Tales from the Crypt: A Bitcoin Podcast

Marty sits down with James Check to discuss bitcoin's position in the new year. James on Twitter: https://x.com/_Checkmatey_ James's newsletter: https://newsletter.checkonchain.com/ _checkonchain charts: https://charts.checkonchain.com/ 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 Shoutout to our sponsors: Fold https://foldapp.com/marty/ Bitkey https://bitkey.world/ Unchained https://unchained.com/tftc/ Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos Clips YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ Website https://tftc.io/ Twitter https://twitter.com/tftc21 I

Marty sits down with Larry Lepard to discuss his upcoming book. Larry on Twitter: https://x.com/LawrenceLepard 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 Shoutout to our sponsors: Fold https://foldapp.com/marty/ Bitkey https://bitkey.world/ Unchained https://unchained.com/tftc/ Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos Clips YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5

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 Shoutout to our sponsors: Fold https://foldapp.com/marty/ Bitkey https://bitkey.world/ Unchained https://unchained.com/tftc/ Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos Clips YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ W

Marty sits down with Calle to discuss Cashu. Cashu: https://cashu.space/ Calle on Nostr: https://primal.net/calle 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 Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained https://unchained.com/tftc/ Fold https://foldapp.com/marty Zaprite https://zaprite.com/tftc Salt of the Earth https://drinksote.com/tftc Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos Clips YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ Website https://tftc.io/ Twitter https://twitter.com/tftc21 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io

Marty sits down with Joe Bryan to discuss his presentation of the problem of fiat currency. Joe on Twitter: https://x.com/satmojoe SatsVsFiat: https://x.com/SatsVsFiat 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 Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained https://unchained.com/tftc/ Fold https://foldapp.com/marty Zaprite https://zaprite.com/tftc Salt of the Earth https://drinksote.com/tftc Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos Clips YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ Website https://tftc.io/ Twitter https://twitter.com/tftc21 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/ Nostr https://prim

Marty kicks off the new year with Parker Lewis. Parker on Twitter: https://x.com/parkeralewis 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 Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained https://unchained.com/tftc/ Fold https://foldapp.com/marty Zaprite https://zaprite.com/tftc Salt of the Earth https://drinksote.com/tftc Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos Clips YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ Website https://tftc.io/ Twitter https://twitter.com/tftc21 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/ No

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 Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained https://unchained.com/tftc/ Fold https://foldapp.com/marty Zaprite https://zaprite.com/tftc Salt of the Earth https://drinksote.com/tftc Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos Clips YT Channel htt

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 Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained https://unchained.com/tftc/ Zaprite https://zaprite.com/tftc Salt of the Earth https://drinksote.com/tftc Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos Clips YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ Website https://tftc.io/ Twitter https://twitter.com/tftc21 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/ Nostr https://primal.net/tftc Follow Marty Bent: Twitter https://twitter.com/martybent Nostr https://primal.net/martybent Newsletter https://tftc.io/martys-bent/ Podcast https://www.tftc.io/tag/podcasts/

Marty sits down with John Carvalho to discuss his BIP on bitcoin units and an update on Pubky. Links: https://pubky.app/ https://pubky.org/ https://x.com/BitcoinErrorLog 0:00 - Intro 0:36 - John's BIP 10:16 - Millisats 14:30 - Unchained 15:30 - Optimizing against govt controlled btc 22:30 - OP_VAULT and fork consensus 36:53 - Zaprite & SOTE 38:26 - Pubky 45:21 - Government digital ID 54:10 - Nostr's vs X vs Bluesky 1:00:00 - Why Nostr needs an ID solution 1:03:13 - Atomic Economy 1:08:08 - Tether 1:12:15 - Bitfinex stolen coins 1:14:13 - MSTR 1:21:20 - Core dev incentives 1:25:39 - John's hot take history 1:29:29 - Bluesky culture 1:33:15 - Giving people what they don’t know they want 1:35:52 - Wrapup Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained https://unchained.com/tftc/ Zaprite https://zaprite.com/tftc Salt of the Earth https://drinksote.com/tftc Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos Clips YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ Website https://t

