TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast
Marty Bent
TFTC is a podcast hosted by Marty Bent about Bitcoin. Join Marty, Editor in Chief of "the best newsletter in Bitcoin", as he sits down to discuss Bitcoin with interesting people.
- 1 hour 10 minutes#725: Why Bitcoin Adoption Is Fragmented with Fernando Nikolic
Marty sits down with Fernando Nikolic to discuss how Bitcoin can learn from the music industry's mistakes, the communications failures that have held back adoption, and how AI tools and data curation are reshaping the information landscape for the next wave of Bitcoiners.
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11 March 2026, 2:00 pm - 30 minutes 3 secondsTen31 Timestamp: To Rule the Waves
Markets are underestimating the gravity of what's unfolding in the Middle East, but Bitcoin is showing signs it might be pricing in the inevitable response.
In this episode:\
- Why oil infrastructure attacks may be a strategic move against China\
- How the Strait of Hormuz closure affects 45% of China's oil supply\
- Private credit stress meeting energy inflation - the perfect storm\
- Signs Bitcoin may have bottomed while traditional assets struggle\
- The chess match between US energy dominance and Chinese supply chains \
- - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 - Monitoring the Middle East situation 00:01:06 - Strait of Hormuz closure and energy infrastructure damage 00:02:11 - Physical world constraints returning to markets 00:04:18 - Ten year yields rising with oil prices 00:07:26 - Markets underestimating refinery damage severity 00:11:06 - China's 45% oil dependence through Hormuz Strait 00:12:57 - Helium supply disruption threatening chip production 00:13:58 - US vs China leverage points in the chess match 00:17:13 - Strategic objectives behind the Middle East operation 00:19:31 - Private credit stress at Blackrock and Blackstone 00:22:17 - Refinancing wave hitting 2020-2021 deals 00:25:15 - Double whammy of inflation and credit stress 00:27:20 - Bitcoin's resilient price action amid global turmoil \
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11 March 2026, 4:25 am - 1 hour 8 minutes#724: Bitcoin Is The Peaceful Revolution with GMONEY
Marty sits down with GMoney to discuss Bitcoin as a peaceful weapon for individual sovereignty, the moral case for tax resistance, and the theory that Bitcoin is part of a larger coordinated counter-insurgency against the global fiat banking cartel.
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9 March 2026, 2:00 pm - 1 hour 11 minutes#723: The Battle for the Agentic Economy with Matt Corallo
Marty sits down with Bitcoin developer Matt Corallo to discuss why the emergence of AI coding tools and agentic payments represents the most critical and time-sensitive opportunity in Bitcoin's history to become the dominant payment rail of the internet.
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8 March 2026, 3:41 pm - 28 minutes 37 secondsTen31 Timestamp: Fast Takeoffs And Hard Landings
World War 3 is heating up and most people are missing the bigger strategic picture. What just went down in Iran and why anthropic got blacklisted by the Pentagon.
In this episode:
- US-Iran conflict as part of broader China decoupling strategy
- Pentagon vs Anthropic: The AI Patriot Act moment
- Why this administration is acting on wartime footing
- Bitcoin's surprisingly strong response to geopolitical chaos
- 10-year Treasury signals and what they mean for monetary policy
- Block's massive AI-driven layoffs and implications for the future
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 - World War 3 is upon us
00:01:31 - Iran conflict through China strategy lens
00:06:06 - Energy as weapon against China
00:08:36 - Pentagon blacklists Anthropic: The AI power grab
00:11:24 - Sovereign is he who decides the model weights
00:13:44 - Pattern recognition: The AI Patriot Act moment
00:16:57 - Bitcoin's resilient weekend performance
00:19:39 - Ten year Treasury reaction signals trouble
00:22:52 - Block's AI layoffs: 40% workforce reduction
00:26:23 - Data centers overtake office construction
00:27:03 - High profit margins meet Bitcoin treasuries
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2 March 2026, 5:50 pm - 1 hour 45 seconds#722: AI Privacy Is The New Bitcoin Privacy with Mark Suman
Marty sits down with Mark Suman, co-founder of Maple AI, to discuss the explosive growth of AI agents, the privacy risks of using closed-source models, how open-source AI is catching up to frontier labs, and why building private, decentralized AI tools is critical to preventing a dystopian future.
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2 March 2026, 3:00 pm - 1 hour 15 minutes#721: The Human Skills That Matter Now That AI Can Code with Calle
Marty sits down with Calle, prolific Bitcoin and Freedom Tech builder behind the Cashu eCash protocol, BitChat, and Clawi AI, to discuss the AI agent revolution transforming software development, the launch of Numo tap-to-pay for Bitcoin, eCash as the ideal payment rail for autonomous agents, and what it all means for the future of human creativity and work.
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28 February 2026, 3:00 pm - 1 hour 2 minutes#720 Global Liquidity Has Peaked with Michael Howell
Marty sits down with Michael Howell, founder of Cross Border Capital, to discuss the state of global liquidity, its impact on Bitcoin and risk assets, and what the current cycle peak means for investors navigating the road ahead.
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25 February 2026, 3:00 pm - 27 minutes 26 secondsTen31 Timestamp: The Die Is Cast
Reality distortion fields aren't just for Steve Jobs anymore - they're everywhere in our sclerotic institutions, and the latest examples show just how disconnected official narratives are from what's actually happening.
In this episode:
- Supreme Court blocks Trump's IEEPA tariff authority, but multiple alternative paths remain
- Fed minutes show rate hike discussions while Treasury assumes massive ongoing RMP purchases
- Bitcoin's recent performance amid changing liquidity conditions and institutional crosswinds
- Hash rate recovers 14.6% after winter storm, debunking quantum and AI pivot theories
- Why there's "no fishing in the Rubicon" when economic reordering is underway
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 - Introduction and Reality Distortion Fields
00:01:07 - Steve Jobs Concept Applied to Modern Institutions
00:02:42 - Supreme Court Tariff Ruling and Trump's Response
00:06:14 - No Fishing in the Rubicon
00:08:44 - Fed Minutes vs Treasury Funding Assumptions
00:11:49 - RMP Program Becoming Structural
00:16:34 - Bitcoin's Recent Performance and Liquidity
00:20:38 - Fed Chair Transition Dynamics
00:23:05 - Hash Rate Recovery Validates Weather Theory
00:25:30 - Mining Equipment Markets and Tax Incentives
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23 February 2026, 5:32 pm - 1 hour 4 minutes#719: Bitcoin Is Winning Even In A Bear Market with Alex Leishman
Marty sits down with Alex Leishman, CEO and CTO of River, to discuss Bitcoin adoption trends in the current bear market, the Lightning Network's growing momentum, institutional vs. individual ownership shifts, AI's impact on productivity and hiring, quantum computing risks to Bitcoin, and River's vision for the future of Bitcoin banking.
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23 February 2026, 3:00 pm - 1 hour 12 minutes#718: The Housing Market Is Lying To You with Melody Wright
Marty sits down with Melody Wright, housing market analyst and investigative researcher, to discuss the deepening cracks beneath the surface of the U.S. housing and labor markets — from record-low home sales and rising mortgage delinquencies to corrupted government data, municipal fiscal collapse, and the broader consumer credit stress that mainstream financial media continues to ignore.
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