# Owning Bitcoin Isn’t Optional

URL: /show/this-week-in-bitcoin/77/
> Altcoins wrecked, traders wiped, and the fiat system shows new cracks. I unpack the Great Debasement, Trump’s tariff tantrum, and why not owning Bitcoin may be the biggest risk yet.

- Show: [This Week In Bitcoin](/show/this-week-in-bitcoin/)
- Episode: 77
- Date: 2025-10-15
- Hosts: chris
- Duration: 01:10:22
- Audio: https://feeds.fountain.fm/40huHEEF6JMPGYctMuUI/items/wL3wRHFi0LxAZBPBGgr5/files/AUDIO---DEFAULT---88e1f0e9-f136-42fc-b4ea-bf1f46e65c70.mp3


Transcripts: [application/x-subrip](https://feeds.fountain.fm/40huHEEF6JMPGYctMuUI/items/wL3wRHFi0LxAZBPBGgr5/files/AUDIO---TRANSCRIPT---DEFAULT---SRT.srt)




### Episode Links

**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

**Show Notes**

* [Debasement Trade - Death of Fiat Money? - Lyn Alden - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pw2zw5ZjUk)
* [The Great Debasement: Why Your Dollars, and Your Wealth, Are a Mirage.](https://sylvainsaurel.substack.com/p/the-great-debasement-why-your-dollars)
* [Beijing’s rare earths control is ‘China versus the world’, says US treasury chief](https://www.msn.com/en-my/news/other/beijing-s-rare-earths-control-is-china-versus-the-world-says-us-treasury-chief/ar-AA1OwtzT)
* [China’s Rare Earth ‘Bazooka’ Sparks Alarm, Race for Supplies - Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-14/china-flexes-superpower-status-with-grab-for-global-supply-chain)
* [Bitcoin Core :: Bitcoin Core 30.0](https://bitcoincore.org/en/releases/30.0/)
* [Bitcoin Core v30.0 is officially released — Is BTC going to fork? - Cryptopolitan](https://www.cryptopolitan.com/bitcoin-core-v30-0-released-btc-fork/)
* [Power to the Nodes w/ Start9 CEO Matt Hill | Bitcoin 2025 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W933axQ_FkY)
* [Bitwise just revealed a new country is buying Bitcoin and they will announce soon ](https://x.com/saylordocs/status/1977677943712465239?s=12&t=E9EIlRX-vHxbQ8g23lQU3A)
* [There are a lot of reasons for investors to stay optimistic, says Fundstrat's Tom Lee - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m9umYOUo38)
* [DOJ seizes $15 billion in bitcoin in 'pig butchering' fraud](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/14/bitcoin-doj-chen-zhi-pig-butchering-scam.html)
* [U.S. Government Bitcoin Balance](https://intel.arkm.com/explorer/entity/usg)
* [$19B Liquidation: Bitcoin’s Ultimate Stress Test - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRHIC2w3XZo)

**Music**

* Album: In Another LIfe
* [Spooke by Be Glass](https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6422477?episode=15565794315)