Midwest Bitcoin Summit 2026 — Columbus, OH · Sept 23–24, 2026 · Up to 10,000 Bitcoiners expected
Columbus, OH · Sept 23–24, 2026
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Today Marty sat down with James Check, to discuss why BlackRock's Bitcoin derivative product could unlock trillions of dollars to flow into their IBIT Bitcoin ETF. We also discuss why this new demand brought in by the Bitcoin ETFs, could potentially break Bitcoin's 4 year cycles. James on Twitter: https://x.com/_checkmatey_?lang=en Follow James's work here: https://www.checkonchain.com/ 0:00 - Intro 0:46 - Explaining chopsolidation and institutional reaction 12:17 - Options and other derivatives 18:22 - Bitkey 19:17 - A new breed of hodler 26:46 - Volatility 34:29 - Comparing to previous cycles 40:20 - How would a major crisis affect price? 46:11 - Dispassionate decision-making 49:27 - Will they successfully demonize bitcoin? 56:03 - Institutional alliance and gold 1:07:02 - How high 1:13:02 - James's newsletter Shoutout to our sponsors: Bitkey https://bit.ly/TFTCBitkey20 Unchained https://unchained.com/concierge/ 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/
