Coin Stories with Natalie Brunell
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
Eric Balchunas: Bitcoin’s Crossroads, the 3% Allocation and BlackRock's Inside Story
Eric Balchunas, Senior ETF Analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, is back and his new book makes the case that Bitcoin is now a legitimate asset you’d be foolish to ignore -- written by someone who spent years as a skeptic. He walks us through what changed his mind, and where he thinks this all goes next.We cover:Why the Bitcoin ETFs are outperforming nearly everything in Q3What happened two hours aft
News Block: Spy Chips in Ledger Wallets, a Gold Bug Joins Treasury, and the Fight Over Bitcoin’s $1 Million Future
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:A well-known researcher says AI could crack the math behind your Bitcoin address, should you be worried?$100 million drained from Ledger wallets that were tampered with before they ever reached the buyer, and what I do with my own
Mike Selig: The CFTC's New Rules for Crypto
CFTC Chairman Mike Selig joins me in his first long-form interview since his agency proposed major new rules for crypto exchanges this week. With the Clarity Act dead in Congress, they're building the framework anyway, and he explains what it covers, what it doesn't, and why he thinks it outlasts this administration.Topics:What the new rules actually change for anyone who owns or trades digital as
Cem Karsan: The Big Print Is Coming and the Government Will Buy Stocks
Cem Karsan is back with some big calls. He thinks the U.S. has boxed itself in so badly that the only way out is for the government to start printing money and buying stocks directly, and he doesn't think we're waiting years for it. He also walks through why a market crash has to come first, when he expects it, and where Bitcoin lands in all of this.How a handful of stocks hold up the entire S&
News Block: The Fed Hiked on Bad Data, Crypto Mom Signs Off, and a Sovereign Fund Trades Gold for Bitcoin
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 Fed hiked on bad jobs data: 60,000 jobs just vanished from the recordThe $6 billion experiment: the Treasury is buying its own debt to push rates down, and rates went up anyway"Crypto Mom" signs off: nine years, a hundred disse
Paula Pendley: Major Victory for Bitcoin
My guest this week is Paula Pendley, a partner at Nelson Mullins who defends data centers and Bitcoin miners in court, and she joins us as the fight over where these facilities get built is spreading across the country. Towns are passing moratoriums, politicians are campaigning on power bills, and the coverage so far has mostly come from one direction.
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Why Everything Costs More and Gets Worse
Why does everything cost more while the quality keeps getting worse?That's the question behind this episode. We look at why your paycheck doesn't stretch as far, why buying a home is so much harder, and why so many things cost more while giving you less.From shrinkflation and CEO incentives to bailouts and crony capitalism, the bigger story is about the rules and incentives underneath the economy.
News Block: Bond Yields Hit a 20-Year High, Mortgages Break 7%, and Bitcoin Price Held Anyway
The government hasn't paid this much to borrow since 2007, mortgages just broke 7 percent, and the most conventional financial advisor in America is telling clients to put 10 percent in Bitcoin. This is what a week looks like when the old playbook stops working.Bond yields hit a 20-year high and Bitcoin held anyway. Here's what the buyers knowRic Edelman went from 1% to a 10% Bitcoin floor. Why th
Simon Dixon: The Game of Money and What Would Make Him Sell All His Bitcoin
In this new in-depth interview, Bitcoin OG, author, and angel investor Simon Dixon breaks down the transition from the American empire to a multi-node global financial order. Simon pulls back the curtain on how transnational power structures operate, why the $40 trillion national debt is being leveraged against ordinary citizens, and how individuals can escape debt slavery by adopting a low time p
Phong Le: Inside Strategy's Bigger Vision for Bitcoin and Wall Street
Strategy CEO Phong Le joins Natalie Brunell for an in-depth conversation about the future of the world's largest corporate Bitcoin treasury. From STRC's recovery and Strategy's growing cash reserves to the outlook for MSTR shareholders, Phong explains the company's evolving approach to Bitcoin and capital markets. Plus, why Strategy is prioritizing share buybacks over higher dividends, how it plan
