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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. 1d ago

    Vivek Ramaswamy Now Holds $3B In Bitcoin - A German Bank Just Opened The Door

    Vivek Ramaswamy's Strive just added another 1,200 Bitcoin for roughly $100 million, pushing their stack near 37,000 coins worth about $3 billion, and the crew dives into whether daily Bitcoin dividends are becoming a real moat or a race to zero. From there it's German banks opening Bitcoin trading to tens of millions of customers, a new Visa-backed push to let 175 million merchants accept Bitcoin and stablecoins, and a pretty blunt debate about why none of this "Bitcoin is coming to everything" news ever seems to move the needle. In this episode: • Strive's latest 1,200 BTC buy and the math behind daily dividend yields versus Saylor's MSTR payouts • Why Joey calls Strive's STRC and similar products a "race to zero" on dividend rates, and the cost-of-capital logic behind Saylor's numbers • German bank Sparkasse opening Bitcoin trading to 40-46 million customers directly inside its banking app • A new PayPal, Paradigm and SBI-backed effort bringing Bitcoin and stablecoin payments to 175 million Visa merchants • Block's Cash App numbers - 59 million active accounts and roughly 24 million who've bought Bitcoin - and why most people still won't spend it • The UK's HMRC resuming direct seizures from bank accounts for unpaid taxes without a court order • Canada's new labor rules waiving job-market checks for "high wage" foreign hires, and rising Canada-to-US emigration numbers • YouTube pulling Ben's self-hosted media server tutorial and the group's workaround using Nostr and X for censorship-resistant publishing For the full conversation and visuals, head over to the video version of this episode. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/iBFjTd3WC8M

  2. 4d ago

    Russia Comes for Your Keys & MSCI Comes for Saylor

    Russia just slammed the door on self-custody, Deutsche Bank is opening one for 28 million clients, and somehow both stories say the same thing about where this is all heading. Add in a Toronto kidnapping involving active Canadian soldiers and a wave of eerily well-informed scam calls hitting the hosts directly, and this episode turns into a real-talk session on operational security as much as markets. Sailor also gets roasted for getting booted from MSCI anyway after selling Bitcoin specifically to stay in it. In this episode: • Russia's central bank bans self-custody transfers from regulated crypto accounts starting July 2027, with non-qualified investors capped at roughly 300,000 rubles a year • MSCI removes MicroStrategy from its indexes, Saylor calls it prejudicial, Joey argues he sold Bitcoin specifically to stay in the index and got kicked out anyway, estimates of up to 2.8 billion in forced passive outflows • A Toronto Bitcoin owner kidnapped by a gang of seven, including three serving Canadian Armed Forces members, 82 charges laid, stolen military ammunition involved • Ben and a listener named Mike from CoinCards both targeted by sophisticated fake RCMP, Trezor and CoinCover scam calls designed to extract seed phrases • Deutsche Bank announcing Bitcoin custody for its 28 million clients by mid-2026, and whether institutional on-ramps like this actually move the needle • Citizen Lab uncovers spyware delivered through targeted online ads with no user interaction, tied to an Israeli ad-tech firm • Ledger announces a new always-connected security device called Ledger Adam, sparking debate over expanding attack surface versus Foundation's offline-first approach • Weak economic data roundup: hot PPI print, Nasdaq erasing trillions in market cap, South Korea's circuit breaker, and one in five American families falling behind on loan payments Full video version with all the charts, screen shares and reactions is up on the BTC Sessions YouTube channel if you want to see it play out live. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/-jSGjdn7ZZ0

  3. 6d ago

    Strategy vs Strive: Trading Blows To Be Bitcoin’s #1

    Strive just dropped a 15 percent fixed-rate perpetual preferred and strategy is firing back with a daily dividend vote on STRC that closes October 27th, and the crew digs into why neither of these "Bitcoin credit" products is actually credit at all. Plus Richard Hart gets dragged out of Istanbul in handcuffs with watches, guns and ammo seized, and the ledger supply chain mess somehow gets worse with Southeast Asian resellers pulling product off shelves. In this episode: • Strive's 15 percent fixed-rate perpetual preferred IPO versus strategy's proposed daily STRC dividend, and what the shareholder vote (open through October 27) signals about Michael Saylor's standing • Why the hosts argue these preferred equity products are being marketed with misleading "Bitcoin credit" framing when holders have no claim on the underlying Bitcoin • The OCC's confirmed findings on Operation Choke Point 2.0, naming digital assets as one of six industries systematically debanked for reputational rather than risk reasons • Treasury's 1.21 billion dollar penalty against Bank of America for anti-money laundering and sanctions violations, the third largest in Treasury history • Hex founder Richard Hart arrested in Istanbul on an Interpol red notice, with cash, firearms, jewelry and electronics seized • The ongoing Ledger supply chain compromise, resellers suspending sales across Southeast Asia and Hong Kong, plus new claims and pushback around Trezor device security • BitChat's new Android release, its use of Bluetooth mesh networking during internet blackouts, and why governments in China and India have moved to ban it • A closing riff on the Shane Gillis SNL monologue controversy and what the backlash says about modern outrage culture For the full visual conversation including the charts, clips and website walkthroughs, check out the video version of this episode. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/UIQxNeEKd_0

