70: Empire Extraction

<p>Empires drowning in debt turn to plunder, tariffs, and control. But this time, the cracks in the empire reveal the case for Bitcoin.</p> <p><strong>Affiliate Links:</strong></p> <ul> <li>🇺🇸 <a href="https://partner.river.com/jupiter">Buy Sats on River</a> - The best way to stack in the US</li> <li>🇨🇦 <a href="https://www.bitcoinwell.com/jupiter">The Bitcoin Well</a> - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform</li> <li>⚡ <a href="https://app.thebitcoincompany.com/signup?ref=JUPITER">The Bitcoin Company</a> - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning</li> <li>🏦 <a href="https://use.foldapp.com/r/XNHPXTFC">Fold Card</a> - Pay bills Stack Sats</li> <li>💵 <a href="https://borrower.saltlending.com/register?referralCode=GkPQdbqWG">SALT Lending</a> - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling</li> </ul> <p><strong>Show Notes:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-tanks-below-119k-bessent-gov-t-won-t-buy-bitcoin-reserve">Bitcoin tanks below $119k as Bessent says gov’t won’t buy Bitcoin for reserve</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm">Producer Price Index News Release summary - 2025 M07 Results</a></li> <li><a href="https://arnaudbertrand.substack.com/p/not-at-the-table-europes-colonial">Not at the table: Europe's colonial moment</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvmVFg5JwJE">Arthur Hayes: Bitcoin Will Soar as Money Printing Won’t Stop! - YouTube</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.therage.co/bank-of-international-settlements-kyc-non-custodial-wallets/">Bank of International Settlements Paper Proposes Self-KYC For Non-Custodial Wallets</a></li> <li><a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/former-white-house-cryptocurrency-adviser-bo-hines-joins-tether-134729416.html">Former White House cryptocurrency adviser Bo Hines joins Tether</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.theblock.co/post/359837/fbis-undercover-bitcoin-payment-hacker">FBI's undercover $250 Bitcoin payment helps take down alleged serial corporate hacker </a></li> <li><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/citigroup-considers-custody-payment-services-stablecoins-crypto-etfs-2025-08-14/">Citigroup considers custody and payment services for stablecoins, crypto ETFs </a></li> <li><a href="https://cryptoslate.com/insights/ethereum-staking-faces-3-28-billion-exit-queue-as-delays-hit-longest-wait-in-months/">Ethereum staking faces $3.28 billion exit queue as delays hit longest wait in months</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/could-bitcoin-mining-be-used-to-heat-vancouvers-kitsilano-pool/">Group pitches Bitcoin mining to warm Vancouver's Kits Pool</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/btc_archive/status/1957513713994367222?t=E9EIlRX-vHxbQ8g23lQU3A">BITCOIN HISTORY: Satoshi launched Bitcoin . org exactly 17 years ago today</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZCVQHtD2l4">Andreas Antonopoulos - Currency Wars and Bitcoin's Neutrality - YouTube</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>MUSIC:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://podcastindex.org/podcast/7347121?episode=37679753423">Junkyard of Dreams by Jawbone</a></li> </ul>