Private Money, Stablecoins, and the Genius Act
The August 07, 2025 episode of ARK Invest features Dr. Art Laffer and Paolo Ardoino discussing how stablecoins operationalize private money alongside Bitcoin.
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Broken Money, Dedollarization, and the AI–Energy Shift
The September 08, 2025 episode of Magsplaining features Lyn Alden explaining how centralized ledgers created “broken money” by allowing debasement and surveillance once communications outpaced settlement.
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Bitcoin’s Infinite Game: Deflation, Incentives, and Governance Risks
The September 01, 2025 episode of the Bitcoin Infinity Show features Jeff Booth explaining why Bitcoin represents an “infinite game” distinct from the zero-sum dynamics of fiat and gold.
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Bitcoin Fee Markets, Fork Risk, and Relay Policy
The August 07, 2025 episode of the Isabel Foxen Duke podcast features Pete Rizzo analyzing renewed disputes over arbitrary data on Bitcoin’s base layer. He frames these tensions as a continuation of the 2017 block size wars.
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AI Polytheism, Bitcoin Reserves, and the State–Network Divide
The August 29, 2025 episode of the Peter H. Diamandis Podcast features Balaji Srinivasan explaining how AI, Bitcoin, and geopolitical realignments are reshaping global structures.
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Superintelligence Governance, Digital Minds, and Cosmic Risks
The August 22, 2025 episode of Wes and Dylan features philosopher Nick Bostrom outlining four central challenges for superintelligence: technical alignment, governance, moral status of digital minds, and relations with a possible cosmic host.
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Treasuries, ETFs, and the $200K Supply Squeeze
The August 06, 2025 episode of Blockstream Talk features Matt Hougan outlining how institutional adoption of Bitcoin has shifted from technical barriers to behavioral ones such as anchoring bias.
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ZK Rollups on Bitcoin: Trustless Scaling, Real UX, No Base-Layer Change
The August 05, 2025 episode of The Bitcoin Source features David Seroy explaining how zero-knowledge (ZK) rollups can scale Bitcoin without base-layer changes.
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Bitcoin’s Supply Chain Gap and the Case for Elastic Credit
The September 03, 2025 episode of The Transformation of Value podcast features Hubertus Hofkirchner explaining why Bitcoin must evolve beyond a savings vehicle to function as a medium of exchange in real-economy supply chains.
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Bitcoin, Stablecoins, and Political Polarization
The September 02, 2025 episode of the Archie Podcast features Fernando Nikolić explaining how economic stress fuels political polarization and shapes adoption choices between stablecoins and Bitcoin.
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AI Energy Limits and Global Compute Rivalries
The September 03, 2025 episode of the Peter H. Diamandis Podcast features Alexander Wissner-Gross and Dave Blundin analyzing Elon Musk’s Colossus data centers and the broader AI arms race.
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Bitcoin Sovereignty, ETFs, and Network Resilience
The September 04, 2025 episode of The Bitcoin Edge with Paula features Daniel White explaining how Bitcoin creates an unbreakable rule in global competition by preventing seizure through force.
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