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.

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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