News Block: Bitcoin Price Hits 8-Month High, Homes Just Got Harder to Afford, and CLARITY Act Fails
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 Fed hiked, and the same house now costs twice as much per month as in 2021 The CLARITY Act failed in the Senate, is the issue the Trump family's crypto gains? The SEC clears the way for tokenized stocks in the U.S. Bitcoin wa
Jordi Visser: Why Bitcoin Sentiment Collapsed, What Brings It Back and Why the AI Warnings are Wrong
Jordi Visser is back by popular demand. I shared something I've been noticing all year — that Bitcoin sentiment feels different this cycle, less like a movement to fix a broken system and more like a line item in a portfolio. He pushed back harder than I expected. His argument is that the old financial system is breaking in front of us, a new one is forming faster than people think, and Bitcoin is
Danielle DiMartino Booth: The Fed's First Rate Hike in Three Years and Where the Economy is Breaking
In this rapid-fire episode of Coin Stories, Natalie Brunell sits down with former Federal Reserve insider Danielle DiMartino Booth immediately following the Fed's latest interest rate hike. Danielle breaks down the hidden contraction underneath official data, including surging delinquencies, shuttering small businesses, and where the economy is struggling. We cover: Whether the Fed hikes again be
Rapha Zagury: Tether's Bitcoin Empire, Taking Over XXI and What Comes Next
When Jack Mallers stepped down from Twenty One Capital (XXI), Rapha Zagury stepped in as CEO. A Wall Street veteran who ran trading desks at Merrill Lynch, Rapha later co-founded Elektron, the Tether-backed Bitcoin mining operation that grew into one of the largest mining companies in the world. Now he joins me to explain what comes next for XXI — and to answer some of the biggest questions surrou
News Block: Dario's AI Warning, Trump's $5,000 Promise and Will Fed Hike Rates?
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 CEOs of multiple leading AI companies say the industry needs to slow down. We break down the major AI news story that broke over the weekend. Why a Fed rate hike now looks all but certain, and the tiny inflation number that s
Vik Sharma: Why He Built a Private Messaging App That Sends Bitcoin
Natalie Brunell sits down with Vik Sharma, founder and CEO of Radar Chat, Cake Wallet and an active angel investor in the Bitcoin space. Vik spent decades in the steel industry in Pittsburgh before Bitcoin pulled him in, and he's now one of the most prolific builders and angel investors in the space. We discuss: The purchase that got him banned from Coinbase Sending money the same way you send a
Mike Belshe: The 100 Bitcoin Hacking Bounty & How to Hold Bitcoin Where the ETFs Do
BitGo has been the vault behind institutional Bitcoin for over a decade — holding coins for funds, businesses, and today some of the largest Bitcoin ETFs. Regular people were never invited...until now. Mike Belshe, co-founder and CEO of BitGo, joins the show to announce that anyone can open an account. No minimums. No account fees. The same product institutions have been using for years. Get a fre
News Block: Jobs Shock Rocks the Fed Debate, Metaplanet Under Fire and the $319M Bitcoin Hack on Liquid
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 jobs report comes in 3x stronger than expected Why this week's inflation numbers could decide the Fed's next move The old stock option formula that has some Metaplanet shareholders in revolt Oil: the inflation problem the Fed
News Block: Fed Turns Hawkish as Bitcoin Heads Into Its Biggest September Test
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: Why Kevin Warsh just put a September rate hike back in play Treasury bond buybacks and the growing $40 trillion debt problem Scott Bessent's viral clash with Elizabeth Warren over the yen Why Wall Street banks are suddenly racing
Clay Garrett: Why Bitkey Has No Seed Phrase & How It Keeps Your Bitcoin Safe
Natalie Brunell sits down with Clay Garrett, Bitkey Lead at Block, to break down the massive Coldcard hack — including how his team found clues that may help law enforcement identify who was behind the attack. Then we go inside Bitkey itself: how it works, why it doesn't use a traditional seed phrase, and how its 3-key security design is meant to make self-custody safer and easier for everyday Bit
Is the AI Buildout the Next Debt Crisis Trigger to Usher in The Big Print?
