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70: Empire Extraction

This Week in Bitcoin • Aug 20, 2025

Empires drowning in debt turn to plunder, tariffs, and control. But this time, the cracks in the empire reveal the case for Bitcoin.

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Show Notes:

  • Bitcoin tanks below $119k as Bessent says gov’t won’t buy Bitcoin for reserve
  • Producer Price Index News Release summary - 2025 M07 Results
  • Not at the table: Europe's colonial moment
  • Arthur Hayes: Bitcoin Will Soar as Money Printing Won’t Stop! - YouTube
  • Bank of International Settlements Paper Proposes Self-KYC For Non-Custodial Wallets
  • Former White House cryptocurrency adviser Bo Hines joins Tether
  • FBI's undercover $250 Bitcoin payment helps take down alleged serial corporate hacker
  • Citigroup considers custody and payment services for stablecoins, crypto ETFs
  • Ethereum staking faces $3.28 billion exit queue as delays hit longest wait in months
  • Group pitches Bitcoin mining to warm Vancouver's Kits Pool
  • BITCOIN HISTORY: Satoshi launched Bitcoin . org exactly 17 years ago today
  • Andreas Antonopoulos - Currency Wars and Bitcoin's Neutrality - YouTube

MUSIC:

  • Junkyard of Dreams by Jawbone