This Week in Bitcoin

Weakest Links | This Week in Bitcoin 122

9 September 2026

The legacy system is breaking down as Bitcoin infrastructure builds up. From bond-market stress to Liquid’s 4,000 BTC crisis, the weakest links are showing.

No Going Back | This Week in Bitcoin 121

2 September 2026

A structural shift is taking hold across markets, institutions, and Bitcoin. And this week, it suddenly felt a lot more permanent.

You Can’t Print Credibility | This Week in Bitcoin 120

26 August 2026

As the AI trade cools and Washington leans harder on the bond market, Bitcoin and hard assets are reminding investors that credibility is the one thing you can’t print.

Debt Always Wins | This Week in Bitcoin 119

19 August 2026

Washington reaches for Hamiltonian economics, the bond market pushes back, and Bitcoin rips for exactly the reasons Bitcoiners warned about.

Why BIP-110 Failed | This Week in Bitcoin 118

12 August 2026

Why BIP 110 failed, what its three block fork revealed about Bitcoin consensus, and the push for a proof of work change, plus weakening jobs and NVIDIA’s new AI asset class that could become an even bigger liquidity vacuum for 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?

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