AI is the latest technology that will change the world. That doesn't mean every dollar poured into building it will pay off. Nearly $3 trillion is expected to be spent on data centers between 2025 and 2028, and roughly half of it is borrowed -- financed on the assumption that demand keeps exploding. In this explainer episode: What's actually inside a data center Why they cost billions to build Wh
News Block: Bitcoin's Best Week in 2+ Years, Treasury Buybacks Explained, and Druckenmiller's WSJ Op-Ed Challenges Bessent
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: Why Bitcoin suddenly surged more than 20% after months of silence The U.S. Treasury doubled its bond buybacks - what that means, explained simply Bessent swore he'd never do what Yellen did. Then he did it twice as big The legend
Jonathan Goodman: Losing $1.6 Million in ColdCard Hack, Why He Isn't Angry and the Bigger Lesson Learned
Jonathan Goodman did everything the Bitcoin experts tell you to do: Multiple hardware wallets, backups stored in separate places and a seed phrase stamped into metal. But last month he opened his cold storage set-up and found his Bitcoin gone. In this deeply personal episode of Coin Stories, Natalie Brunell sits down with the author and entrepreneur, one of the most affected victims of the Coldcar
Alex Leishman: Institutions Are Buying What Retail Sells — Plus How to Keep Your Bitcoin Safe
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
News Block: Bitcoin Price Surges on Surprise Treasury Move, Washington's Big Crypto Week, and Tether's First-Ever Audit
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 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
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
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 t
News Block #152: Bitcoin's Red Team Fights Back, the BIP-110 Moment of Truth Arrives, CLARITY Punted to September
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
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
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
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, 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
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
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
Nico Lechuga: Berkshire Hathaway for Main Street Bitcoiners
Private equity has earned a reputation for loading companies with debt, cutting costs, and putting short-term returns ahead of the businesses themselves. But what if successful owners had another option? Nico Lechuga is a Bitcoin entrepreneur, a founding partner of Bitcoin venture capital firm Ego Death Capital, and co-founder of the newly launched holding company Orange Juice. He joins Coin Stori
News Block #150: Is This Bear Market Almost Over? "Big Bitcoin" Unites to Defend Network, Strategy Makes Its First STRC Buyback
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: What the wave of Bitcoin company closures and bankruptcies tells us about where we are in the bear market 84% of Bitcoin is now held by long-term holders — the highest level ever recorded AI agents just paid each other in Bitcoin
Fred Thiel: Why Bitcoin Miners Are Pivoting to AI
What does the future of Bitcoin mining actually look like? This week, Fred Thiel joins Coin Stories for a candid, wide-ranging conversation. Fred runs MARA (formerly Marathon Digital Holdings), one of the biggest public Bitcoin miners in the world. We get into why so many miners are pivoting to AI, what it means for Bitcoin, and his honest, big-picture read on where Bitcoin fits as an asset — incl
News Block: CLARITY Act Faces Critical Test, Saylor Shares 110 Reasons Why BIP-110 Is a Bad Idea, Lyn Alden & Jeff Booth Launch $40M Bitcoin Company
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 CLARITY Act faces its make-or-break moment, but odds of passage have collapsed to 32% Saylor publishes 110 reasons why BIP-110 is a bad idea for Bitcoin Lyn Alden says the proposal won't actually stop spam — and there are bi
David Hunter: Stocks Aren't Done Going Up, But the Big Crash Is Coming
David Hunter says stocks have another 30% of upside left — and then the biggest crash since 1929. This week the veteran contrarian returns with his most specific targets yet. David lays out the melt-up he's been calling for, the global bust he thinks follows it, and the staggering amount of money he believes central banks will have to print to dig us out. He also shares his gold and silver targets
Julian Liniger: The Surprising Truth About Who's Buying Bitcoin
