This Week in Bitcoin

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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.

  1. 4D AGO

    76: The Knots Tighten

    Core wars, treasury liquidity changes, and Europe’s digital dollar. Why Q4 of 2025 will be Bitcoin’s moment of truth. Affiliate 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 Strategy’s Saylor Bets on Ossification: Changes to Bitcoin Must Be Viewed as a ‘Threat’ The battle between Bitcoin Core vs Knots is getting ugly Bitcoin Core vs Knots: Debate Intensifies Over Network Direction Bitcoin Core vs Knots: Debate Intensifies Over Network Direction Crypto Markets Will Rally Once US Treasury Hits $850 Billion Goal: Analyst TWiB 67: The Treasury Vacuum A 2025 Overview Of What You Need To Know About The Digital Euro 'MAJOR DISRUPTION': ECB chief explains criticism of Trump tariffs - YouTube Austin Unplugged Birthday Lunch Party, Sat, Oct 4, 2025, 10:00 AM | Meetup Texas Linux Festival 2025 macadamia Wallet zeugmaster/macadamia: macadamia is a native Cashu wallet for iOS. macadamia Wallet on the App Store The Fold Bitcoin Credit Card™ | Join the waitlist FOLD BITCOIN on X: "Fold x @stripe x @Visa Together Music Better Days By: ₿illy LeRiff

    1h 7m

  2. SEP 17

    75: A Risk Management Cut

    The Fed was forced to slash rates, and the jobs revision is nothing more than a smokescreen for the mess they’re really in. Affiliate 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 Saifedean Ammous on X: "It's fiat bingo day again! Bank of Canada lowers interest rate to 2.5% in first cut since March Someone bought $680 MILLION Bitcoin ahead of today's rate cut decision. Federal Reserve Board - Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement Fed Cuts Rates by Quarter Point and Signals More Are Likely - WSJ BRICS Nations Hold the Leverage (and Gold) and Why Bitcoin Price Isn’t Higher with Luke Gromen - YouTube Bitcoin Hashrate Surges Past 1 Zetahash, Marking Security Milestone Music This That by Ollie

    48 min

  3. SEP 16

    74: Using Bitcoin as Money

    From casual to committed, Oscar Merry reveals how his Bitcoin journey led to Fountain.fm and the tools that bring Bitcoin into daily use. Plus, his vision for an open alternative to platforms like YouTube and Spotify. Affiliate 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 Oscar Merry - Nostr Profile Oscar Merry Fountain 1.3 - Likes, New Home Tab, Improved Search and Nostr Infrastructure Upgrades Open Podcast Payments with Bitcoin and Nostr

    1 hr

  4. SEP 10

    73: Gain-of-Function Monetary Policy

    The jobs myth collapsed overnight. The Fed’s the fall guy, and Scott Bessent’s hint is loud and clear: buy Bitcoin. Affiliate 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 BLS Revises Job Growth Down by 911,000 Between April 2024 and March 2025 Employers added 910 fewer jobs than initially estimated, per BLS revision US payrolls benchmark revision estimate suggests labor market weaker than previously thought PDF: The Fed’s New “Gain-of-Function” Monetary Policy Wholesale prices fell unexpectedly in August US wholesale prices decelerated in August PPI inflation August 2025: Prices unexpectedly declined 0.1% Anatomy of a Billion-Download NPM Supply-Chain Attack 🚨 There’s a large-scale supply chain attack in progress Charles Guillemet on X: "Update on the NPM attack: The attack fortunately failed, with almost no victims.🔒 BTC Sessions 😎 on X: Confirmed unaffected NPM attack Electricity costs are surging, and AI could supercharge demand. - YouTube How AI infrastructure is driving a sharp rise in electricity bills - YouTube Bitcoin can 'easily' get to $200,000 before year-end, says Fundstrat's Tom Lee - YouTube Congress bill mandates Treasury report on strategic bitcoin reserve U.S. Congress Demands 90-Day Report on Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Security US Treasury Given 90 Days to Outline Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Congress bill mandates Treasury report on strategic bitcoin reserve Lightning Channel Stats: H1 2025 The Fed Will Make Bitcoin Worth Millions! - YouTube Mel Mattison (@MelMattison1) MUSIC Hard Work [Live in Amsterdam]

    1h 18m

  5. SEP 3

    72: The Spam War

    Fiat markets are cracking, and Bitcoin is tearing itself apart in a spam war. Both point to an impending reckoning. Affiliate 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 Long-Dated Bond Yields in Europe Surge to Decade-Plus Highs Treasuries Join Global Bond Selloff With 30-Year Yield Near 5% Employment Situation | FRED | St. Louis Fed Canadian economy shrinks 1.6% in 2nd quarter Billionaire Ray Dalio Links Bitcoin’s Rise to ‘Debt-Fueled Heart Attack’ in U.S. Revisions to BLS employment data | FRED Blog New Bitcoin Software Version Will Raise OP_RETURN Data Cap as Debate Concludes Release Schedule for 30.0 The battle between Bitcoin Core vs Knots is getting ugly Bitcoin Core vs Knots: Debate Intensifies Over Network Direction The Bitcoin Mempool: Relay Network Dynamics Release Wasabi Wallet v2.7.0 Why Business Owners Are Putting 22% of Profits Into Bitcoin PDF: River Research Report on Business Owners Buying Bitcoin Peter Van Valkenburg explains Bitcoin Music That's Okay By: Fepeste

