Privacy Under Siege: Legal and Technological Pressures on Bitcoin
The October 23, 2024 episode of the Ungovernable Misfits podcast dives into critical issues surrounding Bitcoin's privacy tools, the challenges of self-custody, and legal tensions.
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Institutionalizing Bitcoin: Harvard Perspectives and MicroStrategy’s Strategic Framework
The October 22, 2024 episode of the Unchained podcast features Chaitanya Jain discussing his transition from Harvard Business School to his role at MicroStrategy, and exploring the firm's unique financial engineering approaches to Bitcoin acquisition and strategy.
AGI and Economic Transformation: Strategic Insights from Larry Summers
The October 21, 2024 episode of the Joe Walker Podcast features Larry Summers discussing the transformative potential of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and its implications for economic growth, productivity, and governance.
Bitcoin’s Inflation Role Amid Debt and AI’s Rise
The October 23, 2024 episode of the Anthony Pompliano Podcast explores Paul Tudor Jones’ bullish stance on Bitcoin as an inflation hedge and protection against U.S. debt escalation, as well as AI's rise.
Bitcoin as a Tool for Personal Liberty Against State Control
In the October 22, 2024 episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Natalie Smolenski discussing the foundational values of Bitcoin in relation to individual liberty and state control.
Bitcoin and Treasury Yields: Assessing the Macro Trends and Fiscal Implications
In the October 25, 2024 episode of The Bitcoin Layer, Nik Bhatia dives into the interconnected dynamics between treasury yields, market liquidity, and Bitcoin’s price trends, highlighting how current treasury yields at 4.25% signal rising fear and caution in financial markets.
Pennsylvania’s Bipartisan Bitcoin Bill: A Swing-State Milestone for Bitcoin
In the October 25, 2024 episode of the Blockware Intelligence podcast, Dennis Porter highlights Pennsylvania’s newly passed Bitcoin legislation as a potentially pivotal factor in the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
Bitcoin mining
Bitcoin mining using landfill gas - model code
Python code replicates results and reproduces Figures from Rudd et al. 2024. An integrated landfill gas-to-energy and Bitcoin mining framework. Journal of Cleaner Production
Bitcoin Mining at the Energy Edge
The July 7, 2026 episode of the Isabel Foxen Duke podcast features Stephen Barbour describing Bitcoin mining as flexible load for upstream energy production.
Chapter 04. Bitcoin mining: when energy becomes commitment
Here is the June 2026 draft of chapter 04 in my forthcoming new book, When Policy Falls Behind: Bitcoin, AI, and the Governance of Fast Systems. Click here for a downloadable pdf version. Copyright © 2026 by Murray A Rudd.
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Envision a Bitcoin mining operation – a specialized, energy-intensive data
Off-Grid Bitcoin Mining and Data Sovereignty
The February 27, 2026 episode of The Bitcoin Way features HODL Tarantula explaining how modular, off-grid Bitcoin mining infrastructure monetizes stranded energy while avoiding grid and regulatory chokepoints.
Gold, Silver and Bitcoin in a $350T Debt World
The February 24, 2026 episode of Kitco News features Frank Holmes assessing how a $350 trillion global debt overhang is reshaping demand for gold, silver, and Bitcoin.
Bitcoin Awareness, Calendars, and Real Ownership
The February 20, 2026 episode of The Bitcoin Way features TC explaining how his Timechain Calendar project visualizes Bitcoin’s blocks, difficulty adjustments, and supply dynamics.
Monetizing the Megawatt: Bitcoin Mining in the Age of AI
The February 17, 2026 episode of the Stephan Livera Podcast features Rob Warren discussing how AI data center demand is reshaping Bitcoin mining economics and grid relationships.
Macro trends
Gold, Silver and Bitcoin in a $350T Debt World
The February 24, 2026 episode of Kitco News features Frank Holmes assessing how a $350 trillion global debt overhang is reshaping demand for gold, silver, and Bitcoin.
Safe Havens, Gold, and Custody Risk in Bitcoin
The February 23, 2026 episode of the Robin Seyr Podcast features Michael Tanguma assessing whether Bitcoin’s sharp drawdown reflects broken fundamentals or a temporary dislocation.
Bitcoin, Gold and the Global Liquidity Cycle
The February 24, 2026 episode of the Archie Podcast features Andre Dragosch analyzing why Bitcoin has halved from its October 2025 peak despite strong institutional demand and continued global liquidity.
AI Deflation and the Repricing of Growth
The February 22, 2026 episode of the Jordi Visser Podcast features Jordi arguing that artificial intelligence is structurally repricing growth assets across public and private markets.
Japan’s Bitcoin Treasury Bridge
The February 20, 2026 episode of the Robin Seyr Podcast features Phil Geiger outlining how Metaplanet channels Japan’s $15 trillion retirement and savings pool toward Bitcoin.
Bitcoin’s Disappointing Cycle and the Path to Renewed Demand
The February 17, 2026 episode of Coin Stories features Lyn Alden arguing that Bitcoin’s latest cycle underperformed because topline demand remained weak despite supportive liquidity signals.
Gold Repricing, Bond Fragility, and Scarce Asset Rotation
The January 28, 2026 episode of the Scarce Assets podcast features Jeroen Blokland explaining why gold’s move toward $5,000 reflects a structural repricing driven by debt rollover dynamics, central bank intervention, and geopolitical stress.