Who's really buying Bitcoin right now -- and why aren't more people paying attention? This week on Coin Stories, Natalie sits down with Julian Liniger, co-founder and CEO of Relai, Europe's leading Bitcoin-only exchange, live at BTC Prague. After onboarding more than 100,000 Europeans to Bitcoin, Julian has a rare, ground-level view of who's actually buying — and it's not who you'd expect. He sh
News Block: Bitcoin & Gold Just Made History for the Wrong Reasons, How BTC Impacts Home Prices, and the Fight That Could Split Bitcoin
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 bounces to $64K then pulls back — bear market rally or something more? Vanguard wants to hire its first-ever Head of Digital Assets Bitcoin and gold are 2026's worst-performing assets — a historic first The average ho
Lyn Alden: Bitcoin's Next Move, Strategy's STRC Volatility & the Protocol Debate
Has Bitcoin finally hit bottom? This week, one of the most trusted names in macro gives her honest read on where we are — and where we go from here. Lyn Alden returns to cut through the noise: why hard assets like Bitcoin and gold have been left behind, and why she says no rescue is coming — Bitcoin has to prove itself on its own. She also breaks down the volatility around Strategy's digital cre
News Block: Trump's $1.4 Billion Crypto Payday, Strategy's Biggest Bitcoin Sale Yet & a Signal We've Seen Only 5 Times Since 2011
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: Trump reported $1.4 billion in crypto income — more than Coinbase earned all year The Trump token collapsed 97% — here's who actually made money Strategy sold 3,588 Bitcoin this morning in its biggest sale yet Bear market data i
Mauricio Di Bartolomeo: Gold vs. Bitcoin Credit, the $40K Bitcoin Debate and Ledn's S&P Bitcoin Bond
Ledn Co-Founder Mauricio Di Bartolomeo joins Natalie Brunell for a first-time announcement: Tether's tokenized gold (XAUt) is coming to Ledn — the first step toward gold-backed loans later this year. He answers the Bitcoin purists on adding gold, breaks down Ledn's first S&P investment-grade bond backed by Bitcoin loans, and gives a firsthand account of Venezuela after Maduro's capture. Topic
News Block: Saylor Unveils a $3.8 Billion Plan After STRC Crashes, Billionaire Says Bitcoin Is Dead, Ledn Launches Gold-Backed Loans
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: Strategy's preferred stock STRC crashed to $71 - then Saylor announced a plan to fix it: full breakdown on Strategy's Digital Credit Capital Framework Jeremy Grantham says Bitcoin will "dwindle away with a whimper" The IMF and
The Best of Bitcoin: Highlights From Our Most-Watched Shows with Saylor, Macgregor, Webb, Booth
Four of the biggest voices in Bitcoin — Michael Saylor, Whitney Webb, Jeff Booth, and Col. Douglas Macgregor — in one episode. We went back through the most-watched, most-shared moments from the show and built them into a single story: what's broken with the money, why Bitcoin fixes it, and what you can actually do about it. In about 35 minutes you'll hear the clearest case for why the system feel
News Block: Digital Credit's Worst Day Ever, Warsh's New Fed Era Begins, Bitcoin's Community Attack Problem
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: Digital credit's worst day ever - what actually caused the STRC and SATA selloff and why it matters The carry trade that blew up: how investors borrowing at 5% to earn 11.5% created a cascade Kevin Warsh chairs his first Fed meet
Michael Saylor: Answering the Critics on mNAV, Bitcoin Per Share, and the Path to $1 Million
Natalie Brunell sits down with Strategy's Michael Saylor at BTC Prague, just after he took heat for selling 32 Bitcoin — and for recent comments defending how he measures the company's growth and what its stock is really worth. Saylor answers the critics and short sellers head-on, explaining why "never sell your Bitcoin" is advice for everyday holders, no longer a rule for a company built to buy B
News Block: SpaceX Makes History, Saylor Fires Back at Critics, and the Debate Dividing Bitcoiners
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: SpaceX goes public in the largest IPO in history with more than 18,000 Bitcoin on the balance sheet The outrage over Elon Musk becoming a trillionaire (and the $40 trillion in debt the same people aren't mad about) Why the AI bo
Amy Oldenburg: Morgan Stanley Insider on Why Bitcoin's Stuck, How Much to Own, and What's Next
