This Week in Bitcoin
This Week in Bitcoin is an independent, investigative podcast covering Bitcoin. A high-signal news podcast focused on analysis you'll find valuable.
Bitcoin Core’s Identity Crisis

A battle is raging over Bitcoin’s future—should it stick to finance, or allow data of all kinds? Inside the debate over blockchain limits, and the recent controversies denting Bitcoin’s image.
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Strategy Meets Reality

Markets quaked, tariffs tanked, but Bitcoin’s wide awake. Big strategies meet harsh realities as new heavyweights storm Bitcoin’s corporate scene.
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Bitcoin heads toward $95,000, rising for a third dayStock market today: Live updatesTrump Powell attacks interest rates FedEuropean markets live updates: st...
Manufacturing the Crisis

Bitcoin faces its biggest decentralization test yet, just as global shifts send shockwaves through markets. In the middle of it all, Bitcoin holds the line.
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Bitcoin Mining Centralization in 2025Tether to Deploy Hashrate on OCEAN, Advancing DecentralizedBitcoin Mining Industry Report: February 202...
Reserve Reckoning

The Trump strategy is backfiring. Tariffs are the decoy. It’s a high-stakes reshuffle of global power, and Bitcoin may be the only asset seeing it clearly.
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US Dollar Could Lose Reserve Currency Status amid Tariffs, Experts Warn - NewsweekTrump, tariffs...
Golden Illusions

Gold sends a quiet signal about Bitcoin's next chapter, institutions hint at a shifting world order, and why tariffs might be noise—but something deeper is unfolding beneath the headlines.
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Larry Fink’s 2025 Chairman’s Letter to InvestorsEU vows it's ready to retaliate as Trum...
Recession Roulette

The White House's bold economic gamble is starting to falter, leaving Bitcoiners with one undeniable insight—no matter how the financial dice roll.
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Trump Plays Recession Roulette With the American Economy - WSJGameStop to put corporate cash in bitcoin, mimicking MicroStrategyMillions...
Delayed Reaction

Recession talk is back, and while the experts panic, Bitcoiners stay patient. This week, we look at why that patience might finally pay off.
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Weekly mortgage demand pulls back, as interest rates rise for the first time in 9 weeksScott Bessent | All-In in DC! - YouT...
Playing with Fire

The bond market is whispering, Trump’s shouting, and Bitcoin is listening. What happens when the debt machine needs a reboot—and how that desperation could light the next Bitcoin firestorm.
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CPI inflation report February 2025The Fed Shouldn’t Enable Donald Trump - Bloomberg10...
One Step Back, Two Steps Forward

Markets are stumbling, Bitcoin is under pressure, and the AI bubble might be popping. But beneath the chaos, something more substantial is forming.
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S&P 500 ekes out gain on Wednesday, ending four-day run of lossesM2 Money Supply RisesMicrosoft CEO Admits That AI Is Ge...
Bitcoin’s Two Roadblocks

Bitcoin faces two major headwinds: memecoin mania draining liquidity and gold’s price run pulling in capital. But tides may be turning. I break down why these trends matter and what’s shifting.
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