Bitcoin Fortress Podcast
Show Notes — Episode 186
Date: Sunday, October 19, 2025Block height: 919,829Moscow Time index: 919 sats per dollarMempool fees: 1/1/3 sats/vB (low/medium/high)
Featured Substack Post
“Bitcoin and the Parable of the Talents” — Read it here (Bitcoin Fortress)
A deeper look at stewardship, time-preference, and why stacking Bitcoin is about more than just price.
Books by Your Host
Bitcoin Fortress: A Simple Guide to Bitcoin for Beginners
Bitcoin Retirement and Estate Planning
The Bitcoin Lifestyle
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Story Links & Topics Covered
Market Action & On-Chain
Massive ~$19 billion crypto‐market liquidation event (Oct 10-11) — Investopedia (Substack)
U.S.–China trade escalation triggers Bitcoin drop to ~$104,782 — Economic Times (Substack)
October tracking toward worst month in a decade for Bitcoin — CoinDesk (Substack)
Technical setups suggest breakout still possible this month if ~$105K is cleared — CoinCentral (Substack)
Institutional flows: mixed signals even in volatile markets — OneSafe Blog (Substack)
On-chain structure reveals market fragility (liquidity, leverage risk) — commentary / analytics.
Adoption & Institutional Channels7. UK retail on-ramp: BlackRock launching bitcoin-linked ETP in UK — The Times8. Corporate treasury mania under scrutiny — (analysis piece)9. Potential wealth-rotation: gold slipping, Bitcoin holding relative strength — 99Bitcoins
Freedom Tech, Privacy & Infrastructure10. Jack Dorsey: “Bitcoin is money, not crypto” framing — TradingView News
DeFi meets regulation discussion at FinTech Week D.C. — CoinDesk
Self-custody & rails (Lightning, Fedimint, federated wallets) gaining attention.
Policy, Regulation & Macro Cross-Currents13. Financial Stability Board (FSB) warns of “significant gaps” in global crypto regulation — Reuters
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chair: U.S. is a decade behind on crypto regulation — Bitget News
~$14-15 billion Bitcoin seizure from global scam spanning Cambodia — AP News
Stablecoin operational risk: Paxos accidentally mints $300 trillion PYUSD — Tom’s Hardware
Macro context: Bitcoin exposed to global liquidity, trade-war and risk-asset flows.
Mining, Infrastructure & Backend18. Mining business evolving: power-first over coin-first.19. Hash-rate stability and miner accumulation despite price weakness.
Meta & Market Structure20. Is the classic 4-year halving cycle broken? (research / commentary)21. Derivatives & options markets widen path-dependency (liquidations, skew).22. Sentiment at extreme fear levels — contrarian setup? — 99Bitcoins
Culture & Adoption Tidbits23. Bitcoin documentary release on major streaming platforms.24. Infrastructure updates: Start9/Fedimint, federated self-hosting tools.25. Emerging Lightning payments use-cases in messaging & commerce.26. Sovereign money narrative resurfaces in multiple podcast & article threads.27. Education & content expansion: Bitcoin reaching mainstream awareness.28. Community & open-source momentum: developer tools, protocol improvements.29. Podcast insights: self-custody, insurance, stacking habit (see Podcast Recap).30. Q4 question: Will Bitcoin break out or consolidate? Strategy reminder for fortress listeners.
Podcast Recap
Bitcoin Audible – Chat 147: Interview with Rob Hamilton (AnchorWatch) on multisig, insurance & institutional custody.
Rabbit Hole Recap #379: Hosts Matt Odell & Marty Bent on “Stay Humble, Stack Gold”, infrastructure updates, recent crash.
Key takeaway: Sovereignty, self-custody, tech rails & stacking habit matter as much as price.
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