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  1. #732: The Iran War Escalation with Mel Mattison

    1 april 2026 · 1 uur 24 min

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    Marty sits down with Mel Mattison to discuss the escalating Iran-Israel conflict, the rising threat of nuclear war and global recession, and how investors should position themselves in cash, gold, and Bitcoin to navigate potential market crashes and stagflation. Lees meer

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  2. Ten31 Timestamp: To Hike or Not to Hike

    30 maart 2026 · 25 min

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    John Arnold joins Marty to break down why the Fed is fiscally trapped and unable to hike rates despite inflationary pressures from Middle East supply shocks, while Bitcoin achieves unprecedented institutional integration through mortgage markets and Wall Street ETF filings. Lees meer

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    Why the Fed cannot hike: Debt/GDP and interest expense constraints

    MOVE index spikes to highest levels since Liberation Day

    The 1940s analog: Fed-Treasury coordination, price controls, and rationing

    Private credit contagion and Treasury basis trade unwind risks

    Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac recognize Bitcoin for mortgage collateral

    Coinbase launches 30-year Bitcoin-collateralized mortgage

    Morgan Stanley files for Bitcoin ETF with 14bps fee undercut

    Block (Square) auto-enables Bitcoin payments for all merchants

    ETF flows remain flat on the year despite 48% price drawdown

    TIMESTAMPS:

    00:00:00 - Weekend recap and military mission context

    00:00:33 - The Fed hiking debate begins

    00:01:15 - Market pricing rate hikes via CME Fed Watch

    00:02:40 - US fiscal constraints and non-discretionary spending

    00:03:49 - MOVE index hits Liberation Day volatility levels

    00:04:08 - Treasury basis trade and levered hedge fund risks

    00:06:10 - Private credit contagion (Morgan Stanley gating)

    00:09:38 - 1940s analog: Price controls and government coordination

    00:14:23 - Bitcoin as pressure release valve for Fed policy

    00:15:34 - Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Bitcoin mortgage news

    00:16:40 - Conforming loans and secondary market liquidity

    00:19:36 - Block auto-enables Bitcoin merchant payments

    00:20:05 - Morgan Stanley Bitcoin ETF filing

    00:23:25 - Sentiment analysis: 2015 vs today

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  3. #731: Fixing Broken Bitcoin Tax Policy with Andrew Gordon

    25 maart 2026 · 47 min

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    Marty sits down with Andrew Gordon to discuss the IRS's aggressive new crypto audit tactics, problematic tax reporting requirements like Form 1099-DA, and the urgent need for legislative reforms including a de minimis exemption and voluntary disclosure program. Lees meer

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  4. Ten31 Timestamp: Cui Bono?

    23 maart 2026 · 28 min

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    Marty breaks down the real winners and losers as Middle East tensions create massive market volatility and reshape global energy flows. Lees meer

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    In this episode:

    Oil market spreads reveal who's really benefiting from Gulf disruptions

    Why Qatar's 5-year LNG shutdown changes everything

    China's insurance advantage in the Strait of Hormuz

    Treasury yield spike forcing Trump's hand on Iran talks

    Gold selloff exposes the reserve asset rotation happening behind the scenes

    TIMESTAMPS:

    00:00:00 - Market chaos and Iran negotiations

    00:06:04 - Oil spread signals reveal US energy advantage

    00:10:50 - Qatar LNG shutdown impacts global supply for years

    00:13:05 - Strait of Hormuz - who's really controlling shipping?

