# Grift Drains Bitcoin Gains

URL: /show/this-week-in-bitcoin/63/
> The money printer's humming, making smart investing a must. Don't get caught by the banks' new, regulation-backed grifts and affinity scams, designed to divert you from Bitcoin.

- Show: [This Week In Bitcoin](/show/this-week-in-bitcoin/)
- Episode: 63
- Date: 2025-07-09
- Hosts: chris
- Duration: 01:06:51
- Audio: https://feeds.fountain.fm/40huHEEF6JMPGYctMuUI/items/g5ZKlL3YAmz073mEPIuV/files/AUDIO---DEFAULT---2b26c730-2df3-4a73-bd5c-5169eb1bcb37.mp3





### Episode Links

* 🇺🇸 [Buy Sats on River](https://partner.river.com/jupiter) \- The best way to stack in the US
* 🇨🇦 [The Bitcoin Well](https://www.bitcoinwell.com/jupiter) \- An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform
* ⚡ [The Bitcoin Company](https://app.thebitcoincompany.com/signup?ref=JUPITER) \- Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning
* 🏦 [Fold Card](https://use.foldapp.com/r/XNHPXTFC) \- Pay bills Stack Sats
* 💵 [SALT Lending](https://borrower.saltlending.com/register?referralCode=GkPQdbqWG) \- Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling

**LINKS**

* [Are Some Whales Abandoning Self Custody?](https://stacker.news/items/1030290)
* [Actions - S.2058 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): El Salvador Accountability Act of 2025 ](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2058/all-actions)
* [Q2 2025 Mainstream Media Bitcoin Coverage Report](https://bitcoinperception.com/q2-2025-mainstream-media-bitcoin-coverage-report/)
* [shopstr: A global, permissionless Nostr marketplace for Bitcoin commerce](https://github.com/shopstr-eng/shopstr)
* [BTC News: Bitcoin's 'Mempool' Nearly Empty as Prices Trade Near Lifetime Highs. What Next?](https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/07/06/bitcoin-s-mempool-nearly-empty-as-prices-trade-near-lifetime-highs)
* [Lightning Network Statistics | 1ML ](https://1ml.com/statistics)
* [Scott Bessent on who will be the next Federal Reserve chair - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4YuJR6iqAM&t=405s)
* [President Trump is now calling for the first 300+ basis point interest rate cut in US history.](https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1942967114232373755)
* [Hackers Target Bitcoin Wallet Holding Billions Swiped From Mt. Gox](https://decrypt.co/329146/hackers-target-bitcoin-wallet-holding-billions-swiped-mt-gox)
* [BTCPrague - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@BTCPrague/videos)

**MUSIC**

* [Coins & Consequences feat. ProofBoy ](https://podcastindex.org/podcast/7403081?episode=39556559583)
* Go check out the full Album: [Bitcoin Block Party ](https://podcastindex.org/podcast/7403081)