roughly $53,000 on MSTR shares bought for his children and received little comfort in response. • Guest Aladdin, CEO of Based Trading Cards (formerly Bitcoin Trading Cards), discusses a forthcoming book on trading card history as a Trojan horse for macroeconomics education, and a comic series called 21 Dimensions. • Jim Cramer called selling all his Bitcoin on August 3rd; price is up roughly 26% since that call. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/u9E6wbDeAGk

  7. 20 Aug

    BREAKING: Largest Bitcoin Squeeze Ever — Bessent Can’t Hold Back The Tide Any Longer

    Bitcoin just hit $70,000 and torched $1.2 billion in shorts in a single hour — and the hosts and guest Joe Consorti break down exactly why the U.S. Treasury's move to double its bond buybacks lit the fuse. This is the macro backdrop bitcoiners have been waiting for, and it showed up on a random summer Tuesday. In this episode: • Joe Consorti explains the Treasury's decision to double long-bond buybacks from $2 billion to at least $4 billion per operation, running through November, and why he calls Scott Bessent "Janet Yellen in a skin suit" • The 10-year yield dropped sharply on the news, making risk assets more attractive and sending gold up a trillion dollars in 12 hours while silver jumped 4% • Bitcoin broke above its 200-day moving average for the first time in over a year, producing what the hosts describe as the largest daily candle in more than a year — Joe says two weeks above 69,600 would confirm a bull market by historical hit rate • Japan sold $26 billion in U.S. Treasuries while simultaneously buying back its own bonds, with the government now owning roughly 39% of the Nikkei and 52% of all Japanese government bonds • BlackRock's report showing a 1-2% Bitcoin allocation raises a traditional 60/40 portfolio's Sharpe ratio, and Citibank announcing live Bitcoin custody services later this year • The SEC proposes crypto fundraising exemptions allowing projects to raise up to $75 million annually without full securities registration, moving via rulemaking after the Clarity Act stalled • A data breach at Heatbit home miners traced to the same third-party shipping company involved in the earlier Trezor leak, exposing customer names, emails, and addresses Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/64xR6kcG1Rs

  8. 19 Aug

    DO NOT TRUST THE INSTITUTIONS — Saylor and CZ Just Exposed Themselves

    Binance handed Russian authorities the full transaction history, passport, address, and phone number of a customer who donated just $700 in Bitcoin to the Ukrainian military. That customer now faces terrorism financing charges. If you think that only happens in authoritarian countries, Canada already froze trucker convoy donors' accounts and shared that list with foreign governments. In this episode: • Michael Saylor now says Bitcoin is capital, not money, and argues Bitcoin-backed stablecoins should be the medium of exchange — the hosts dissect whether this is a genuine strategic pivot or a survival move to keep MicroStrategy's business model alive. • MicroStrategy's Bitcoin-per-share metric continues declining, MSCI is reportedly preparing to boot the company from its index, and the hosts predict Saylor will face calls to resign before year-end. • Binance shared a customer's passport, transaction history, address, and phone number with Russian authorities over a $700 crypto donation to Ukraine — a detailed breakdown of why KYC exchanges are a liability and how tools like BTCPay Server, Wasabi Wallet, silent payments, and Lightning can protect donors. • Safe Pal disclosed a data breach exposing name, email, shipping address, and phone number for roughly 39,000 customers who ordered between March 2025 and April 2026. • BitBox released a firmware security update patching a severe vulnerability that could have allowed an attacker to install malicious firmware and steal funds. • Japan's 2-year bond yields hit a 31-year high, the US 30-year Treasury yield hit 5.29 percent, the highest since June 2007, and the Buffett indicator sits at 219 percent — the group breaks down what forced buying of short-term paper, stablecoin legislation, and the Japan carry trade mean for Bitcoin. • BitKey hardware wallet gets a reassessment: the hosts weigh its ease of use against the lack of a full wallet descriptor export, and debate how much of a stack belongs in a custodial-adjacent setup. The full video version is streaming now on the BTC Sessions YouTube channel. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/j5mnqcfuue0

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Bitcast — Full-length episodes of BTC Sessions’ live Bitcoin commentary show covering macro, regulation, geopolitics, and adoption as it happens. Every week the legacy financial system hands Bitcoin a stronger argument. These complete episodes deliver the unfiltered discussion: the data point that reframes everything, the regulation story the mainstream press buried, and the adoption signal hiding in plain sight. Join BTC Sessions, Nathan Fitzsimmons, Walker America, Joey Temprile, Brandon Gentile and the full Bitcast crew for the sharpest, no-BS takes on everything moving Bitcoin. Topics include: → Macro economics & monetary policy → Bitcoin regulation & legislation → Geopolitics & energy markets → Self-custody, security & the tools being built → Bitcoin adoption by institutions, states & individuals No hype. No agendas. Just real Bitcoiners cutting through the noise. Whether you’re a seasoned HODLer, building your first stack, or just waking up to Bitcoin — Bitcast is your weekly pulse check on markets, geopolitics, and the real Bitcoin revolution. 🔗 Resources: → BTC Mentor (1-on-1 Bitcoin education): https://btcmentor.io → Free Bitcoin Starter Guide: https://btcsessions.ca → Follow on X: https://x.com/BTCSessions #Bitcoin #BTCSessions #Bitcast #BitcoinNews #BitcoinCommentary #MacroBitcoin

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  • Creator
    BTC Sessions
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    24
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    Bitcast