    00:16:04 - China's export surge and leverage game

    00:19:14 - Treasury volatility hits highest since Liberation Day

    00:23:49 - Gold selloff shows reserve asset dynamics

    00:26:59 - Iranian threats target US Treasury holders

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  5. #730: Trump's Geopolitical Poker Game with Tom Luongo

    23 maart 2026 · 1 uur 49 min

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    Marty sits down with Tom Luongo to discuss the recent US military operation against Iran, Trump's "poker player" strategy to dismantle the City of London's control over global shipping insurance and energy markets, and the potential end of the "chaos premium" in international trade. Lees meer

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  6. #729: The Generational Liquidity Trap with Jeff Park

    21 maart 2026 · 1 uur 18 min

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    Marty sits down with Jeff Park to discuss the converging forces of demographic inversion, wealth inequality, and AI disruption that are creating a generational liquidity trap, why traditional assets like housing and equities represent exit liquidity risks for investors, and how Bitcoin serves as the essential hedge against this systemic breakdown. Lees meer

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  7. #728: The Peer Review Cartel with Nicolas Hulscher

    18 maart 2026 · 1 uur 7 min

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    Marty sits down with Nicolas Hulscher, MPH, epidemiologist at the McCullough Foundation, to discuss peer-reviewed research linking mRNA COVID vaccines to persistent vaccine components, turbo cancers, and genomic integration, as well as the broader childhood vaccine schedule's connection to autism, the corruption of the peer review system, and the political failures to hold the pharmaceutical industry accountable. Lees meer

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  8. #727: Orange Pilling The Deep State with David Zell

    16 maart 2026 · 1 uur 54 min

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    Marty sits down with David Zell, Executive Director of the Bitcoin Policy Institute, to discuss the Coinbase de minimis lobbying controversy, the battle to make Bitcoin tax reform a legislative priority, and why engaging the national security community may be Bitcoin's most durable long-term protection. Lees meer

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  9. #726: Mapping The Mind Of The Machine with Brian Murray & Paul Itoi

    14 maart 2026 · 1 uur 11 min

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    Marty sits down with Brian Murray and Paul Itoi to discuss the convergence of AI agents, graph databases as a solution to LLM memory limitations, and Bitcoin's Lightning Network as the native payment rail for the emerging agentic economy. Lees meer

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  10. #725: Why Bitcoin Adoption Is Fragmented with Fernando Nikolic

    11 maart 2026 · 1 uur 10 min

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    Marty sits down with Fernando Nikolic to discuss how Bitcoin can learn from the music industry's mistakes, the communications failures that have held back adoption, and how AI tools and data curation are reshaping the information landscape for the next wave of Bitcoiners. Lees meer

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  11. Ten31 Timestamp: To Rule the Waves

    11 maart 2026 · 30 min

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    Markets are underestimating the gravity of what's unfolding in the Middle East, but Bitcoin is showing signs it might be pricing in the inevitable response. Lees meer

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    In this episode:\

    Why oil infrastructure attacks may be a strategic move against China\

    How the Strait of Hormuz closure affects 45% of China's oil supply\

    Private credit stress meeting energy inflation - the perfect storm\

    Signs Bitcoin may have bottomed while traditional assets struggle\

    The chess match between US energy dominance and Chinese supply chains
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    TIMESTAMPS:
    00:00:00 - Monitoring the Middle East situation
    00:01:06 - Strait of Hormuz closure and energy infrastructure damage
    00:02:11 - Physical world constraints returning to markets
    00:04:18 - Ten year yields rising with oil prices
    00:07:26 - Markets underestimating refinery damage severity
    00:11:06 - China's 45% oil dependence through Hormuz Strait
    00:12:57 - Helium supply disruption threatening chip production
    00:13:58 - US vs China leverage points in the chess match
    00:17:13 - Strategic objectives behind the Middle East operation
    00:19:31 - Private credit stress at Blackrock and Blackstone
    00:22:17 - Refinancing wave hitting 2020-2021 deals
    00:25:15 - Double whammy of inflation and credit stress
    00:27:20 - Bitcoin's resilient price action amid global turmoil
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  12. #724: Bitcoin Is The Peaceful Revolution with GMONEY

    9 maart 2026 · 1 uur 9 min

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    Marty sits down with GMoney to discuss Bitcoin as a peaceful weapon for individual sovereignty, the moral case for tax resistance, and the theory that Bitcoin is part of a larger coordinated counter-insurgency against the global fiat banking cartel. Lees meer