Morgan Stanley manages trillions — and it's now putting Bitcoin in front of clients. Amy Oldenburg runs the firm's digital asset strategy, and she joins Natalie Brunell to break down what Wall Street actually sees in Bitcoin, why the price has been stuck, and what could finally move it. She also explains how much Bitcoin Morgan Stanley tells clients to own, why most financial advisors still aren't
News Block: Bitcoin Slides Below $60,000, Strategy Sells BTC for the First Time, Saylor Publishes Bitcoin's Ideological Roadmap
In this week's episode of The News Block, we cover these major headlines related to Bitcoin, macroeconomics, and global finance: Bitcoin crashes below $60,000 as $3 billion flows out of ETFs in 10 days AI mega-IPOs from SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI are draining liquidity from Bitcoin Strategy sells Bitcoin for the first time since 2022 — here's why it's not what you think Michael Saylor publ
Luke Gromen: Why Tech Stocks are Outperforming Bitcoin - But This Macro Shift Will End It
Don't let the stock market highs fool you. Macro analyst Luke Gromen, founder of FFTT, returns to deliver a brutal reality check on what is actually happening to your money. While mainstream media celebrates green days, a hidden liquidity crisis is building behind the scenes. In this episode, Gromen exposes the massive distortion in today's markets—the seven tech stocks holding up the entire econo
Ben Hunnewell: We're the First Company to Hold STRC. What Bitcoin Skeptics Should Know
Prevalon Energy CFO Ben Hunnewell joins Natalie Brunell to explain why his company became the first to hold STRC, the Bitcoin-backed digital credit instrument from Strategy, and why Bitcoin skeptics have it all wrong. Topics include Why STRC changed everything, and why a cautious CFO finally said yes Whether Strive's daily dividends could challenge Strategy's dominance The truth behind data cente
News Block: JPMorgan's Dimon Rips Coinbase CEO, U.S. Seizes $1B in Iranian Crypto, Who's Buying and Who's Selling
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: Jamie Dimon lashes out at Coinbase CEO and vows to fight the CLARITY Act U.S. seizes $1 billion in Iranian crypto — but it wasn't Bitcoin Sequans abandons its Bitcoin treasury while Strive buys another $85 million Strive's SAT
Jeff Walton: The First Daily Bitcoin Dividend in History
Strive ($ASST) just launched the first daily Bitcoin dividend in stock market history — paying a 13% yield through $SATA. Chief Risk Officer Jeff Walton breaks down how Strive (now the 8th largest Bitcoin treasury company) is competing with Michael Saylor's Strategy, why he bet his entire savings on MSTR, and how digital credit is reshaping fixed income forever. We discuss: • How Strive beat Strat
News Block: SpaceX's Hidden $1.4B Bitcoin Stash Revealed, Moody's Downgrades America, Mark Cuban Dumps His BTC
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: SpaceX just revealed it holds more Bitcoin than Tesla — and didn't sell a single coin through a 50% crash Mark Cuban sold his Bitcoin and called it a "failed hedge" Moody's just stripped the U.S. of its last perfect credit rati
Michael Saylor & Phong Le Answer Retail Investors' Biggest Questions
What's next for Strategy, STRC, and the Bitcoin industry? In this special live Retail Investor Q&A, Natalie Brunell sits down with Michael Saylor and Phong Le to answer the biggest questions from retail investors. From dividend changes and mNAV targets to DeFi risk, Bitcoin at $10 million, and whether Strategy plans to sell BTC soon, this conversation covers the issues investors are watching m
Craig Tindale: The AI Crash Nobody is Predicting & When Bitcoin's "Rainy Day" Will Arrive
Macro analyst Craig Tindale joins Natalie Brunell to break down the "hard bifurcation" — the widening gap between our financial system and the physical world it depends on. From Elon Musk's warning of an imminent electricity shortage to the trillion-dollar AI buildout hitting a wall of copper, transformers, and power, this is a sharp look at why you can't print real-world commodities. We discuss
News Block: Bond Markets Crash, Pro-Bitcoin Fed Chair Takes Over, Strategy Wipes Out $1.5B in Debt, and Strive Pays Daily Dividends
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: Strategy wipes $1.5 billion in debt off its books, moves to pay semi-monthly dividends for STRC Strive becomes the first stock in U.S. history to pay daily dividends New Fed Chair calls Bitcoin "the new gold" for anyone under 40
Giovanni Santostasi: Bitcoin's Power Law — Why $1M Is Coming by 2034
