Bitcoin Magazine Podcast

Arthur Hayes: Why Bitcoin is the Fastest Horse in the Yield Curve Control Era

When the Treasury doubled its bond buyback out of the blue, the market read it as one thing: yield curve control by another name. Arthur Hayes joins host Spencer Nichols

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan: BTC Is “Coiled” to the Upside | The Rise of Bitcoin’s Wealth Cycle

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan joins host Spencer Nichols on the Bitcoin Magazine Podcast to analyze why market apathy and "boring" price action often signa

Tracking the Coldcard Hackers: Inside the $120M Bitcoin Theft with Alex Thorn

Over $120 million in Bitcoin has been drained from Coldcard hardware wallets and the attack is still ongoing. Alex Thorn, Head of Firmwide Research at Galaxy, joins Spenc

Even the Government Gets Robbed: Why the US Needs Bitcoin Custody Standards | BPH Ep 44

The government keeps getting robbed of its own Bitcoin and a new bill wants to fix that. The BPI team breaks down the American Reserve Modernization Act (ARMA): what it w

Coinbase’s John D’Agostino: Why Bitcoin Doesn’t Need the Clarity Act to Win

Everyone keeps asking what the "big catalyst" for Bitcoin will be, but Coinbase's Head of Institutional Strategy John D'Agostino says that's the wrong question entirely.

Kraken Co-CEO: Sovereign Bitcoin Accumulation is an "Inevitability"

Is the U.S. really about to buy Bitcoin? Kraken co-CEO Dave Ripley tells Spencer Nichols why a U.S. strategic Bitcoin reserve could happen within the next 12 months, base

China's AI Gambit vs. America's Data Center Backlash: The New Tech Cold War

Is China's open-source AI strategy a values shift or a game-theoretic bluff? On this episode of The Bitcoin Policy Hour, the BPI team argues it's the latter and explains

Bitcoin Investing in the Age of AI: Why Miners are Pivoting w/ MARA CEO Fred Thiel

Why are Bitcoin miners suddenly at the center of the AI infrastructure boom? Fred Thiel, CEO of MARA, explains "mullet data centers" — AI in the front, Bitcoin mining in

This MIT Researcher Has a Plan to Put Privacy in Every Bitcoin Wallet

Armin Sabouri recently demonstrated how wallet fingerprints can be used to decompose payjoin transactions and recover payment amounts, and in this episode he explains wha

Why China's "Thousand Model War" is a Risk to US National Security | BPH Ep 42

AI is officially a national security issue and Washington is moving fast. The Bitcoin Policy Institute's Zack Cohen, Zack Shapiro, and Ken Egan break down Palantir and Nv

MIT's Ethan Heilman: 80% of Bitcoin is Quantum Vulnerable - How to Stop the Q-Day Threat

Quantum computing timelines are shrinking faster than most Bitcoiners realize and the latest Google research just made the attack 20x easier. Shinobi sits down with Ethan

Who Your Bank Is Really Working For w/ BitGo CEO Mike Belshe | BMP 016

"They're funding institutional businesses with lower interest rates by stealing from retail and they don't want you to know this." BitGo CEO Mike Belshe criticizes the tr

"Bitcoin Is the Hurdle Rate": How Strive Stacked 14,000 BTC w/ Matt Cole | Bitcoin Backstage

"If you don't think you can beat Bitcoin, you should just buy Bitcoin." That's the philosophy powering Strive's rise to a top-10 corporate Bitcoin holder. CEO Matt Cole j

The End of the 4-Year Bitcoin Cycle — Why the BTC "Capital Cycle" is Next w/ Alex Leishman | BMP Ep 15

Is the Bitcoin treasury boom good or bad for Bitcoin? Could it be the next big bear-market blowup? River's Alex Leishman gives his honest, measured take alongside host Br

The Bitcoin-Backed Stablecoin That Ditches US Treasuries w/ David Seroy

Every popular stablecoin — Tether, USDC — is ultimately backed by US Treasuries, which means a handful of entities can freeze, seize, or censor your funds at will. In thi

Inside Iceberg: The (Secret) Leap Forward in Bitcoin's Cryptography w/ Nadav Kohen

Threshold signatures are coming to Bitcoin, but getting them right is harder than it looks. Nadav Kohen of Chaincode Labs walks through his work proving nested MuSig is s

Ryan Long on the Bitcoin Cult & Why He Wants to Forget He Owns BTC | Bitcoin Backstage

Is Bitcoin a cult? Comedian Ryan Long asks the questions most people are too embarrassed to say out loud. In this candid interview from the Bitcoin Conference, Ryan riffs

Is it Game Over for the CLARITY Act? | Bitcoin Policy Hour Ep 41

With the July 4th deadline closing in, the odds of getting BRCA passed in a form the industry can accept are looking worse by the week. Ken Egan, Zach Cohen, and Zach Sha

Sen. Lummis: America's Debt is the BTC Bull Thesis, & Why Clarity is Key to US Financial Dominance

With U.S. debt now exceeding 100% of GDP, Senator Cynthia Lummis argues the country can't afford to ignore Bitcoin. In this Bitcoin Magazine podcast conversation with hos

White House Bitcoin Chief on BTC Accumulation Plans, CLARITY Act Timeline | Bitcoin Backstage

What does the U.S. government actually plan to do with Bitcoin? Patrick Witt, the White House's Bitcoin Chief, joins host Isabella Santos at the Bitcoin Conference to bre