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  13. #723: The Battle for the Agentic Economy with Matt Corallo

    8 maart 2026 · 1 uur 12 min

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    Marty sits down with Bitcoin developer Matt Corallo to discuss why the emergence of AI coding tools and agentic payments represents the most critical and time-sensitive opportunity in Bitcoin's history to become the dominant payment rail of the internet. Lees meer

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  14. Ten31 Timestamp: Fast Takeoffs And Hard Landings

    2 maart 2026 · 29 min

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    World War 3 is heating up and most people are missing the bigger strategic picture. What just went down in Iran and why anthropic got blacklisted by the Pentagon. Lees meer

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    In this episode:

    US-Iran conflict as part of broader China decoupling strategy

    Pentagon vs Anthropic: The AI Patriot Act moment

    Why this administration is acting on wartime footing

    Bitcoin's surprisingly strong response to geopolitical chaos

    10-year Treasury signals and what they mean for monetary policy

    Block's massive AI-driven layoffs and implications for the future

    TIMESTAMPS:

    00:00:00 - World War 3 is upon us

    00:01:31 - Iran conflict through China strategy lens

    00:06:06 - Energy as weapon against China

    00:08:36 - Pentagon blacklists Anthropic: The AI power grab

    00:11:24 - Sovereign is he who decides the model weights

    00:13:44 - Pattern recognition: The AI Patriot Act moment

    00:16:57 - Bitcoin's resilient weekend performance

    00:19:39 - Ten year Treasury reaction signals trouble

    00:22:52 - Block's AI layoffs: 40% workforce reduction

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  15. #722: AI Privacy Is The New Bitcoin Privacy with Mark Suman

    2 maart 2026 · 1 uur 1 min

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  16. #721: The Human Skills That Matter Now That AI Can Code with Calle

    28 februari 2026 · 1 uur 16 min

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  17. #720 Global Liquidity Has Peaked with Michael Howell

    25 februari 2026 · 1 uur 2 min

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  18. Ten31 Timestamp: The Die Is Cast

    23 februari 2026 · 27 min

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    Reality distortion fields aren't just for Steve Jobs anymore - they're everywhere in our sclerotic institutions, and the latest examples show just how disconnected official narratives are from what's actually happening. Lees meer

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    - Fed minutes show rate hike discussions while Treasury assumes massive ongoing RMP purchases

    - Bitcoin's recent performance amid changing liquidity conditions and institutional crosswinds

    - Hash rate recovers 14.6% after winter storm, debunking quantum and AI pivot theories

    - Why there's "no fishing in the Rubicon" when economic reordering is underway

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    00:00:00 - Introduction and Reality Distortion Fields

    00:01:07 - Steve Jobs Concept Applied to Modern Institutions

    00:02:42 - Supreme Court Tariff Ruling and Trump's Response

    00:06:14 - No Fishing in the Rubicon

    00:08:44 - Fed Minutes vs Treasury Funding Assumptions

    00:11:49 - RMP Program Becoming Structural

    00:16:34 - Bitcoin's Recent Performance and Liquidity

    00:20:38 - Fed Chair Transition Dynamics

    00:23:05 - Hash Rate Recovery Validates Weather Theory

    00:25:30 - Mining Equipment Markets and Tax Incentives

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  19. #719: Bitcoin Is Winning Even In A Bear Market with Alex Leishman

    23 februari 2026 · 1 uur 4 min

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    Marty sits down with Alex Leishman, CEO and CTO of River, to discuss Bitcoin adoption trends in the current bear market, the Lightning Network's growing momentum, institutional vs. individual ownership shifts, AI's impact on productivity and hiring, quantum computing risks to Bitcoin, and River's vision for the future of Bitcoin banking. Lees meer

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  20. #718: The Housing Market Is Lying To You with Melody Wright

