TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

Crowd Health CEO Andy Schoonover joins Marty Bent to explain why health insurance is stuck in a death spiral and how Bitcoin's incentives map onto healthcare. They cover $60,000 premiums in Alabama, Blue Cross Blue Shield's monopoly, Medicare for All risks, Canada's broken system, direct cash pay pricing, hospitals accepting Bitcoin, doctor transparency, and why Bitcoiners should opt out of insurance. Andy also shares how Crowd Health grew to roughly 50,000 members and why low time preference matters for building businesses.

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Disclosure: Bitcoin services are provided by Block, Inc. Bitcoin services are not licensable activity in all U.S. states and territories, and not all services are available in all states. Bitkey is not available in New York. Block, Inc. operates in New York as Block of Delaware and is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the New York State Department of Financial Services. Bitcoin is a non-deposit, non-bank product that is not FDIC insured and involves risk, including monetary loss. For additional information, see the Bitcoin disclosures: https://help.cash.app/btcdisclosures

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Uptober came and went. Marty and Baron break down Anthropic's S-1, why hyperscalers are now free cash flow negative, the $6.3 billion Binance hack, and why Bitcoin's simplicity keeps looking like a feature.

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In this episode:

What Anthropic's S-1 does and doesn't tell us about the bull and bear cases

Where the compute goes: training vs. serving customers

Junk rating talk and the cost of capital for the AI build out

Microsoft job cuts and the search for real AI ROI

Red October, Intel's worst day since 1974, and hedge fund de-grossing

Big Tech free cash flow turning negative and the debt to GDP reckoning

Lula's win in Brazil and what it means for the Donroe Doctrine

The Binance hack and why Bitcoin's small attack surface wins

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00 - Red October that wasn't

00:00:35 - Anthropic S-1 gradually then suddenly

00:02:39 - Enterprise customers and revenue retention

00:05:50 - Amended S-1 and the $895 billion in commitments

00:07:45 - What is all that training compute for

00:12:17 - Labs competing with their own customers

00:16:36 - Anthropic's likely junk credit rating

00:18:23 - Where's the ROI

00:19:39 - Microsoft cuts roughly 60,000 jobs

00:20:58 - Intel's crash and record hedge fund selling

00:23:30 - Hyperscalers go free cash flow negative

00:26:56 - Public debt tops 100% of GDP

00:27:43 - Meta ads vs. Google search

00:29:27 - Lula wins in Brazil

00:32:11 - Binance hack and Bitcoin below $77K

00:35:54 - Bitcoin is worse is better

00:38:12 - AI models find only two minor Bitcoin Core bugs

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Baron Koch, the CFO at Braiins and a former endowment and pension portfolio manager, joins Marty Bent to explain how institutions actually decide to allocate to Bitcoin. They cover career risk and the investment committee switch, the Binance hack and centralized custody, Stephen Miran's plan for restructuring the financial system, JP Morgan's capital market assumptions, and why Bitcoin should be treated like a commodity with managed futures risk strategies.

Baron on X: https://x.com/BaronKoch21

Braiins: https://braiins.com/

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Shoutout to our sponsors:

Block:

- Cash App: For a limited time, new customers can get $21 added to their balance. Just use code TFTC10 when you sign up, and send at least $5 to a friend in the first two weeks. Terms apply. Bitcoin services by Block, Inc. See the Bitcoin disclosures at cash.app/legal/podcast.

- Square: Visit http://square.com/go/tftc for up to $200 off eligible Square hardware.

- Bitkey: Use code TFTC10 for 10% off the new Bitkey.

Aven

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Disclosure: Bitcoin services are provided by Block, Inc. Bitcoin services are not licensable activity in all U.S. states and territories, and not all services are available in all states. Bitkey is not available in New York. Block, Inc. operates in New York as Block of Delaware and is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the New York State Department of Financial Services. Bitcoin is a non-deposit, non-bank product that is not FDIC insured and involves risk, including monetary loss. For additional information, see the Bitcoin disclosures: https://help.cash.app/btcdisclosures

Get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at http://square.com/go/tftc! #squarepartner. Offer expires December 31, 2026 at 11:59 pm PST. Offer for $40 off the cost of one Square Stand, $75 off the cost of one Square Terminal, $100 off the cost of one Square Handheld, or $200 off the cost of one Square Register, excluding applicable taxes. Limited to one discount per product type per seller account. Each code is limited to one redemption per account holder. Valid for new Square customers located in the US only. Offer not valid with guest checkout. Square reserves the right to modify, revoke or cancel the offer at any time. Offer cannot be combined with any other coupon. Void where prohibited, not redeemable for cash, and non-transferable. #squarepartner #blockpartner

Mike Werry and Mira Metter, the filmmakers behind Broken Country, join Marty to break down how Canada went from the strongest middle class in the world to a cautionary tale for America. They cover healthcare wait-list deaths and MAID, mass immigration and record youth unemployment, a housing crisis fueled by bureaucracy, Mark Carney and the Century Initiative, government waste like ArriveCAN, and why the documentary was funded primarily with Bitcoin. A warning for Americans heading to the ballot box about where these policies lead.

