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Sep 23, 2026 51 min

124: Why Bitcoin Ripped

from This Week in Bitcoin

Bitcoin ripped when the old narratives said it shouldn’t. How we got here and what it means for the four-year cycle. Episode Links 🎉 Boost from the Web 🇺🇸 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 ⚡ Strike - Ultra-low fees, high trading limits, and easy loans. Show Notes Hegseth Confirms Bitcoin as a Strategic Asset White House Crypto Report: Key Takeaways Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Executive Order Bitcoin Absorbs Fed Hike and CLARITY Failure White House Shifts Bitcoin Rule Push to Regulators Bitcoin ETFs Take Nearly $1 Billion in a Day Bitcoin Flashes Signal Linked to Past Bull Markets Strategy Resumes Bitcoin Buying as Strive Gains More BTC per Share Tesla’s Bitcoin Holdings Near $1 Billion Dormant 600 BTC Wallet From 2012 Wakes Up Calamos Says Bitcoin Is Becoming a Portfolio Allocation Coinbase’s Post-Quantum Bitcoin Custody Playbook Post-Quantum Security for the Bitcoin Lightning Network Quantum-Proof Bitcoin Lightning Network White-Hat Hackers Move Coldcard Exploit Bitcoin Into Recovery Trust BlackRock Sees AI Agents Driving Crypto Demand Grayscale Converts Bitcoin Miners ETF Into AI Compute Fund Iran Inflation Surges Amid Economic Pressure

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124: Why Bitcoin Ripped

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Chapters

  1. 1:12 The five-week market recap
  2. 4:41 Institutional narrative shift
  3. 6:53 Bond market and energy conflict
  4. 11:40 Fed rate hike impacts
  5. 13:38 Clarity Act and market resiliency
  6. 18:05 Institutional outlook and the four-year cycle
  7. 24:28 Community boost and show support
  8. 35:26 Military and Bitcoin nodes
  9. 38:42 Quantum-proof security on Lightning
  10. 41:00 Bitcoin ETF demand analysis

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