# Collateral Damage

URL: /show/this-week-in-bitcoin/79/
> The Fed cuts, the layoffs hit, and AI papers it all over. But the real story’s in the collateral. From credit crunches to Bitcoin-backed loans, what’s breaking and what’s being built.

- Show: [This Week In Bitcoin](/show/this-week-in-bitcoin/)
- Episode: 79
- Date: 2025-10-29
- Hosts: chris
- Duration: 01:23:47
- Audio: https://feeds.fountain.fm/40huHEEF6JMPGYctMuUI/items/cm0Rdlbaw9jvbC3wK5dC/files/AUDIO---DEFAULT---7ba6965f-e74f-40d6-afe7-22359b77e2a2.mp3


Transcripts: [application/x-subrip](https://feeds.fountain.fm/40huHEEF6JMPGYctMuUI/items/cm0Rdlbaw9jvbC3wK5dC/files/AUDIO---TRANSCRIPT---DEFAULT---SRT.srt)




### 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**

* [Fed cuts rates for the second time this year, will end balance sheet run-off in December](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/29/fed-rate-decision-october-2025.html)
* [Government shutdown now 2nd longest in U.S. history](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/22/government-shutdown-trump-democrats.html)
* [Ledn to Reach $1 Billion in Bitcoin-Backed Loans by 2025 ](https://www.bitget.com/news/detail/12560605033798)
* [Strike Line of Credit in the Works - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/live/bZvpTAE7NYI?si=uoXS3PtSYxa9MeBN&t=4280)
* [Lava is introducing the world’s first bitcoin-backed line of credit.](https://x.com/MarediaShehzan/status/1983226151041466438)
* [Lava | Waitlist](https://www.lava.xyz/waitlist)
* [Shehzan on X: "We make it seamless to use your bitcoin with instant borrowing, global off-ramps, and our upcoming card product to spend directly from Lava." / X](https://x.com/MarediaShehzan/status/1983226154124300522)
* [JPMorgan To Accept Bitcoin As Collateral By Year-End](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/jpmorgan-to-accept-btc-as-collateral)
* [Chain Code Delegation: Improving privacy in collaborative multisig](https://bitkey.build/chain-code-delegation-improving-privacy-in-collaborative-multisig/)
* [S&P Global assigns B- rating to Saylor’s Strategy, cites “high bitcoin concentration”](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amp-p-global-assigns-b-225021901.html)
* [Strategy Inc Assigned 'B-' Issuer Credit Rating; | S&P Global Ratings](https://www.spglobal.com/ratings/en/regulatory/article/-/view/type/HTML/id/3466223)
* [CleanSpark Acquires Land and Power in Texas for AI Data Center Push Beyond Bitcoin](https://theminermag.com/news/2025-10-29/cleanspark-land-power-texas-ai-bitcoin)
* [Why bitcoin miner CleanSpark beat Microsoft for Wyoming AI data center](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/28/bitcoin-miner-cleanspark-crypto-mining-energy-power-ai-data-center.html)
* [Bitcoin Will Power the Internet of Money and Tokenize Real World Assets with David Marcus - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDpMGUZZC4c)

**Music**

* [The End Of The World BY: Filoxera](https://podcastindex.org/podcast/7078988?episode=29831105835)