
TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast
TFTC is a podcast hosted by Marty Bent about Bitcoin. Join Marty, Editor in Chief of "the best newsletter in Bitcoin", as he sits down to discuss Bitcoin with interesting people.
Latest episodes

Jul 24, 2024 • 1h 11min
#526: Twisting Religion to Justify Cruelty in Gaza with Saifedean Ammous
Saifedean Ammous discusses the Israel/Gaza conflict through a property rights lens, exposing religious justifications for cruelty. The conversation touches on Christian Zionism, US puppet state status, Bitcoin's potential to defund the empire, and the manipulation of crises for political gain.

Jul 22, 2024 • 1h 34min
#525: Missing Trump Created a New Reality with Tom Luongo
Tom Luongo, expert in geopolitics and finance, discusses the consequences of the failed attempt on Trump. Topics include the fractured timeline, divine intervention, AI, UK & France politics, bitcoin, and an analysis of political strategies. The conversation delves into conspiracies, economic plans, and reflections on missed opportunities.

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Jul 19, 2024 • 2h 23min
#524: Precrime and the Global Panopticon with Whitney Webb & Mark Goodwin
Whitney Webb and Mark Goodwin discuss the intertwining of private tech and the surveillance state, touching on Trump’s image, using Bitcoin for evil, controlled media, and the implications of framing Bitcoin as money. They delve into topics like law enforcement, surveillance justifications, and solutions to combat emotional manipulation.

Jul 15, 2024 • 56min
#523: Why a Bitcoin Treasury is the Winning Strategy with Eric Semler
Eric Semler discusses storing value in Bitcoin, journey to Bitcoin, themes leading to shorting assets, Bitcoin's potential, using Bitcoin as treasury asset, importance of board members holding Bitcoin, and the future of Bitcoin.

Jul 10, 2024 • 1h 6min
#522: Breaking Down The Synapse Bankruptcy with Jason Mikula
Fintech expert Jason Mikula delves into the Synapse bankruptcy, impacts on end users, small banks' competitiveness, and the state of the banking system. The discussion touches on regulatory challenges, financial shortfalls, and trends in the US banking system, highlighting the complexities of bank partnerships with fintech companies in a changing financial landscape.

Jul 8, 2024 • 1h 49min
#521: The Bushido of Bitcoin with Aleksandar Svetski
Author Aleksandar Svetski discusses The Bushido of Bitcoin, touching on core virtues, justice, unbalanced femininity, energetic leaders, courage, responsibility, low time preference, beauty and truth, physically rebuilding America, forging alliances, layered technology, and the framework for a new heroic age.

Jul 4, 2024 • 1h 11min
#520: Speculative Attack: Ten Years Later with Pierre Rochard & Allen Farrington
Pierre Rochard and Allen Farrington revisit Speculative Attack, shorts on fiat, Bitcoin education, alternatives to rebalancing, institutional prioritization, speculative defense, state bitcoin, inflation truths

Jul 2, 2024 • 1h 35min
#519: Quoz & The Dollar Endgame with Mel Mattison
Author Mel Mattison discusses the late-stage fiat breakdown, central banks' obsolescence, false yield curve manipulation, why bitcoin and metals will succeed, supranational financial entities, events leading to endgame, and weathering financial storms.

Jun 28, 2024 • 1h 17min
#518: Does The Energy Industry Need Bitcoin? with Andrew Myers
Andrew Myers from Satoshi Energy discusses how regulation harms the energy industry, how mining solves centralized power fragility, Bitcoin strategies for energy companies, direct payment for energy, determining optimal power mix, batteries, regulatory attacks, and the impact of sound leadership on the industry.

Jun 26, 2024 • 1h 25min
#517: Why Eliminating The Income Tax Would Supercharge The US with Peter St. Onge
Peter St. Onge discusses Trump's rumored plan to replace income tax with tariffs. They touch on El Salvador, immigration, nationalism, media influence, dedollarization, inflation, Bitcoin, and the impact of tariffs and taxes on the US economy.