Marty sits down with Zack Shapiro to discuss the Samourai case.

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Bitcoin Policy Institute: https://www.btcpolicy.org/

0:00 - Intro0:28 - Outlining the case12:26 - Biden/Warren admin17:24 - Fold & Coinkite19:00 - Next step and implications for precedent23:24 - Unchained23:53 - GENIUS act27:34 - History of Bank Secrecy Act33:19 - Nation states will need bitcoin39:21 - Bitcoin fixes the world45:52 - Killer use cases56:14 - OP_DEBATE1:04:54 - C2A

Archive of the live desk at btc++ Austin 2025

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Marty sits down with Lyn Alden to discuss Triffin's dilemma.

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0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Triffin's dilemma

8:15 - Debt leverage

11:10 - Fold & Coinkite

12:41 - Trump's goals and tariff policy

19:54 - Unchained

20:24 - China is not weak

30:07 - Energy

37:15 - AI/robots

41:11 - SBR

48:47 - Bitcoin credit products

52:40 - Eventful week for bitcoin

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Marty sits down with Andrew Myers to discuss the intersection of AI, Energy and bitcoin.

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0:00 - Intro

0:34 - Tesla’s AI energy theory

8:59 - Bitcoin and decentralization fixes AI

13:02 - Fold & Coinkite

14:38 - How Satoshi Energy is using AI

19:28 - Bit Current

23:13 - Unchained

23:42 - Revealing inefficiency

32:57 - Proliferating OS AI with bitcoin

36:26 -Apple of Eden and Antichrist

45:11 - Iberian outage

48:48 - Defense tech

54:51 - UFOs, Atlantis and remote viewing

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Marty sits down with Dom Bei to discuss the state of CalPERS.

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0:00 - Intro

0:32 - Opportunity Cost app

3:34 - Dom's background

10:36 - Fold 7 Bitkey

12:13 - How pensions got to this point

19:29 - Impact of failure

28:10 - Unchained

28:38 - CalPERS politicized

33:49 - How pensions should approach bitcoin

42:49 - How to educate

49:37 - Energy/mining

55:55 - Running for the board

1:08:52 - Roswell NM

1:12:33 - C2A

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Marty sits down with Brian Harrington to discuss challenging the "never sell" mindset.

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0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Bitcoiners should have better chairs

8:52 - Fold & Coinkite

10:23 - Reject FOMO paralysis

17:59 - You can live on bitcoin today

22:44 - Unchained

23:13 - How to live on a bitcoin standard

31:38 - TFTC on a bitcoin standard

34:18 - Fold and other tools

36:50 - Hesitancy and what to tell your wife

47:36 - The framework is already here

55:53 - Confidence in the million dollar bitcoin

1:04:12 - Level up for your kids

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Marty sits down with Brian Morgenstern to discuss the state of bitcoin policy.

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0:00 - Intro

0:36 - We’re winning in bitcoin policy

10:18 - Fold & Coinkite

11:50 - Policy priorities and timeline

19:36 - Unchained

20:05 - Order of priority - stables before bitcoin

25:53 - Amassing wins for midterms

29:09 - Getting bitcoin too entrenched to ban

34:00 - Bitcoinized fin products

38:04 - Treasury and BitBonds

47:28 - We should not fund our demise

56:06 - Trump PR strategy

1:06:29 - Chevron doctrine

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