Marty and Will Cole sit down to orange pill Bill and Spud from WAR MODE. WAR MODE: https://warmode.libsyn.com/ 0:00 - Intro 0:36 - Here to be orange pilled 4:35 - Don’t F up the money 11:03 - Unchained 12:04 - Early bitcoin and basic value prop 17:07 - Inflation lies 25:09 - How we got to the modern system 31:19 - Zaprite & SOTE 32:52 - Bitcoin’s good for everyone and everything’s good for bitcoin 40:27 - Bitcoin, not blockchain 47:30 - Monetization & Triffin dilemma 50:21 - Mining, energy and the halving 56:52 - Fixing the money 1:00:38 - What miners and nodes do 1:10:42 - Emergent organization and early internet 1:15:01 - Bitcoin storage and risks of bank custody 1:24:32 - Big banks are far more criminal than bitcoin users 1:28:11 - The financial system is a web of lies 1:38:31 - Bitcoin is the white pill, it’s never too late 1:51:19 - F you money beats censorship 1:59:13 - The only winning move is to play 2:07:30 - Volatility - Weimar gold 2:09:11 - Bitcoin lending and regulatory attack 2:16:27 - China ban

The Ten31 crew sit down with Matt Corallo to talk about Google's Willow quantum chip. 0:00 - Disclaimer 0:24 - Matt Corallo addresses the quantum chip scare 34:19 - Expected value calculation in quantum scenario 45:34 - Bitcoin MENA and nation state adoption 56:45 - Bitcoinization of finance 1:02:18 - MSTR 1:11:00 - Yield is a scary word in bitcoin 1:17:35 - 100k milestone

Marty sits down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss the Q3 2024 monetary base update. Matthew on Twitter: https://x.com/1basemoney Porkopolis Economics: https://www.porkopolis.io/ 0:00 - Intro 0:36- ATH, 4 currencies left in the way 4:50 - The Trump wave 10:44 - chart - Getting gold/btc on Fed balance sheet 24:20 - Unchained 25:11 - Optimally acquiring strategic reserve 30:38 - Zaprite & SOTE 32:11 - Triffin Dilemma and spending cuts 38:55 - How hard money helps central banks 43:23 - Yield curve/Fed policy mismatch 49:22 - Russian bitcoin 54:26 - Trump's cabinet and Scott Bessent 58:16 - Supercycle? 1:05:51 - Power curve 1:08:55 - Saylor's convertible notes 1:1545 - Base money 1:25:29 - Breton Woods 2.0? 1:42:30 - Fiat money exponential growth 1:46:44 - Job market 1:52:39 - Bitcoin Lindy effect 2:01:00 - Wrap up Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained https://unchained.com/tftc/ Zaprite https://zaprite.com/tftc Salt of the Earth https://drinksote.com/tftc Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel https://www.youtube.

Marty sits down at PubKey with Andrew Hohns to discuss Battery Finance. 0:00 - Intro 0:36 - Squawk Box 4:27 - Why Andrew caught onto bitcoin 10:39 - Unchained 11:29 - Saylor’s dematerialization idea 15:45 - Supercharging real estate 25:09 - Zaprite & SOTE 26:42 - Adoptions cycles for borrowers 31:31 - Duration curve 38:24 - Bitcoin will be critical as other assets demonetize 40:50 - Loans result in long term hodl 46:23 - 100k significance & price prediction 54:39 - Custody question Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained https://unchained.com/tftc/ Zaprite https://zaprite.com/tftc Salt of the Earth https://drinksote.com/tftc Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos Clips YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ Website https://tftc.io/ Twitter https://twitter.com/tftc21 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/ Nostr https://primal.net/tftc Follow Marty Bent: Twitter https://twitter.com/martybent Nostr https://primal.net/martybent Newsletter htt

Marty sits down with Trey Sellers to discuss how Unchained will be moving forward in light of the recent $100k breakthrough. Trey on Twitter: https://x.com/ts_hodl 0:00 - Intro 0:36 - Marty on Tucker and Andrew Hohns on CNBC 3:59 - Guiding hodlers and pioneering collab custody 14:04 - Unchained 14:54 - 100k changes the frame 17:46 - Where does Unchained go next? 21:27 - Zaprite & SOTE 23:00 - Large capital bringing in the supercycle 26:57 - FIRE framework 41:30 - Signature white glove service 47:01 - The bitcoin rabbit hole cascade 49:15 - Lloyd Blankfein on bitcoin in geopolitics 52:43 - Bitcoin credit products 55:00 - Unchained event Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained https://unchained.com/tftc/ Zaprite https://zaprite.com/tftc Salt of the Earth https://drinksote.com/tftc Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos Clips YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ Website https://tftc.io/ Twitter https://twitter.com/tftc21 Instagram https://www.in

