99: Empire in Denial

99: Empire in Denial

From This Week in Bitcoin by Chris Fisher

April 8, 2026 · 58 min · Episode 99

About this episode

The episode discusses the current state of Bitcoin amidst economic decline and market predictions.

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 &…

People in this episode

Host: Chris Fisher

Topics covered

  • Bitcoin
  • US economy
  • investing
  • cryptocurrency
  • market predictions
  • Ethereum

Keywords

  • Bitcoin
  • US recession
  • Ethereum
  • quantum threat
  • market predictions
  • investing

Sponsors

Bitcoin Well, The Bitcoin Company, Fold Card, SALT Lending

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Morgan Stanley, The New York Times, Ethereum, Yahoo Finance

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