TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast
TFTC is a podcast hosted by Marty Bent about Bitcoin. Join Marty, Editor in Chief of "the best newsletter in Bitcoin", as he sits down to discuss Bitcoin with interesting people.
Episodes
#766: Gold and Bitcoin Are Your Survival Kit with Porter Stansberry
Marty sits down with Porter Stansbury to discuss the looming 2029 financial crisis, the erosion of federalism, and why gold, Bitcoin and timber may be the only real safe‑havens.
#765: The Bitcoin Home Mining Playbook with Exergy
Marty sits down with Tyler Stevens and Dylan Seib to discuss their playbook for integrating Bitcoin miners into home and commercial heating systems, monetizing excess solar instead of selling it back to the grid, and building open source control systems that turn industrial ASICs into useful home appliances.
Download The Home Mining Playbook here: https://www.tftc.io/home-mining-energy-playbook
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Ten31 Timestamp: DRAM Rules Everything Around Me
The Iran deal is back on again and off again, but oil is not buying it. Marty and John sift through the weekend headline chaos to focus on what actually matters: WTI near seventy dollars and the dollar index back above one hundred. They break down Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's speech on economic statecraft, why reshoring critical supply chains is moving from PowerPoint to plant openings, and
#764: Revenge Of The Blue Collars with Peter St. Onge
Marty sits down with economist Peter St. Onge to discuss the AI bubble's remaining runway of real earnings, the coming renaissance for blue collar workers alongside the gutting of generalist cubicle workers, and why Kevin Warsh should fight inflation by unloading the Fed's balance sheet instead of hiking rates.
Peter on X: https://x.com/profstonge
Peter’s Substack: https://www.profstonge.com/
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#763: The Everything Bubble Is Ending with Nick Nemeth
Marty sits down with Nick Nemeth to discuss the rot at the core of private credit and insurance, why layered leverage from sovereign wealth funds to BDCs is pushing the everything bubble toward a systemic unwind, and how Bitcoin’s future depends on rejecting Saylor-style financial engineering in favor of peer-to-peer digital cash.
Nick on X: https://x.com/NickNemo17
Mispriced Assets: https://mispr
#762: July 2026 Is The Portal with Erin Redwing
Marty sits down with Bitcoin astrologer Erin Redwing to discuss the once-in-6,000-year planetary alignment arriving in July 2026, why AI and surveillance are the era's defining battlegrounds, and how Bitcoiners can survive the coming identity crisis by staying humble and stacking sats.
Erin on X: https://x.com/realizingerin
Erin’s website: https://www.erinredwing.com
Erin on TikTok: https://www.ti
Ten31 Timestamp: Bitcoin and the Red Queen
The Iran deal looked like a breakthrough until both sides started spinning it within the hour, but oil kept falling and the dollar stayed bid anyway. Marty and John walk through a week of narrative violations, from WTI dropping into the mid seventies to Fed Chair Warsh's hawkish first FOMC press conference. They dig into why hyperscaler CapEx exploding while free cash flow collapses makes Volcker
#761: Miners Own The Power Gold Rush with Brandon Bailey
Marty sits down with Brandon Bailey to discuss the convergence of Bitcoin mining and AI compute infrastructure, why energized power portfolios are the most undervalued asset in tech, and how the race for data center capacity is creating a generational wealth opportunity.
Brandon on X: https://x.com/bitcoinbeezy
Dimetrics: https://www.dimetrics.ai/thesis
STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/
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#760: The State Is Farming You with NVK
Marty sits down with NVK to discuss why Bitcoin has lost its counterculture edge, how AI is reshaping sovereignty and white-collar work, and the launch of ARCA, a personal data haven built for the agentic age.
NVK on X: https://x.com/nvk
CoinKite: https://coinkite.com/
Arca: https://arcasafes.com/
STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/
Our newsletter: https://www.tftc.io/bitcoin-brief/
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#759: Open Source Is The Only Defense with Kyle Olney
Marty sits down with Kyle Olney to discuss the government's escalating war on freedom tech, from the BRCA's dangerous developer loopholes and sudden AI export controls to the urgent need for open source software as the last line of defense against surveillance and licensing regimes.