Marty sits down with Miljan Braticevic to discuss Primal 2.0. Miljan on Primal: https://primal.net/miljan 0:00 - Intro 0:36 - Nostr is more than social media 10:04 - Why Nostr is better 20:50 - Bitkey & Coinkite 23:10 - Building Primal with open source ethos 27:52 - Power user functionality 37:08 - Doomscroll algo vs custom feeds 44:53 - Zaprite & SOTE 46:26 - Nostr in the context of Elon’s site 51:23 - Nostr/bitcoin symbiosis and snowball adoption 1:02:00 - Fountain/Primal and how Nostr promotes cooperation 1:07:09 - Why openness will outcompete centralization 1:12:48 - Bitcoiners are the best set of users for Nostr to start on 1:21:10 - What will bring the suddenly moment? 1:26:21 - Get your legend status Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained https://unchained.com/tftc/ Coinkite https://coinkite.com/ Zaprite https://zaprite.com/tftc Salt of the Earth https://drinksote.com/tftc Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos Clips YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQc

Marty sits down to discuss how Trump may plan to wield bitcoin and an altered Federal Reserve to compete with BRICS. Mel on Twitter: https://x.com/MelMattison1 Mel's Website: https://www.melmattison.com/ 0:00 - Intro 0:36 - Scott Bessent 7:42 - History of the Fed 12:59 - Unchained & Coinkite 15:18 - Trump indicates plans to change Fed 29:10 - Zaprite & SOTE 30:43 - Does BRICS need to play both bitcoin and gold? 39:35 - How gold and bitcoin could coexist 43:49 - How will the new policy be implemented? 53:18 - Sparking volatility and spinning the story 1:02:21 - We may be entering a new American Renaissance 1:14:49 - Preparing before the inauguration 1:16:41 - Plugs Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained https://unchained.com/tftc/ Coinkite https://coinkite.com/ Zaprite https://zaprite.com/tftc Salt of the Earth https://drinksote.com/tftc Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos Clips YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ Website https://tftc.io/

Marty sits down with Matt Cole from Strive to discuss the tidal shift in America driven by bitcoin. Matt on Twitter: https://x.com/colemacro Strive: https://strive.com/ 0:00 - Intro 0:36 - ESG/DEI disaster isn’t quite over yet 13:52 - Unchained & Coinkite 16:12 - Matt’s background and framing bitcoin for pensions 25:04 - Career risk of missing bitcoin 28:52 - Moving the Overton window and helping clients with bitcoin 33:12 - Zaprite & SOTE 34:45 - Making the most of bitcoin 43:07 - How using bitcoin changes your understanding 48:48 - AI machine payments, regulations and altcoins 56:34 - Trump admin stepping out of America’s way 1:03:21 - America has centuries left 1:13:33 - Wrapup Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained https://unchained.com/tftc/ Coinkite https://coinkite.com/ Zaprite https://zaprite.com/tftc Salt of the Earth https://drinksote.com/tftc Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos Clips YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ Website

The Ten31 team sits down with Rob Hamilton and Becca Rubenfield from AnchorWatch to discuss becoming a Lloyd's of London Coverholder. 0:00 - Disclaimer 0:24 - What Anchorwatch offers 5:26 - Leveraging bitcoin and Miniscript 12:52 - What makes Anchorwatch different 19:43 - More on what Miniscript offers 29:39 -Smart contracts 36:56 - Early Anchorwatch 42:38 - Good UX without compromise 47:31 - Possibilities and future plans 59:59 - Risk appetite at Lloyd’s 1:13:01 - How bitcoin helps the insurance industry 1:22:45 - Wrap up

Marty sits down with Jim Crider to discuss how to talk to your loved ones about bitcoin this upcoming Thanksgiving, as well as how bitcoin is seen in the world of financial planning. Jim on Twitter: https://x.com/JimCriderTX Intentional Living FP: https://www.intentionallivingfp.com/ 0:00 - Intro 1:55 - How to craft the perfect orange pill 11:24 - Keeping hype low 14:58 - Bitkey & Coinkite 17:18 - Establishing an understanding of money 29:28 - Dangers of social proof 39:57 - SOTE 41:30 - Attitudes toward risk 45:33 - What it’s like as a fin advisor 58:11 - Frankenstein portfolio 1:03:03 - Providing true value as an advisor 1:11:30 - Bitcoin siphoning value from other assets 1:16:31 - High level game theory & Trump’s buddies 1:19:48 - Unfortunate for those who end up too late 1:30:39 - Orange pill quick guide and plugs Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained https://unchained.com/tftc/ Coinkite https://coinkite.com/ Zaprite https://zaprite.com/tftc Salt of the Earth https://drinksote.com/tftc Join the TFTC Movemen