Bitcoin Settlement Rails, Stablecoins, and the SWIFT Displacement Thesis
The October 21, 2025 episode of Coin Stories features David Marcus outlining Bitcoin’s role as a neutral settlement layer for global payments.
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Bitcoin Under Repression: Aid Rails, Activism, and Energy Options in Venezuela
The October 22, 2025 episode of What Bitcoin Did features Leopoldo López detailing how opposition networks used Bitcoin to bypass state-controlled finance. He explains a pivot from stablecoins to Bitcoin for large-scale humanitarian payouts and activist support, alongside resilient communications.
Privacy, Decentralization, and Federated E-Cash
The November 20, 2025 episode of the Isabel Foxen Duke podcast features Obi Nwosu explaining why privacy is essential to Bitcoin’s cypherpunk foundations and how federated e-cash mints operationalize that principle.
Bitcoin, Liquidity Shocks and the Fiat Endgame
The November 20, 2025 episode of the Bitcoin for Millennials podcast features Lawrence Lepard and James Lavish dissecting why Bitcoin’s price has slumped despite a strengthening macro thesis.
Bitdeer’s Pivot from Pure Mining to Integrated Compute Infrastructure
The November 20, 2025 episode of the The Mining Pod features Haris Basit outlining Bitdeer’s strategy to pair large-scale Bitcoin mining with AI and high-performance computing infrastructure.
From $10 Coins to a Global Bitcoin Mining Arms Race
The November 20, 2025 episode of Supply Shock features Bill Tai and George Kikvadze recounting how Bitfury grew from a scattered engineering collective into one of the first industrial-scale Bitcoin miners.
America’s Bitcoin Strategy, Surveillance, and Non-Custodial Freedom
The November 19, 2025 episode of TFTC features Kyle Olney outlining how U.S. financial surveillance and bank fragility are shaping America’s emerging Bitcoin strategy.