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☢️ The Bitcoin Historian Pete Rizzo just revealed why this bear market is different from every other one...and big changes are coming. 👀
🧵 9 mind-bending takeaways from Ep. 165:
1/ Hyper-dollarization comes BEFORE hyper-bitcoinization.
Most Bitcoiners are still waiting for people to "wake up" and choose Bitcoin. Pete killed that fantasy. The path isn't a mass awakening, it's a detour. Stablecoins are the on-ramp. People will get dollar-pilled first, touch the stove of digital money, and only THEN find Bitcoin on the other side. The bridge from the old world to the new isn't built of ideology. It's built of convenience.
2/ Stablecoins are the printer.
Pete's analogy that will live rent-free in your head: remember dragging a printer from apartment to apartment for 30 years? Ugly. Clunky. Expensive ink. Nobody needed it… but society demanded it. Stablecoins are THAT. An awkward, intermediary technology we'll tolerate for longer than we want, until one day we'll tell our kids "we used to carry around these things called stablecoins" and they won't believe us.
3/ The meme-ification of money is coming.
Brace yourself: Papa John's dollars. Joe Rogan dollars. Disney Bucks. Kohl's stablecoins. Pete predicts an absurd branded-dollar bubble where every company, podcaster, and political party issues their own "stable" coin. And when your Joe Rogan bucks get frozen because you voted wrong? That's the moment Bitcoin wins. Not through revolution, through people hitting the "Truman Show" walls.
4/ The worst bear markets aren't about price. They're about expectations.
In 2015, Bitcoin felt DEAD. Bankers at conferences ignored it like an awkward relative. Today? Price is fine. But the OGs, the ones who used to call you at 8pm begging you to buy, they're quiet. They're questioning. Because when you're already a shadow billionaire, it's hard to imagine the 10x from here. The capital is rotating. A new cohort is arriving. That's what this bear actually is.
5/ There's a guy who mailed $50 in cash and got 50,000 Bitcoin back.
He's a real person. Pete has talked to him. He's a shadow billionaire who would rank on the Forbes 100 if anyone knew his name. Now contrast that with Saylor, who buys 5,000 BTC a week through STRC, it would take him 10 weeks of relentless institutional firepower to replicate what one guy did with an envelope and a stamp. That era is gone forever. The scarcity is getting REAL.
6/ Bitcoin's final boss is a four-headed dragon.
Silicon Valley. Wall Street. The White House. The World Economic Forum. That's it. Pete says Bitcoin has now reached the final level of the video game. No more side quests. No more easy XP. This is where Bitcoin either breaks through… or becomes just another successful-but-not-civilizational technology. The drama is real. The stakes have never been higher.
7/ The founding fathers never saw America become America.
The founders laid the groundwork but never lived to see the 1950s when America took the world stage. Bitcoiners might be in the same boat. We're building the foundation for something we won't live to fully see, which is exactly why we can't cave on principles like self-sovereignty. The next 200 years depend on what we refuse to tolerate NOW.
8/ The "active choice" theory of Bitcoin adoption is dead.
Pete just vaporized a core Bitcoiner belief. We thought people would make a motivated, conscious choice to switch. Nope. Nobody ever "chose" to leave AOL for the real internet, it just happened when they got a new computer. Technology adoption runs on caveman-brain convenience, not enlightenment. Bitcoin wins by being easier, not by waking people up.
9/ Quantum is the real black swan. And it's a property rights war, not a tech problem.
Pete believes quantum computing might force Bitcoin to confront its most uncomfortable question: who actually owns YOUR coins? If a dev group ever has authority to "migrate" or seize Satoshi's coins, for any reason, including "saving them from hackers", Bitcoin is no longer Bitcoin. It's just crypto. Pete's stance was radical enough he got yelled at by other OGs. But he's right: "not your keys, not your coins" has to survive contact with the hardest test.
This one rewires how you see the next decade of Bitcoin. 👇
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDxtWL5AG44&list=PL69jJphDIQDWu-4cG5NWzUazXfhsoTLrd&index=1