Kyle on X: https://x.com/KyleOlney
STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/
Our newsletter: https://www.tftc.io/bitcoin
Ten31 Timestamp: Ad Astra Per Nasdaq
SpaceX finally went public and made Elon a paper trillionaire, but the bigger story is what it says about America's ability to mobilize industry when it counts. Marty and John draw a line from that milestone to the geopolitical chessboard—whether the new US-Iran deal sticks, how Washington is using energy dominance and dollar leverage, and why Anthropic's Fable 5 got yanked by export controls. The
#758: Strategy Is A Time Bomb with Jamie McAvity
Marty sits down with Jamie McCavity to discuss why the exodus from Bitcoin mining has created the best investment opportunity in five years, how the AI compute boom is forcing a complete rewrite of global energy strategy, and why he believes Michael Saylor’s financial engineering at Strategy has crossed into outright shareholder deception.
Jamie on X: https://x.com/jamesmcavity
Cormint: https://co
#757: The Treasury Is Failing You with Vince Lanci
Marty sits down with Vince Lanci to discuss his new book As Good as Gold, why the global financial system actually runs on collateral rather than currency, and how a quiet, controlled transition is underway from U.S. Treasuries to gold, Bitcoin, and a multipolar collateral framework.
Vince on X: https://x.com/Sorenthek
As Good As Gold: https://vblgoldfix.substack.com/p/as-good-as-gold-the-return-o
#756: Why Anger Is A Buy Signal with Michael Sullivan
Marty sits down with Michael Sullivan to discuss using AI-driven language analysis to map Bitcoin sentiment across cohorts, why 2026 price action mirrors 2015 despair, and how collapsing pleb conviction alongside steady OG optimism signals a generational bottom.
Michael on X: https://x.com/SullyMichaelvan
Michael’s Substack: https://substack.com/@sentimentsully
STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io
Ten31 Timestamp: In It For The Tech
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In this episode:
Why AI's recursive self-improvement could lead to exponential growth
How the US government's interest in Bitcoin and AI could drive demand
The potential implications of a strategic Bitcoin reserve
Signs Bitcoin may have bottomed while traditional assets struggle
The intersection of economic security and national security
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#755: The Bottom Is In with James Check
Marty sits down with James Check to discuss why Strategy's 32 bitcoin sale is a de-risking "sacred cow" moment, why the current "time pain" chop marks the final chapter of the bear market, and why Bitcoin is entering deep value territory while the broader crypto ecosystem faces an extinction-level event.
James on X: https://x.com/_Checkmatey_
_checkonchain: https://www.checkonchain.com/
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#754: 15% Inflation Is Coming Back with Chris Martenson
Marty sits down with Chris Martenson to discuss rigged oil and futures markets, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve heading for tank bottom, the coming wave of inflation, and why hard assets are the only protection against a terminally broken financial system.
Chris on X: https://x.com/CHMartenson
Peak Prosperity: https://peakprosperity.com/
STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/
Our newsletter: https:
#753: The Economy Is AI Now with Jordi Visser
Marty sits down with Jordi Visser to discuss why AI’s parabolic growth reflects real exponential demand rather than a bubble, how physical infrastructure bottlenecks are the only real brake on progress, and what the rise of agentic computing means for the death of the 60/40 portfolio, corporate hierarchies, and the fusion of Bitcoin with tokenized finance.
Jordi on X: https://x.com/jvisserlabs
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Ten31 Timestamp: Just Add a Zero
Trump and Bessent's $250 bill photo sums up the current moment, but under the surface the economy is tearing apart. AI stocks are ripping while credit card delinquencies hit 2008 levels. We get into why oil is artificially cheap, why data centers are becoming a political target, and the Bitcoin developments everyone is ignoring.
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In this episode:
Trump and Bessent's $
#752: Why AI Stocks Are Cheap with John Tinsman
Marty sits down with John Tinsman to discuss the astronomical ROI of AI data centers, why hyperscaler CapEx has made the US economy rate-inelastic, and the brewing agricultural input crisis.