    21 februari 2026 · 1 uur 13 min

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    Marty sits down with Melody Wright, housing market analyst and investigative researcher, to discuss the deepening cracks beneath the surface of the U.S. housing and labor markets — from record-low home sales and rising mortgage delinquencies to corrupted government data, municipal fiscal collapse, and the broader consumer credit stress that mainstream financial media continues to ignore. Lees meer

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  21. Ten31 Timestamp: Bitcoin Fixes the Energy Problem

    16 februari 2026 · 29 min

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    The AI revolution is accelerating faster than most people realize, but major institutions aren't accounting for it in their economic projections. While the CBO just added $1.4 trillion to this decade's deficit forecast, they completely missed the potential disruption from artificial intelligence. Lees meer

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    - Why institutional adoption of AI tools faces massive inertia despite breakthrough capabilities

    - How the managerial class creates friction against disruptive technologies

    - CBO deficit projections ignore AI's potential economic disruption

    - Private credit losses pile up as AI disrupts software companies

    - Lightning Labs releases agent payment tools - the machine payable web arrives

    - Why Bitcoiners can't be complacent about agent payments

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    00:00:00 - Introduction from Bitcoin Investor Week NYC

    00:02:06 - The viral AI post breakdown and institutional blindness

    00:06:41 - Testing AI tools at TFTC - reality vs hype

    00:09:00 - Managerial class inertia against disruption

    00:11:05 - CBO deficit projections miss AI disruption completely

    00:16:26 - Private credit losses from AI disruption begin

    00:21:00 - Bitcoin and the machine payable web revolution

    00:24:06 - Lightning Labs agent payment tools launch

    00:26:00 - Competition for agent payments - Bitcoin must compete

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  22. #717: Building The Financial Rails Bitcoin Deserves with Jesse Shrader

    16 februari 2026 · 1 uur 6 min

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    Marty sits down with Jesse Shrader, co-founder and CEO of Amboss, to discuss the evolution of the Lightning Network, how Taproot Assets are bringing stablecoins and multi-asset trading to Bitcoin, the launch of Amboss's RailsX peer-to-peer exchange and Magma MCP tool for AI agents, and why Bitcoin is positioned to become the backbone of global commerce and foreign exchange settlement. Lees meer

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  23. #716: A Century In Five Years with Justin Moon

    14 februari 2026 · 1 uur 32 min

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    Marty sits down with Justin Moon to discuss his return to building freedom tech, the explosion of AI capabilities through tools like Open Claw and Claude Code, and why Bitcoiners need to stop patting themselves on the back and start shipping software that solves real problems for real people. Lees meer

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  24. #715: $1.5 Trillion in AI Promises With No Business Plan with Gary Brode

    11 februari 2026 · 1 uur 15 min

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    Marty sits down with Gary Brode to discuss why the market's reaction to the Warsh Fed nomination was wrong, the real drivers of inflation, the unsustainable economics of the AI hyperscaler spending boom, and why Bitcoin's long-term value proposition remains strong despite short-term price volatility. Lees meer

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  25. Ten31 Timestamp: The Fundamental Haven't Changed

    9 februari 2026 · 28 min

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    Bitcoin's price hit the 50s this week, but the fundamentals tell a different story. As AI investment explodes above $600 billion annually, agents are already using Bitcoin as internet-native money. Lees meer

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    Why the fear and greed index hit historic lows (lower than COVID and FTX)

    How AI agents are using Bitcoin Lightning wallets and signing into websites

    $600+ billion hyperscaler CapEx spend creating fundamental Bitcoin tailwinds

    Hash rate difficulty adjustment working as designed (11.15% downward adjustment)

