# The Saylor Test

URL: /show/this-week-in-bitcoin/112/
> Bitcoin passes The Saylor Test as Strategy sells and the market shrugs, while weak jobs, energy shocks, Fed risk, and BIP-110 politics turn one green week into a bigger stress test.

- Show: [This Week In Bitcoin](/show/this-week-in-bitcoin/)
- Episode: 112
- Date: 2026-07-08
- Hosts: chris
- Duration: 01:16:45
- Audio: https://feeds.fountain.fm/40huHEEF6JMPGYctMuUI/items/AFGuqTgS3tw0Mm4LUrXD/files/AUDIO---DEFAULT---7cab9879-f972-4331-b3f7-8ca42ceb6c03.mp3


Transcripts: [application/x-subrip](https://feeds.fountain.fm/40huHEEF6JMPGYctMuUI/items/AFGuqTgS3tw0Mm4LUrXD/files/AUDIO---TRANSCRIPT---DEFAULT---SRT.srt)




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**Show Notes**

* [Blockstream Q2 2026 Update](https://blog.blockstream.com/blockstream-quarterly-update-q2-2026/)
* [Bitwise on STRC, MSTR, and Cycle Dynamics](https://experts.bitwiseinvestments.com/cio-memos/strc-mstr-and-end-of-cycle-dynamics)
* [Oil Jumps as Trump Says Iran Deal Is Over](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/article/oil-prices-jump-as-trump-says-us-iran-deal-is-over-125954818.html)
* [SpaceX Moves Bitcoin Wallet Funds](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/articles/spacex-shifts-bitcoin-crypto-wallet-133100263.html)
* [Bitcoin Sees Relief From ETF Inflows](https://finance.yahoo.com/video/bitcoin-starts-see-relief-renewed-163000879.html)
* [Ordinals Adds BIP-110 Support](https://github.com/ordinals/ord/pull/4545)
* [OpenAI Proposes U.S. Government Stake](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/02/openai-proposes-us-government-own-5percent-stake-to-address-political-blowback.html)
* [OpenAI in Talks Over Trump Administration Stake](https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/02/business/openai-trump-stake-intl)
* [Bitcoin Pressured as U.S.-Iran Tensions Lift Oil](https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/07/08/bitcoin-under-pressure-as-u-s-iran-escalation-lifts-oil)
* [JPMorgan Warns on Strategy Bitcoin Sales](https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/07/02/jpmorgan-says-strategy-s-bitcoin-sales-policy-adds-two-way-risk-to-crypto-markets)
* [Can Strategy Selling Bitcoin Boost Shares?](https://www.investopedia.com/buying-bitcoin-helped-strategy-stock-to-big-gains-can-selling-it-do-the-same-mstr-12008548)
* [Lyn Alden on Bitcoin’s Bear Market](https://marketsanity.com/lyn-alden-is-bitcoins-bear-market-almost-over/)
* [Satoshi Radio Podcast](https://podcastluisteren.nl/pod/Satoshi-Radio)
* [VanEck on Bitcoin’s Mid-Cycle Sellers](https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/11/20/bitcoin-sell-off-led-by-mid-cycle-wallets-while-long-term-whales-hold-firm-vaneck)
* [VanEck Bitcoin ChainCheck: March 2026](https://www.vaneck.com/us/en/blogs/digital-assets/matthew-sigel-vaneck-mid-march-2026-bitcoin-chaincheck/)
* [Bitcoin and Ethereum Empirical Analysis](https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/blockchain/articles/10.3389/fbloc.2026.1840728/full)
* [CENTCOM Announces Additional Iran Strikes](https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PUBLIC-RELEASES/Article/4528488/us-forces-conduct-additional-strikes-after-irans-latest-commercial-ship-attack/)
* [Iran Accuses U.S. of Violating Peace Deal](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/08/iran-us-war-ceasefire-peace-agreement-strikes-strait-of-hormuz)
* [U.S. Rescinds Iran Oil Sales Waiver](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-rescinds-waiver-permitting-iranian-oil-sales-after-iranian-attacks-on-tankers/)
* [U.S. Revokes Iran Oil Waivers](https://www.axios.com/2026/07/07/us-revokes-iran-oil-waivers-hormuz-strait-attacks)
* [Trump Says Iran Ceasefire May Be Over](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-08/trump-says-us-ceasefire-with-iran-is-over-after-strikes)
* [Trump Says Iran Ceasefire Is Over](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-iran-ceasefire-over-after-iranian-attacks-trigger-massive-us-response)
* [Michael Saylor Rage Quits Interview](https://protos.com/ok-were-done-michael-saylor-rage-quits-another-interview/)
* [NIST Finalizes Post-Quantum Standards](https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/08/nist-releases-first-3-finalized-post-quantum-encryption-standards)
* [Blockstream’s Post-Quantum Bitcoin Opcode](https://blog.blockstream.com/op_checkshrincs-a-hash-based-signature-opcode-for-post-quantum-bitcoin/)
* [Saylor on Bitcoin Volatility](https://www.cnbc.com/video/2025/11/14/strategys-michael-saylor-on-bitcoin-the-volatility-comes-with-the-territory.html)
* [Saylor’s Past Strategy Sale Claims](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/articles/5-times-michael-saylor-claimed-134715521.html)
* [Saylor Says Quantum Threat Is 10+ Years Away](https://www.tradingview.com/news/cointelegraph:b2ffb5c65094b:0-michael-saylor-says-quantum-threat-to-bitcoin-is-more-than-10-years-away/)
* [Saylor Dismisses Quantum Bitcoin Fears](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/michael-saylor-shrugs-off-quantum-150826619.html)
* [OCEAN Enables BIP-110 Signal by Default](https://x.com/ocean_mining/status/2074825828731342880)
* [Ordinals BIP-110 Envelope Parser](https://github.com/ordinals/ord/pull/4545)
* [Robert Allen on BIP-110](https://x.com/satoshisound/status/2073487446600298941)

**Music:**

* [Off The Chain By: Neonrooks](https://podcastindex.org/podcast/7939321)