John on X: https://x.com/JohnTinsman
AOT: https://aotetf.com/
STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/
Our newsletter: https://www.tftc.io/bitcoin-brief/
TFTC Elite (Ad-free & Discord): https://www.tftc.io/#/port
#751: NGOs Are Enabling Addiction with Pablo Antonio & DC Posch
Marty sits down with DC Posch and Pablo Antonio to discuss exposing EBT fraud fueling San Francisco's fentanyl crisis, the perverse incentives of the NGO-industrial complex, and how reviving civic ambition through Greco-futurist beauty could rebuild American cities.
DC on X: https://x.com/dcposch
Pablo on X: https://x.com/PabloAntonio
STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/
Our newsletter: https://w
#750: Stimmy Checks Are Coming Back with Joe Consorti
Marty sits down with Joe Consorti to discuss the K-shaped economy and why money printing has severed markets from reality, the Fed's trap between soaring interest expense and oil-driven inflation, the looming return of stimulus checks, Bitcoin's rise as neutral geopolitical settlement money in the Hormuz crisis, and the cultural decay downstream from fiat currency.
Joe on X: https://x.com/JoeConso
#749: Lyme Disease and Biowarfare with Kris Newby
Marty sits down with Kris Newby to discuss the hidden history of tick‑borne bioweapon research, the rise of Lyme and Alpha‑Gal allergies, and what it means for public health today.
Kris on X: https://x.com/krisnewby
Kris’s website: https://www.krisnewby.com/
STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/
Our newsletter: https://www.tftc.io/bitcoin-brief/
TFTC Elite (Ad-free & Discord): https://www.tftc.io/
#748: The Bond Market Says Tick Tock with Luke Gromen
Marty sits down with Luke Gromen to discuss the unsolvable U.S. sovereign debt trap, why the Fed will be forced to print money to cap yields into a new inflation spike, and how AI-driven labor disruption and the Iran-Hormuz supply shock are accelerating the end of the dollar-centric world order.
Luke on X: https://x.com/LukeGromen
FFTT: https://fftt-llc.com/
STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/
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Ten31 Timestamp: Mr. Warsh, I Don't Feel So Good
While US and Chinese leaders exchanged niceties in Beijing, bond markets were selling off hard. Thirty-year Treasury yields hit their highest level since 2007, inflation prints came in hot, and the Strait of Hormuz started looking like a live test of Bitcoin as money for enemies.
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In this episode:
US-China summit theater and what was actually accomplished
Global bond y
#747: Stablecoins Won’t Save the Treasury Market with Peruvian Bull
Marty sits down with Roberto Rios AKA Peruvian Bull to discuss Japan’s yen crisis, soaring U.S. debt, AI‑driven inflation, and why Bitcoin may be the only safe haven.
Peruvian Bull on X: https://x.com/peruvian_bull
Peruvian Bull on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@peruvian_bull
The Dollar Endgame: https://dollarendgame.substack.com/
STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/
Our newsletter: https://ww
#746: The Digital Euro Is A Trap with Matt Dines
Marty sits down with Matt Dines to discuss the European Union's plan to monetize private savings through a digital euro, the Warsh-Powell proxy war for the Federal Reserve, and the mounting credit risks inside Bitcoin-backed perpetual preferreds.
Matt on X: https://x.com/LeveredUSTs
STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/
Our newsletter: https://www.tftc.io/bitcoin-brief/
TFTC Elite (Ad-free & Disco
#745: The AI Approval Layer Is Fake with Zach Herbert
Marty sits down with Zach Herbert to discuss how Foundation Devices is building a microkernel operating system to bring Bitcoin-grade security principles to the AI era, why current AI permission layers are fake, and the urgent need to reinvent personal computing before autonomous agents overrun legacy operating systems.
Zach on X: https://x.com/zherbert
Foundation Devices: https://foundation.xyz/
Ten31 Timestamp: Going Vertical
China's teapot refiners are bleeding, Intel is going vertical on reshoring headlines, and AI benchmark scores are leaving the charts as Trump meets with Xi this week. Three vertical charts tell the story of US leverage across energy, chips, and capital markets, why the AGI buildout is driving industrial policy, and what it means for a labor market already showing cracks. No matter which scenario p
#744: Your Face Is Not A Password with Gerald Glickman
Marty sits down with Gerald Glickman to discuss the urgent need for Bitcoiners and policymakers to embrace cryptography-based decentralized identity standards that preserve privacy and individual sovereignty before the window closes on a surveillance-based digital ID future.
