Good for Bitcoin
Good For Bitcoin is a weekly show recorded live every Friday where we recap events of the week and talk about everything good for Bitcoin. If it’s built on Bitcoin, then it’s Good for Bitcoin!
A Fake Job Interview Cost Binance $6.3 Billion
Binance's post-mortem traces the $6.3 billion hack to a fake Homebrew download and a fake job interview. Plus Democrats sweep the midterms, Paraguay's Ueno Bank goes dark overnight, Bullish joins the Stacks Bitcoin bonds, and BTCPay Server hot wallets get drained.
In this episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon and Kate discuss: Binance's post-mortem: in June an engineer installed a fake Homebrew found through a search engine. Security caught it, but the attacker had already learned who that engineer worked with. Attackers then posed as recruiters on real job sites and sent one engineer a coding assignment...
Binance Got Hacked for $6.3 Billion: SAFU or SBF?
Binance lost an estimated $6.3 billion after an attacker got in through one engineer's laptop, the same playbook that hit Bitget a month earlier. Plus the NYSE's owner wants Hyperliquid perps in the US, Keystone is destroying 18,000 wallets, and Bitwise raises its 2036 target to $1.6M.
In this episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon and Kate discuss: Binance says a compromised DevOps engineer's laptop let an attacker submit unauthorized withdrawals. Estimated impact: $6.3B, no sign of a private key leak, deposits and withdrawals frozen. Binance says its SAFU fund will cover every loss. Tether froze $1.5B in USDT...
The McRib Indicator Is Back: PHP Flaws, a Railway Breach, and JPMorgan Picks Bitcoin
Two critical PHP flaws put an estimated 70% of websites at risk, Next.js and Railway got hit the same week, and Brandon flies solo to sort out what it means for your Bitcoin. Plus JPMorgan forecasts Bitcoin beating stocks and gold, Strive launches SATS, and the McRib is back.
In this episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon discusses: Kate is moving across the country, so it's a solo show. She should be back next week. Two critical vulnerabilities in PHP, the server-side language behind roughly 70% of websites, could let attackers run code remotely, one of the most...
Ledger Launched a Phone: Soldiers Charged in Crypto Kidnapping, Choke Point 2.0 Confirmed
Days after spy-chipped devices from one of its resellers drained Ledger users, Ledger unveiled a phone. Plus three Canadian soldiers are charged in the kidnapping of a crypto exchange owner, the OCC confirms Operation Choke Point 2.0 was real, and Binance shuts down its mining pool.
In this episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon and Kate discuss: The Ledger theft traces back to CryptoBilis, a third-party reseller in Southeast Asia. Thieves allegedly paid it to plant SIM-card implants that sent out recovery phrases. Brandon: you shouldn't have to crack open your hardware wallet to check every chip. Then...
Strike Launched Stacks: Treasury Kills the Unhosted Wallet Rule, Robinhood Buys Bitcoin
Strike named its new savings buckets "Stacks," and when Brandon pointed out Stacks already exists, a Strike team member called it an affinity scam. Plus Treasury withdraws the unhosted wallet and mixer rules, the CFTC builds a federal crypto license without Congress, and Robinhood buys Bitcoin.
In this episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon and Kate discuss: Strike launched Stacks, named buckets for your Bitcoin and cash savings. Brandon replied that Stacks already exists, and Strike's Matt Carvalho, formerly of Swan, answered that STX is too irrelevant to be a brand conflict. Kate: it's not a...
Bitget Lost $387M to a Zero-Day: Muneeb Runs Stacks Labs, Anchorage Adds Bitcoin Staking
Hackers used zero-day flaws in Bitget's third-party security tools to make $387M in withdrawals look like internal transfers, and a $464M protection fund made every user whole. Plus Muneeb takes over Stacks Labs, Anchorage clients can stake Bitcoin, and we ask whether a fruit fly brain can mine Bitcoin.
