About this episode
McIntosh and Kenshin discuss the European Central Bank's push for a digital euro as a sovereignty move against US dollar dominance and stablecoins. They cover Switzerland's erosion of privacy laws forcing Proton to relocate servers, the EU's proposed chat control legislation, and September's bullish close for Bitcoin signaling potential strong Q4 gains. Plus: next week's listener Q&A Zapathon.Stick around to the very end for Send It Mike's track, “Freedom Code Revolution”.Resourceshttps://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/date/2025/html/ecb.sp250929~9a94367d26.en.htmlhttps://en.cryptonomist.ch/2025/09/29/digital-euro-ecb-breakthrough-offline-app-more-sovereignty-in-payments/https://fightchatcontrol.eu/https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/is-proton-leaving-switzerland-legal-uncertainty-of-proposed-surveillance-laws-is-pushing-them-to-make-several-changeshttps://www.tomsguide.com/computing/vpns/proton-refuses-to-be-held-hostage-by-controversial-swiss-surveillance-lawBitcoin Price at Time of RecordingOct 1st, 2025: 116,939 USD | 99,800 euroBlock Height at Time of Recording917,265Episode Pagehttps://satoshis-plebs.com/episode-228Music CreditsFreedom Code RevolutionSend It Mike Websitehttps://satoshis-plebs.comPodcasting 2.0 Apps available at http://podcastapps.com and Value4Value information page available here: https://value4value.infoMcIntosh can be reached by email at mcintosh@satoshis-plebs.com and on Twitter at @McIntoshFinTech. His mastodon handle is @mcintosh@podcastindex.soci
