Bitcoin’s Strategic Trajectory and Scalability
The March 26, 2025 episode of What Bitcoin Did with Pierre Rochard and Michael Goldstein explores Bitcoin’s evolution as sound money, its scaling challenges, and prospects for a strategic state reserve.
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Bitcoin ETFs: Capital Dynamics & Regulatory Shifts
On March 26, 2025, the Robin Seyr Podcast featured Charlie Morris discussing how Bitcoin ETFs are reshaping capital flows and market liquidity. The dialogue scrutinized regulatory hurdles, evolving custody models, and the influence of index fund reallocations.
Bitcoin’s Decentralized Future in a Shifting Monetary Landscape
The March 25, 2025 episode of What is Money featuring Mel Mattison speculates about the imminent collapse of the fiat system and Bitcoin’s emerging role as a decentralized store of value.
Bitcoin Mainstreaming and Policy Dynamics
The March 24, 2025 episode of Simply Bitcoin featuring Nik Bhatia outlines Bitcoin’s evolution from niche asset to mainstream force, driven by policy endorsements and robust technical foundations.
Bitcoin as a Strategic Digital Capital Asset
On March 25, 2025, Coindesk’s interview with Michael Saylor outlines Bitcoin’s potential as a digital capital asset that can transform national debt, drive institutional adoption, and secure economic sovereignty.
Bitcoin Age: Rethinking Credit & Scarcity
On May 25, 2025, The Bitcoin Standard podcast with Nik Bhatia explored how Bitcoin’s fixed 21 million supply challenges the vulnerabilities of fiat credit expansion.
Hydro-Cooled ASIC Miner: A New Era in Bitcoin Mining
On March 25, 2025, The Mining Pod featured Sanjay Gupta discussing Auradine’s Teraflux AH3880, a hydro-cooled, U2 server rack ASIC miner.
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.
Introduction
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.