This Week in Bitcoin

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By: Chris Fisher

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
#56
Yesterday at 7:10 PM

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
#55
04/23/2025

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
#54
04/16/2025

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
#53
04/09/2025

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
#52
04/02/2025

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
#51
03/26/2025

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
#50
03/19/2025

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
#49
03/12/2025

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
#48
02/26/2025

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
#47
02/19/2025

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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