Gerald on X: https://x.com/GeraldGlickman
STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/
Our newsletter: https://www.tftc.io/bitcoin-
#743: Why Boomers Will OutHODL You with Eric Balchunas
Marty sits down with Eric Balchunas to discuss the Strategy investor call, the accelerating institutional takeover of Bitcoin through ETFs, and whether the cypherpunk base is cashing out just as Wall Street and the boomers arrive.
Eric on X: https://x.com/EricBalchunas
STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/
Our newsletter: https://www.tftc.io/bitcoin-brief/
TFTC Elite (Ad-free & Discord): https://w
#742: Why Privacy Is Non-Negotiable with Lauren Rodriguez
Marty sits down with Lauren Rodriguez to discuss the persecution of her husband Keonne over Samurai Wallet, the criminalization of open-source code and financial privacy, and the urgent fight to free political prisoners in the war on crypto.
Lauren on X: https://x.com/leamuirleyn
FREE SAMOURAI: https://billandkeonne.org/
STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/
Our newsletter: https://www.tftc.io/bit
Ten31 Timestamp: The House Always Wins
The Trump administration is invoking the Defense Production Act to fast-track energy and grid infrastructure, the UAE just left OPEC after six decades, and the Treasury is opening dollar swap lines to fund a massive industrial push. Meanwhile US farmers are getting squeezed by fertilizer shortages, and Bitcoin is looking harder and harder to bet against as the monetary base expands and Washington
#741: Solving The Wrench Attack with Max Guise
Marty sits down with Max from BitKey to discuss the evolution of Bitcoin self-custody, the launch of the new seedless hardware wallet, and the architectural challenges of making Bitcoin "everyday money."
Max on X: https://x.com/max_guise
STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/
Our newsletter: https://www.tftc.io/bitcoin-brief/
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#740: Hard Asset Lending For The 99% with Sadi Khan
Marty sits down with Sadi Khan to discuss AVEN's launch of a Bitcoin-backed credit card offering 10-year fixed-rate credit lines as low as 7.99% APR, the company’s mission to grind down consumer cost of capital through asset-backed lending, and how technology, regulatory clarity, and hiring for intelligence are reshaping modern finance.
Sadi on X: https://x.com/SadiSKhan
Aven: https://www.aven.com
#739: Quarterly Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis
Marty sits down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss Bitcoin's power law price dynamics, the accelerating "treadmill" of traditional markets, escalating geopolitical chaos including Russia's digital authoritarianism and America's shifting foreign policy, and the mathematical tension between Bitcoin's decelerating growth and Wall Street's attempt to subsume it into exponential fiat systems.
Matthew on
#738: The Dollar Empire Is Just Beginning with Capital Flows
Marty sits down with Jeremiah from Capital Flows to discuss how duration and credit risk price all assets, the implications of the dollar's reserve status on global trade, the current liquidity-driven equity melt-up, and emerging opportunities in decentralized finance and space technology.
Capital Flows: https://www.capitalflowsresearch.com/
STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/
Our newsletter: ht
Ten31 Timestamp: The Empire Strikes Back
Term 2.0 is trending imperial as the US flexes financial and military muscle across the globe, from the Strait of Hormuz to the Panama Canal. While ceasefire headlines whipsaw market sentiment, Bitcoin is quietly decoupling from tech stocks and showing resilience against a backdrop of great power competition with China.
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In this episode:
Empire vs Republic: Are we ent
#737: Preparing For Post Quantum Era with Pubkey
Marty sits down with Thomas Pacchia, Christian Langalis, and Ryan Gentry to discuss institutional fears regarding quantum computing, the degradation of professional and college sports, the Joe McCann crypto saga, and the longhouse theory of political organization.
Ryan on X: https://x.com/RyanTheGentry
Thomas on X: https://x.com/tpacchia
Christian on X: https://x.com/BitcoinUr
PubKey: https://x.co
#736: Bitcoin Treasury for Business with Scott Marmoll
Marty sits down with Scott from Capital B Advisory to discuss their new Bitcoin Treasury and Exit Playbook, exploring how private business owners can accumulate Bitcoin on corporate balance sheets, navigate exit strategies, and leverage AI to optimize operations.
