El Salvador's Bitcoin Adoption: A Structural Political Economy
Explore how dollarization and remittance dependence shaped El Salvador's Bitcoin adoption beyond political narratives and technological solutionism.
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Bitcoin, issuance credibility, and monetary function
Explore how predictable supply growth and credible commitment shape digital asset design and monetary function in early network economics.
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Philosophical Ontology of Bitcoin Money
Explore how Bitcoin acts as commodity, fiat, and credit money without traditional foundations, exposing the contingent nature of monetary systems
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AI Deflation, Stablecoin Rails, and Bitcoin’s Purchasing Power Case
The February 03, 2026 episode of the Final Settlement podcast features Cam Doody arguing that accelerating AI-driven technological deflation strengthens Bitcoin’s long-run purchasing power, even if the market discounts it in the near term.
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Bitcoin’s Debasement Trade and the Risks of Market Plumbing
The February 01, 2026 episode of Brandon Gentile features Mel Mattison arguing that a weakening dollar-centered order extends a multi-year “debasement trade” in scarce, non-dollar assets, including Bitcoin.
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Bitcoin’s Monetization Path: Store of Value, Collateral, and Unit of Account
The January 12, 2026 episode of Bitcoin for Millennials features Vijay Boyapati arguing that many observers misread Bitcoin because they start with the wrong definition of money.
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Bitcoin’s 2025 Paradox: Adoption Advances, Risks Reprice
The January 20, 2026 episode of the What Bitcoin Did podcast features Cory Klippsten arguing that 2025 was structurally positive for Bitcoin despite weak price performance.
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Private Money, Public Power: Stablecoins, Bitcoin, & the U.S. Monetary Worldview
The debate over stablecoins and Bitcoin is often framed as a technical argument about speed, fees, or volatility. What is really at stake is not payments technology, but which monetary worldview policymakers are trying to preserve.
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Custody, Capital, and Control Risks Around Bitcoin
The January 05, 2026 episode of What Bitcoin Did features Simon Dixon arguing that fiat money creation and regulatory design concentrate power in banks and allied institutions.
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Inflation, Fiscal Dominance, and Bitcoin’s Ascent
The September 22, 2025 episode of What Bitcoin Did features Lawrence Lepard outlining how fiscal dominance and prospective yield curve control entrench inflationary pressures.
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Bitcoin’s Institutional Pivot and Governance Risks
The September 19, 2025 episode of What Bitcoin Did features Pete Rizzo analyzing Bitcoin’s cultural pivot from grassroots “freedom money” ideals to institutional financialization.
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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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