77: Owning Bitcoin Isn’t Optional — This Week in Bitcoin

Altcoins wrecked, traders wiped, and the fiat system shows new cracks. I unpack the Great Debasement, Trump’s tariff tantrum, and why not owning Bitcoin may be the biggest risk yet.

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Show Notes

• Debasement Trade - Death of Fiat Money? - Lyn Alden - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pw2zw5ZjUk)

• The Great Debasement: Why Your Dollars, and Your Wealth, Are a Mirage. (https://sylvainsaurel.substack.com/p/the-great-debasement-why-your-dollars)

• Beijing’s rare earths control is ‘China versus the world’, says US treasury chief (https://www.msn.com/en-my/news/other/beijing-s-rare-earths-control-is-china-versus-the-world-says-us-treasury-chief/ar-AA1OwtzT)

• China’s Rare Earth ‘Bazooka’ Sparks Alarm, Race for Supplies - Bloomberg (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-14/china-flexes-superpower-status-with-grab-for-global-supply-chain)

• Bitcoin Core :: Bitcoin Core 30.0 (https://bitcoincore.org/en/releases/30.0/)

• Bitcoin Core v30.0 is officially released — Is BTC going to fork? - Cryptopolitan (https://www.cryptopolitan.com/bitcoin-core-v30-0-released-btc-fork/)

• Power to the Nodes w/ Start9 CEO Matt Hill | Bitcoin 2025 - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W933axQ_FkY)

• Bitwise just revealed a new country is buying Bitcoin and they will announce soon (https://x.com/saylordocs/status/1977677943712465239?s=12&t=E9EIlRX-vHxbQ8g23lQU3A)

• There are a lot of reasons for investors to stay optimistic, says Fundstrat's Tom Lee - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m9umYOUo38)

• DOJ seizes $15 billion in bitcoin in 'pig butchering' fraud (https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/14/bitcoin-doj-chen-zhi-pig-butchering-scam.html)

• U.S. Government Bitcoin Balance (https://intel.arkm.com/explorer/entity/usg)

• $19B Liquidation: Bitcoin’s Ultimate Stress Test - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRHIC2w3XZo)

Music

• Album: In Another LIfe

• Spooke by Be Glass (https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6422477?episode=15565794315)