  4. Oct 13

    They're Hiding A 4G Modem Inside Ledger Wallets And It's Reached Europe

    Researchers have found a second compromised Ledger device hidden inside a European electronics retailer, this time with its own 4G modem secretly phoning seed phrases home, and the crew breaks down exactly how the scam works, why it is not technically a Ledger supply chain hack, and what it means if you bought your hardware wallet anywhere but direct. From there the conversation turns into a real reckoning about self custody itself: is multisig, DIY builds and circuit inspections really a reasonable ask for a newcomer, and are shitcoin profits secretly the thing funding better security audits for Bitcoin only hardware. In this episode: • The newly discovered 4G LTE modem and hidden antenna found inside a tampered Ledger Stax, and the expanding retailer watch list including Media Markt • Why the panel insists this is downstream of Ledger's supply chain, not a direct Ledger breach, plus a look back at Ledger's past data leaks • Cold Card's clear case jab and a genuine debate over whether a "throw it in the chip sorting algorithm" approach to visual circuit inspection is actually useful • The uncomfortable argument that shitcoin revenue may be subsidizing better security audits for the Bitcoin only hardware makers • Practical anti tamper tricks discussed: weighing devices against manufacturer specs, checking adhesive seams, and moving toward multisig with devices from different vendors • Michael Saylor's latest buy (848,250 BTC now held), STRC repurchases, and a running bit about MSTR's sats per share chart • Luke Gromen's currency framing of US housing prices versus gold, and the panel's take on immigration, rate lock in and regulation as the real distortions • Europol's quantum computing warning for crypto wallets, a 14 year old Bitcoin address moving coins, and the Moscow Exchange opening Bitcoin trading to 40 million clients Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/22nGCxiu_Bs

  5. Oct 10

    Bitcoin Attacked From All Sides — $86 Million Stolen And France Wants Your Keys

    A ledger supply-chain hack just drained $86 million from hundreds of wallets, and the crew digs into how a reseller swap to a new owner turned into physical tampering between a device's secure element and screen. Then it's over to France, where lawmakers are pushing wallet declarations, exit taxes and stablecoin swap taxes on anyone holding crypto, all while the country logs 90 physical attacks on Bitcoiners in seven months. Add in Tether freezing Thorchain vaults, Trump buying more MSTR, and Elon's Starlink move that's tanking telecom stocks, and it's a packed one. In this episode: • The Ledger/Cryptobillis hack: $86 million drained across Bitcoin, Ethereum and Tron, tied to a reseller sold to a Chinese national two months before the attack • Why Joey and Joe Consorti say Ledger shares the blame for not vetting resellers after ownership changes, and the case for multisig and splitting custody across devices • France's new crypto tax bill: stablecoin conversion taxes, an exit tax over 800,000 euros, and a floated 100,000 euro wallet declaration rule • Tether freezing roughly 93 percent of Thorchain's Tron USDT and what it says about "decentralized" chains • Scott Bessent's debt-to-GDP comments, the Trump-Russia diesel license, and the Microsoft/Adobe H-1B visa suspension • Strategy (MSTR) trading volume passing Google, Trump's added MSTR position, and a STRC versus STRF dividend comparison with Joe Consorti • Canada's September jobs report showing 68,300 jobs lost and the ongoing Brampton housing collapse • SpaceX's Starlink spectrum deal hammering Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile stock, plus a detour into Palmer Luckey's latest comments Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/1awJiVmyVxk