In this episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon and Kate discuss:
The Clarity Act Just Died: SEC Greenlights Tokenized Stocks, Bitcoin Reserve Bill Advances
The Clarity Act failed its cloture vote 49 to 50, and Polymarket now gives it 8% this year. Brandon argues two-thirds of the crypto market already has its clarity; Kate warns agency rules can be undone by the next administration. Plus tokenized stocks get an SEC exemption and Revolut gets breached.
In this episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon and Kate discuss:
Hackers Minted 4,000 BTC on Liquid: Blockstream Won't Pay, Trezor Leak Grows, Genesis Bond Sold Out
A dormant bug in Liquid's confidential transactions let an attacker mint roughly 4,000 BTC nobody could see, then bridge it out. They returned 3,400, kept 600, and are negotiating with Blockstream in OP_RETURN messages. Plus Trezor's leak grows to 80,000 customers, the Stacks Genesis Bond sells out in 24 hours, and Brian Armstrong calls $400K Bitcoin by 2030 reasonable.
In this episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon and Kate discuss:
Take Your Lightning Node Offline: AI-Found Bugs, Quantum-Proof BTC Mined, Coinbase Mortgages Live
Critical vulnerabilities in Core Lightning have node operators going offline while a two-week embargo holds, and they were surfaced by AI-generated bug reports that proved real. Plus the first quantum-resistant Bitcoin transaction mined on mainnet, Coinbase's Bitcoin-backed mortgage goes nationwide, Pakistan's full crypto licensing framework, and Strategy adds $1.59B to its reserve.
In this episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon and Kate discuss:
The Treasury Just Pumped Bitcoin: 7% Surge, Bullish IPOs With 24,300 BTC, MetaPlanet Comes to the US
The Treasury yield hit 5.34%, its highest since 2007, and the Treasury answered by doubling its long-end bond buybacks. Bitcoin surged 7% in a day, its biggest move since March. Plus Bullish IPOs holding more BTC than Coinbase, MetaPlanet's US landing as SuperPlanet, the SEC's new crypto exemptions, and OrdinalsBot winds down.
In this episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon and Kate discuss:
Nobody Is Safe: Trezor Data Breach, BIP 110 Dies in Two Blocks, Coldcard Fallout Grows
One week after Coldcard, Trezor got hit too: a shipping partner leaked nearly 12,000 customers' home addresses, phones, and emails. Plus BIP 110's two-block death, the Coldcard theft numbers, Tether's KPMG audit, and BlackRock's $1M door into IBIT.
In this episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon and Kate discuss:
Coldcard Hack Explained: What Happened and How to Secure Your Bitcoin Now
The Coldcard exploit drained over $100M from wallets that never touched the internet. How a 2021 firmware bug collapsed seed entropy, what to do with your Bitcoin now, and the AI arms race finding holes faster than teams can patch. Plus: Strategy sold again, Storj went bankrupt, and .bitcoin could become a real domain.
In this episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon and Kate discuss:
Everyone Is Shutting Down
Jack Mallers quit Twenty One, BitMEX is closing, Satsuma is liquidating, and Smarter Web sold Bitcoin. The old guard is packing up. Plus: BlackRock and Strategy funded Bitcoin's quantum defense, the Clarity Act cleared its last blocker, and Wise debanked Peter McCormack.
In this episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon and Kate discuss:
We Read Your Hate Mail
The BIP-110 haters found us, so we read the hate mail on air. Plus: privacy coins are crypto's only green category this year, Lyn Alden's $40M Orange Juice, ZachXBT calls every hardware wallet 'complete garbage,' Bitcoin lands on TikTok Shop, and Vibewatch wins a Stacks grant.
In this episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon and Kate discuss:
We Actually Read BIP 110
The BIP 110 fight has been all mudslinging, so we did something radical: we actually read the BIP. Why the filters won't work and why it probably ends in a fork. Plus: Strategy's never-sell era is over, a $21M DAO drain that broke no rules, Kraken's $22M Choke Point 2.0 win, and StackingDAO's stBTC ahead of Bitcoin staking on Stacks.
