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BTC Sessions

BTC Sessions

Ben Perrin 668 Episodes Sep 17, 2026

BTC Sessions is a Bitcoin-focused podcast hosted by Ben Perrin. It delivers weekly news roundups covering developments across the Bitcoin ecosystem, along with "Why Are We Bullish" panel discussions featuring Bitcoiners from around the world. The show mixes market commentary, adoption news and long-term conviction arguments for a Bitcoin-interested audience. Episodes are released regularly and aimed at listeners who want to stay current on Bitcoin without hype.

Episodes

Big Tech Gets AI. BlackRock Gets Bitcoin. You Get Prosecuted | Zack Shapiro
Big Tech Gets AI. BlackRock Gets Bitcoin. You Get Prosecuted | Zack Shapiro Sep 17, 2026 00:57:08 Mentor Sessions Ep 096: Zack Shapiro explains AI existential risk, AI regulation, the Clarity Act, Samurai Wallet, and open source AI policy for Bitcoin.The Clarity Act just failed on the Senate floor, and the fight over whether writing Bitcoin code can be treated as a crime is now heading to 70-year-old federal judges. Zack Shapiro breaks down what that means for self-custody, open source softwar
They Bet Everything On An Existential Crisis | Bob Burnett & Nacho Pauls
They Bet Everything On An Existential Crisis | Bob Burnett & Nacho Pauls Sep 10, 2026 00:52:37 Mentor Sessions Ep 095: Bob Burnett and Nacho Pauls of Ocean discuss Bitcoin mining decentralization, the BIP-110 chain split, hash rate flight, and Bitcoin Knots.Bitcoin's first real hard fork just tested mining decentralization for real — and Ocean's hash rate dropped from roughly 40 exahash to 23 before clawing back. Bob Burnett (Barefoot Mining, Ocean chairman) and Nacho Pauls break do
They’re Not Saving the Republic, They’re Building Fortress North America | Brent Johnson
They’re Not Saving the Republic, They’re Building Fortress North America | Brent Johnson Sep 7, 2026 01:04:35 Mentor Sessions Ep 094: Brent Johnson explains the 2026 dollar outlook, the collapse of the rules-based order, Bessent's Treasury moves, and how AI and stablecoins entrench the US dollar.The rules-based order that kept markets stable for 80 years is dying - and Brent Johnson explains what replaces it, why the US dollar gets STRONGER not weaker, and how AI and stablecoins entrench American powe
"We're Past The Point Of No Return" | Luke Gromen and Lyn Alden
"We're Past The Point Of No Return" | Luke Gromen and Lyn Alden Sep 4, 2026 00:59:08 Mentor Sessions 093: Luke Gromen and Lyn Alden explain the 2026 global bond market crisis, private credit risk, yield curve control, and Bitcoin and gold as safe havens.The global bond market is bleeding out in slow motion, and the real danger is buried in private credit that insurance companies can't sell without going insolvent. Luke Gromen and Lyn Alden break down why the long end of the Tr
This Bitcoin Rally Feels Fake (The Data Says Otherwise) | Michael Sullivan
This Bitcoin Rally Feels Fake (The Data Says Otherwise) | Michael Sullivan Sep 1, 2026 01:02:52 Mentor Sessions 092: Michael Sullivan explains Bitcoin sentiment analysis, emotional cohort signals, OG optimism, narrative shifts, and why the data may point to a bottom.Bitcoin sentiment just did something it rarely does after a 22% rip: it stayed calm. No euphoria, no desire spike, no retail flooding back — and that gap between the price move and the emotional data is where the real signal live
Bessent’s Moves Never Made Sense - Until Now | Tom Luongo