Scott on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-m-1720012b7
The Playbook: https://www.tftc.io/download-the-playbook-here/
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Ten31 Timestamp: You Say Ceasefire, and I Say Escalation
Markets are whipsawing between ceasefire hopes and escalation fears as the Strait of Hormuz becomes a geopolitical flashpoint, while Bitcoin shows surprising resilience amid the chaos. We dig into the energy leverage game between the US and China, the suspicious timing of the Mythos AI panic, and why Bitcoin makes more sense than stablecoins for toll payments in a war zone.
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#735: The Pollution of Bitcoin Core with Dr. Jack Kruse
Marty sits down with Jack Kruse to discuss the convergence of political power and financial corruption threatening Bitcoin, the existential danger of base‑chain pollution that most plebs overlook, and the shocking ties between early developer Adam Back and Jeffrey Epstein.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-025-02930-9
STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/
Our newsletter: https://www.tftc.io/b
#734: The Generational Wealth Heist with Nick Nemeth
Marty sits down with Nick Nemeth to discuss how private equity firms have rendered 29 of the top 30 US life insurers technically insolvent through accounting fraud, offshore reinsurance shell games, and risky private credit investments that threaten to trigger a crisis larger than 2008.
Nick on X: https://x.com/NickNemo17
Nick’s Substack: https://mispricedassets.substack.com/
STACK SATS hat: https
Ten31 Timestamp: Schrödinger's Regime Change
Schrödinger's Regime Change is upon us. With the Trump administration sending contradictory signals on Iran and global markets whipsawing on every headline, Marty Bent and John Arnold cut through the noise to focus on the physical realities actually driving geopolitics. From oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz to the return of quantum computing FUD, we separate signal from noise in an increasin
#733: The Truth About The Quantum Threat with Brandon Black
Marty sits down with Brandon Black to discuss the realistic timeline of quantum computing threats to Bitcoin, the gap between theoretical breakthroughs and physical implementation, and why rushing post-quantum cryptographic upgrades may be unnecessary and risky.
Brandon on X: https://x.com/reardencode
Rearden Code GitHub: https://github.com/reardencode
STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/
Our new
#732: The Iran War Escalation with Mel Mattison
Marty sits down with Mel Mattison to discuss the escalating Iran-Israel conflict, the rising threat of nuclear war and global recession, and how investors should position themselves in cash, gold, and Bitcoin to navigate potential market crashes and stagflation.
Mel on X: https://x.com/MelMattison1
Mel’s website: https://www.melmattison.com/
STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/
Our newsletter: ht
Ten31 Timestamp: To Hike or Not to Hike
John Arnold joins Marty to break down why the Fed is fiscally trapped and unable to hike rates despite inflationary pressures from Middle East supply shocks, while Bitcoin achieves unprecedented institutional integration through mortgage markets and Wall Street ETF filings.
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In this episode:
Why the Fed cannot hike: Debt/GDP and interest expense constraints
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#731: Fixing Broken Bitcoin Tax Policy with Andrew Gordon
Marty sits down with Andrew Gordon to discuss the IRS's aggressive new crypto audit tactics, problematic tax reporting requirements like Form 1099-DA, and the urgent need for legislative reforms including a de minimis exemption and voluntary disclosure program.
Andrew on X: https://x.com/accounting
Gordon Law: https://gordonlaw.com/
STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/
Our newsletter: https://www
Ten31 Timestamp: Cui Bono?
Marty breaks down the real winners and losers as Middle East tensions create massive market volatility and reshape global energy flows.
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In this episode:
Oil market spreads reveal who's really benefiting from Gulf disruptions
Why Qatar's 5-year LNG shutdown changes everything
China's insurance advantage in the Strait of Hormuz
Treasury yield spike forcing Tru
#730: Trump's Geopolitical Poker Game with Tom Luongo
Marty sits down with Tom Luongo to discuss the recent US military operation against Iran, Trump's "poker player" strategy to dismantle the City of London's control over global shipping insurance and energy markets, and the potential end of the "chaos premium" in international trade.
