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.
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0:00 - Intro
1:28 - Is the bear over?
11:19 - Bitcoin-backed credit market
19:21 - River & Unchained
20:37 - Ukraine bonds vs Unchained loans
30:11 - Why Unchained loans work
37:45 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
39:22 - Predicting capital markets
54:39 - Swaying minds with a good track record
1:07:05 - Venture fund perspective, Fold IPO
1:13:13 - Bitcoin vs stablecoin strategies
1:34:36 - OpenSats and HRF
1:44:13 - Plugging the Bitcoin Lunch
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Marty sits down with John Cullen to discuss the smoke and mirrors surrounding the Trump assassination attempt as well as the 2017 Las Vegas shooting.
John on Twitter: https://x.com/I_Am_JohnCullen
John on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@iamjohncullen
0:00 - Intro
1:26 - John's background and the Vegas shooting
7:47 - Multiple shooters at Trump rally
12:17 - River & Unchained
13:33 - Drones
23:14 - The rifle stock
28:37 - 400 yards
32:02 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
33:39 - Back to the drone
41:47 - Vegas shooting Saudi connections
52:08 - Jared and Ivanka, monarchy drama
1:01:28 - Who is behind Trump shooting
1:08:53 - Field hospitals for meteor armageddon
1:14:33 - Final points
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Marty sits down with Will Reeves to discuss the progress of Fold and how they've withstood and harnessed the bear markets.
Will on Twitter: https://x.com/wlrvs
Fold App: https://use.foldapp.com/
0:00 - Intro
1:25 - Reflecting on the years
8:00 - How Fold made it
14:59 - River & Unchained
16:15 - Harnessing the bear market
27:15 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
28:53 - Fold users
33:39 - Leading the way with new strategies
44:30 - Focusing on bitcoin
51:53 - Ten31
1:00:28 - Succeeding by operating with integrity
1:13:20 - Come a long way, long way to go
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Marty sits down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss the Q2 2024 Monetary Base Update.
Matthew on Twitter: https://x.com/1basemoney
Porkopolis: https://www.porkopolis.io/topmoney/
0:00 - Intro
1:25 - Baltic Honey Badger
5:37 - Introducing the update
8:23 - Inflation vs deflation
22:02 - River & Unchained
23:18 - Money printing and GDP
27:28 - Bitcoin status
38:54 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
40:31 - CAGR
48:14 - Corporate treasuries
52:55 - State treasuries
1:12:52 - Massie’s plan and political hopium
1:20:24 - Austrian econ popularity
1:27:21 - Unrealized cap gains
1:33:34 - Red scare and the state of Europe
1:41:32 - Optimism
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Marty sits down with Obi Nwosu to discuss the launch of the launch of the Fedi app.
Obi on Twitter: https://x.com/obi
Fedi: https://www.fedi.xyz/
0:00 - Intro
1:27 - Launch euphoria
4:40 - Fedi’s purpose
9:06 - Fedi devs
12:20 - River & Unchained
13:36 - Interoperability and unleashed chat
17:24 - Individual community needs
25:03 - What Fedi replaces
31:21 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
32:59 - How to improve and expand
39:38 - Flipping perspective on money
49:41 - Stability pools
55:48 - Sapping power from fiat system
1:02:31 - Managing expectations - What’s next
1:08:08 - Open source announcement
1:13:25 - Running on a bitcoin standard
1:18:25 - Wrapping up
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Marty sits down with Dave Collum to discuss inflation, the election and the twisted networks influencing politics and entertainment.
Dave on Twitter: https://x.com/DavidBCollum
0:00 - Intro
1:09 - Truflation is BS
9:18 - Hardware collateralized debt
11:08 - Deflation and money supply
14:13 - River & Unchained
16:06 - Yen carry trade and US buybacks
19:36 - Compounding valuations
25:32 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
27:38 - Narrative control and war drums
34:04 - Kamala’s campaign
40:19 - The assassination memory hole
43:47 - Elon
48:51 - Propaganda whirlwind
59:54 - Dark and disturbing networks
1:23:05 - Free speech
1:29:51 - Trump’s second term
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Marty sits down with Peruvian Bull to discuss what's being done by the Bank of Japan.
Peruvian Bull on Twitter: https://x.com/peruvian_bull
Peruvian Bull on Substack: https://dollarendgame.substack.com/
0:00 - Intro
1:02 - Yen carry trade backdrop
15:47 - River and Unchained
17:03 - Market caught off guard
20:10 - Liquidity alarm bell
27:01 - Current status
33:41 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
35:19 - What do central bank counterparties do?
44:12 - Treasury demand
48:55 - Predicting the timeline
51:34 - Good for bitcoin
56:50 - How to prepare
1:03:36 - Fourth turning
1:10:06 - Wrapping up
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Marty sits down with Preston Pysh to discuss further spiraling of the debt crisis and how bitcoin can help.
Preston on Twitter: https://x.com/PrestonPysh
Preston on Nostr: https://primal.net/preston
0:00 - Intro
1:10 - Treasury auctions and stablecoins
11:06 - Potentially solving the debt problem
23:31 - River & Unchained
24:47 - Bank of Japan
26:22 - Accelerating toward the election
29:18 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
30:55 - Global M2 and liquidity alarm bell
50:15 - Bitcoin corporate treasuries
44:10 - Creating a soft landing
47:50 - Bitcoiners gaining influence
57:23 - How far does this cycle go?
1:04:27 - Vote with your node
1:10:52 - The handout mindset
1:13:44 - Optimism
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Marty sits down with Pete Quinones to discuss the potential of "Little Tech" to influence America.
Pete on Twitter: https://x.com/PeterRQuinones
0:00 - Intro
1:23 - Energy and tech
5:39 - Explaining elite theory
21:36 - River and Unchained
22:51 - Kamala propaganda
30:14 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
32:16 - Technological warfare
39:38 - Communism and liberalism
45:29 - Rule of law and capitalist ideology
1:00:20 - Expanding your mindset
1:05:02 - Thanks Elon
1:10:18 - Is war coming?
1:18:18 - How much will Little Tech fix?
1:25:51 - Overton window
1:32:28 - Let not perfect be the enemy of good
1:39:26 - Domestic manufacturing
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Marty sits down with Saifedean Ammous to discuss the Israel/Gaza conflict from the perspective of property rights.
Saifedean on Twitter: https://x.com/saifedean
Saifedean's Website: https://saifedean.com/
0:00 - Intro
1:13 - Infringement of Palestinian property rights
8:00 - Israel’s solution is extermination
13:23 - River & Unchained
14:39 - Religious justification of cruelty
26:29 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
28:06 - Christian Zionism
35:42 - US is a puppet state
55:14 - Can Bitcoin defund the empire?
1:00:27 - They use every crisis to manipulate
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Marty sits down with Tom Luongo to go over the consequences of the failed attempt on Donald Trump's life.
Tom on Twitter: https://x.com/TFL1728
Tom's website: https://tomluongo.me/
0:00 - Intro
1:12 - PayPal Mafia
9:31 - River & Unchained
10:46 - The assassination attempt fractured the timeline
14:39 - Everyone knew
26:35 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
28:12 - Divine intervention
32:43 - Working with consequences
35:33 - What happens next and will they try again?
47:21 - Jamie Dimon and economic plans
53:27 - Open source and AI
57:30 - Perspective of decades
1:01:18 - UK and France
1:05:52 - Jab justice and Trump’s cabinet
1:15:42 - Trump and bitcoin
1:21:14 - They came at the king and they missed
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