105: The American Kingpin is Freed | Trump Is A Crypto President

Recorded Jan 29th 2025.

Lots of interesting things going on lately with Bitcoin and politics. I don't care for Trump much but let's talk about what he's doing in relation to Bitcoin, crypto, taxes and the Federal Reserve.

Notes from the show:

• Ross Ulbricht Pardoned by Trump for Silk Road
• American Kingpin book
• Digital Gold: talks about early Bitcoin personalities including Ross Ulbricht
• Trump Bitcoin Conference talk in Nashville
• Executive Order on Digital Assets
• Czech central bank head wants it to buy billions of euros in bitcoin
• States with Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Bills
• Tesla Bitcoin Markup Makes Big Impact on Earnings
• Trump and Melania Memecoins
• World Liberty Financial buying Bitcoin (kind of)
• SAB 121 Rule change -> SAB 122
• Income Tax -> Repeal the 16th Amendment
• Tariffs and the External Revenue Service
• Tariffs History of Funding the Government
• Federal Reserve Secret Creation - Creature From Jekyll Island

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