In this episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon and Kate discuss:
Everyone Just Launched a Stablecoin
Out of left field: 140+ companies — Visa, Mastercard, Google, Samsung, PayPal, BlackRock, Coinbase, Stripe and more — announced Open USD, one shared stablecoin where the partners keep the reserve earnings. Then came the backlash: firms saying they never signed on, and Circle's CEO firing back. Meanwhile Strategy published a real plan for STRC (including permission to sell some Bitcoin), whales scooped up ~$16.7B, and Robinhood went full crypto. No one told the builders it's a bear market.
In this episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon and Kate discuss:
They Say Bitcoin Is Dead Again
Bitcoin slipped under $60K and the timeline filled with obituaries — people who bought the $120K top now calling it dead. Brandon and Kate place it right where the four-year cycle predicts: deep in the trenches, with maybe nine more boring months to go. Yet nobody up top is actually capitulating — Strategy bought the dip again, STRC keeps cratering, Wall Street quietly shipped its first Bitcoin depositary receipt, and Schwab went native. A quiet week with more under the surface than the doom posts suggest.
In this episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon and Kate discuss:
Is Stretch Stretched to Its Limit?
Strategy's 'Stretch' — the STRC preferred stock built to trade near $100 — cratered to an all-time low of $82.53 this week, and the timeline declared it the next Ponzi. Brandon and Kate dig into whether Stretch is being stretched to its limit, plus a quiet week of buys, Illinois's punishing new crypto tax, Stacks landing on Fireblocks, BlackRock's new yield ETF, and the stat that Elon is now worth more than all of Bitcoin.
In this episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon and Kate discuss:
Saylor Says He Never Sold a Sat
A week after Strategy quietly sold 32 BTC, Saylor tweeted he's 'never sold a single sat.' Brandon and Kate call out the goalpost-moving, react to a Saylor clip, then run the tape: Strategy buys 1,550 BTC, Strive needles back, Botanix shuts down its whole network, Coinbase hands AI agents your account, SBF begs for a pardon, and a classic bottom signal flashes.
In this episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon and Kate discuss:
Claude Found a Zcash Counterfeiting Bug
Kate's out sick, so Brandon flies solo. The headline: a researcher used Claude Opus 4.8 to find a counterfeiting bug in Zcash's shielded pool that could've minted unlimited coins undetectably — ZEC fell 30%. Plus a Bitcoin selloff below $60K, Strategy's quiet sale, and Lava's Bitcoin-back card.
In this episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon and Kate discuss:
Someone Burned 107 Bitcoin
Someone moved 107 Bitcoin — nearly $8 million — out of ten-year-old, Mt. Gox-era addresses and torched it in a single burst of transactions on Monday. No note, no explanation. Brandon and Kate run the theories, then work through a packed week of treasury moves, Kraken's "native Bitcoin" yield product, and Stacks finally winning over Bitcoin Magazine.
In this episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon and Kate discuss:
Inside Hermetica's hBTC — with Jakob Schillinger
Brandon sits down with Jakob Schillinger, founder and CEO of Hermetica, on the day they raise the hBTC cap from 50 to 75 BTC — and unpack how Michael Saylor's STRC quietly became a yield engine for Bitcoin-backed dollars.
In this episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon and Jakob discuss:
The Feds Want 1 Million Bitcoin
A bipartisan duo just introduced a bill to codify a 1M-BTC Strategic Bitcoin Reserve into law — with a mandatory 20-year holding period and self-custody protections for everyday Americans.
In this episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon and Kate discuss:
Claude Cracked a Bitcoin Wallet
A guy who lost access to ~5 BTC for 11 years used Claude Code to recover it — and the crypto internet lost its mind. But did Claude actually break Bitcoin? Brandon and Kate unpack what really happened.
