# Cycle Breakers

URL: /show/this-week-in-bitcoin/85/
> The Fed cuts rates again and quietly pivots to baby-QE. How this shift could finally blow up Bitcoin’s four-year cycle.

- Show: [This Week In Bitcoin](/show/this-week-in-bitcoin/)
- Episode: 85
- Date: 2025-12-10
- Hosts: chris
- Duration: 01:20:25
- Audio: https://feeds.fountain.fm/40huHEEF6JMPGYctMuUI/items/YvizCh0eAegijNzK8c88/files/AUDIO---DEFAULT---519968ed-15df-4181-8872-d336a35046b1.mp3


Transcripts: [application/x-subrip](https://feeds.fountain.fm/40huHEEF6JMPGYctMuUI/items/YvizCh0eAegijNzK8c88/files/AUDIO---TRANSCRIPT---DEFAULT---SRT.srt)




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**Show Notes**

* [Dow gains almost 500 points, S&P 500 ends shy of record high after Fed’s final rate cut of 2025 bolsters case for early start to ‘Santa Claus rally’](https://www.marketwatch.com/story/dow-gains-almost-500-points-s-p-500-ends-shy-of-record-high-after-feds-final-rate-cut-of-2025-bolsters-case-for-early-start-to-santa-claus-rally-53c15858?mod=home_lead)
* [Here are the five big takeaways from Wednesday's Fed rate decision](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/10/here-are-the-five-big-takeaways-from-wednesdays-fed-rate-decision.html)
* [Fed interest rate decision December 2025:](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/10/fed-interest-rate-decision-december-2025-.html)
* [BIP The Cat - Draft discussion - Protocol Design - Delving Bitcoin](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/bip-the-cat-draft-discussion/2153)
* [The-Cat: Draft BIP: Non-monetary UTXO cleanup (“The Cat”) and related materials.](https://github.com/ostromcode/The-Cat/tree/main)
* [Stablecoin Adoption Could Stifle Central Bank Control, IMF Warns - Decrypt](https://decrypt.co/350996/stablecoin-adoption-could-stifle-central-bank-control-imf-warns)
* [Acting CFTC chairman Caroline Pham on new crypto collateral pilot program - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY6IOkY6DAc)
* [I Wasted 8 Years of My Life in Crypto](https://x.com/kenchangh/status/1994854381267947640)
* [The $100 TRILLION Problem No One is Connecting To BITCOIN - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB2FqvgUa9Q)

**Music**

* [Apex By: Empath Eyes](https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6619067)