Is Bitcoin's price actually predictable? Physicist Giovanni Santostasi, Director of the Scientific Bitcoin Institute, joins Natalie Brunell to argue that Bitcoin's 15-year trajectory isn't random — it follows a Power Law, the same pattern behind earthquakes, cities, and galaxies. Giovanni breaks down the formula, what makes Bitcoin's "fingerprint" unique, and what would have to happen for the mo
News Block: Strategy Selling Bitcoin is Bullish, S&P 500 is Ripping, and Bitcoin Is Still 30% Below Its All-Time High
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: Strategy says it's willing to sell Bitcoin — and it might be the smartest move they've ever made How one credit rating upgrade could unlock $23.6 trillion in institutional demand for STRC John Bollinger just went fully invested i
James Sexton: World's Top Divorce Lawyer on Money in Relationships and Why 71% of Marriages Fail
James Sexton is the world's most famous divorce attorney — 26 years, thousands of cases, and clients ranging from billionaires to celebrities. His verdict? Money isn't what breaks marriages. It's disconnection. James and Natalie discuss: Why 71% of marriages fail, and why money is a symptom, not the cause What billionaire divorces reveal about wealth & happiness How Bitcoin and crypto are dea
James Sexton: Top Divorce Lawyer on Money in Relationships and Why 71% of Marriages Fail
James Sexton is the world's most famous divorce attorney — 26 years, thousands of cases, and clients ranging from billionaires to celebrities. His verdict? Money isn't what breaks marriages. It's disconnection. James and Natalie discuss: Why 71% of marriages fail, and why money is a symptom, not the cause What billionaire divorces reveal about wealth & happiness How Bitcoin and crypto are dea
News Block: Jack Mallers Shares Vision for "The Bitcoin Company," CLARITY Clears Hurdle, Paul Tudor Jones Picks Bitcoin Over Gold
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 "Bitcoin Company": Mallers announces a Tether-led merger of Strike, Twenty One, and Elektron Energy Tether's flywheel: $1B in Q1 profit fueling mining, lending, and the merger CLARITY momentum: Stablecoin yield compromise cle
Luana Lopes Lara: Youngest Self-Made Woman Billionaire on Kalshi, Bitcoin & Beating the Feds
Luana Lopes Lara is the world's youngest self-made female billionaire and co-founder of Kalshi, the prediction market that sued the U.S. government and won. Natalie Brunell sits down with Luana to trace her journey from a rigorous ballet school in Brazil to MIT, then to a trading desk at Citadel, and into a multi-year battle with the CFTC that ended in a federal lawsuit. After 65 lawyers told her
News Block: A Four-Star Admiral Just Confirmed the U.S. Military Is Running a Bitcoin Node
In this week's episode of the Coin Stories News Block powered exclusively by Ledn, Natalie reports in from Bitcoin 2026 in Las Vegas with the most important story of the week coming not from Wall Street, but from Washington, D.C.: A Four-Star Admiral Tells Congress the U.S. Military Is Running a Bitcoin Node Adm. Samuel Paparo Calls Bitcoin a "Peer-to-Peer, Zero-Trust Transfer of Value" The U.S.
Natalie Smolenski: "We're In Dark Times" — The Rise of Counter-Elites & the Bank-State War Machine
Natalie Smolenski is an anthropologist, software executive, editor of the Satoshi Papers, and one of the most original thinkers in the Bitcoin space. We explore America's national identity crisis, the bank-state relationship that funds war and destroys purchasing power, and why individual financial sovereignty is the only meaningful response to systems that can't be voted away. Topics include: Wh
News Block: UAE Asks U.S. for Wartime Dollar Lifeline, Former Treasury Secretary Warns of a "Vicious" Debt Crisis, Strategy's $1 Billion STRC Day
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 Pulls Back from $78k as Geopolitical Tensions Rattle Markets UAE Threatens to Diversify from the Dollar to Chinese Yuan in Wartime Oil Deals Paulson Warns of a "Vicious" U.S. Debt Crisis Strategy's STRC Hits $1 Billion in
Simon Dixon: The American Empire Is Being Dismantled on Purpose...Here's Who Benefits
Bitcoin OG, investor and anlyst Simon Dixon predicted Trump's return to the White House, the Iran War, and the dollar's collapse as primary reserve asset — all by doing one thing: following the money. In this episode, he reveals where it actually goes and what it means for you. We discuss: Why the American empire is being dismantled on purpose and who benefits The financial industrial complex t