    Why Bitcoin isn't a hedge yet but is building toward becoming one

    TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 - Price volatility and fundamental value 00:01:25 - Fear and greed index hits historic lows 00:04:10 - AI agents using Bitcoin Lightning wallets 00:06:02 - $600 billion hyperscaler CapEx explosion 00:12:42 - AI race implications for monetary policy 00:14:30 - Hash rate correction and mining profitability myths 00:18:23 - Bitcoin's unique bits-to-atoms connection 00:22:46 - Difficulty adjustment working as designed 00:24:48 - Why Bitcoin isn't a hedge yet 00:27:01 - Knowledge distribution and early adoption

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  26. #714: What Comes After Taproot? with Arbedout

    9 februari 2026 · 1 uur 34 min

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    Marty sits down with ArbedOut to discuss the Epstein email leaks and their implications for Bitcoin, the current state of markets and Bitcoin treasury companies, the challenges of reaching consensus on Bitcoin's next soft fork, the promise of AI agents making Lightning payments, and ArbedOut's new project SigBash — a programmable signer that brings covenant-like functionality to Bitcoin without a protocol change. Lees meer

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  27. #713: Bitcoin Was Warning Us for Months with James Check

    7 februari 2026 · 1 uur 5 min

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    Marty sits down with James Check to discuss the current Bitcoin bear market, where on-chain data and mean reversion models suggest we're in the bottom fifth of the cycle, why capitulation is a necessary process, the quantum computing FUD, the role of gold as portfolio ballast, and why staying convicted through the storm is the only rational move if your decision tree says Bitcoin isn't dead. Lees meer

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  28. #712: The Great Precious Metals Shakeout with Vince Lanci

    4 februari 2026 · 1 uur 5 min

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  29. #711: How to Turn Any App Into a Bitcoin On-Ramp with Harsha Goli

    2 februari 2026 · 1 uur 14 min

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  30. #710: Q4 2025 Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis

    31 januari 2026 · 1 uur 50 min

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  31. #709: Inside Maine's Medicaid Fraud Machine with Steve Robinson

    28 januari 2026 · 1 uur 52 min

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  32. #708: Why Silver Doubled in 60 Days with Josh Phair

    26 januari 2026 · 1 uur 9 min

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  33. #707 The Yen Carry Trade Unwind Could Crash U.S. Markets with Infranomics

    24 januari 2026 · 1 uur 20 min

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    Marty sits down with Robert of Infranomics to discuss the fragility of the global bond market, Japan's yield curve crisis and its ripple effects on U.S. treasuries, the end of globalization, rising political polarization, and why Bitcoin and gold are the only assets worth holding in a fiscally dominant world. Lees meer

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  34. #706: Fix the Money or Face Civil War with DarkSide2030

    21 januari 2026 · 1 uur 10 min

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  35. #705: The Fed Can't Save Us This Time with Dave Collum

    19 januari 2026 · 3 uur 15 min

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  36. #704: Running Your Company Like a Free Society with Jason Hughey

    17 januari 2026 · 1 uur 7 min

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    Marty sits down with Jason Hughey of Satoshi Pacioli to discuss principal-based management (PBM), the free-market management framework developed by Koch Industries, and why its Austrian economic principles make it an ideal fit for Bitcoin companies. Lees meer

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  37. #703: Payments Without Permission with Nick Slaney

    14 januari 2026 · 1 uur 2 min

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    Marty sits down with Nick Slaney, founder of MoneyDevKit and former Block engineer behind BitKey and C=, to discuss how self-custody Bitcoin payments are solving the global access problem that Stripe and stablecoins can't, and why the vibe coding explosion makes this the perfect moment for Lightning to finally go mainstream. Lees meer

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  38. #702: The State of Bitcoin Protocol Development in 2026 with Coinjoined Chris

    10 januari 2026 · 1 uur 19 min

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    Marty sits down with Chris (@coinjoined), founder of Bitcoin insurance company Biturance, to discuss the state of Bitcoin protocol development, quantum FUD, self-custody solutions, European Bitcoin adoption, and the cultural divide between institutional holders and the cypherpunk ethos. Lees meer

