Show Notes
Marty and Chris (@coinjoined) break down the state of Bitcoin in 2025, from protocol development drama to quantum FUD and the ongoing culture war between cypherpunks and institutions. Chris shares his journey from shitcoiner to Bitcoin maximalist and explains what he's building with Biturance, a Bitcoin insurance company focused on self-custody for institutional holders. They cover European adoption, Luxembourg's sovereign wealth fund buying Bitcoin, inheritance planning, the OP_RETURN debate, Tether, Layer 2s like Ark, prediction markets, and the geopolitical implications of Bitcoin in places like Venezuela. 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 Opportunity Cost Extension: https://www.opportunitycost.app/ Chris on Twitter: https://x.com/coinjoined Bitkey https://bit.ly/4apTDkq Unchained https://unchained.com/tftc/ SLNT https://slnt.com/tftc 0:00 - Intro 0:29 - 2025 in dev FUD 5:04 - State of the industry 6:33 - European btc adoption 14:58 - Wrench attacks - Bitsurance 20:16 - Bitkey & Unchained 22:32 - Venezuela and new dynamics 31:06 - Tether & Ark 37:54 - Inheritance wallets 40:04 - SLNT & SOTE 42:27 - Time wasted on OP_DEBATE 53:24 - Quantum fork 59:39 - 2026 hopes and predictions 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/