2026-04-10 04:47:21 CEST

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Thanks for listening in! ❤️

2026-04-10 04:46:48 CEST

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Thanks! He’s certainly one of the most genuine people I’ve found in Bitcoin. Glad he’s in our foxhole. 🙏🏻

2026-04-10 04:46:10 CEST

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Thanks Isaac. Doc is one of a kind. 🫡

2026-04-10 04:45:48 CEST

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You said the same thing on the X post.
Watch the episode before trying to get clicks in the future.
You never listened - you’ve just always heard what you wanted to hear.
Do the work.

2026-04-09 21:44:58 CEST

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Hahah good to know. Love it. Been going down the agentic rabbit hole this past week. Mind blowing…..🤯🤯

2026-04-09 21:44:18 CEST

I just spent 100+ minutes with Dr. Jeff Ross on episode #165 🚨
Here are 8 moments that stopped me in my tracks.
Just when I thought I’d heard it all over 5+ years from Doc… 🤯
1) He’s actually concerned right now -
“I have concerns about where we’re headed…”
2) The dollar problem is bigger than people think - "If no one buys the debt…"
3) This can lead to real-world chaos
Not just markets…
War, instability, and people struggling to afford life...
4) The system isn’t broken by accident
It’s doing exactly what it was built to do...
5) Bitcoin feels “stuck”… but it’s not
It’s reacting to liquidity and the economy, not headlines
6) Most people are watching the wrong thing.
They watch price.
The real signal is happening underneath...
7) His thinking got simpler, not more complex
"Things have changed"
This will play out in 4 phases...
8) The endgame is bigger than most people realize
Most people are confused right now.
Bitcoin isn’t just an asset...
H/t @nprofile…kdng - appreciate you more than you know, for years of friendship. Godspeed! 🙏🏻🫡
Full episode below👇
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv-VWFr8VXc&list=PL69jJphDIQDWu-4cG5NWzUazXfhsoTLrd&index=1&t=2s

2026-04-09 20:18:13 CEST

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Opus is Claude correct? What are you doing on it mainly?

2026-04-02 04:16:31 CEST

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😂😂😂

2026-04-02 04:05:05 CEST

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Hahah this one got out of hand a little 👀🍻
#nevent1q…3dzs

2026-04-01 20:37:07 CEST

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Epic doesn’t even begin to describe. 🔥❤️😉🙏🏻

2026-04-01 15:28:33 CEST

Holy cow! Alladan sure makes some incredible Bitcoin art with his team of artists. 🔥🫡
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2026-04-01 03:09:53 CEST

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Hahah that’s so good. Such a great lesson for life.
Going to be a lot of hard lessons that were are ALL going to learn moving forward. Bitcoiners and normies alike

2026-03-31 19:37:32 CEST

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This is the elephant in the room no bitcoiner wants to talk about. Sovereign individual doesn’t exist.
Every podcast I do talking about freedom tools, and living outside the system literally has a fraction of the audience, but put some one on there talking about macro and all the boys come to the yard. 🤷🏼‍♂️🤦‍♂️

2026-03-30 19:43:47 CEST

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Will do for sure Efrat! Going to hopefully listen to this later today 👀

2026-03-30 03:15:48 CEST

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Dannnnnng. Looking forward to this one. Nice work guys 👀🙏🏻

2026-03-30 03:15:01 CEST

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I thought Trump said it was open and we all good!?? 👀😂

2026-03-30 03:13:57 CEST

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I believe @nprofile…3g3q did a full break down on the channel.

2026-03-30 03:13:23 CEST

Wild how many people who own Bitcoin still don’t realize the revolutionary war we’re about to go through. 🤯🤯

2026-03-30 03:12:07 CEST

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I guess I mean more along the lines of when society or government has overstepped their boundaries.
When will you stand and actually do something?
When will you actually get off the couch and go move your family, etc etc.
When is enough enough?