Tom on X: https://x.com/TFL1728
STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/
Our newsletter: https://www.tftc.io/bitcoin-br
#729: The Generational Liquidity Trap with Jeff Park
Marty sits down with Jeff Park to discuss the converging forces of demographic inversion, wealth inequality, and AI disruption that are creating a generational liquidity trap, why traditional assets like housing and equities represent exit liquidity risks for investors, and how Bitcoin serves as the essential hedge against this systemic breakdown.
Jeff on X: https://x.com/dgt10011
Jeff’s article:
#728: The Peer Review Cartel with Nicolas Hulscher
Marty sits down with Nicolas Hulscher, MPH, epidemiologist at the McCullough Foundation, to discuss peer-reviewed research linking mRNA COVID vaccines to persistent vaccine components, turbo cancers, and genomic integration, as well as the broader childhood vaccine schedule's connection to autism, the corruption of the peer review system, and the political failures to hold the pharmaceutical indus
#727: Orange Pilling The Deep State with David Zell
Marty sits down with David Zell, Executive Director of the Bitcoin Policy Institute, to discuss the Coinbase de minimis lobbying controversy, the battle to make Bitcoin tax reform a legislative priority, and why engaging the national security community may be Bitcoin's most durable long-term protection.
David on X: https://x.com/DavidZell_
BPI: https://www.btcpolicy.org/
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#726: Mapping The Mind Of The Machine with Brian Murray & Paul Itoi
Marty sits down with Brian Murray and Paul Itoi to discuss the convergence of AI agents, graph databases as a solution to LLM memory limitations, and Bitcoin's Lightning Network as the native payment rail for the emerging agentic economy.
Paul on X: https://x.com/paulitoi
Brian on X: https://x.com/murr
STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/
Our newsletter: https://www.tftc.io/bitcoin-brief/
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#725: Why Bitcoin Adoption Is Fragmented with Fernando Nikolic
Marty sits down with Fernando Nikolic to discuss how Bitcoin can learn from the music industry's mistakes, the communications failures that have held back adoption, and how AI tools and data curation are reshaping the information landscape for the next wave of Bitcoiners.
Fernando on X: https://x.com/basedlayer
Bitcoin Perception: https://perception.to/
STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/
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Ten31 Timestamp: To Rule the Waves
Markets are underestimating the gravity of what's unfolding in the Middle East, but Bitcoin is showing signs it might be pricing in the inevitable response.
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In this episode:\
Why oil infrastructure attacks may be a strategic move against China\
How the Strait of Hormuz closure affects 45% of China's oil supply\
Private credit stress meeting energy inflation
#724: Bitcoin Is The Peaceful Revolution with GMONEY
Marty sits down with GMoney to discuss Bitcoin as a peaceful weapon for individual sovereignty, the moral case for tax resistance, and the theory that Bitcoin is part of a larger coordinated counter-insurgency against the global fiat banking cartel.
GMONEY on X: https://x.com/GMONEYPEPE
STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/
Our newsletter: https://www.tftc.io/bitcoin-brief/
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#723: The Battle for the Agentic Economy with Matt Corallo
Marty sits down with Bitcoin developer Matt Corallo to discuss why the emergence of AI coding tools and agentic payments represents the most critical and time-sensitive opportunity in Bitcoin's history to become the dominant payment rail of the internet.
Matt on X: https://x.com/TheBlueMatt
STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/
Our newsletter: https://www.tftc.io/bitcoin-brief/
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Ten31 Timestamp: Fast Takeoffs And Hard Landings
World War 3 is heating up and most people are missing the bigger strategic picture. What just went down in Iran and why anthropic got blacklisted by the Pentagon.
🔗 https://bitcoinproducts.com
In this episode:
US-Iran conflict as part of broader China decoupling strategy
Pentagon vs Anthropic: The AI Patriot Act moment
Why this administration is acting on wartime footing
Bitcoin's surprisingly st
#722: AI Privacy Is The New Bitcoin Privacy with Mark Suman
Marty sits down with Mark Suman, co-founder of Maple AI, to discuss the explosive growth of AI agents, the privacy risks of using closed-source models, how open-source AI is catching up to frontier labs, and why building private, decentralized AI tools is critical to preventing a dystopian future.
