Insider EXPOSES Trump's Secret Plan to ATTACK Bitcoin! | Zack Shapiro

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Zack Shapiro discusses the ongoing Samurai Wallet case and its potential far-reaching implications for Bitcoin developers and users. The conversation explores how SDNY prosecutors pursued charges despite FinCEN's indication that Samurai wasn't a money transmitter, creating tension with the Trump administration's stated policies. Shapiro breaks down how this precedent could threaten node operators, wallet developers, and miners by redefining "money transmission" under the Bank Secrecy Act. The discussion covers legislative solutions like the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act, Bitcoin's geopolitical significance for US economic dominance, and practical ways listeners can advocate against regulation by prosecution. STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/ Our newsletter: https://www.tftc.io/bitcoin-brief/ TFTC Elite (Ad-free & Discord): https://www.tftc.io/#/portal/signup/ Discord: https://discord.gg/VJ2dABShBz Zack Shapiro on Twitter: https://x.com/zackbshapiro P2P Rights: https://p2prights.org/ Bitcoin Policy Institute: https://www.btcpolicy.org/ Fold https://foldapp.com/marty Bitkey https://bit.ly/TFTCBitkey20 Unchained https://unchained.com/tftc/ Zaprite https://zaprite.com/tftc Salt of the Earth https://drinksote.com/tftc 0:00 - Intro 0:28 - Outlining the case 12:26 - Biden/Warren admin 17:24 - Fold & Bitkey 19:00 - Next step and implications for precedent 23:24 - Unchained 23:53 - GENIUS act 27:34 - History of Bank Secrecy Act 33:19 - Nation states will need bitcoin 39:21 - Bitcoin fixes the world 45:52 - Killer use cases 56:14 - OP_DEBATE 1:04:54 - C2A 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/