The Canadian Bitcoiners Podcast - Bitcoin News With a Canadian Spin

Bitcoin just crashed below $60,000 to a 20-month low - the worst first half on record - with the Fear & Greed Index at 18 (Extreme Fear). Is the bull market over, or is this the bottom smart money is buying? Plus: a deepfake of PM Carney drains a senior's $900K, Strategy's leverage cracks, and Bull Bitcoin beats MiCA. This is the Canadian Bitcoiners Podcast.Bitcoin closed a brutal first half - down ~22% in Q1 and ~12% in Q2, a rare back-to-back losing quarter - on record US spot-ETF outflows, a hawkish Fed, and a strong dollar. But under the panic is a divergence: price held the June 26 lows for three sessions while sentiment bottomed, and Strive bought 759 BTC into the fear. We break down whether this is capitulation or the start of something worse - and why self-custodied, unleveraged holders are the only ones not being forced to sell.In this episode of the Canadian Bitcoiners Podcast:
Bitcoin below $60K: 20-month low, Extreme Fear at 18, and the contrarian case
The AI-deepfake-of-Carney scam that drained an 86-year-old's $900K
Strategy (MSTR) under a securities probe as 'guaranteed' STRC preferred hits record lows
Bull Bitcoin secures MiCA in France with self-custody intact - while Binance exits the EU
The CLARITY Act's Senate coin-flip and what it means for Bitcoin
Bank of Canada holds at 2.25% as oil and the Iran war stoke inflation
Franklin's Bitcoin DRIP ETFs, Hut 8's $2.35M settlement, and an OKX prize dispute
Notable North: a halved carjacking sentence, the door-kick challenge, 24 Sussex, the $1T grid plan, and CUSMA
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The throughline: the leverage and the custodians break in a crash - the protocol doesn't. Lower fiat price is not a broken Bitcoin. Extreme Fear is where conviction gets bought.Sources: CoinDesk, Fortune, Yahoo Finance, Bitcoin Magazine, The Block, CP24, CTV News, National Post, CBC, Bank of Canada, Congress.gov, Al Jazeera.This week's crash coverage is brought to you by the people who think your money should be yours - especially when everyone else is panicking.————————————————————————————————SPONSORS🔒 easyDNS - Canadian-owned, ICANN-accredited registrar that has accepted Bitcoin since 2013. Domains, DNS, email, hosting, all without selling you out. Use promo code *CBP Media* for 50% off your first purchase, no limits.→ https://easydns.com⚡ Bull Bitcoin - Canada's non-custodial, Bitcoin-only exchange. Founded 2013 in Montreal. They never hold your keys; you self-custody from day one. CBP listeners get 25% off fees for life.→ https://app.bullbitcoin.com/registrat...🔥 256 Heat - Hashrate heaters: Bitcoin miners purpose-built to heat a space. Every watt of electricity becomes heat AND hashrate, so you're warming your space and stacking sats at the same time. Custom solutions available. Tell them CBP sent you for a discount.→ https://256heat.com🎓 Bitcoin Mentor - One-on-one coaching to take you from "I bought some Bitcoin" to true self-sovereign ownership. Wallets, keys, collaborative custody, inheritance planning, node setup, the whole stack. 30-day money-back guarantee on every package.→ https://btcmentor.io/aff/joey————————————————————————————————FOLLOW THE SHOW🎙️ CBP - https://x.com/CanadianBTCPod👤 Joey - https://x.com/joeytweeets👤 Len - https://x.com/thebtcpricebot————————————————————————————————#Bitcoin #BitcoinCrash #CanadianBitcoiners #ExtremeFear #BitcoinNews #Saylor #BullBitcoin #Canada #BTC #SelfCustody #MicroStrategy #Macro