Mark on X: https://x.com/marksuman
Maple: https://trymaple.ai/
STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/
#721: The Human Skills That Matter Now That AI Can Code with Calle
Marty sits down with Calle, prolific Bitcoin and Freedom Tech builder behind the Cashu eCash protocol, BitChat, and Clawi AI, to discuss the AI agent revolution transforming software development, the launch of Numo tap-to-pay for Bitcoin, eCash as the ideal payment rail for autonomous agents, and what it all means for the future of human creativity and work.
Calle on X: https://x.com/callebtc
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#720 Global Liquidity Has Peaked with Michael Howell
Marty sits down with Michael Howell, founder of Cross Border Capital, to discuss the state of global liquidity, its impact on Bitcoin and risk assets, and what the current cycle peak means for investors navigating the road ahead.
CrossBorderCapital: https://x.com/crossbordercap
Capital Wars: https://capitalwars.substack.com/
STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/
Our newsletter: https://www.tftc.io
Ten31 Timestamp: The Die Is Cast
Reality distortion fields aren't just for Steve Jobs anymore - they're everywhere in our sclerotic institutions, and the latest examples show just how disconnected official narratives are from what's actually happening.
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In this episode:
- Supreme Court blocks Trump's IEEPA tariff authority, but multiple alternative paths remain
- Fed minutes show rate hike discussions
#719: Bitcoin Is Winning Even In A Bear Market with Alex Leishman
Marty sits down with Alex Leishman, CEO and CTO of River, to discuss Bitcoin adoption trends in the current bear market, the Lightning Network's growing momentum, institutional vs. individual ownership shifts, AI's impact on productivity and hiring, quantum computing risks to Bitcoin, and River's vision for the future of Bitcoin banking.
Alex on X: https://x.com/Leishman
River report: https://x.co
#718: The Housing Market Is Lying To You with Melody Wright
Marty sits down with Melody Wright, housing market analyst and investigative researcher, to discuss the deepening cracks beneath the surface of the U.S. housing and labor markets — from record-low home sales and rising mortgage delinquencies to corrupted government data, municipal fiscal collapse, and the broader consumer credit stress that mainstream financial media continues to ignore.
Melody on
Ten31 Timestamp: Bitcoin Fixes the Energy Problem
The AI revolution is accelerating faster than most people realize, but major institutions aren't accounting for it in their economic projections. While the CBO just added $1.4 trillion to this decade's deficit forecast, they completely missed the potential disruption from artificial intelligence.
🔗 https://bitcoinproducts.com
In this episode:
- The viral "something big is happening" AI post and wh
#717: Building The Financial Rails Bitcoin Deserves with Jesse Shrader
Marty sits down with Jesse Shrader, co-founder and CEO of Amboss, to discuss the evolution of the Lightning Network, how Taproot Assets are bringing stablecoins and multi-asset trading to Bitcoin, the launch of Amboss's RailsX peer-to-peer exchange and Magma MCP tool for AI agents, and why Bitcoin is positioned to become the backbone of global commerce and foreign exchange settlement.
Jesse on X:
#716: A Century In Five Years with Justin Moon
Marty sits down with Justin Moon to discuss his return to building freedom tech, the explosion of AI capabilities through tools like Open Claw and Claude Code, and why Bitcoiners need to stop patting themselves on the back and start shipping software that solves real problems for real people.
Justin on X: https://x.com/_justinmoon___
Fedi: https://www.fedi.xyz/
STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io
#715: $1.5 Trillion in AI Promises With No Business Plan with Gary Brode
Marty sits down with Gary Brode to discuss why the market's reaction to the Warsh Fed nomination was wrong, the real drivers of inflation, the unsustainable economics of the AI hyperscaler spending boom, and why Bitcoin's long-term value proposition remains strong despite short-term price volatility.
Gary on X: https://x.com/Gary_Brode
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Ten31 Timestamp: The Fundamental Haven't Changed
Bitcoin's price hit the 50s this week, but the fundamentals tell a different story. As AI investment explodes above $600 billion annually, agents are already using Bitcoin as internet-native money.