Bessent’s Moves Never Made Sense - Until Now | Tom Luongo Sep 1, 2026 01:03:31 Mentor Sessions Ep. 091: Tom Luongo explains the 2026 currency war, Scott Bessent's yen bomb, oil collateral, European bond squeeze, and the US Treasury buyback plan.The previously most powerful people in the world are now price takers, not price makers — and Tom Luongo walks through exactly how Scott Bessent flipped that switch. Global markets just witnessed a structural break in the European
They Always Planned to Centralize Bitcoin | Jeff Booth & Scott Melker
They Always Planned to Centralize Bitcoin | Jeff Booth & Scott Melker Aug 25, 2026 00:58:02 Mentor Sessions Ep. 090: Jeff Booth and Scott Melker discuss Bitcoin adoption, ETF co-opting, the AI bubble, self-custody risk after the ColdCard hack, and the debt reset.Wall Street, the ETFs, and the treasury companies are making every attempt to co-opt Bitcoin — and Jeff Booth and Scott Melker explain why that capture attempt may be exactly what Bitcoin needs to survive. The $350 trillion globa
Coldcard Aftermath: What's Next for Bitcoin Security | Jade, Passport, Trezor, SeedSigner
Coldcard Aftermath: What's Next for Bitcoin Security | Jade, Passport, Trezor, SeedSigner Aug 18, 2026 01:08:37 Mentor Sessions Ep. 089: Bitcoin hardware wallet makers Zach Herbert, Tomas Susanka and Drew Fischer discuss the Coldcard hack, multi-sig, entropy and self-custody security.The Coldcard hack was the single biggest blow to Bitcoin self-custody yet — so four rival hardware wallet makers sat down together to figure out what it means for everyone holding their own keys. This is the conversation the in
What Bitcoin Treasury Execs Won't Tell You (But I Will) | Parker Lewis
What Bitcoin Treasury Execs Won't Tell You (But I Will) | Parker Lewis Aug 16, 2026 01:18:19 Mentor Sessions Ep. 088: Parker Lewis explains the hidden risks of Bitcoin treasury companies, perpetual preferred equity, market premiums, and Bitcoin as money.Bitcoin treasury companies were sold as a smarter way to own Bitcoin. Parker Lewis argues the premiums are a mispricing of risk that will flip to a discount.In this deep dive, Parker Lewis (author of Gradually, Then Suddenly) breaks down w
The Bitcoin Attacks are NOT About Money | Simon Dixon
The Bitcoin Attacks are NOT About Money | Simon Dixon Aug 13, 2026 00:46:36 Mentor Sessions Ep. 087: Simon Dixon breaks down the Coldcard hack, BIP-110 chain split fallout, node vs miner power, and Bitcoin self-custody security in 2026.PART 1: Simon Dixon & Doomberg - https://youtu.be/Q0P0X7j_kcA Over $100 million in Bitcoin vanished in the Coldcard entropy bug — and days later a chain split ended with the nodes defeated and Bitcoin more centralized than before. Simon
Globalism Has Already Lost (But No One Sees It) | Dixon & Doomberg
Globalism Has Already Lost (But No One Sees It) | Dixon & Doomberg Aug 11, 2026 01:51:19 Mentor Sessions Ep. 086: Doomberg and Simon Dixon break down oil markets, the Strait of Hormuz, the end of globalism, Bitcoin centralization, and Michael Saylor's Strategy.The forever war is quietly reaching its endgame, the dollar is set to weaken hard over the next decade, and Bitcoin was attacked from every direction at once — Doomberg and Simon Dixon unpack what real capital already knows.
Fauci’s 1,100-Page Diary + Fifth Amendment Silence | Dr. Peter McCullough
Fauci’s 1,100-Page Diary + Fifth Amendment Silence | Dr. Peter McCullough Jul 29, 2026 00:45:49 Mentor Sessions Ep. 085: Dr. Peter McCullough explains Fauci's diary, COVID-19 lab origins, mRNA vaccine safety, spike protein persistence, and the biopharma complex.600,000 Americans may have died from COVID vaccine complications — more than the virus itself, according to Dr. Peter McCullough — and Fauci just pleaded the Fifth on all of it. This conversation breaks down what the diary reveale

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