How the State Captures Bitcoin w/ American HODL
By Danny Knowles
Aired Jun 5, 2025 · 1h 11m · Last boosted Jun 15, 2025
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American HODL is an OG Bitcoiner. In this episode, we explore how the state may co-opt Bitcoin not by banning it, but by absorbing it into public markets, enabling control through financial instruments like ETFs and convertible bonds. We also get into the rise of Bitcoin treasury companies, why Michael Saylor’s strategy is just the beginning, and the threat of an Executive Order 6102 style attack. We also discuss the moral tradeoffs of financialising Bitcoin and whether self-custody will be punished through regulation. As well as the Trojan horse theory of Bitcoin adoption, whether it's better to fi...
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Nice one.
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Great pod!
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Great episode. Great topics. Thank you!
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"one ruleset to rule them all" 🔥 "Bitcoin is giving us back things that we lost and bringing new things into existence" 🔥
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Hodl! Being based….. Glory to God
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Why doesn’t Hodl ever appear on pleb podcasts? I’m only listening to this because he makes me laugh but I feel like a clown listening to this podcast
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Consistently amazed at @npub1rtlqca8r6… ‘s ability to use a phrase like “the tyranny of petty differences,” reference Futurama and dismiss the OP RETURN debate in the same sentence
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American Hodl is legit and pure signal. ❤️✌️💪
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