# Market Forced Peace

URL: /show/this-week-in-bitcoin/109/
> Everyone expected energy markets to explode. Instead, the Iran deal exposed a deeper signal: oil, debt, inflation, and the Fed now define the limits of American power. Bitcoiners can’t afford to look away.

- Show: [This Week In Bitcoin](/show/this-week-in-bitcoin/)
- Episode: 109
- Date: 2026-06-17
- Hosts: chris
- Duration: 01:03:59
- Audio: https://feeds.fountain.fm/40huHEEF6JMPGYctMuUI/items/6p7uWcbF8gtyt4OcT28j/files/AUDIO---DEFAULT---8c725c54-3938-461d-9aab-eb90cb63c415.mp3


Transcripts: [application/x-subrip](https://feeds.fountain.fm/40huHEEF6JMPGYctMuUI/items/6p7uWcbF8gtyt4OcT28j/files/AUDIO---TRANSCRIPT---DEFAULT---SRT.srt)




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**Show Notes**

* [Consumer Inflation Up Over 4%](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TDIIBXNuCdQ)
* [Annual CPI Inflation Surges to 4.2%](https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/article/annual-cpi-inflation-surges-to-42-in-may-the-highest-level-since-2023-as-energy-prices-rise-182143107.html)
* [Consumer Price Index Summary: May 2026](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm)
* [Consumer Debt Rises Amid Worsening K-Shaped Divide](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/05/consumer-debt-rises-amid-worsening-k-shaped-economic-divide.html)
* [Explaining the K-Shaped Economy](https://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2026/05/explaining-the-k-shaped-economy-whats-behind-the-divide/)
* [Bitcoin Bulls Eye Yield-Curve Control](https://www.tradingview.com/news/newsbtc:6854047a3094b:0-bitcoin-bulls-hear-fed-treasury-accord-and-smell-yield-curve-control/)
* [Surging Dollar Revives Plaza Accord Talk](https://econbrowser.com/archives/2022/05/surging-dollar-stirs-markets-buzz-of-a-1980s-style-plaza-accord)
* [Bitcoin’s War Rally Challenges the Digital Gold Narrative](https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/04/15/bitcoin-s-war-rally-is-forcing-a-rethink-beyond-digital-gold)
* [Bitcoin Steadies as Iran War Worries Ease](https://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2026/03/10/bitcoin-steadies-around-us70000-as-iran-war-worries-ease)
* [Bitcoin as Hard Money Backed by Energy](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/articles/bitcoin-ultimate-hard-money-backed-033108967.html)
* [BlackRock’s BITA and Institutional Bitcoin Demand](https://x.com/pete_rizzo_/status/2067030964748841370)
* [BlackRock Reveals New Income ETF](https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/blackrock-reveals-etf-built-income-003459337.html)
* [BlackRock Expands Bitcoin Premium Income ETF Offering](https://investingnews.com/blackrock-expands-digital-assets-offerings-with-bitcoin-premium-income-etf/)
* [Erica Downs Testimony](https://www.uscc.gov/sites/default/files/2025-04/Erica_Downs_Testimony.pdf)
* [Energy Stockpiling as a China Strategic Warning Indicator](https://www.bakerinstitute.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/Tes-Collins-Energy-Stockpiling-062024_0.pdf)
* [Michael Saylor Faces Market Revolt as Bitcoin Premium Sinks](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-28/michael-saylor-hit-by-market-revolt-as-his-bitcoin-premium-sinks)
* [Why the World Didn’t Have an Oil Crisis](https://x.com/LukeGromen/status/2067226514202968166)
* [Trump Secretly Approved Qatar-Iran Cash Deal](https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/06/15/trump-secretly-approved-qatar-iran-cash-deal/)
* [Five Takeaways from Kevin Warsh’s First Fed Meeting](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/17/here-are-the-five-big-takeaways-from-kevin-warshs-first-meeting-as-fed-chairman.html)
* [Chairman Warsh Abstains from Rate Forecast](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/17/fed-projections-call-for-a-rate-hike-in-2026-but-chairman-warsh-likely-abstained.html)
* [June Fed Meeting Statement Changes](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/17/june-fed-meeting-redline.html)
* [SpaceX Stock Loses Momentum After Rally](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/17/spacex-stock-elon-musk-market-cap.html)
* [Markets React to Kevin Warsh’s First Fed Meeting](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/17/the-market-didnt-like-what-it-heard-from-the-fed-and-its-new-leader-kevin-warsh.html)
* [Iran to Define Hormuz Future with Oman and Gulf States](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/17/iran-mou-deal-strait-hormuz-oman-toll.html)
* [Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Set for Major Downward Adjustment](https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1u4oqyy/bitcoins_mining_difficulty_is_set_for_the/)
* [SpaceX Joins Public Bitcoin Leaderboard with 18,712 BTC](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/spacex-officially-join-bitcoin-leaderboard)
* [Alby Hub 1.23: Ark Backend, JIT Channels, Cards Page](https://stacker.news/items/1507121)

**Music:**

* [No Shot By: John Trainum](https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6843333)