# 99: Empire in Denial

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Podcast: [This Week in Bitcoin](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-bitcoin-7386597)
Published: 2026-04-08T19:55:45+00:00
Episode link: https://thisweekinbitcoin.show
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## Resource

This week, even the optimistic case sounds like decline. And when that becomes the sell, Bitcoin starts to look like the only honest asset in the room. 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 Boost Question Are you on Team Luke or Team Lyn? And: How should we celebrate episode 100? Show Notes Trump’s Billion-Dollar Bitcoin Blowout Exposed US recession by end of 2026? Prediction Market Prices - Yahoo Finance The New York Times may have found bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto. Here's what you need to know. Bitcoin Pioneer Adam Back, Bernstein Say Quantum Threat to BTC Isn’t Existential Morgan Stanley launches cheapest Bitcoin ETF Iran ceasefire wipes out millions in short liquidations Bitcoin Going To Zero, Says Economist Who Predicted 2008 Crash — Does His Reasoning Have Merit? Bitcoin Price Reclaims $72,000 After US-Iran Two-Week Ceasefire Agreed The Real War Isn’t in Iran — It’s in the US Treasury Market | Luke Gromen & Lyn Alden - YouTube Ethereum Researcher Justin Drake: I think of it more as an opportunity. vitalik.eth on X: A very important document. Let's walk through this one "goal" at a time. Ethereum prepares for quantum threat, with security boost and scalability challenge Ethereum Reclaims $2,000 as ETF Inflows and Upgrade Roadmap Boost Momentum Blockstream Research Demonstrates Quantum-Resistant Transaction Signing Blockstream Research Brings libsecp256k1-zkp Back Up to Speed Here's What Researchers Are Doing to Protect Bitcoin From Quantum Threats Stranded Energy Is Emerging As Fuel For The Digital Econom…

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