# Golden Illusions

URL: /show/this-week-in-bitcoin/52/
> Gold sends a quiet signal about Bitcoin's next chapter, institutions hint at a shifting world order, and why tariffs might be noise—but something deeper is unfolding beneath the headlines.

- Show: [This Week In Bitcoin](/show/this-week-in-bitcoin/)
- Episode: 52
- Date: 2025-04-02
- Hosts: chris
- Duration: 00:46:27
- Audio: https://op3.dev/e/serve.podhome.fm/episode/f01a19c0-6f9d-4aef-9515-08dc15242149/63879216895596015520a1985a-a89c-46be-ac58-f4765478e703v2.mp3





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**LINKS:**

* [Larry Fink’s 2025 Chairman’s Letter to Investors](https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/investor-relations/larry-fink-annual-chairmans-letter)
* [EU vows it's ready to retaliate as Trump trade war looms](https://www.axios.com/2025/04/01/trump-tariffs-eu-europe-trade-war-liberation-day)
* [Politics Impacting Economic Polling - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBhJ1UfD8uY)
* [Trader Wagers Almost $100M on Bitcoin Dropping to $60K](https://cryptopotato.com/trader-wagers-almost-100m-on-bitcoin-dropping-to-60k/)
* [Trump sons' Bitcoin mining business plans to eventually go public](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/trump-sons-bitcoin-mining-business-plans-to-eventually-go-public/)
* [Tether’s Big Bet: $70M Worth Of Bitcoin Snapped Up In Q1 2025](https://financefeeds.com/tethers-big-bet-70m-worth-of-bitcoin-in-q1-2025/)
* [Gold prices remains flat at record high ahead of Trump's tariff announcement ](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/gold-prices-remains-flat-at-record-high-ahead-of-trumps-tariff-announcement/articleshow/119908072.cms)
* [Gold nears all-time high as investors await Trump tariff plan](https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/gold-nears-all-time-high-investors-await-trump-tariff-plan-5039006)
* [Fidelity Lets Investors Directly Invest in BTC, ETH, LTC Through New IRA Plan](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/04/02/fidelity-lets-investors-directly-invest-in-crypto-through-new-retirement-plan)
* [Bisq v2.1.7: More Reliable Message Delivery, Trade & Mediation Enhancements](https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bisq-v2-1-7/)

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* [Apple Pie by TJ Wong](https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6901612)
* [TJ Wong • Apple Pie](https://www.fountain.fm/track/deiZaruSVG1FuT3OCbkl)