This Week in Bitcoin

Coldcard Fallout | This Week in Bitcoin 117

5 August 2026

We unpack the widening Coldcard fallout, the uncomfortable lessons Bitcoiners need to face, and a major macro intervention that reveals just how trapped the financial system has become.

Coldcard Wallets Compromised | This Week in Bitcoin 116

31 July 2026

An urgent warning for COLDCARD users: Coinkite says funds tied to seeds generated on some Mk3 devices may be at risk, and we examine why other hardware wallets could be next.

Before Satoshi | This Week in Bitcoin 115

29 July 2026

Bitcoin did not emerge from a vacuum. We trace the decades of ideas that made it possible, and revisit the early days when it all came together.

Hard Money Wins | This Week in Bitcoin 114

22 July 2026

Open source AI is shaking the capex boom, energy inflation is tightening liquidity, and gold’s old weaknesses are back in focus, while BlackRock and even gold bugs keep making the case for Bitcoin.

The August Trap | This Week in Bitcoin 113

15 July 2026

Markets cheer cooler CPI and rate-cut hopes as another energy shock builds beneath them. Meanwhile, BIP-110’s August 8 signaling deadline brings Bitcoin closer to a possible chain split.

The Saylor Test | This Week in Bitcoin 112

8 July 2026

Bitcoin passes The Saylor Test as Strategy sells and the market shrugs, while weak jobs, energy shocks, Fed risk, and BIP-110 politics turn one green week into a bigger stress test.

Death of the Debasement Trade | This Week in Bitcoin 111

1 July 2026

King Dollar is back, the debasement trade is supposedly dead, and Bitcoin is left testing the one question that matters: what happens when Saylor stops buying?

Fork Risk Rising | This Week in Bitcoin 110

24 June 2026

Bitcoin gets dragged back into the fiat casino as the AI capex bubble starts to crack, while BIP-110 shifts from internet drama to a real fork-risk countdown.

Market Forced Peace | This Week in Bitcoin 109

17 June 2026

Everyone expected energy markets to explode. Instead, the Iran deal exposed a deeper signal: oil, debt, inflation, and the Fed now define the limits of American power. Bitcoiners can’t afford to look away.

The Hard Bet | This Week in Bitcoin 108

10 June 2026

IPO mania is pulling capital into the biggest promises in the market, just as inflation, energy, and the Fed make every bet harder. This week, why Bitcoin may be the harder long-term bet worth making.

AI Crash Math | This Week in Bitcoin 107

3 June 2026

Bitcoin is still standing while AI sucks the oxygen out of the market. I break down the trillion-dollar capex trap, and why this might be the moment Bitcoin starts telling the truth before the market is ready to hear it.

Bitcoin’s Demand Crisis | This Week in Bitcoin 106

27 May 2026

Bitcoin is 232 days from an all-time high, but it feels like everyone else is winning. I dig into the demand crisis, the AI liquidity drain, and why this hold will look easier in hindsight than it feels right now.

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