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In this episode:
Why the fear and greed index hit historic lows (lower than COVID and FTX)
How AI agents are using Bitcoin Lightning wallets and signing into websites
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#714: What Comes After Taproot? with Arbedout
Marty sits down with ArbedOut to discuss the Epstein email leaks and their implications for Bitcoin, the current state of markets and Bitcoin treasury companies, the challenges of reaching consensus on Bitcoin's next soft fork, the promise of AI agents making Lightning payments, and ArbedOut's new project SigBash — a programmable signer that brings covenant-like functionality to Bitcoin without a
#713: Bitcoin Was Warning Us for Months with James Check
Marty sits down with James Check to discuss the current Bitcoin bear market, where on-chain data and mean reversion models suggest we're in the bottom fifth of the cycle, why capitulation is a necessary process, the quantum computing FUD, the role of gold as portfolio ballast, and why staying convicted through the storm is the only rational move if your decision tree says Bitcoin isn't dead.
James
#712: The Great Precious Metals Shakeout with Vince Lanci
Marty sits down with Vince Lanci to discuss the chaotic selloff in gold, silver, and Bitcoin, China's broken precious metals market structure, the geopolitical implications of the Kevin Warsh Fed nomination, and how gold is being positioned as collateral in a de-globalizing monetary order.
Vince on X: https://x.com/Sorenthek
STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/
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#711: How to Turn Any App Into a Bitcoin On-Ramp with Harsha Goli
Marty sits down with Harsha Goli to discuss his decade-long journey building Bitcoin infrastructure, the challenges companies face integrating traditional finance rails, and how Magnolia is launching a full banking API to help any Bitcoin application convert fiat to Bitcoin across all 50 US states.
Harsha on X: https://x.com/arshbot
Magnolia: https://magnolia.financial/
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#710: Q4 2025 Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis
Marty sits down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss their quarterly monetary base update, analyzing Bitcoin's power law trajectory against gold and silver's record-breaking rallies, why Bitcoin remains historically undervalued relative to precious metals, and geopolitical considerations around freedom and autocracy.
Matthew on X: https://x.com/1basemoney
Porkopolis: https://www.porkopolis.io/topmone
#709: Inside Maine's Medicaid Fraud Machine with Steve Robinson
Marty sits down with Steve Robinson to discuss his year-long investigation into massive Medicaid fraud in Maine, exposing how politically connected migrant NGOs have been exploiting taxpayer-funded programs with virtually no oversight or consequences.
Steve on Twitter: https://x.com/SteveRob
The Maine Wire: https://www.themainewire.com/
STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/
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#708: Why Silver Doubled in 60 Days with Josh Phair
Marty sits down with Josh Phair, founder of Scottsdale Mint and Wyoming Reserve, to discuss the global metals war unfolding between the US and China, why silver has doubled in two months, and how the scramble for critical minerals is reshaping the financial system.
Josh on Twitter: https://x.com/JoshPhilipPhair
Scottsdale Mint: https://www.scottsdalemint.com/
STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/
#707 The Yen Carry Trade Unwind Could Crash U.S. Markets with Infranomics
Marty sits down with Robert of Infranomics to discuss the fragility of the global bond market, Japan's yield curve crisis and its ripple effects on U.S. treasuries, the end of globalization, rising political polarization, and why Bitcoin and gold are the only assets worth holding in a fiscally dominant world.
Robert on Twitter: https://x.com/infraa_
STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/
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#706: Fix the Money or Face Civil War with DarkSide2030
Marty sits down with Scott to discuss the historic silver squeeze, the fragility of global derivatives markets, central bank coordination against populist movements, government fraud exposed by DOGE, and why Bitcoin serves as the ultimate escape hatch from an impending financial crisis.
Scott on Twitter: https://x.com/darkside2030
STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/
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#705: The Fed Can't Save Us This Time with Dave Collum
Marty sits down with Dave Collum to discuss his annual "Year in Review," covering the historic market bubble and looming financial crisis, the breakdown of trust in institutions, demographic collapse, AI's double-edged impact on society, and the conspiratorial undercurrents shaping modern geopolitics.
Dave on Twitter: https://x.com/DavidBCollum
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