# From White Paper to Winner

URL: /show/this-week-in-bitcoin/33/
> Bitcoin's sweet 16 has never looked better. This week, I'll unpack the hard data behind the new wave of adoption that's transforming magic internet money into mainstream reality.

- Show: [This Week In Bitcoin](/show/this-week-in-bitcoin/)
- Episode: 33
- Date: 2024-10-31
- Hosts: chris
- Duration: 00:56:58
- Audio: https://op3.dev/e/serve.podhome.fm/episode/f01a19c0-6f9d-4aef-9515-08dc15242149/638660014851132839edc77a91-3f8a-4bf1-b940-c5fccd03216av1.mp3





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**LINKS:**

* [BTC ETFs Record Massive $870 Million Inflows](https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/10/30/bitcoin-etfs-record-870m-inflows-as-btc-flirts-with-lifetime-highs/)
* [BTC price risks new 'FOMO' top as Bitcoin ETF inflows near $1B daily](https://cointelegraph.com/news/btc-price-new-fomo-top-bitcoin-etf-inflows-1b-daily)
* [Spot Bitcoin ETFs on track to overtak Satoshi Nakamoto's BTC holdings by year-end ](https://cryptoslate.com/insights/spot-bitcoin-etfs-on-track-to-overtak-satoshi-nakamotos-btc-holdings-by-year-end/)
* [IBIT took in more $$$ *today* than all but 7 of the 590+ ETFs launched in 2024 have taken in *all year* ](https://x.com/NateGeraci/status/1851805640819163389)
* [The market is getting even more concentrated](https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1851239722229657636?t=kMZcK90reLnXUeA-jx2VgA)
* [Microsoft to vote for or against "Assessment of Investing in Bitcoin" during shareholder meeting in December](https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1849559464900198463)
* [CNBC reports on the soaring national deficit’s role in the election, noting that “neither politicians nor the public seem to care.” ](https://x.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/1851277273669783986)
* [The US Treasury expects to drain $186 billion this quarter from its general account plus borrow $546 billion, and then borrow $823 billion in the first quarter of 2025. That’s $1.6 trillion of overdraft spending in the next 6 months.](https://x.com/jameslavish/status/1851105451154493889?t=SduCqK9MmUra7W2AVIemew)
* [The Case for Bitcoin as a Reserve Asset](https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/the-case-for-bitcoin-as-a-reserve-asset-2)
* [This is a very bullish setup for bitcoin into the election, says VanEck's Matthew Sigel - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUJNIMh3sMA)
* [New FinCEN Alert Shows Cash, Smuggling Preferred Method For Hezbollah Financing](https://www.therage.co/fincen-alert-hezbollah-financing-cryptocurrencies/)
* [Stephen Mollah Q&A - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJKwrs67zkY)
* [Macroeconomist claims to be Satoshi, creator of ChatGPT, and Twitter logo designer](https://cryptobriefing.com/bitcoin-creator-claims-fall-short/)
* [US Treasury says stablecoin growth is increasing demand for T-bills ](https://www.theblock.co/post/323750/us-treasury-says-stablecoin-growth-is-increasing-demand-for-t-bills)

**Music**

* [That Smile You're Wearing](https://podcastindex.org/podcast/7025679?episode=28261527231)