# The Quantum Trap

URL: /show/this-week-in-bitcoin/129/
> As the AI boom collides with financial reality, Bitcoin faces a new wave of doomsday predictions, even as some of finance's biggest names quietly bet on its future.

- Show: [This Week In Bitcoin](/show/this-week-in-bitcoin/)
- Episode: 129
- Date: 2026-10-28
- Hosts: chris
- Duration: 01:08:00
- Audio: https://feeds.fountain.fm/40huHEEF6JMPGYctMuUI/items/gBdWxC6zfjwroF4IRvDX/files/AUDIO---DEFAULT---fceedbe6-60e1-4b78-839a-73a082c7af3b.mp3


Transcripts: [application/x-subrip](https://feeds.fountain.fm/40huHEEF6JMPGYctMuUI/items/gBdWxC6zfjwroF4IRvDX/files/AUDIO---TRANSCRIPT---DEFAULT---SRT.srt)




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**Show Notes**

* [Bitcoin Holds Near $80.8K as Fed Keeps Rates at 3.75%](https://crypto.news/bitcoin-fed-holds-rates-october-2026/)
* [Fed Holds Rates Steady as Bitcoin Eyes December Hike Risk](https://decrypt.co/382092/fed-hold-interest-rate-steady-bitcoin-december-rate-hike)
* [Bitcoin Shows a Major Sign of Strength](https://cryptopotato.com/bitcoin-btc-shows-a-major-sign-of-strength-price-rally-incoming/)
* [BlackRock Resumes Buying Bitcoin as Price Reclaims $81K](https://u.today/blackrock-resumes-buying-bitcoin-as-price-reclaims-81000)
* [Bitcoin ETF Inflows Reach $176 Million](https://en.coinotag.com/bitcoin-btc-etfs-draw-286-million-two-inflow-days)
* [Bitwise Raises Bitcoin Target to $1.6 Million by 2036](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/bitwise-raises-bitcoin-target)
* [VanEck Launches Wealth Builder ETF With 2% Bitcoin Target](https://coinmarketcap.com/academy/article/vaneck-launches-wealth-builder-etf-with-2percent-bitcoin-target)
* [MARA Moves 4,860 Bitcoin in October](https://coinmarketcap.com/academy/article/mara-moves-six-months-bitcoin-output)
* [Trenton Johnston Sentenced in $13 Million Bitcoin Impersonation Scam](https://crypto.news/trenton-johnston-bitcoin-scam-sentencing/)
* [Austin Trip Day One: Bitcoin All Around](https://stacker.news/items/1602995)
* [Austin Trip Day Two: Paying With Bitcoin Gets Weird](https://stacker.news/items/1603699)
* [$2 Trillion Debt Wave Could Hit Markets and the Economy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rh0ui7ukls)
* [Fed Expected to Hold Interest Rates Steady](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/28/fed-interest-rates-midterms)
* [Bank of Canada Raises Rate to 2.5% Amid Persistent Inflation](https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/livestory/bank-of-canada-interest-rate-announcement-oct-28-9.7398140)
* [U.S. Stocks Edge Higher Ahead of Fed Decision](https://www.thenationalherald.com/us-stocks-edge-higher-ahead-of-federal-reserve-decision-on-interest-rates/)
* [France Is Burning](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-ZnbYiZ8Nk)