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Empires drowning in debt turn to plunder, tariffs, and control. But this time, the cracks in the empire reveal the case for Bitcoin.
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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:
Buy Sats on River
partner.river.comThe Bitcoin Well
bitcoinwell.comThe Bitcoin Company
app.thebitcoincompany.comFold Card
use.foldapp.comSALT Lending
borrower.saltlending.comNot at the table: Europe's colonial moment
arnaudbertrand.substack.comFormer White House cryptocurrency adviser Bo Hines joins Tether
finance.yahoo.comJunkyard of Dreams by Jawbone
podcastindex.org
- 0:00Intro
- 0:25Treasury Secretary Scott Besant
- 0:57Bitcoin Strategic Reserve
- 1:53Scott's Statement
- 3:52Dramatic Fiscal Situation in the United States
- 4:31Tariff Revenue
- 4:38New PPI Numbers
- 5:25Implications of the Hotter Than Expected PPI Report
- 7:10U.S. Officially Hit $37 Trillion in Debt
- 7:33Situation's Even Worse at the Business and Individual Level
- 8:37Debt Trick
- 8:54Numbers Are Bad Across the U.S. Economy
- 11:38There Is No Stopping This Train
- 12:22Treasury Secretary, Scott Besant, Just Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud
- 13:54Sovereign Wealth Fund
- 15:56Defenseless Against American Wealth Extraction
- 16:12Where Stablecoins Fit In
- 18:08Two Pools of Money
- 22:06Scotts's Gott Sell That Debt
- 26:03World Governments Are Going to Respond
- 26:35Bank of International Settlements
- 26:48AML Compliance Score Based on Its Entire Transaction History
- 27:30Regulated Platforms Would Only Accept Coins Above a Certain Score Threshold
- 27:50This Approach Will Create a Self-Policing Culture
- 28:55White House's Digital Assets Report
- 29:35If They're Willing to Age Gate Something Like a VPN
- 32:06Support the Show
- 33:58Boosts
- 44:30Bo Hines
- 45:57Bo Hines' Family Is Really Well Connected
- 46:32FBI Used a $250 Payment of Bitcoin Priced in USD
- 48:52Citigroup Considers Custodying
- 50:44The Unstaking
- 52:30Bitcoin Mining
- 54:10Hot Water Tank Heated by Bitcoin Mining
- 54:46August 18th, 2008, Satoshi Launched Bitcoin.org
- 55:15Currency Wars
- 1:00:42State of the Network
- 1:05:10Junkyard of Dreams by Jawbone