🎙 Bitcoin Fortress Podcast — Episode 231 The Debasement Trade Goes Mainstream Date: August 30, 2026 Block Height: 964763 Moscow Time: 1265 Fees: 1 / 1 /1   In this episode, we break down Bitcoin’s surge back above $80,000 and the growing recognition that this move may be about something much bigger than another risk-on rally. We look at the emerging debasement trade, Kevin Warsh’s hawkish Jackson Hole message, rising gold demand, institutional Bitcoin adoption, the shakeout among Bitcoin treasury companies, miners pivoting toward AI infrastructure, quantum-security developments, stablecoins, financial surveillance, and the latest fight over the CLARITY Act. We also tour the Bitcoin podcast universe, feature “The Courage to Be Early,” and preview the upcoming Bitcoin Fortress book The Sovereign Life.   Bitcoin Fortress YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEPGN1YCIQcMxkUig5GaNrQ   Bitcoin Fortress Substack Featured Post: The Courage to Be Early https://bitcoinfortress.substack.com/p/the-courage-to-be-early   Bitcoin Fortress Books: Bitcoin Fortress: A Simple Guide to Bitcoin for Beginners Bitcoin Retirement and Estate Planning The Bitcoin Lifestyle The Architecture of Money Follow me on Nostr: npub122fpu8lwu2eu2zfmrymcfed9tfgeray5quj78jm6zavj78phnqdsu3v4h5   NEWS (August 23, 2026 – August 30, 2026) Bitcoin / Markets Reuters — Bitcoin rises above $80,000 as debasement fears boost momentum The Block — Bitcoin records largest weekly dollar gain in history The Block — Historic short squeeze may signal Bitcoin bull-market reset The Block — CryptoQuant: $83K needed for bull-market confirmation The Block — Bitcoin faces $81K–$86K resistance zone The Block — BlackRock's Mitchnick on Bitcoin as a risk-off asset The Block — Bernstein's $150K Bitcoin and debasement thesis Macro / Hard Money Federal Reserve — Kevin Warsh's Jackson Hole address Reuters — Warsh signals Fed may need to raise rates Reuters — Gold hits three-month high ahead of Jackson Hole Bitcoin Treasuries / Mining The Block — Strategy establishes $1.6B USD Cash pool The Block — Strive acquires another 1,110 BTC Financial Times — Bitcoin treasury companies undergo major shakeout The Block — IREN's massive AI infrastructure buildout Technology / Institutional Adoption The Block — First quantum-resistant Bitcoin transaction demonstration The Block — Charles Schwab expands crypto trading platform The Block — SEC crypto custody rules move to White House review Reuters — Japan explores blockchain settlement for equities and JGBs The Block — Shinhan and Visa test stablecoin payment infrastructure Policy Reuters — Stand With Crypto endorses 32 House candidates as CLARITY stalls Podcast Universe The Bitcoin Layer — Bitcoin Just Failed Three Times Simply Bitcoin — Bitcoin's Biggest Week Ever Just Exposed the Endgame Café Bitcoin — Lightning, Quantum-Proof Transactions and the Surveillance State The Bitcoin Way — The Real Reason Bitcoin Is Pumping Simply Bitcoin — The Fed Is Trapped! Bitcoin Already Knows