    44 min

  6. AUG 27

    71: Silent Squeeze

    Powell’s Jackson Hole pivot wasn’t about stability; it was about debt. With inflation simmering and wages trapped, fiat tightens the screws, and Bitcoiners should pay attention. Affiliate 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 Speech by Chair Powell on the economic outlook and framework review - Federal Reserve Board Fed’s Jackson Hole Exposes Hard Road Ahead for Central Bankers - Bloomberg As it happened: Trump orders firing of Fed governor Lisa Cook - market reaction and what's next | Reuters Jackson Hole Economic Symposium - Wikipedia Lyn Alden August 2025 Newsletter: Tighter Fiscal, Looser Monetary zerohedge on X: "Now why would someone want to sell a huge block and take out the entire bid stack (3 times in a row) Portland Hodl, employee of MARA Mining, hates you so much he’s using a Sybil attack Lmao…Portland didn't even do it. SEC.gov | Statement on Certain Liquid Staking Activities Bitcoin News: Liquid Staking on Bitcoin Gains Momentum With Lombard's $BARD Token Lombard: Bitcoin Capital Markets Onchain Dave Collum and Tucker Carlson think that Bitcoin was created by the US government but won’t be allowed to succeed Swan Bitcoin Transitions Ownership of Open Source Specter Project to Nonprofit Association Bitcoin ETFs bought $88.1 MILLION Bitcoin yesterday. Did BlackRock just dump $5 billion of Bitcoin this week? FUN FACT: If you hold Bitcoin for 3+ years, your odds of losing money are basically 0%. Bitcoin Volatility Will EXPLODE Higher! - YouTube Music Want You To Stay by Joe Martin

    1h 11m

  7. AUG 20

    70: Empire Extraction

    Empires drowning in debt turn to plunder, tariffs, and control. But this time, the cracks in the empire reveal the case for Bitcoin. Affiliate 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 tanks below $119k as Bessent says gov’t won’t buy Bitcoin for reserve Producer Price Index News Release summary - 2025 M07 Results Not at the table: Europe's colonial moment Arthur Hayes: Bitcoin Will Soar as Money Printing Won’t Stop! - YouTube Bank of International Settlements Paper Proposes Self-KYC For Non-Custodial Wallets Former White House cryptocurrency adviser Bo Hines joins Tether FBI's undercover $250 Bitcoin payment helps take down alleged serial corporate hacker Citigroup considers custody and payment services for stablecoins, crypto ETFs Ethereum staking faces $3.28 billion exit queue as delays hit longest wait in months Group pitches Bitcoin mining to warm Vancouver's Kits Pool BITCOIN HISTORY: Satoshi launched Bitcoin . org exactly 17 years ago today Andreas Antonopoulos - Currency Wars and Bitcoin's Neutrality - YouTube MUSIC: Junkyard of Dreams by Jawbone

    1h 9m

  8. AUG 13

    69: Never Trust the Narrative

    Why the latest Ethereum bull run could threaten Bitcoin adoption, a takedown of the “no cash flow” myth, Monero’s 51% attack, and more. Affiliate 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 Democratizing Access to Alternative Assets for 401(K) Investors – The White House Trump Executive Order Paves Way for Crypto in 401(k)s The crypto craze sweeping Washington and Wall Street - YouTube SEC Announces Departure of Chief of Staff Amanda Fischer Trump's ‘big, beautiful bill’ pushed US Debt to record $37T The World’s Largest ETH Holder - Tom Lee on Treasuries, Ethereum Dominance, and Wall Street - YouTube Crypto is having a breakout summer — and bitcoin isn't the reason Circle Reports Second Quarter 2025 Results Roman Storm Found Guilty of Unlicensed Money Transmission Conspiracy Samourai Wallet Founders Plead Guilty, Agree to $237 Million Forfeiture Trump Admin Silent As Tornado Cash Verdict Threatens Bitcoin Privacy Bo Hines, Executive Director of the White House Crypto Council — is stepping down. Qubic Overtakes Monero’s Hash Rate in Live “51% Takeover Demo” Debunked:"Ledger’s CTO claims sustaining the alleged 51% attack on Monero via Qubic costs $75M/day. Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff in 2018: Bitcoin is more likely to hit $100 than $100,000 within a decade. Natalie Brunell ⚡️ on X: "My message to the Fox Business hosts on Bitcoin

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