Broken Country Documentary: https://www.brokencountry.com/

The Bitcoin Playbook for Commercial Real Estate Owners & Investors: https://www.tftc.io/CRE

STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/

Our newsletter: https://www.tftc.io/bitcoin-brief/

TFTC Elite (Ad-free & Discord): https://www.tftc.io/#/portal/signup/

Discord: https://discord.gg/yHGkvYxdqT

Opportunity Cost Extension: https://www.opportunitycost.app/

Shoutout to our sponsors:

Block:

Cash App: For a limited time, new customers can get $21 added to their balance. Just use code TFTC10 when you sign up, and send at least $5 to a friend in the first two weeks. Terms apply. Bitcoin services by Block, Inc. See the Bitcoin disclosures at cash.app/legal/podcast.

Square: Visit http://square.com/go/tftc for up to $200 off eligible Square hardware.

Bitkey: Use code TFTC10 for 10% off the new Bitkey.

Aven

https://www.aven.com/bitcoin

CrowdHealth

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Simple Mining

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Salt of the Earth:

https://drinksote.com/tftc

Join the TFTC Movement:

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Disclosure: Bitcoin services are provided by Block, Inc. Bitcoin services are not licensable activity in all U.S. states and territories, and not all services are available in all states. Bitkey is not available in New York. Block, Inc. operates in New York as Block of Delaware and is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the New York State Department of Financial Services. Bitcoin is a non-deposit, non-bank product that is not FDIC insured and involves risk, including monetary loss. For additional information, see the Bitcoin disclosures: https://help.cash.app/btcdisclosures

Get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at http://square.com/go/tftc! #squarepartner. Offer expires December 31, 2026 at 11:59 pm PST. Offer for $40 off the cost of one Square Stand, $75 off the cost of one Square Terminal, $100 off the cost of one Square Handheld, or $200 off the cost of one Square Register, excluding applicable taxes. Limited to one discount per product type per seller account. Each code is limited to one redemption per account holder. Valid for new Square customers located in the US only. Offer not valid with guest checkout. Square reserves the right to modify, revoke or cancel the offer at any time. Offer cannot be combined with any other coupon. Void where prohibited, not redeemable for cash, and non-transferable. #squarepartner #blockpartner

Bitcoin is sitting near the 8th percentile of its 17-year power trend while sentiment feels like the summer of 2015. Matty Mežinskis of Porkopolis Economics walks Marty through Bitcoin priced in gold, the top five base monies, Fed balance sheet expansion echoing the 2019 repo crisis, and why stablecoins are a rounding error next to global broad money. They also cover falling costs for Bitcoin-backed lending, drone warfare, Russia's war on Ukraine, and when Bitcoin could rival central bank money.

Matthew on X: https://x.com/1basemoney

Porkopolis: https://www.porkopolis.io/topmoney/

The Bitcoin Playbook for Commercial Real Estate Owners & Investors: https://www.tftc.io/CRE

STACK SATS hat: https://tftcmerch.io/

Our newsletter: https://www.tftc.io/bitcoin-brief/

TFTC Elite (Ad-free & Discord): https://www.tftc.io/#/portal/signup/

Discord: https://discord.gg/yHGkvYxdqT

Opportunity Cost Extension: https://www.opportunitycost.app/

Shoutout to our sponsors:

Block:

- Cash App: For a limited time, new customers can get $21 added to their balance. Just use code TFTC10 when you sign up, and send at least $5 to a friend in the first two weeks. Terms apply. Bitcoin services by Block, Inc. See the Bitcoin disclosures at cash.app/legal/podcast.

- Square: Visit http://square.com/go/tftc for up to $200 off eligible Square hardware.

- Bitkey: Use code TFTC10 for 10% off the new Bitkey.

Aven

https://www.aven.com/bitcoin

CrowdHealth

https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc

Simple Mining

https://www.simplemining.io/tftc

Salt of the Earth:

https://drinksote.com/tftc

Join the TFTC Movement:

Main YT Channel

https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos

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Website

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Disclosure: Bitcoin services are provided by Block, Inc. Bitcoin services are not licensable activity in all U.S. states and territories, and not all services are available in all states. Bitkey is not available in New York. Block, Inc. operates in New York as Block of Delaware and is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the New York State Department of Financial Services. Bitcoin is a non-deposit, non-bank product that is not FDIC insured and involves risk, including monetary loss. For additional information, see the Bitcoin disclosures: https://help.cash.app/btcdisclosures

Get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at http://square.com/go/tftc! #squarepartner. Offer expires December 31, 2026 at 11:59 pm PST. Offer for $40 off the cost of one Square Stand, $75 off the cost of one Square Terminal, $100 off the cost of one Square Handheld, or $200 off the cost of one Square Register, excluding applicable taxes. Limited to one discount per product type per seller account. Each code is limited to one redemption per account holder. Valid for new Square customers located in the US only. Offer not valid with guest checkout. Square reserves the right to modify, revoke or cancel the offer at any time. Offer cannot be combined with any other coupon. Void where prohibited, not redeemable for cash, and non-transferable. #squarepartner #blockpartner