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 (https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-tanks-below-119k-bessent-gov-t-won-t-buy-bitcoin-reserve)

• Producer Price Index News Release summary - 2025 M07 Results (https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm)

• Not at the table: Europe’s colonial moment (https://arnaudbertrand.substack.com/p/not-at-the-table-europes-colonial)

• Arthur Hayes: Bitcoin Will Soar as Money Printing Won’t Stop! - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvmVFg5JwJE)

• Bank of International Settlements Paper Proposes Self-KYC For Non-Custodial Wallets (https://www.therage.co/bank-of-international-settlements-kyc-non-custodial-wallets/)

• Former White House cryptocurrency adviser Bo Hines joins Tether (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/former-white-house-cryptocurrency-adviser-bo-hines-joins-tether-134729416.html)

• FBI’s undercover $250 Bitcoin payment helps take down alleged serial corporate hacker (https://www.theblock.co/post/359837/fbis-undercover-bitcoin-payment-hacker)

• Citigroup considers custody and payment services for stablecoins, crypto ETFs (https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/citigroup-considers-custody-payment-services-stablecoins-crypto-etfs-2025-08-14/)

• Ethereum staking faces $3.28 billion exit queue as delays hit longest wait in months (https://cryptoslate.com/insights/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 (https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/could-bitcoin-mining-be-used-to-heat-vancouvers-kitsilano-pool/)

• BITCOIN HISTORY: Satoshi launched Bitcoin . org exactly 17 years ago today (https://x.com/btc_archive/status/1957513713994367222?t=E9EIlRX-vHxbQ8g23lQU3A)

• Andreas Antonopoulos - Currency Wars and Bitcoin’s Neutrality - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZCVQHtD2l4)

MUSIC:

• Junkyard of Dreams by Jawbone (https://podcastindex.org/podcast/7347121?episode=37679753423)