UK Bitcoin Policy, Energy Curtailment, and Media Risk
The September 18, 2025 episode of the Abundant Mines podcast features Susie Violet Ward outlining UK barriers to Bitcoin adoption.
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Research and commentary on public policy, regulation, institutional design, and governance under technological and economic change
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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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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US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve from Tariff Surpluses
The August 17, 2025 episode of Adam Livingston podcast features Adam Livingston outlining a plan for the United States to redirect tariff surpluses into a strategic Bitcoin reserve.
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Fiscal Dominance, Stablecoins, and Bitcoin’s Strategic Role
The August 15, 2025 episode of Galaxy Brains features Lyn Alden analyzing how fiscal dominance weakens central bank independence and entrenches inflation.
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Bitcoin Policy, Strategic Reserves, and Energy Integration
The August 15, 2025 episode of the Matador Technologies podcast features Dennis Porter explaining how political advocacy, state-level legislation, and strategic Bitcoin reserves are shaping adoption in the U.S.
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Britain’s Bitcoin Bottleneck: Regulation, Energy, Hash Rate
The July 10, 2025 episode of the Archie Podcast features policy advocates Freddie New and Susie Violet Ward detailing why Britain lags global Bitcoin adoption.
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Strategic Bitcoin Reserves: State-Level Policy Playbook
The July 09, 2025 episode of The Last Trade features Bitcoin Policy Institute’s Zack Shapiro and Zack Cohen unveiling an open-source toolkit that lets U.S. states build Strategic Bitcoin Reserves.
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Multipolar Trade Realignment and the Digital-Dollar Gambit
The April 26, 2025 episode of The Bitcoin Layer features Tanvi Ratna outlining how Washington’s tariff-plus-security playbook seeks to reset global trade, currency dynamics, and alliance structures.
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Max Keiser & Stacy Herbert on Bitcoin Statecraft and IMF Leverage
The inaugural April 23 2025 episode of the Archie Podcast features Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert explaining how El Salvador’s legal-tender leap and the US strategic-reserve order reshape global Bitcoin policy.
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State Momentum and the Countdown to Federal Bitcoin Policy
The April 17, 2025 ATX DAO episode features Tom McCarthy explaining how Satoshi Action Fund has turned grassroots pressure into six pro‑Bitcoin state laws while lobbying for federal market‑structure and stablecoin bills before the August 2025 deadline.
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