Illinois just signed the most punitive digital asset tax in US history — a 0.2% fee on every Bitcoin transfer, purchase, and receipt. Effective January 1, 2027. No exemption for transfers to your own wallet. And out-of-state brokers serving Illinois residents are captured too. This week on Canadian Bitcoiners, we break down exactly what the Illinois Digital Asset Tax Act does, who it hits, and why the Crypto Council for Innovation called it "the only state to punitively tax customers simply for receiving digital asset activity."But Illinois isn't the only story. The Federal Reserve proposed bank-style KYC requirements for every stablecoin issuer on June 18 — five agencies, joint rulemaking, comments close August 21. Stablecoins are officially becoming banks. Microsoft disclosed a Tor-based clipper malware campaign (Trojan/CryptoBandits.A) that has been running since February 2026, stealing Bitcoin seed phrases from clipboards and redirecting wallet addresses to attacker wallets via USB worm propagation. If your seed phrase ever passed through a shared Windows machine, you need to hear this.On the Canadian side: Prime Minister Carney's first federal budget cancelled the luxury tax on private jets and yachts — the only item in his budget that makes something cheaper — while Durham Region closed a homeless shelter and homelessness spiked 77% in eight months. Strategy's preferred stock STRC hit a record low of $87 against $100 par. Binance exits the EU on July 1. Jack Mallers' $140M XXI stock option package gets scrutinized. Bitcoin mining difficulty dropped 10% in the 11th-largest downward adjustment in network history.The week's thesis: every financial instrument that isn't Bitcoin is being taxed, tracked, or banned. Illinois taxed transfers. The Fed KYC'd stablecoins. Binance got pushed out of the EU. Bitcoin is the last lane still open.⚡ Canadian Bitcoiners Podcast — Bitcoin news for Canadians, every week.————————————————————————————————SPONSORS🔒 easyDNS — Canadian-owned, ICANN-accredited registrar that has accepted Bitcoin since 2013. Domains, DNS, email, hosting, all without selling you out. Use promo code CBPMedia for 50% off your first purchase, no limits. → https://easydns.com⚡ Bull Bitcoin — Canada's non-custodial, Bitcoin-only exchange. Founded 2013 in Montreal. They never hold your keys; you self-custody from day one. CBP listeners get 25% off fees for life. → https://app.bullbitcoin.com/registration/cbp🔥 256 Heat — Hashrate heaters: Bitcoin miners purpose-built to heat a space. Every watt of electricity becomes heat AND hashrate, so you're warming your space and stacking sats at the same time. Custom solutions available. Tell them CBP sent you for a discount. → https://256heat.com🎓 Bitcoin Mentor — One-on-one coaching to take you from "I bought some Bitcoin" to true self-sovereign ownership. Wallets, keys, collaborative custody, inheritance planning, node setup, the whole stack. 30-day money-back guarantee on every package. → https://btcmentor.io/aff/joey————————————————————————————————FOLLOW THE SHOW🎙️ CBP — https://x.com/CanadianBTCPod👤 Joey — https://x.com/joeytweeets👤 Len — https://x.com/thebtcpricebot————————————————————————————————

Illinois just signed the most punitive digital asset tax in US history — a 0.2% fee on every Bitcoin transfer, purchase, and receipt. Effective January 1, 2027. No exemption for transfers to your own wallet. And out-of-state brokers serving Illinois residents are captured too. This week on Canadian Bitcoiners, we break down exactly what the Illinois Digital Asset Tax Act does, who it hits, and why the Crypto Council for Innovation called it "the only state to punitively tax customers simply for receiving digital asset activity."But Illinois isn't the only story. The Federal Reserve proposed bank-style KYC requirements for every stablecoin issuer on June 18 — five agencies, joint rulemaking, comments close August 21. Stablecoins are officially becoming banks. Microsoft disclosed a Tor-based clipper malware campaign (Trojan/CryptoBandits.A) that has been running since February 2026, stealing Bitcoin seed phrases from clipboards and redirecting wallet addresses to attacker wallets via USB worm propagation. If your seed phrase ever passed through a shared Windows machine, you need to hear this.On the Canadian side: Prime Minister Carney's first federal budget cancelled the luxury tax on private jets and yachts — the only item in his budget that makes something cheaper — while Durham Region closed a homeless shelter and homelessness spiked 77% in eight months. Strategy's preferred stock STRC hit a record low of $87 against $100 par. Binance exits the EU on July 1. Jack Mallers' $140M XXI stock option package gets scrutinized. Bitcoin mining difficulty dropped 10% in the 11th-largest downward adjustment in network history.The week's thesis: every financial instrument that isn't Bitcoin is being taxed, tracked, or banned. Illinois taxed transfers. The Fed KYC'd stablecoins. Binance got pushed out of the EU. Bitcoin is the last lane still open.⚡ Canadian Bitcoiners Podcast — Bitcoin news for Canadians, every week.————————————————————————————————SPONSORS🔒 easyDNS — Canadian-owned, ICANN-accredited registrar that has accepted Bitcoin since 2013. Domains, DNS, email, hosting, all without selling you out. Use promo code CBPMedia for 50% off your first purchase, no limits. → https://easydns.com⚡ Bull Bitcoin — Canada's non-custodial, Bitcoin-only exchange. Founded 2013 in Montreal. They never hold your keys; you self-custody from day one. CBP listeners get 25% off fees for life. → https://app.bullbitcoin.com/registration/cbp🔥 256 Heat — Hashrate heaters: Bitcoin miners purpose-built to heat a space. Every watt of electricity becomes heat AND hashrate, so you're warming your space and stacking sats at the same time. Custom solutions available. Tell them CBP sent you for a discount. → https://256heat.com🎓 Bitcoin Mentor — One-on-one coaching to take you from "I bought some Bitcoin" to true self-sovereign ownership. Wallets, keys, collaborative custody, inheritance planning, node setup, the whole stack. 30-day money-back guarantee on every package. → https://btcmentor.io/aff/joey————————————————————————————————FOLLOW THE SHOW🎙️ CBP — https://x.com/CanadianBTCPod👤 Joey — https://x.com/joeytweeets👤 Len — https://x.com/thebtcpricebot————————————————————————————————

