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Oct 15, 2025 1 hr 10 min

77: Owning Bitcoin Isn’t Optional

from This Week in Bitcoin

Altcoins wrecked, traders wiped, and the fiat system shows new cracks. I unpack the Great Debasement, Trump’s tariff tantrum, and why not owning Bitcoin may be the biggest risk yet. Episode 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 Debasement Trade - Death of Fiat Money? - Lyn Alden - YouTube The Great Debasement: Why Your Dollars, and Your Wealth, Are a Mirage. Beijing’s rare earths control is ‘China versus the world’, says US treasury chief China’s Rare Earth ‘Bazooka’ Sparks Alarm, Race for Supplies - Bloomberg Bitcoin Core :: Bitcoin Core 30.0 Bitcoin Core v30.0 is officially released — Is BTC going to fork? - Cryptopolitan Power to the Nodes w/ Start9 CEO Matt Hill | Bitcoin 2025 - YouTube Bitwise just revealed a new country is buying Bitcoin and they will announce soon There are a lot of reasons for investors to stay optimistic, says Fundstrat's Tom Lee - YouTube DOJ seizes $15 billion in bitcoin in 'pig butchering' fraud U.S. Government Bitcoin Balance $19B Liquidation: Bitcoin’s Ultimate Stress Test - YouTube Music Album: In Another LIfe Spooke by Be Glass

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  1. 0:00 Welcome into TWiB 77!
  2. 0:41 Market Panics Amidst US-China Trade Tensions
  3. 1:53 Bitcoin Reacts to Geopolitical Uncertainty
  4. 3:53 Bitcoin: A Non-Sovereign Asset
  5. 4:51 Two Accounts Made $160 Million
  6. 6:13 The Intertwining of Finance and Entertainment
  7. 11:26 Comparing Today's Market to the Roaring 20s
  8. 19:39 Bitcoin, Gold, and Global Liquidity
  9. 21:27 China's New Trade Rules
  10. 25:59 Bitcoin Core 30 Release and Soft Fork Discussion
  11. 33:57 Boosts from the Audience
  12. 49:33 Banker Blowout: Bitwise, JP Morgan, Larry Fink, and Tom Lee
  13. 55:22 DOJ Seizes $1.5 Billion in Bitcoin
  14. 56:56 More on the Large Liquidation Event
  15. 1:02:23 Is Bitcoin a Bubble? Tulip Argument
  16. 1:08:04 Spooke by Be Glass

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