79: Collateral Damage
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79: Collateral Damage

1:23:47 Oct 29, 2025
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The Fed cuts, the layoffs hit, and AI papers it all over. But the real story’s in the collateral. From credit crunches to Bitcoin-backed loans, what’s breaking and what’s being built. Episode Links ?? Buy Sats on River - The best way to stack in the US ?? The Bitcoin Well - An amazing automatic self-custody Bitcoin platform ? The Bitcoin Company - Spending your Bitcoin Via Lightning ? Fold Card - Pay bills Stack Sats ? SALT Lending - Get access to your BTC Value w/out Selling Show Notes Fed cuts rates for the second time this year, will end balance sheet run-off in December Government shutdown now 2nd longest in U.S. history Ledn to Reach $1 Billion in Bitcoin-Backed Loans by 2025 Strike Line of Credit in the Works - YouTube Lava is introducing the world’s first bitcoin-backed line of credit. Lava | Waitlist Shehzan on X: "We make it seamless to use your bitcoin with instant borrowing, global off-ramps, and our upcoming card product to spend directly from Lava." / X JPMorgan To Accept Bitcoin As Collateral By Year-End Chain Code Delegation: Improving privacy in collaborative multisig S&P Global assigns B- rating to Saylor’s Strategy, cites “high bitcoin concentration” Strategy Inc Assigned 'B-' Issuer Credit Rating; | S&P Global Ratings CleanSpark Acquires Land and Power in Texas for AI Data Center Push Beyond Bitcoin Why bitcoin miner CleanSpark beat Microsoft for Wyoming AI dat
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