In this episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon and Kate discuss:
Hard Forking for Satoshi's Coins
Paul Sztorc is hard forking Bitcoin — and the plan involves reassigning Satoshi's coins. Brandon and Kate break down the most chaotic week of news in months.
In this episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon and Kate discuss:
Did we just find Satoshi?
A new documentary dropped claiming Satoshi Nakamoto was actually two people — Hal Finney and Len Sassaman — and the Bitcoin world is buzzing. Plus: Strategy just overtook BlackRock, and the US Air Force is running a Bitcoin node.
In this episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon and Kate discuss:
Bitcoin DeFi Is No Longer an Experiment ft. Andriy Velykyy of Allbridge
Allbridge cofounder Andriy Velykyy joins Brandon and Kate to unpack what real Circle-issued USDC on Bitcoin actually means — and why he's calling this the moment Bitcoin DeFi stops being an experiment.
In this bonus episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon and Kate sit down with Allbridge cofounder Andriy Velykyy to discuss:
Should We Freeze Satoshi's Coins?
A quantum computer could steal $74 billion in Satoshi's Bitcoin — and the only proposed fix might be worse than the problem.
In this episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon and Kate discuss:
Has Bitcoin Been Quantum Resistant This Whole Time?
Starkware just dropped a white paper that makes Bitcoin transactions quantum-resistant today — no soft fork, no protocol changes — but it'll cost you $150 per transaction in GPU compute. Meanwhile, the New York Times thinks they've finally figured out who Satoshi is.
In this episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon and Kate discuss:
Q Day Just Got Closer
Google just moved the quantum computing timeline from 2035 to 2029 — and Bitcoin's clock is ticking. Plus, the FBI created crypto tokens as part of a DOJ sting, and the Department of Labor just named Bitcoin in a landmark 401(k) rule.
In this episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon and Kate discuss:
Extreme Fear, Extreme Building
The cost to mine one Bitcoin just hit $80K — but BTC is trading at $66K. Miners are bleeding out, infrastructure is booming, and crypto-backed mortgages just became a reality. Welcome to the most confusing time in Bitcoin.
In this episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon and Kate discuss:
Two Years Deep
Brandon got laid off from Stacks Labs, cried on air celebrating two years of Good For Bitcoin, and the SEC just dropped the biggest crypto clarity bomb the industry has ever seen — this one hits different.
In this episode, Brandon and Kate discuss:
Celebrating two years of Good For BitcoinStacks Labs layoffs and the wave of crypto cuts across the industryLaunching the new goodforbitcoin.com websiteStrategy buys 22,337 BTC — plus Strive, American Bitcoin Corp, Gemini, and moreSquare auto-enabling Bitcoin payments via Lightning for millions of merchantsSEC and CFTC landmark joint interpretation on what is and isn...Banks Don't Want to Kill Stablecoins — Just Yours
Wells Fargo is lobbying to kill stablecoin yield while quietly filing a trademark for their own stablecoin — and they're not the only bank playing both sides. Plus, Kraken becomes the first crypto company with a Federal Reserve master account, and the guy who stole $40M from the US government's seized crypto finally gets arrested.
In this episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon and Kate discuss:
Bitcoin hits $73K amid extreme fear — and the 20 millionth Bitcoin has officially been mined, leaving just 1 million left over the next 114 yearsBitcoin treasury roundup: Strategy buys nearly 18,000 BTC (now holding 738,731), Pomp's ProC...Are Ordinals Dead?
Magic Eden is shuttering its Bitcoin and EVM marketplaces to go all-in on Solana — so is this the end of Ordinals? Plus, Block lays off nearly half its workforce citing AI, and the Jane Street price suppression conspiracy heats up.
