# The Wrong Kind of Hawk

URL: /show/this-week-in-bitcoin/91/
> Power shifted, expectations broke, and markets blinked. Short-term thinking is being rewarded again, even as the long-term bill quietly grows.

- Show: [This Week In Bitcoin](/show/this-week-in-bitcoin/)
- Episode: 91
- Date: 2026-02-04
- Hosts: chris
- Duration: 00:58:27
- Audio: https://feeds.fountain.fm/40huHEEF6JMPGYctMuUI/items/cNeDjFsVj6rtjhdQuZlM/files/AUDIO---DEFAULT---4efa811a-1984-44d8-a351-bb4c4933f036.mp3


Transcripts: [application/x-subrip](https://feeds.fountain.fm/40huHEEF6JMPGYctMuUI/items/cNeDjFsVj6rtjhdQuZlM/files/AUDIO---TRANSCRIPT---DEFAULT---SRT.srt)




### Episode Links

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* 🇨🇦 [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 chair nominee Warsh may want smaller Fed holdings, but that's not easy to do ](https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/fed-chair-nominee-warsh-may-want-smaller-fed-holdings-thats-not-easy-do-2026-02-02/)
* [Inflation Is A Choice: Kevin Warsh On Fixing The Federal Reserve ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVFEcg-RIAk)
* [Wall Street can't get a handle on Kevin Warsh. Expect a volatile market until it does.](https://www.morningstar.com/news/marketwatch/20260202124/wall-street-cant-get-a-handle-on-kevin-warsh-expect-a-volatile-market-until-it-does)
* [Kevin Warsh, Don Kohn on quantitative easing and inequality - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AggsvII90eQ)
* [Kevin Warsh will inherit a challenge no Fed chief has faced since post-World War II | Fortune](https://fortune.com/2026/01/31/will-kevin-warsh-raise-or-lower-interest-rates-national-debt/)
* [Looking at price action and the 14 day RSI, Bitcoin never entered historically “overbought” territory in 2025](https://x.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/2019046913165885893)
* [CLARITY Act Could Become Law by April 2026, Industry Leaders Optimistic](https://coinpedia.org/news/clarity-act-could-become-law-by-april-2026-industry-leaders-optimistic/)
* [Text - H.R.3633 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025 | ](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3633/text)[Congress.gov](http://Congress.gov)[ | Library of Congress](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3633/text)+[Morning Minute: Trump's Crypto Entanglements Threaten CLARITY Act Timeline](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/morning-minute-trumps-crypto-entanglements-133102806.html)
* [House Committee on Financial Services - Democrats on X: "Trump family's cryptocurrency firm "World Liberty Financial"](https://x.com/USHouseFSC/status/2018435161256345742)
* [The Bitcoin vs Gold Debate: Saifedean Ammous vs Peter Schiff - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiQBMFuRodE)
* [River's Founder Alexander Leishman 🇺🇸 on X](https://x.com/Leishman/status/2019042766819569774)
* [River on X: "Bitcoin has value because we value Bitcoin.](https://x.com/River/status/2018765179622740344)
* [Alby Sandbox](https://sandbox.albylabs.com/)
* [Alby-agent-skill: Build lightning wallet functionality into your apps with your favorite agent, without hallucinations](https://github.com/getalby/alby-agent-skill)
* [Introducing Alby Sandbox ](https://stacker.news/items/1425397)
* [👋 Introduction | Boltz API](https://api.docs.boltz.exchange/)
* [Full Setup Guide | Start With Bitcoin](https://www.startwithbitcoin.com/guides/full-setup)

**Music**

* [Shadowland By: Prosperous Soul](https://podcastindex.org/podcast/7458367?episode=41517730411)

