81: The Inequality Pump

Bitcoin’s quiet, the macro isn’t. Assets are gearing up for lift-off while non-holders get crushed by rising costs and policy chaos, what Bitcoiners should prepare for. And why the Samourai sentencing lands as a cold warning.

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Show Notes

• Why Bitcoin’s Sideways Trend Could End With a Surge to $180K (https://coinedition.com/bitcoin-mid-cycle-pullback-180k-target-etf-demand-lth-selling/)

• Samourai Wallet Dev Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison (https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/11/06/samourai-wallet-developer-sentenced-to-5-years-in-prison-for-unlicensed-money-transmitting)

• Samourai Wallet CEO Sentenced To 5 Years For Bitcoin Mixing (https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/samourai-wallet-ceo-sentenced-five-years)

• The Rage on X: The judge did not seem particularly sympathetic (https://x.com/theragetech/status/1986499155687059837)

• Doing some mempool sleuthing on Lava (https://x.com/gringokiwi/status/1986816075896652117)

• Bitcoin lending app Lava quietly shifted its custody model. Users are demanding answers (https://blockspace.media/insight/bitcoin-lending-app-lava-quietly-shifted-its-custody-model-users-are-demanding-answers/)

• BIP draft: Reduced Data Temporary Softfork by dathonohm · Pull Request #2017 · bitcoin/bips (https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/2017)

• ADP tracker now shows economy may have lost jobs in October - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8RGwaS_RN0)

• New signs of economy struggle with chain and fast-food restaurants - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZe_YkfhBHM)

• China accuses US of $13 billion Bitcoin heist in explosive cyber theft report | Invezz (https://invezz.com/news/2025/11/11/china-accuses-us-of-13-billion-bitcoin-heist-in-explosive-cyber-theft-report/)

• A record ~14% of student loans transitioned into 90+ days delinquency in Q3 2025 (https://x.com/kobeissiletter/status/1986933713456771153)

Music

• KNEW ALL ALONG - Suzanne Santo (https://v4vmusic.com/?album=cmhpe3xxb000lod0jzz8zgqo3)