2026-03-30 03:10:25 CEST

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I guess more along the lines of when society or government has overstepped their boundaries. When will you stand and actually do something? When will you actually get off the couch and go move your family, etc.

2026-03-30 03:09:45 CEST

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Bingo. Well said. Same boat. 🙏🏻🫡

2026-03-30 03:09:16 CEST

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😂😂 classic.

2026-03-28 13:21:53 CET

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Yes, I believe people are starting to wake up to this. It’s been two years now since the ETS as well and we are in the same place that we started.
I think it was natural because after 15 years people were looking for some type of acknowledgment from the main stream and hoping that would orange pill millions of more people and get the Normie’s to wake up, but it almost had the opposite effect actually
I think multiple things can be true, but it was always going to be a bottom up revolution with big money trying to come in at the top and those two forces fighting each other all the way to the finish line.
Time to get toxic and go out and start orange peeing again. 😂😂🍻🍻
Back to the basics.

2026-03-28 12:35:39 CET

What are you Bitcoin red lines?
If you don’t have red lines in life for your freedom, family, Bitcoin, etc then how will you know when things have gone too far?

2026-03-28 12:32:36 CET

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I believe Jason lowery SoftWar thesis if playing out to your point.

2026-03-28 12:31:21 CET

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I believe that’s what they have been trying. I think they realized the public is catching on to it and need to hide it more now. Loss of confidence coming…

2026-03-28 12:30:20 CET

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We will get there. More pain.

2026-03-28 12:29:57 CET

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Hahah we can only hope and pray.

2026-03-28 12:29:26 CET

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😂😂😂

2026-03-28 12:28:50 CET

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True however we’re all going to the same place. And the martyrs impact was huge. Just saying. 🫡🙏🏻

2026-03-28 12:23:11 CET

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Bro, weren’t you just at home with us on Wednesday night for Bitcast?
Did you hang up that call and then immediately fly to Bedford!?! 👀😂🤯

2026-03-28 12:21:28 CET

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😂😂😂

2026-03-28 12:18:41 CET

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100%

2026-03-28 12:17:33 CET

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You still going?

2026-03-28 12:15:31 CET

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100%. People have been pacified without even knowing it.
Most bitcoiners if they stepped back and thought about it for a few minutes would agree.
Culture in the space isn’t even close to what it used to be. Think of how much time is spent fighting each other or spent arguing clarity acts and if ETFs are good etc etc.
Time we could be building or throwing rocks at the old system and drawing new people to us. 🤦‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️

2026-03-28 12:11:58 CET

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Thanks brother. I know truth wins and people stand up eventually however I believe it may be when real pain comes. Pain is a great teacher and we’re all too comfortable in the US. 🤷🏼‍♂️

2026-03-26 17:36:06 CET

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This is so sad. You are right. Can’t take for granted. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

2026-03-26 17:35:33 CET

Insane how weak and soft the Bitcoin space has become over the last two years.
No one wants to get the suits, mad! 😂🤦‍♂️🤡🌎
Sad state of affairs.
Low T

2026-03-26 14:50:49 CET

How many more “big prints” do they have left?
Until the people start…noticing. 👀

2026-03-25 22:30:27 CET

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Sign of things to come!? 😂💯

2026-03-25 19:51:47 CET

Bitcoin is the monetization of your experience, wisdom, studying, humility, hard work, and foresight all wrapped into one metric.
🤯

2026-03-25 14:42:34 CET

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Livin 🙏🏻

2026-03-25 14:41:47 CET

We’re in a battle of good versus evil.
Spiritual warfare. Information warfare.
It’s truly wild to step back and see society slowly but surely realizing this every single day.
20 years ago almost all of society was dead asleep.
Things are……changing.