In this episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon and Kate discuss:
Bitcoin treasury roundup: Strategy buys 592 BTC (now holding 717,722), Block reveals 103 BTC purchase (8,883 total), Professional Capital Management adds 7 BTC (5,007 total), and DDC Enterprise buys 50 BTC (2,118 total)Block announces massive layoffs — nearly half of its 10,000 employees — with Jack Dorsey citing AI-driven "intelligence tools" as the catalystLedn issues the fi...The tourists have left, the AI agents have arrived
Fear and greed is at 7 out of 100, BTC treasury companies are merging, and the stablecoin interest fight just got a White House intervention — but Brandon and Kate have never been more bullish on building in Bitcoin.
In this episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon and Kate discuss:
AI agents taking over workflows — Claude, OpenClaw, and why it feels like 2015 Bitcoin all over againStrategy adding another 2,486 BTC to reach 717,131 totalAmerican Bitcoin Corporation and Capital B also accumulating this weekNakamoto acquiring BTC Inc (Bitcoin Magazine), and UTXO Management in an all-stock dealThe Saylor vs. Danny Knowles debate on whet...Be greedy when others are fearful!
Bitcoin is under $70K, fear is everywhere, and public companies are panic-selling — but is this actually the best time to be buying? Brandon and Kate break down who's selling, who's stacking, and the massive Fireblocks news that could change everything for Stacks.
In this episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon and Kate discuss:
AI tools leveling up — using Claude, Cowork, and the viral Seed Dance video generatorBTC dipping below $70K and navigating extreme fear with a DCA mindsetGranite's community liquidations page and why some positions are too small to claimCAN Go selling over half its BTC hold...If you’re in Bitcoin, pivot to Stablecoins???
Brandon and Kate play with the idea that Bitcoin builders should “pivot to stablecoins” — not as literal advice, but as a way to surface where user demand, liquidity, and regulatory attention are actually concentrating today. The conversation unpacks why stablecoins keep dominating payments and UX, what that reveals about Bitcoin’s current friction points, and how Bitcoin L2s and BTCFi fit into a dollar-centric on-chain world.
Topics Discussed
🙃 “Pivot to stablecoins” as a framing device for real market demand 💵 Why dollar-denominated UX continues to win in payments 🧠 Bitcoin-as-asset vs. Bitcoin-as-financial-rail 🏦 How stablecoins shape liquidity, behavior, and product design 🧱 Wh...Getting more Clarity on the Clarity Act
Brandon and Kate dig into the Clarity Act to separate headlines from substance — what the bill actually proposes, how it fits into the broader U.S. regulatory landscape, and why clarity (or lack thereof) matters for Bitcoin, stablecoins, and builders. They walk through the tradeoffs, the political reality, and what meaningful progress would actually look like.
Topics Discussed
📜 What the Clarity Act is trying to do and why it exists ⚖️ How the bill approaches jurisdiction, definitions, and enforcement 🏦 Implications for stablecoins, custodians, and market structure 🧱 What regulatory clarity would unlock for Bitcoin and L2 builders 🗳️ Political realities: timelines...We’re so back! Here’s everything you missed over the holiday
Brandon and Kate are back after the holiday break to catch up on everything you might have missed — from Bitcoin price action and renewed market energy, to major ecosystem updates across Bitcoin L2s, stablecoins, and treasury companies. They reset the board for the new year and talk through what actually matters heading into the next phase of the cycle.
Topics Discussed 🔁 Coming back from the holidays and resetting the market context 📈 Bitcoin price action and shifting sentiment post-break 🏦 Bitcoin treasury companies and renewed corporate interest 🧱 Updates across Bitcoin L2s and execution progress 💵 Stablecoins, payments, and infrastructure developments 🧠 W...What was BEST for Bitcoin in 2025?
Brandon and Kate wrap the year by reflecting on what was actually best for Bitcoin in 2025 — separating signal from noise across price action, ETFs, treasury companies, Bitcoin L2s, stablecoins, and developer momentum. They look back at the narratives that mattered, the ones that faded, and what 2025 revealed about Bitcoin’s path forward.
