BITCOIN SEASON 2: Uncle Sam Wants Your Bitcoin

BITCOIN SEASON 2: Uncle Sam Wants Your Bitcoin

Mark Goodwin explains how stablecoins may be yoking Bitcoin to the dollar system, creating a mechanism for the US to maintain global financial dominance while appearing to embrace cryptocurrency. He argues Bitcoiners must fight to keep Bitcoin permissionless. You're listening to Bitcoin Season 2. Subscribe to the newsletter, trusted by over 7,000 Bitcoiners: https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com Author of "The Bitcoin Dollar" Mark Goodwin joins us to discuss how stablecoins may be the US government's strategy to maintain dollar hegemony by yoking Bitcoin to the dollar system. He explains how private stablecoin issuers must buy US treasuries, creating artificial dollar demand while enabling surveillance. Mark argues that while Bitcoin pumps, Bitcoiners must fight to preserve its permissionless nature or risk merely empowering the state rather than creating true freedom for individuals. Follow our guests: @markgoodw_in # Notes: - Tether holds ~$145B in US treasuries - PayPal offering 3.7% yield on PYUSD stablecoin - Bitcoin inflation fell below gold in May 2020 - US strategically using stablecoins for dollar demand - Stablecoin regulations prioritize treasury backing - Bitcoin scaling solutions needed for privacy Timestamps: 00:00 Start 01:32 The 21 cabal 06:40 Bitcoin as an EXIT 14:14 The Bitcoin Dollar 29:54 Arch 39:27 Stablecoins 51:40 Trump's illegal scams 1:01:25 What should Bitcoiners do? - 👉 Brought to you by Arch Network! Arch brings the speed of Solana & the best of crypto UX to Bitcoin. Tap into the rich app ecosystem on Arch & try out the testnet while you’re still early! Visit arch.network to learn more. - 👋Bitcoin Season 2 is produced Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on Twitter and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter by clicking here. Questions or want to sponsor? hello@blockspace.media See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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