News Block: Peace Talks Collapse, Trump Blockades Hormuz, Iran Accepts Bitcoin for Oil, NYT Says it Found Satoshi & Morgan Stanley's Bitcoin ETF Smashes Records
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: Peace Talks Collapse, Trump Orders Naval Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz Iran Is Accepting Bitcoin for Oil Passage — What That Means for the Monetary System The New York Times Claims to Unmask Satoshi Nakamoto Morgan Stanley's
Matyáš Kuchař: Europe's Most Bitcoin-Friendly Country Just Changed Everything
Matyáš Kuchař is the co-founder of BTC Prague (Europe's largest Bitcoin-only conference) and he joins Natalie with a frank assessment of where Europe stands on Bitcoin: over-regulated, energy-stressed, and falling behind. But Czech Republic is a surprising bright spot, with a Bitcoin-friendly central bank governor, a thriving Bitcoin community, and a conference drawing 8,000 attendees and speakers
Phong Le: Why STRC is the Fastest-Growing Financial Product in History
Strategy CEO Phong Le returns to Coin Stories for a deep dive on STRC — the perpetual preferred stock he says is fixing the yield gap in America. In this episode, Phong breaks down exactly how Stretch works in plain English, why he just bought $250K worth himself, and what makes this the fastest-growing financial product launch in history. In this episode: The "yield gap" no one talks about: half
News Block: Trump's 48-Hour Ultimatum to Iran, Google Says Bitcoin Can Be Cracked in 9 Minutes, More Companies Selling Bitcoin
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: Trump Sets Tuesday Deadline to Bomb Iran - What It Means for Bitcoin Google Says Bitcoin Could Be Cracked in 9 Minutes, But Should You Panic? Miners and Treasury Companies Panic Sell Charles Schwab Set to Open Bitcoin Trading to
James Seyffart: What Every Bitcoin & Gold Investor Needs to Know Right Now
If you've been watching the headlines and wondering what's actually going on with Bitcoin — this episode is for you. James Seyffart is one of the most respected ETF analysts on Wall Street. He tracks the data behind who's buying Bitcoin, who's selling, and where the big money is really going. His insights cut through the noise. If you want to understand what's actually happening in the ETF marke
Jordi Visser: The Macro Case for Bitcoin Has Never Been Stronger
Macro investor and former hedge fund CIO Jordi Visser returns to Coin Stories for a wide-ranging conversation with Natalie Brunell on the forces reshaping markets, money, and the future of work. Is the geopolitical chaos part of a real strategy — or are we watching improvisation in real time? Iran, the Strait of Hormuz, and rare earths — why energy control is the most important chess move nobody
News Block: Rich Boomer Money Coming, Bitcoin Mortgages, and the Tax Fight That Should Have Every Bitcoiner Furious
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: Morgan Stanley Files Cheapest Bitcoin ETF — Undercutting BlackRock Congress Chose Stablecoins Over Bitcoin. Here's What That Means. Tether Hires Big Four Auditor — The FUD May Finally Be Over Fannie Mae Now Accepts Bitcoin. You
Lana Miles: Inside the World's Biggest Bitcoin Conference - What to Expect at Bitcoin 2026
Bitcoin 2026 in Las Vegas is just weeks away, and BTC Inc's Lana Miles is pulling back the curtain on what's coming. From a brand new Deal Day event to a very special 5th anniversary Women of Bitcoin bash honoring U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis, this year is shaping up to be the biggest one yet. Get discounted tickets using code HODL! We discuss: AI conversations, emerging voices Why down markets ar
Mike Coffey: How One Small Business Owner Used Bitcoin to Transform His Company
What happens when you give 130 employees a $30,000 bonus... and they forget they got it? That's exactly what pushed Mike Coffey, CEO of BlueCotton, to do something radical: pay employees in Bitcoin. Mike runs a 130-person custom apparel company in Bowling Green, Kentucky — and he's quietly turning his small business into a Bitcoin case study. In this episode, we dig into why he made the switch,
News Block: Gold Slides as Bitcoin Holds, Morgan Stanley Files for BTC ETF, Washington Redefining Crypto Rulebook
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: Gold Price Slides as Bitcoin Holds Around $70,000 Morgan Stanley Continues to Lean into Bitcoin Strategy Announces New $42B ATM SEC/CFTC Provide More Regulatory Clarity on Crypto Market Structure Bill - CLARITY Act - Progres
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