Trump family made $2.3 BILLION in crypto profits while everyday investors lost nearly the SAME amount — Reuters EXPOSED the $TRUMP coin, World Liberty Financial & American Bitcoin playbook. Plus Bitcoin's worst week since FTX, Canada's $100M to Palestine & more.

A bombshell Reuters investigation found the Trump family pocketed at least $2.3B across four crypto ventures — World Liberty Financial, the $TRUMP meme coin, ALT5 Sigma, and American Bitcoin — while buyers lost roughly the same, with the family risking virtually none of its own capital. We break it all down, then run the worst week in Bitcoin since the FTX collapse, a $20M token exploit, a 20-year U.S. BTC sell-ban bill, Monaco's 0% crypto tax, and a packed Notable North on Carney's Canada.

In this episode of the Canadian Bitcoiners Podcast:
🚨 Reuters EXPOSED — Trump family +$2.3B vs investor losses of ~$2.3B: World Liberty Financial (+$1.1B / -$674M), $TRUMP (+$616M / -$711M), ALT5 Sigma (+$538M / -$675M), American Bitcoin (+$19M / -$216M)
📉 You just survived the worst week in Bitcoin since the FTX crash — nobody said hodling was easy
💸 The Humanity ($H) token exploit: an attacker drains $20M+ and the price dumps 87%
🏛️ American Reserve Modernization Act of 2026 (H.R. 8957) — a 20-year ban on selling acquired BTC + quarterly, publicly audited proof-of-reserve
⚰️ Bitcoin L2 Botanix shuts down after 4 years — the Bitcoin-native DeFi demand problem
🚔 A 19-year-old Canadian pleads guilty to laundering $13M in stolen crypto (Lambos, private jets, Miami nightlife)
🏢 Nakamoto sells 600 BTC to cut debt and launches a $25M buyback
🔐 Blockstream's SHRINCS brings post-quantum, quantum-resistant signatures to Bitcoin — plus Jameson Lopp & ChainQuery on quantum-vulnerable UTXOs
🐞 Bitcoin Core privacy bug in -privatebroadcast (v31.0) can leak your IP — fix coming in 31.1
🌬️ The air purifier that secretly mines Bitcoin
🇲🇨 Monaco announces 0% capital gains tax on Bitcoin & crypto
🍁 Notable North — Canada pledges $100M to Palestine (announced from Paris), the Gordie Howe Bridge debacle, and Toronto's mayor says the Somali FIFA referee the U.S. ruled inadmissible is welcome in the city
📊 Plus the "88,000 new jobs" that were mostly temporary census + FIFA/seasonal workers, 1 in 4 Toronto kids living in poverty, and seniors as Canada's fastest-growing homeless population

The Trump crypto saga is the clearest case yet for the only money no insider can print, dilute, or rug-pull: Bitcoin. Self-custody, verify, and keep stacking sats.

Sources: Reuters, Coin Bureau, CoinMarketCap, Bitcoin News, Blockstream, Bitcoin Core, Specter Analyst

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🔒 easyDNS — Canadian-owned, ICANN-accredited registrar that has accepted Bitcoin since 2013. Domains, DNS, email, hosting, all without selling you out. Use promo code CBP Media for 50% off your first purchase, no limits.
→ https://easydns.com

⚡ Bull Bitcoin — Canada's non-custodial, Bitcoin-only exchange. Founded 2013 in Montreal. They never hold your keys; you self-custody from day one. CBP listeners get 25% off fees for life.
→ https://app.bullbitcoin.com/registration/cbp

🔥 256 Heat — