Trump Owns $50M+ Bitcoin in Cold Storage – Is This Why Spaces Will Explode? Inside Bitcoin Spaces | The Jason & Andrew Show In this episode, Jason and Andrew break down the biggest Bitcoin stories shaking the market right now. Key Topics: ⚡Trump’s $50M+ Bitcoin Disclosure — The President now holds over 800 BTC in cold storage. What does this mean for Bitcoin’s legitimacy and future as a strategic asset? ⚡The Trump Crypto Controversy — A deep dive into World Liberty Financial, $TRUMP, and Melania coins. Did the administration’s inner circle enrich themselves at the expense of retail followers? ⚡Self-Custody in a Hostile World — Why holding your own keys has never been more important, especially as governments increase pressure. ⚡AI’s Impact on Bitcoin — How the explosive growth of artificial intelligence is influencing Bitcoin’s price and energy demand. Could AI data centers pivot to Bitcoin mining with repurposed hardware? We explore the future of hash rate and mining economics. ⚡Illinois’ Radical Crypto Tax — Governor JB Pritzker just signed a 0.2% Digital Asset Privilege Tax on every Bitcoin transaction (buy, sell, transfer, even storage). Effective 2027 — is this the beginning of a U.S. state-level crackdown? We analyze the implications for self-custody and capital flight. ⚡Spaces Protocol Challenges — Great technology with sovereign Bitcoin identities, yet adoption remains slow. Why are people sticking with X and traditional platforms? Practical strategies for mainstream traction. This episode is a must-watch for anyone serious about Bitcoin, self-sovereignty, and the intersection of politics, technology, and sound money. Stay tuned if you value uncensored, in-depth Bitcoin conversation. #Bitcoin #TrumpBitcoin #SelfCustody #AITrends #BitcoinTax

Bitcoin will become the world’s reserve currency. Not because of hype. Because it solves the core problem that has destroyed every fiat currency in history. Governments cannot resist the temptation to print more money. It’s too easy, too politically useful, and too profitable for those in power. Bitcoin removes that temptation entirely. Its supply is fixed at 21 million. No central bank, no politician, no committee can change it. UASF??? It is the first form of money that is credibly scarce by design. This matters more than most people realize. When money can be created at will, savings are slowly stolen through inflation. When money cannot be created at will, it becomes a true store of value across time and borders. Bitcoin is doing what gold did for thousands of years, but better: ⚡️Perfectly verifiable ⚡️Infinitely divisible ⚡️Instantly portable across the world ⚡️Impossible to counterfeit at scale The network is already the most secure computing system humanity has ever built. 👉People controlling nations are beginning to notice. 👉People controlling corporations are already acting. 😤Individuals (Most importantly) are opting out of the old system in growing numbers. This isn’t speculation about price (Although that's the hook). This is the slow, relentless process of the best monetary technology winning through superior properties and incentives. In a world of competing nation states and eroding trust in institutions, the money that cannot be manipulated has a decisive advantage. Bitcoin doesn’t need permission to win. It just needs to keep working. And it will. #Bitcoin

Bitcoin just got real usernames. ‼️No more ugly npubs. ‼️No more DNS bullshit. ‼️No one can take it from you. NIP-SPACES drops sovereign handles like Free@Nostr directly anchored on the Bitcoin blockchain. ⚡️Permanent ⚡️Censorship-resistant ⚡️Works with Nostr, Lightning, wallets & more This is the missing piece for mass adoption. True self-sovereign identity on Bitcoin. Thread + full NIP here👇

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Orbee.chat: The New Group Chat That Actually Lets You Own Your Name #OrbeeChat #Bitcoin #BitcoinSpaces #GroupChatApp

Could Michael Saylor Actually Buy ALL the Bitcoin? #Bitcoin #MichaelSaylor #SelfCustody #JasonAndAndrewShow

Iran Just Got Paid in BITCOIN for Letting Ships Through the Strait of Hormuz The world’s most critical oil chokepoint now has a Bitcoin toll booth. ⚡First confirmed BTC payment received ⚡Ships reportedly paying up to $2 MILLION in Bitcoin for safe passage ⚡IRGC running the “toll booth” ⚡Central Bank of Iran as recipient This isn’t theory anymore. Bitcoin is being used as real-world geopolitical money right in the middle of one of the biggest energy crises in decades. The petrodollar just got a new competitor. Who’s next? #Bitcoin #StraitOfHormuz #Iran #Geopolitics

🔊Bitcoin Group Chat App (Orbee.chat) #Bitcoin #OrbeeChat #NOSTR #GroupChat

SpaceX Holds Over 18,000 Bitcoin – Elon Just Made a Massive Move #SpaceX #Bitcoin #ElonMusk

Scott Bessent CBDC 'Off The Table' 👉 #Bitcoin #CDBC #StableCoin #ScottBessent

Your name. Your keys. #Bitcoin

Is it consistent to oppose Bitcoin Core's OP_RETURN changes and also oppose BIP-110? #Bitcoin #Bip110

