Marty sits down with Luke Gromen to discuss what America needs in order to maintain its foothold in the geopolitical power balance.

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0:00 - Intro 0:36 - Tariffs 4:30 - DeepSeek 12:09 - Bessent's reset 16:56 - Fold & Bitkey 18:51 - Liquidity crisis and the big print 25:42 - Speculating on a deal with China 29:56 - Unchained 30:57 - Europe is losing 38:24 - Gold price and SBR 45:22 - History of gold’s official price 50:03 - Is the bandaid coming off soon? 55:03 - Bitcoin-backed lending 1:01:41 - There’s hope for cooler heads 1:13:06 - SAB 121 repeal

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Marty sits down with Jeff Walton to discuss Microstrategy's preferred stock offering.

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0:00 - Intro 0:36 - Explaining Microstrategy's preferred stocks 7:14 - Making use of volatility 13:58 - Fold & Bitkey 15:54 - Everything changes when insurance catches on 25:34 - Real estate insurance 29:04 - Unchained 30:05 - First mover companies 33:16 - The strategy is misunderstood, but the tide is turning 38:22 - What happens to MSTR's value 44:14 - The most hated trade 48:09 - Too much bitcoin? 53:17 - Is Microstrategy going to be the only player? 56:09 - Bitcoin weaponizes greed 1:05:31 - Will the 4 year cycle be disrupted? 1:08:37 - How it’s been for Jeff 1:12:24 - Bitcoin yield 1:15:44 - Wrap

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Marty sits down with James Check to discuss bitcoin's position in the new year.

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0:00 - Intro

0:36 - SBR isn't Trump's top priority

7:05 - A hard market to predict

13:36 - Fold & Bitkey

15:31 - What’s next?

18:21 - Tariffs and revaluing gold

21:28 - Unchained

22:29 - Yield curve/rate cut discrepancy

28:57 - Bull and bear scenarios

35:47 - Long and short hodlers

39:47 - Bitcoin collateral and leverage risks

44:14 - Ethereum and the golden age of grift

57:31 - Crypto is barely a footnote to bitcoin’s scale

1:10:16 - Wrap up

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Marty sits down with Larry Lepard to discuss his upcoming book.

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Larry's website: https://ema2.com/

The Big Print: https://www.amazon.com/Big-Print-Happened-America-Sound-ebook/dp/B0DS9W8FFS

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Trump coin and the new administation

8:48 - Fold & Bitky

10:43 - Larry's book

12:31 - We’re reaching the fourth turning

15:52 - Skeptics and crypto frauds

18:09 - Metcalfe’s gold rush

24:25 - Unchained

25:26 - A newcoiner is never late, nor is he early

30:05 - Scott Bessent and the monetary reset

33:22 - Manufacturing a soft landing

48:08 - Events escalating in magnitude and freqency

52:37 - Marty's price prediction for this cycle

55:55 - Cultural touchpoints for adoption

1:05:52 - Plugs

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0:00 - Disclaimer

0:24 - Larry Fink is bullish

8:28 - Ross free

16:54 - Energy policy

25:06 - Crypto policy

34:27 - Meme coins

50:19 - State SBR bills

58:05 - Dollar Index and Gromen analysis

1:15:04 - Coinbase lending

1:28:44 - NYDIG

1:32:38 - Corporate treasuries

1:43:51 - Repeal of SAB-121

1:46:02 - 2025 predictions

Marty sits down with Tuur Demeester to discuss his visit to the South African city of Orania.

Tuur on Twitter: https://x.com/TuurDemeester

0:36 - Why Tuur went to Orania

8:02 - State-proof cities dealing with crime

14:29 - Orania's origins

19:24 - Fold & Bitkey

21:19 - Population growth and businesses

26:21 - South Africa is devolving

29:54 - Unchained

30:54 - Sentiment toward Orania

32:15 - Scaling Orania’s model

34:49 - Diversity and conflict

43:50 - Bitcoin fixes this, not MAGA

50:44 - Narrowing focus to weather the storm

1:00:54 - Cultural conflict makes family pairings difficult

1:05:45 - Meme coins

1:12:06 - Ethereum delenda est

1:17:28 - Bitcoin market and Bessent

1:23:10 - Tariffs and eliminating IRS

1:28:07 - Glass half full

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Marty sits down with Calle to discuss Cashu.

Cashu: https://cashu.space/

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0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Programming is art

5:36 - Zooming out on the struggle for freedom

10:23 - Dealing with the pace of change

14:20 - Unchained & Fold

16:13 - Financial privacy

20:43 - Chaumian ecash history

33:34 - Zaprite & SOTE

35:06 - Ecash on bitcoin

42:55 - Hash pools

48:45 - Interoperable systems

52:11 - We need more privacy and more devs

55:24 - Narrative and communication

1:00:45 - Magic stuff that just works

1:10:19 - Nostr as a gateway to bitcoin

1:17:21 - Wrap up

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Marty sits down with Joe Bryan to discuss his presentation of the problem of fiat currency.

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What's The Problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtFOxNbmD38&t

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Joe’s background

9:53 - Borrowing on bitcoin stabilizes the market

13:02 - Unchained

14:49 - Educating on the problem with money

18:57 - The origin of Joe’s story

24:00 - Zaprite & SOTE

25:33 -The power of storytelling

32:34 - Outlining the Fiatello story

51:45 - Response to the presentation

58:39 - Preparing for 2025

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Marty kicks off the new year with Parker Lewis.

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0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Crossfit

2:27 - Recapping the debt problem

17:23 - Unchained & Fold

19:16 - Yield curve discrepancy

23:21 - DOGE can’t help much

30:00 - Zaprite & SOTE

31:32 - Trump’s plans and the Fed

48:40 - Bitcoin and inflation are insufficiently understood

1:10:29 - H1B psyop and Sam Hyde

1:15:25 - Silicon Valley mindset

1:21:08 - We’re gonna get Shane Gillis

1:30:04 - Countering Tucker’s CIA arguments

1:40:03 - Quantum tangent

1:42:59 - Crypto bananas

1:47:16 - Manifesting victory

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Marty sits down with Nik Bhatia to discuss his upcoming book and bitcoin's unprecedented setup in the macro environment.

Nik on Twitter: https://x.com/timevalueofbtc

Bitcoin Age: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DQK2RQ5J

Bitcoin Layer video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDAFY8rx-Kg

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Strategic reserve

8:45 - Does bitcoin threaten the dollar?

12:51 - Bitcoin began more open than the internet did

16:40 - Unchained

17:41 - Strengthening America

21:31 - MSTR, buying bitcoin with new money

35:18 - - Zaprite & Sote

36:51 The investor-initiated chain

44:31 - How sustainable is the bond strategy?

52:31 - Bitcoin inside of sovereign bond structure

57:10 - Critics don’t see the wider context

1:03:31 - Bitcoin is the best survival tool

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Marty sits down with Alex Bergeron to discuss Ark Labs.

Alex on Twitter: https://x.com/bergealex4

Ark Labs: https://arklabs.to/

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Will the strategic reserve stop soft forks?

15:50 - Unchained

16:50 - Ark

25:10 - Zaprite & SOTE

26:43 - How Ark works

1:03:57 - Product market fit

1:13:31- Things take time to build

1:20:31 - Meta protocols

1:26:35 - Wrap up

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