BTC Sessions

Peter St. Onge, a Heritage Foundation senior economist and Mises Institute fellow, unpacks why freezing Russian central bank assets shook dollar dominance. He explores oil-driven Fed risks, petrodollar pressures, and how Bitcoin and gold could react when geopolitical tensions ease. He also examines AI narratives, housing lock-in from low mortgages, and why Fed panic over oil is a major economic threat.

Terrence Michael, author and commentator who shares firsthand theft and scam stories. Joe Kelly, CEO of Unchained Capital, expert in multi-signature custody and estate solutions. They discuss pig‑butchering romance scams, caller ID spoofing and fake interviews. Conversation covers multi-sig recovery, collaborative custody, time‑locks, decoy wallets and practical steps to stop being an easy target.

David B. Collum, academic chemist turned macro skeptic, and Simon Dixon, fintech entrepreneur and Bitcoin advocate. They frame the Iran conflict as a financial renegotiation, unpack how Strait of Hormuz shutdowns force massive energy and resource deal rewrites, and trace Dubai’s shift from gold to Bitcoin amid a multipolar reset.

A deep dive into whether capital is shifting from gold to Bitcoin and a possible $3 trillion signal behind that rotation. They analyze gold’s sharp sell-off, macro rotations across assets, and how rate decisions could misfire. Conversations also cover private credit shorts, offline communication and payment tools, privacy tips, and a satirical take on fiat and fraud.

Richard Dias, macro strategist and co-host of the Loonie Hour, outlines the mounting strain in private credit and why hidden markdowns and fund gating matter. He maps contagion paths into banks, pensions and mortgages. He discusses what central banks might do, compares this to 2008, and frames Bitcoin as an opt-out against rising CBDC risks.

Simon Dixon, founder of BnkToTheFuture and Bitcoin macro analyst, unpacks the financial forces driving the Iran conflict. He maps a fight between militarized interests and global capital. Topics include China's manufacturing leverage, Gulf sovereign funds hedging east, control of the Strait of Hormuz, and a possible April summit that could reset world order.

Francis Pouliot, CEO of Bull Bitcoin and builder of Bull Wallet, focused on private payments and infrastructure. NVK, founder of Coinkite and creator of Coldcard, expert in secure self‑custody and firmware. They explore silent payments, async pay join, Nostr disposable identities, UTXO management, network‑level privacy tools, BIP322 proofs, and why higher pay‑join adoption could disrupt chain analysis.

Matt Hill, founder of Start9 Labs and pioneer of sovereign computing, discusses cloud computing’s four big failures and why personal servers matter. He warns about AI-driven privacy and security catastrophes and promotes local AI inference. He also breaks down the BIP 110 governance clash and how node-level filters and configurability shift power back to operators.

Veteran Bitcoiners unpack why a 50% crash could be a rare buying window. They tackle media myths about criminal use and explain on-chain traceability. Mining economics and hash rate trends are explored as factors setting price floors. Conversation covers investor psychology, ETF-driven trading, governance challenges, and how community meetups reflect calm buying behavior.

A deep dive into alleged elite networks, leaked connections, and why some say wealth is being quietly extracted. Discussion of financial surveillance, market manipulation claims, and structural risks in ETFs and trading. A firm push toward Bitcoin sovereignty and warnings about custodial dangers. Broader concerns about AI misuse, privacy policies, and social decline round out the conversation.