Starkware just dropped a white paper that makes Bitcoin transactions quantum-resistant today — no soft fork, no protocol changes — but it'll cost you $150 per transaction in GPU compute. Meanwhile, the New York Times thinks they've finally figured out who Satoshi is.

In this episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon and Kate discuss:

• BTC up 6% on the week past $73K, fear and greed at 16 — still extreme fear
• Strategy buys 4,871 BTC (now 766,970), Strive adds 113 BTC, CanGo sells 2,000 BTC to pay off Bitcoin-backed loans
• Cash App's "Bitcoin faucet" turns out to be marketing promos, not a real faucet
• Experts launches Agent Wallet — a Bitcoin-native agentic wallet with Lightning and self-custody
• AIBTC nearing 1,000 AI agents on Stacks
• Starkware's Quantum Safe Bitcoin (QSB) — quantum-resistant transactions with no fork required, $150/tx in GPU compute, and Google's 2029 quantum timeline
• New York Times claims Adam Back is Satoshi Nakamoto — and Jameson Lopp hints he may actually know
• Treasury designates Robinhood and BNY Mellon as vendors for Trump Accounts
• White House paper debunks bank fears about stablecoin yield, FDIC proposes GENIUS Act framework
• Drift on Solana hacked for $285M by North Korean Lazarus group after a 6-month social engineering campaign
• Morgan Stanley's Bitcoin ETF (MSBT) launches — best first day of any ETF they've ever launched
• Solo miner mines an entire Bitcoin block worth ~$210-224K
• Iran now seeking $1/barrel of oil through the Strait of Hormuz — paid in Bitcoin

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• Brandon Marshall — @marshallmixing
• Kate Parkman — @katemparkman

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Google just moved the quantum computing timeline from 2035 to 2029 — and Bitcoin's clock is ticking. Plus, the FBI created crypto tokens as part of a DOJ sting, and the Department of Labor just named Bitcoin in a landmark 401(k) rule.

In this episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon and Kate discuss:

• Google's quantum research paper co-authored with Ethereum Foundation and Stanford — Q Day moved to 2029
• Why Bitcoin's UTXO model gives it a structural advantage over Ethereum against quantum attacks
• US Department of Labor proposes landmark rule allowing Bitcoin in 401(k) plans
• Coinbase receives conditional OCC approval to become a national trust bank
• X402 Foundation launches under the Linux Foundation with AWS, Google, Microsoft, Stripe, Visa, and more
• DOJ charges 10 foreign nationals in crypto market manipulation sting — FBI created its own tokens
• Square auto-enables Bitcoin payments for US merchants
• MetaPlanet climbs to 3rd largest public BTC holder with 40,177 BTC
• Nakamoto sells 284 BTC at a loss to cover operating expenses
• Magic Eden wallet goes export-only, removed from app stores
• Block revives the Bitcoin faucet at btc.day

Chapters:

• (00:00:00) Intro
• (00:01:30) Bitcoin at $67K — Fear and Greed Hits 9
• (00:03:00) Public Companies: Who's Buying and Who's Selling BTC
• (00:07:30) Google's Quantum Warning: Q Day Moves to 2029
• (00:13:53) Bitcoin in Your 401(k) Is Coming
• (00:17:30) Coinbase Becomes a Trust Bank
• (00:19:16) X402: The Payment Standard Backed by Big Tech
• (00:22:31) The FBI Made Crypto Tokens — DOJ Sting Operation
• (00:25:41) Square Auto-Enables Bitcoin Payments
• (00:27:49) Magic Eden Shuts Down, Iran Accepts Stablecoins, Bitcoin Faucet Returns

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• Brandon Marshall — @marshallmixing
• Kate Parkman — @katemparkman

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The cost to mine one Bitcoin just hit $80K — but BTC is trading at $66K. Miners are bleeding out, infrastructure is booming, and crypto-backed mortgages just became a reality. Welcome to the most confusing time in Bitcoin.

In this episode of Good For Bitcoin, Brandon and Kate discuss:

• Strategy adds another 1,031 BTC to its war chest — now holding over 760K BTC
• MARA sells 15,133 BTC, dropping to third place behind Jack Mallers' XXI
• Coinbase and Better launch crypto-backed conforming mortgages with Fannie Mae backing
• The Clarity Act's latest draft bans passive stablecoin yield — Coinbase pushes back again
• Bitcoin mining hits its worst profitability crisis in 2+ years as difficulty drops 7.76%
• Circle stock drops 20% on Clarity Act news — but Bernstein says investors are misreading the bill
• MoonPay announces OWS, an open wallet standard for AI agents backed by 21 organizations
• Tether signs a Big Four accounting firm for its first full audit
• Fold rolls out its Bitcoin credit card on the Visa network — up to 4% back in BTC
• Lightning Network surpasses $1 billion in monthly volume with average transaction sizes of $223

Chapters:

• (00:00:00) Intro — BTC at $66K, Extreme Fear at 13
• (00:02:57) PubCo Bitcoin Buys and Sells
• (00:05:29) Crypto-Backed Mortgages Are Here
• (00:10:31) Clarity Act and Stablecoin Yield Ban
• (00:14:47) Mining's Worst Profitability Crisis in 2+ Years
• (00:19:49) Circle's 20% Stock Drop
• (00:21:51) MoonPay's Open Wallet Standard for AI Agents
• (00:27:02) Tether Signs Big Four Firm for First Full Audit
• (00:29:21) Fold Bitcoin Credit Card Launch
• (00:35:09) Quick Headlines — ord.net, Lightning $1B, De Minimis Tax, David Sacks
• (00:40:34) Outro

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• Brandon Marshall — @marshallmixing
• Kate Parkman — @katemparkman

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