{"podcast":{"title":"The Bitcoin Layer","slug":"the-bitcoin-layer-7070444","podcast_index_feed_id":7070444,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/Y2219Riv","website_url":"https://mysoundwise.com/soundcasts/1665708396190s","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/31efc846-0793-410a-9634-9cbb9ab441fd/a42dcdab-5758-48ca-b40a-791279675300/3000x3000/b_black_500x500.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"The Bitcoin Layer","episode_count":285,"summary":"The Bitcoin Layer is a premium markets research provider, covering bitcoin through a global macro lens | Research, Analysis, & Education Featuring Nik Bhatia, author of the #1 Amazon bestseller Layered Money and USC Marshall School of Business professor. Subscribe to our research publication and YouTube channel to learn about global macroeconomics, bitcoin, Lightning Network, the monetary and financial system, the Federal Reserve, interest rates, and geopolitics. Most importantly, develop a framework for understanding global markets—connect the dots between economic and financial concepts to see the bigger picture. Look no further for your bitcoin and macro education!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T20:19:22.621040+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bitcoin-layer-7070444"},"episode":{"title":"Gold at $5,000 Signals MASSIVE Changes to the World Order","slug":"gold-at-5-000-signals-massive-changes-to-the-world-order","published_at":"2026-01-23T23:50:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bitcoin-layer-7070444/gold-at-5-000-signals-massive-changes-to-the-world-order","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bitcoin-layer-7070444","url":"https://youtu.be/wW35okWUurM","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/93f29295-b98b-46ce-9822-223c512497e8/episodes/5819db29-3ee3-4926-87ef-e2cc38203515/audio/ebcbbeea-6c56-4080-8e93-2c464889182b/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=Y2219Riv","summary":"In this episode, Nik breaks down a massive global macro repricing as gold approaches $5,000, bond markets stabilize, and the world adjusts to a new economic order. He walks through key signals across Bitcoin, Treasuries, inflation expectations, labor markets, and global trade to explain why volatility is falling, liquidity conditions are improving, and why Bitcoin’s muted price action may be a feature, not a flaw, of this transition. Nik ties together Davos rhetoric, Supreme Court tariff dynamics, fiscal math, and capital flows to show how markets are responding to structural change heading into 2026.","meta_description":"In this episode, Nik breaks down a massive global macro repricing as gold approaches $5,000, bond markets stabilize, and the world adjusts to a new econom…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3419,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-bitcoin-layer-7070444/episodes/gold-at-5-000-signals-massive-changes-to-the-world-order/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bitcoin-layer-7070444/gold-at-5-000-signals-massive-changes-to-the-world-order.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}