2026-03-25 14:39:25 CET

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I’ve seen hostage videos that are eerily similar to this. 👀🤷🏼‍♂️

2026-03-21 02:39:09 CET

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Love this! We need more creativity in Bitcoin. 🙏🏻🍻

2026-03-20 01:57:45 CET

“When the government is scared of people, there is liberty.
When people are scared of government, there is tyranny.”
- Someone who had more than 80 IQ

2026-03-20 01:55:32 CET

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I’m not saying it, but some are sayin it.
#nevent1q…mdrs

2026-03-20 01:55:11 CET

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Epic rip! Some live panels certainly won’t be fun this year…

2026-03-20 01:54:03 CET

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Tell us how you really feel? 👀

2026-03-20 01:53:02 CET

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He would if he knew what was good for him and his looks 👀🤡

2026-03-20 01:51:16 CET

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🤣🤣🤣

2026-03-20 01:50:55 CET

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Tru rumor.

2026-03-20 01:50:42 CET

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Ooooops

2026-03-20 01:50:15 CET

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Ball don’t lie.

2026-03-20 01:49:29 CET

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This is how we increase fun in Bitcoin. Not monkeys. Just humans being 80 IQ. Love it.

2026-03-16 17:05:28 CET

Being black-pilled is the devils way of demoralizing you and killing your spirit to fight.
When you roll over, quit, give up, put your head in the sand, etc., you make it easy for him.
You can then ensure everything downstream that comes after that will be much worse.
Evil only persists because good people stand and do nothing.

2026-03-16 16:03:45 CET

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Here’s the way!

2026-03-16 16:02:48 CET

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LFG!

2026-03-16 15:45:59 CET

There’s so much that needs to be done in Bitcoin still, and the building will marry itself perfectly to when the people of the world are truly ready to adopt it and rid themselves of government fiat currencies which are inherently evil by their nature. ⚡️
Stay strong, HODL on, and build. 🙏🏻

2026-03-13 13:49:58 CET

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😂😂😂😂

2026-03-13 13:48:29 CET

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Thanks for tuning in! 🫡

2026-03-13 13:47:35 CET

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Thanks Soap! Appreciate the kind words. Just trying to do our part in moving the Overton window 🙃🍻

2026-03-11 23:39:38 CET

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🤣🤣

2026-03-11 15:21:24 CET

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Just one brick after another. Legend. 🫡

2026-03-11 15:20:28 CET

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👀👀👀

2026-03-11 14:16:32 CET

People don’t want to put the work in now studying Bitcoin, so they will get worked later by the system; inflation, loss of freedoms, more unrest, collapse of systems and sovereignty etc..
Do the work, or get worked.

2026-03-11 14:15:39 CET

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Thanks for the kind words Paul. You nailed it. I do believe we get back to this though, as people are starting to wake up more than I have ever seen in 38 years of my life.
Thanks to Walker for spending time with me as well. 🙏🏻🫡

2026-03-09 00:39:35 CET

The next decade is going to be massive if you own bitcoin.
If you don’t, then I have no idea where you will end up.
Like a ship in the ocean without a rudder. 👀

2026-03-06 16:59:52 CET

⚡️Luke Gromen: “I’ve Never Been More Concerned” - Global Order Collapsing
Had Luke Gromen on episode 153 and it’s a banger…🍻
He’s got some very interesting new thoughts on Bitcoin and of course we go through everything post-Iran war and his thoughts on all assets.
Plus you will like where he sees things in 10 years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ewrkCghMdo&list=PL69jJphDIQDWu-4cG5NWzUazXfhsoTLrd&index=1

2026-03-06 00:36:14 CET

⚡️Luke Gromen: “I’ve Never Been More Concerned” - Global Order Collapsing
Had Luke Gromen on episode 153 and it’s a banger…🍻
He’s got some very interesting new thoughts on Bitcoin and of course we go through everything post-Iran war and his thoughts on all assets.
Plus you will like where he sees things in 10 years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ewrkCghMdo&list=PL69jJphDIQDWu-4cG5NWzUazXfhsoTLrd&index=1

2026-03-05 00:07:54 CET

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Who do we offend this week? 🤯🫡
#nevent1q…ftg8

2026-03-04 04:43:01 CET

Trust your gut.