  6. Oct 8

    Fed Is Quietly Checking Biggest Banks' Exposure To $1.3T Private Credit

    Bitcoin cracked below 83,000 today as hundreds of millions in leveraged longs got wiped out during Strait of Hormuz tanker attacks, but the real story might be what the New York Fed is quietly doing inside JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, Barclays and Morgan Stanley. The crew digs into why examiners are suddenly asking about $1.3 trillion in private credit exposure, plus a wild tangent on gold reserves, Fortress North America, and why French teenagers are burning down schools over homework. In this episode: • Bitcoin drops to 83,321 with 150-400 million in leveraged longs liquidated in hours, and why buy-side support sits at 81-82k • New York Fed examiners go inside JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, Barclays and Morgan Stanley over private credit exposure and collateral quality • Private credit defaults hit a record 6.3 percent as Apollo, BlackRock and Blue Owl impose withdrawal limits • A strong 10-year Treasury auction (2.7 bid-to-cover) complicates Luke Gromen's thesis on banks dumping bad private credit • Bessent's Treasury buyback plan brings the week's total near 10 billion as 30-year yields hit multi-decade highs • Robin Hood's first-ever Bitcoin purchase, a 25 million dollar balance sheet add, plus China and Russia's accelerating gold buys • France's government weighing a bypass of Parliament for 43 billion in budget cuts amid violent student protests • A deep dive on boomer polling data favoring higher taxes on younger workers, and Canada's Patrick Pichette "pay it back" tuition clip For the full conversation with charts, clips and all the tangents, check out the video version of this episode. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/sTKgYGTQ3X4

  7. Oct 6

    The US Government Just Backed Off Bitcoin Surveillance

    Treasury just quietly killed the $3,000 and $10,000 self-custody wallet reporting rules that CoinCenter fought for years, and the crew calls it a real win, but they're not letting anyone forget that Bill and Keone from Samurai Wallet are still sitting in federal prison for building privacy tech. From there the conversation spirals into Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey getting pulled into a Pentagon project on the future of warfare, a bond market that's creaking everywhere from Japan to the UK, and a UK town getting locked down by police for a migrant boat that hadn't even landed yet. In this episode: • Treasury withdraws the FinCEN unhosted wallet and mixer rules that would have required reporting on self-custody transactions over $3,000 and $10,000 • Why Bill Hermosillo and Keone Rodriguez (Samurai Wallet) deserve pardons, and the SDNY jurisdiction maneuver used to prosecute them • Elon Musk, Newt Gingrich and Palmer Luckey tapped for Project Meridian, a 120-day Pentagon study on the future of war • MicroStrategy's latest buy, 344 BTC added, bringing holdings to 848,000 BTC, plus a breaking CFTC proposal on crypto market rules • Credit market stress check: UK and US 30-year yields pushing toward 6 percent, CCC junk bonds at 17 percent, mortgage applications at the lowest since 1995 • USAID's dismantling and its claimed link to a string of right-leaning wins in Brazil and elsewhere since 2025 • A Siberian lab plague outbreak story out of Russia and whether it's fear porn or a real event worth prepping for • India pulls BitChat from the App Store, plus a UK town placed under a Section 34 dispersal order for an incoming migrant boat Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/1gVHEs4WLMc

  8. Oct 3

    60,000 Jobs Vanished, Warsh Already Hiked - Bitcoin Rips To $87,000

    Bitcoin briefly tagged 87K the same day the September jobs report landed at just 29,000 versus 89,000 expected, rate hike odds collapsed from the 60s down near 17 percent, and the crew digs into whether Kevin Warsh already made a policy mistake by hiking before seeing the revised numbers. From there it's a wide-ranging rip through debt, dollar debasement, Trump saying inflation could pay down the $40 trillion debt "faster than anyone's ever seen," and a wild detour into French riots, Canadian tax exodus fears, and sending Bitcoin with zero internet connection. In this episode: • September jobs report misses badly, August revised down, rate hike odds crater to 17 percent per CME futures • Luke Gromen's fiscal dominance thesis and why a weaker dollar may be the only way out • IMF approves a $139 million disbursement to El Salvador after waiving its Bitcoin accumulation breach • Trump's "inflation could pay down the debt" comment and reactions from Larry Lepard and Saifedean • Treasury's repeated bond buybacks and why they're barely denting long-end yields • The Netherlands scraps a proposed 36 percent unrealized gains tax on Bitcoin, gold and silver after fears of investor exodus • Canada-EU associate membership talk and what it means for capital flight and tax policy • A demo of sending Bitcoin eCash over Apple's Find My mesh network with zero internet, plus Ben's custom Cold Card firmware redesign Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/nlbNJoxsPWQ

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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
    44
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    Bitcast

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