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Coin Stories with Natalie Brunell

Coin Stories with Natalie Brunell

Natalie Brunell 526 Episodes Aug 20, 2026

Learn about the future of money and how Bitcoin proposes a solution to the problems in our monetary system. Journalist and educator Natalie Brunell interviews thought leaders about Bitcoin, wealth concentration, and the U.S. dollar's role as world reserve currency. The show is for both beginners and experienced cryptocurrency enthusiasts.

Episodes

Alex Leishman: Institutions Are Buying What Retail Sells — Plus How to Keep Your Bitcoin Safe
Alex Leishman: Institutions Are Buying What Retail Sells — Plus How to Keep Your Bitcoin Safe Aug 20, 2026 35:33 Natalie Brunell sits down with Alex Leishman, Founder, CEO & CTO of River. Alex shares what River's own client data reveals about who is buying and selling Bitcoin right now — and why big institutions are quietly accumulating during this downturn while everyday investors sell. In this episode: Is Bitcoin still Bitcoin if Wall Street owns a growing share of it? Why most people never move their Bit
News Block: Bitcoin Price Surges on Surprise Treasury Move, Washington's Big Crypto Week, and Tether's First-Ever Audit
News Block: Bitcoin Price Surges on Surprise Treasury Move, Washington's Big Crypto Week, and Tether's First-Ever Audit Aug 19, 2026 09:40 In this week's episode of the Coin Stories News Block powered exclusively by Ledn, we cover these major headlines related to Bitcoin, macroeconomics, and global finance: Bitcoin jumps to nearly $70K after a surprise move by the U.S. Treasury Trump hosts crypto CEOs at the White House as a make-or-break vote looms Japan's biggest Bitcoin company is coming to America Tether finally got audited afte
Michael Saylor & Phong Le: MSTR Dilution Fears, Buybacks and Strategy as the "J.P. Morgan of Digital Assets"
Michael Saylor & Phong Le: MSTR Dilution Fears, Buybacks and Strategy as the "J.P. Morgan of Digital Assets" Aug 18, 2026 01:06:04 Michael Saylor and Phong Le sat down with Natalie Brunell to take questions directly from Strategy investors — including some pointed concerns about MSTR's sharp drawdown, dilution and whether common shareholders are still the company's top priority. One investor said he put $73,000 into MSTR for each of his three children, only to see each investment fall to roughly $20,000. He asked Saylor and L
Mark Moss: "Retire Off Bitcoin" Strategy and How to Build Wealth in Any Market
Mark Moss: "Retire Off Bitcoin" Strategy and How to Build Wealth in Any Market Aug 13, 2026 01:11:42 Can you really retire off Bitcoin — even if the price drops 50%? Mark Moss returns to Coin Stories to explain why he believes you can, what most people misunderstand about volatility, and why becoming a forced seller can be more dangerous than a falling market. He also opens up about what happened inside Satsuma, the Bitcoin treasury company that ultimately unraveled. In this episode: How to reti
Alex Thorn: Tracking the Stolen Bitcoin and the "Red Team" Racing to Find More Bug
Alex Thorn: Tracking the Stolen Bitcoin and the "Red Team" Racing to Find More Bug Aug 11, 2026 55:10 More than 1,700 bitcoins have been drained from Coldcard wallets belonging to people who did everything right when it comes to self-custody.   Alex Thorn, Head of Firmwide Research at Galaxy Digital, has been tracing those coins on-chain since the second day of the attack, working directly with victims. He joins me with the fullest accounting of the hack that exists anywhere: how much was actually
News Block #152: Bitcoin's Red Team Fights Back, the BIP-110 Moment of Truth Arrives, CLARITY Punted to September
News Block #152: Bitcoin's Red Team Fights Back, the BIP-110 Moment of Truth Arrives, CLARITY Punted to September Aug 9, 2026 07:47 In this week's episode of the Coin Stories News Block powered exclusively by Ledn, we cover these major headlines related to Bitcoin, macroeconomics, and global finance: Bitcoin's Red Team audits 390 projects in record time, and what they found will surprise you Rob Hamilton says OpenAI blocked the Red Team's defensive work, so where is he turning instead? BIP-110's activation deadline arrived.
Matt Kratter: Inside Bitcoin's Civil War Over BIP-110
Matt Kratter: Inside Bitcoin's Civil War Over BIP-110 Aug 7, 2026 01:09:52 BIP 110 has divided the Bitcoin community more than anything I've covered in years, and a lot of the argument has played out as people shouting past each other online. Matt Kratter of Bitcoin University, one of the proposal's most vocal supporters, joins me to break down Bitcoin's civil war. Matt makes his case, I push back where I have questions, and we talk about why this debate has gotten as he
Dylan LeClair: Why Bitcoin Treasury Companies Sold Off and What Comes Next
Dylan LeClair: Why Bitcoin Treasury Companies Sold Off and What Comes Next Aug 5, 2026 42:50 In 2026, Bitcoin treasury stocks have taken a much bigger beating than Bitcoin itself. Dylan LeClair, Director of Bitcoin Strategy at Metaplanet, joins me from to explain why he thinks the bears got carried away. In this episode: Why treasury company stocks fell so much further than Bitcoin did His response to the criticism Parker Lewis brought to this show about perpetual preferred equitites Wha
News Block #151: ColdCard Hack Explained - First Self-Custody Breach at Scale, Strategy Makes First STRC Buyback, Fed's Most Hawkish Dissent in Decade
News Block #151: ColdCard Hack Explained - First Self-Custody Breach at Scale, Strategy Makes First STRC Buyback, Fed's Most Hawkish Dissent in Decade Aug 3, 2026 07:48 In this week's episode of the Coin Stories News Block powered exclusively by Ledn, we cover these major headlines related to Bitcoin, macroeconomics, and global finance: The COLDCARD hack explained — the first time a major self-custody device has been compromised at scale, and what you need to know Why this hack is different from Mt. Gox, Bitfinex, and FTX and why it matters more for everyday Bit
Parker Lewis: Digital Credit, Bitcoin Treasury Companies, and Where We Disagree
Parker Lewis: Digital Credit, Bitcoin Treasury Companies, and Where We Disagree Aug 1, 2026 01:13:04 Parker Lewis, Head of Business Development at Zaprite and author of Gradually, Then Suddenly, has been one of the clearest writers on Bitcoin as money for years. Lately he's been vocal about the Bitcoin treasury companies and the yield products built on them. I wanted to hear him out, but I also pushed back — because I think there's a version of these products that brings in people who wouldn't ot
COLDCARD Attack Explained Simply with Rob Hamilton
COLDCARD Attack Explained Simply with Rob Hamilton Jul 31, 2026 22:56 In this urgent PSA episode of Coin Stories, Natalie Brunell sits down with Rob Hamilton, co-founder and CEO of AnchorWatch and one of the first people to analyze the ColdCard seed hack on-chain, to explain what happened and what ColdCard users need to do right now. We cover: Which ColdCard models and firmware versions are affected Why the seed phrases became guessable in the first place, explain
Jack Mallers on Failure, Integrity, and Walking Away from 21
Jack Mallers on Failure, Integrity, and Walking Away from 21 Jul 30, 2026 01:05:57 In his first unrestricted one-on-one interview since stepping down as CEO of XXI, Jack Mallers joins Coin Stories to set the record straight on his departure and why he chose principles over a fortune on Wall Street. We discuss: Why he walked away from Twenty One Capital, and the disagreement that got him there His message to the people who invested because they believed in him Why he calls it a

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