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  39. #701: The New Monroe Doctrine Is Here with Mel Mattison

    7 januari 2026 · 1 uur 28 min

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  40. #700: Preparing Bitcoin for the Quantum Era with Jonas Nick & Mikhail Kudinov

    31 december 2025 · 1 uur 14 min

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    Marty sits down with Jonas Nick and Mikhail Komarov to discuss their research on hash-based signature schemes for Bitcoin, exploring how these quantum-resistant cryptographic solutions could protect the network from future quantum computer threats while navigating trade-offs in signature size, verification time, and compatibility with existing wallet infrastructure. Lees meer

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  41. #699: TradFi's Secret War Against Bitcoin with Ryan Lane

    29 december 2025 · 1 uur 18 min

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  42. #698: How the Money Printer Hijacked Your Health with Dr. Ahmad Ammous

    27 december 2025 · 1 uur 8 min

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  43. #697: The Legal Fight Against UK Online Censorship with Preston Byrne

    22 december 2025 · 1 uur 27 min

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    Marty sits down with Preston Byrne to discuss his legal battle defending 4chan and other American companies against UK and EU censorship laws, the proposed GRANITE Act, and why protecting First Amendment rights online is an existential fight for internet freedom. Lees meer

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  44. #696: How Peer Review Became a Weapon with Jessica Rose & Kevin McKernan

    20 december 2025 · 1 uur 45 min

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    Marty sits down with Jessica Rose and Kevin McKernan to discuss the coordinated attacks on their vaccine contamination research, the corrupt peer review system designed to suppress inconvenient science, and how Bitcoin and Nostr can create a censorship-resistant alternative for publishing. Lees meer

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  45. #695: Gen Alpha Is Already Building the Future With AI with @somewhatstella

    17 december 2025 · 39 min

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    Marty sits down with Stella, a 15-year-old student at Austin's Alpha School, to discuss how Gen Alpha is using AI tools like Claude to build real products, why embracing new technology beats negativity, and how autonomy-focused education models are preparing young entrepreneurs for the future. Lees meer

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  46. #694: Why Trump Is Fighting the City of London with Tom Luongo

    13 december 2025 · 1 uur 29 min

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    Marty sits down with Tom Luongo to discuss the Trump administration's multi-front war against globalist power structures, drug cartels, and rogue intelligence agencies, and why libertarian critics are missing the bigger geopolitical picture. Lees meer

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  47. #693: The War for the World's Reserve Asset with Ryan Gentry

    11 december 2025 · 1 uur 21 min

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    Marty sits down with Ryan Gentry to discuss his new $220 million SPAC aimed at taking Bitcoin operating companies public, the five-year evolution of the Lightning Network from single-digit millions to $10 billion in annual volume, and why Bitcoin businesses are finally mature enough to compete in public markets. Lees meer

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  48. #692: Free Samourai with Keonne Rodriguez

    10 december 2025 · 1 uur 9 min

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    Marty sits down with Keonne Rodriguez, co-founder of Samourai Wallet, to discuss his decade-long mission to bring privacy to Bitcoin, the DOJ prosecution that led to his guilty plea, and why he and his co-founder Bill deserve a presidential pardon as he prepares to report to prison. Lees meer

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  49. #691: Understanding the Real Globalist Power Structure with Susan Kokinda

    8 december 2025 · 59 min

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    Marty sits down with Susan Kokinda to discuss the City of London's centuries-long financial control over global affairs, its connection to modern narco-terrorism and drug trafficking, and how the Trump administration is working to reassert American economic sovereignty. Lees meer

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  50. #690: Why Billionaires Shouldn't Give It All Away with Johann Kurtz

    6 december 2025 · 1 uur 32 min

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    Marty sits down with Johann Kurtz to discuss the cultural shift away from intergenerational wealth transfer, the moral framework of duty that once guided wealthy Westerners, and why building a lasting family legacy matters more than giving it all to charity. Lees meer

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