Iran Receives 1st Bitcoin Payment for Strait of Hormuz Passage #Bitcoin #IranWar #StraitofHormuz #BitcoinPayment

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Bitcoin Finally Has Real Usernames (And They're Actually Yours) #Bitcoin #SpacesProtocol #SovereignIdentity #Nostr

Bitcoin solved money. What it still lacks is a simple, native way for people to interact with it. Long addresses, complex key management, and reliance on third party services have kept Bitcoin clunky for everyday use. ⚡️Spaces Protocol changes that by giving users permanent, sovereign names (@yourname, @bitcoin, @me) that are cryptographically anchored directly to Bitcoin itself. No registrars. No servers that can be taken down. No middlemen who can revoke your identity. Just verifiable ownership proven by Bitcoin’s own security model, the same way you prove ownership of your sats. This isn’t about making Bitcoin easier in a superficial way. It’s about removing friction at the identity layer so more people can actually use Bitcoin natively for payments, Nostr, and the applications built on top of it. The monetary base is already the strongest in the world. Making it usable at scale is what unlocks the next phase of adoption. What do you see as Bitcoin’s biggest remaining barrier to mainstream use?👇 #Bitcoin #SpacesProtocol #Money #UX

Strait of Hormuz: The Ultimate Mafia Shakedown on Global Oil #bitcoin #StraitOfHormuz #Geopolitics #SoundMoney #SelfSovereignty

I’ve been seeing a lot of videos promoting Bitcoin as Digital Credit. The pitch is simple: Legacy finance buys Bitcoin with public money, then sells investors “yield products” layered on top. Great for the companies. Not so great for the individuals. This outcome feels like a strange mix of two important books: Jeremy Rifkin’s The Zero Marginal Cost Society, that predicted technology would drive marginal costs toward zero, making ownership less important and pushing society toward access over ownership (the Collaborative Commons). Jeff Booth’s The Price of Tomorrow, argues that technology naturally creates deflation and abundance, but our current inflationary monetary system fights this reality. He says the correct response is sound money (like Bitcoin) and embracing deflation. What we’re seeing with Digital Credit is a hybrid that leans toward Rifkin’s “own nothing” outcome. Companies own the real scarce asset (Bitcoin - the “something” backed by energy). They then create and sell financial products (the “nothing” - bonds, preferred shares, credit notes, etc.). Regular people get synthetic exposure without owning any Bitcoin. They’re essentially renting dollar upside through corporate instruments. While never actually owning anything. Result: A clear two tier system. Top tier: Those who own the actual Bitcoin, backed by energy. Bottom tier: Everyone else holding claims on Bitcoin. We’re drifting toward Rifkin’s vision of reduced individual ownership, except it’s being delivered through the very financialization of Bitcoin that Booth warned would happen if we don’t fully embrace sound money and deflation. The big players keep the real asset. The public gets the derivative version. #Bitcoin #SoundMoney #SelfCustody #OwnNothing

Are We Self-Sovereign PKI Yet? Are we finally building self-sovereign identity on Bitcoin? In 2026, the honest answer is getting closer. For years we’ve relied on centralized systems: CAs, DNS, governments, and corporations to verify who we are online. These systems work… until they don’t. They can censor, revoke, or be compromised. A new approach is emerging: anchoring identity directly to Bitcoin. Instead of trusting middlemen, we can have verifiable, permissionless identities where ownership is proven through cryptographic proofs on the most secure network in the world. No central authority can take it away. This isn’t just about better usernames. It’s about moving identity itself toward the same principles that made Bitcoin revolutionary: Don’t trust. Verify. The infrastructure is being built right now. What do you think are we actually getting closer to true self-sovereign identity, or are we still far away? #Bitcoin #SovereignIdentity #Nostr #SelfSovereignty

Bitcoin already has the strongest base layer in the world. What @spacesprotocol adds is powerful new infrastructure that makes Bitcoin dramatically more usable without changing a single line of Bitcoin’s code. With Spaces you own a permanent, sovereign name like name@bitcoin, anchored directly to Bitcoin’s blockchain. You control it completely. You attach Lightning addresses, Nostr keys, and other data in one tiny footprint, a single 32 byte tree root. It’s verifiable by any Bitcoin node, both core and knots. This is clean, elegant complementarity: ⚡️Bitcoin stays rock solid as money ⚡️Spaces adds human readable, ownable identity on top The result? Easier onboarding, simpler Lightning payments, and better apps, all while strengthening Bitcoin’s core mission. Beautiful alignment. This is how Bitcoin scales to the next level. #Bitcoin #SpacesProtocol #BitcoinNaming #NIP05 #NIPSPACES

I Built a Beautiful Custom Spaces Protocol App on Start9 – This Is Insane #CustomApp #SpacesProtocol #Start9 #DevLife