2026-03-04 04:25:55 CET

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This is the way!

2026-03-04 04:25:17 CET

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Hell yes! Start the trend now.

2026-03-03 17:30:40 CET

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Scary as hell

2026-02-27 16:08:54 CET

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100%. Well said. It’s a grind, but that’s what we’re built for now. It’s our duty 🫡

2026-02-25 12:35:47 CET

“You have to love to battle.” - my hockey coach at MSU.
No easy days in Bitcoin. If it were easy, everyone would be doing it. 🫡

2026-02-25 12:33:50 CET

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🫡🙏🏻

2026-02-19 22:27:20 CET

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Thanks for the kind words! Much more like this coming 🫡

2026-02-19 22:26:54 CET

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Epic rip, thanks brother!! 🫡😉 Can’t wait to do more

2026-02-19 22:25:34 CET

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Going to be a great show as we evolve!! Some great new bitcoin content entering the space this week. 🙏🏻🫡

2026-02-19 22:24:19 CET

Bitcoin is NOT inevitable. ⚠️
There is a way Bitcoin wins but still loses. Are we upholding our end of the bargain? Are stacking Sats and chilling TOO MUCH?
Check out episode #149 deep dive with @nprofile…f7k3 on the future of Bitcoin real potential, methane mining, his new business coaching company, and the fight against CBDCs.
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2026-02-19 00:05:09 CET

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LFG. Locker room talk engaged.

2026-02-13 12:26:08 CET

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🔥🔥🔥

2026-02-13 12:20:52 CET

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Yes. Episodes come out a few days later on all other platforms (Spotify, fountain, rumble, apple, X, etc).
YouTube is biggest platform for streaming in the world and is the most powerful algo.
So if you upload to all platforms at same time and someone sees it on another platform and then goes to YouTube they won’t watch it a second time obviously.
This sends a signal to the algorithm that the video is not liked and it down votes and affects the reach.
And Bitcoin content needs all the help it can get in the algorithm as we know. It’s an unfortunate Fiat game but this will change over time.

2026-02-12 22:44:00 CET

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It’s a fun one😉

2026-02-12 22:43:43 CET

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It’s a relentless pursuit of shedding the government skin🙏🏻

2026-02-12 22:43:17 CET

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💯🔥💯🔥

2026-02-12 19:03:35 CET

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2026-02-12 19:00:58 CET

Just released pod episode #147 with American HODL & Joe Carlasare for some laughs, lunacy in this clown world, and ultimately where the markets and Bitcoin are headed.
At the very least, if you get nothing from this, you will get some belly laughs out of this one to ease the pain of the real world 💀🤷🏼‍♂️😂
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- What happens when Bitcoin hits $100k again
- What happens if we break ATH in 2026
- Did we lose the Bitcoin narrative?
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- Saylor & MSTR
- Is Japan a concern?
- What's needed for another 2008 crash
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2026-02-12 18:56:45 CET

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That’d be a cool idea. Not sure if I mentioned it or not haha

2026-02-12 18:55:33 CET

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Only if you are high time preference 😉🙃

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2026-02-05 23:21:36 CET

🔥 Samson sat with me for an hour to explain what in the world is happening to Bitcoin, markets, and the new world order. This was a rapid fire chat, strap in... ⚡️
We also talked:
- Did the promise of Bitcoin change?
- What the hell is going on with price?
- Did Omega candles downgrade to God candles?
- Quantum, energy, and AI
- Putin and Xi nation state adoption?
- The "infinite bid"
- Saylor, MSTR, and Metaplanet
- Plus a HUGE surprise new Bitcoiner in 2026
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2026-02-02 17:56:04 CET

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Yes he is. He is a great human 🙏🏻🙃

2026-02-01 23:42:28 CET

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Epic stuff. Bitcoiners helping Bitcoiners 🙏🏻 Building circular economy.
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2026-01-29 21:08:48 CET

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Wild seeing government tell you how they are going to “govern” things in which they have no way to govern.