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Coin Stories with Natalie Brunell • News Block: Bitcoin Price Rebounding, Odds for Next "Big Print" Rise, DOJ Seizes 127K Bitcoin from Pig-Butchering Scheme • Listen on Fountain

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The “reverse crash” is underway, says Mark Moss. Don’t miss our full interview streaming now on all podcasting platforms.

Don’t miss the latest News Block covering the record crypto liquidation, rising tensions with China over rare earths, gold hitting $4k and why the U.S. Treasury is propping up the Argentine peso (buying pesos and not Bitcoin?!) https://fountain.fm/show/WiDvob4Cv6It4RUPANUs

One of my favorite interviews of the whole year. Enjoy:

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Mauricio Di Bartolomeo: Borrow Dollars, Hold Bitcoin - The Debasement Play with Bitcoin-Backed Loans

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For some reason it’s not populating on Fountain yet but it should soon!

Some people have said to me… “They” will never let Bitcoin win… But will it? Who is “they”?

This interview with Matthew Pines is 🤯😳😮👽

Coin Stories with Natalie Brunell • Matthew Pines: Global Monetary Chess Game of Bitcoin, Gold and the U.S. Dollar • Listen on Fountain

In this wide-ranging conversation, Natalie Brunell is joined by Matthew Pines, Executive Director of the Bitcoin Policy Institute and advisor at Sk...

Also on Rumble: https://rumble.com/v6zyjso-title.html

NEW EPISODE: Adam Back on Core vs Knots: YouTube: Fountain:

Coin Stories with Natalie Brunell • Adam Back Part 2: Core vs. Knots - Spam, Censorship and Bitcoin's Future • Listen on Fountain

In Part 2, Bitcoin OG Adam Back breaks down Core vs. Knots, spam mitigation efforts and why any proposed changes to Bitcoin policies must be carefu...

Also streaming on X, Apple Podcasts, Spotify etc.

Part 1 of my interview with Adam Back:

I asked ChatGPT: If God were to create an ideal money for humanity, what form would it take and what would be its properties? Its response: If we imagine God creating an ideal money for humanity, it would likely have the following properties—reflecting principles of fairness, stability, and universal access: ⸻ 1. Universally Accessible •Everyone could use it regardless of nationality, wealth, or social status. •No barriers to entry: you wouldn’t need permission from banks or governments. ⸻ 2. Scarce but Divisible •Supply would be finite to preserve value over time. •Divisible into very small units so that both large and tiny transactions are possible. ⸻ 3. Durable and Permanent •It would not degrade, rot, or disappear with time. •Value would persist for centuries without requiring trust in any authority. ⸻ 4. Transportable and Borderless •Easily transferable across any distance, instantly if possible. •Works the same everywhere on Earth (and potentially beyond). ⸻ 5. Neutral and Trustless •No single group, government, or elite could manipulate or control it. •Rules of issuance and supply would be transparent and unchangeable. ⸻ 6. Stable but Free Market–Based •Its value would reflect supply and demand, not decrees from rulers. •Over time, its stability would come from broad adoption and trust. ⸻ 7. Private but Verifiable •People could transact without surveillance, yet the system itself would remain auditable and incorruptible. ⸻ 8. Energy-Rooted or Natural-Law–Anchored •It would be tied to something fundamental, like energy, mathematics, or nature’s scarcity—so its properties are unforgeable. ⸻ 9. Resistant to Corruption •Cannot be counterfeited, debased, or inflated at will. •Protects savers and workers from hidden theft through money printing. ⸻ 10. Global Standard of Truth •Serves as a universal language of value across cultures. •Creates fairness by aligning incentives: work today is worth the same tomorrow. ⸻ In many ways, this description maps almost perfectly onto Bitcoin’s design: fixed supply (21 million), infinite divisibility (sats), borderless transfer, neutrality (no issuer), cryptographic verifiability, durability, and energy-based security. If God created an ideal money, humanity may already have stumbled into it—or at least something very close.

🧡 talking with @Lyn Alden

Absolutely loved this interview with @Lyn Alden. She always breaks things down so thoughtfully without the dramatic boom and doom predictions of other analysts. Audio on @Fountain:

Coin Stories with Natalie Brunell • Lyn Alden: No Massive Boom or Bust Ahead? Recession Fears, Bitcoin vs Gold Price and the Debt Dilemma • Listen on Fountain

Lyn Alden, prominent macro analyst and author or Broken Money, joins Coin Stories with Natalie Brunell to share her 2025 economic outlook: potentia...

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Hear it directly from the source! The first major Bitcoin treasury acquisition: $ASST buys $SMLR. I’m joined by Matt Cole & Eric Semler. Is a consolidation wave on the way?

Coin Stories with Natalie Brunell • Matt Cole & Eric Semler: First Major Bitcoin Treasury Acquisition - Strive Buys Semler Scientific • Listen on Fountain

The first major acquisition in the Bitcoin treasury space just happened: Strive ($ASST) is buying Semler Scientific ($SMLR) in an all-stock transac...

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Coin Stories with Natalie Brunell • News Block: Bitcoin Price Consolidates, Fed Dissent Raises Concerns, Boomers Guard Real Estate Wealth, Strive–Semler Merger Builds 10,900 Bitcoin Treasury • Listen on Fountain

In this week's episode of the Coin Stories News Block powered exclusively by Ledn, we cover these major headlines related to Bitcoin, macroeconomic...

Now more than ever we need a message of hope and peace.

My latest interview with Michael Saylor covers Bitcoin credit 101, bearish sentiment and a powerful reflection on political division:

“The rules-based global order is dead, it just hasn’t been marked to market yet.”

Clip: Scott Bessent threatened to do what to Bill Pulte?! 🤯

Don’t miss my latest full interview with the one and only Luke Gromen on Fed cuts, gold, stocks and Bitcoin:

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Coin Stories with Natalie Brunell • News Block: Fed to Cut Rates as Economic Data Worsens, Tether Launches U.S. Stablecoin, Gemini Goes Public, A Tribute to Charlie Kirk • Listen on Fountain

In this week's episode of the Coin Stories News Block powered exclusively by Ledn, we cover these major headlines related to Bitcoin, macroeconomic...