# Manufacturing the Crisis

URL: /show/this-week-in-bitcoin/54/
> Bitcoin faces its biggest decentralization test yet, just as global shifts send shockwaves through markets. In the middle of it all, Bitcoin holds the line.

- Show: [This Week In Bitcoin](/show/this-week-in-bitcoin/)
- Episode: 54
- Date: 2025-04-16
- Hosts: chris
- Duration: 01:11:12
- Audio: https://op3.dev/e/serve.podhome.fm/episode/f01a19c0-6f9d-4aef-9515-08dc15242149/6388043204184320745c4bf837-7617-422f-83df-94a80a474dbbv1.mp3





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**LINKS:**

* [Bitcoin Mining Centralization in 2025](https://b10c.me/blog/015-bitcoin-mining-centralization/)
* [Tether to Deploy Hashrate on OCEAN, Advancing Decentralized](https://tether.io/news/tether-to-deploy-hashrate-on-ocean-advancing-decentralized-bitcoin-mining-infrastructure/)
* [Bitcoin Mining Industry Report: February 2025](https://education.compassmining.io/education/bitcoin-mining-industry-report-february-2025-monthly-operational-updates/)
* [America Underestimates the Difficulty of Bringing Manufacturing Back — Molson Hart](https://www.molsonhart.com/blog/america-underestimates-the-difficulty-of-bringing-manufacturing-back)
* [Nvidia says the US government has banned them from selling H20 chips to China ](https://x.com/kobeissiletter/status/1912260155351191619?t=E9EIlRX-vHxbQ8g23lQU3A)
* [Fort Knox Gold Audit? This Is What Actually Happened - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFlOZnmSR9U)
* [How Tariffs Will Transform U.S. Dollar Capital Flows Worldwide | Lyn Alden - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZN_eL_wubQ)
* [Former SEC Chair Gary Gensler: Trump's aggressive tariff policy is like a 'self-inflicted injury' - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyZM7xVwm_U&si=0X_raLoNTcs6GYh5)
* [US Deficit, Dollar Concerns with Rebecca Patterson - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWIJ5nnCWKI)
* [Former Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen claims that revitalizing Americas manufacturing base is a “pipe dream.”](https://x.com/MediasLies/status/1911797112192291232)
* [Watch CNBC's full interview with former Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_rMsHQtDjM)
* [China has stopped exporting rare earths to everyone ](https://fortune.com/2025/04/14/china-rare-earth-exports-halt-trump-trade-war-tariff-retaliation/)
* [Ray Dalio Says US ‘Likely’ Going to Be in a Recession - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N29MhzMYpyM)
* [JPMorgan Chase infinite money glitch: Bank sues more customers](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/16/jpmorgan-chase-infinite-money-glitch-bank-lawsuits.html)
* [Exclusive: US consumer safety agency to stop collecting swaths of data after CDC cuts | Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-consumer-safety-agency-stop-collecting-swaths-data-after-cdc-cuts-2025-04-16/)
* [Coachella Kicked Off Today, With Reportedly More Than 60% of Its Attending Crowds Financing Their Tickets Through New Payment Plans](https://www.barstoolsports.com/blog/3542720/coachella-kicked-off-today-with-reportedly-more-than-60percent-of-its-attending-crowds-financing-their-tickets-through-new-payment-plans)

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* [Caroline Hale • Kick It](https://www.fountain.fm/track/YeB8SnfQDwZRyOwC2OgC)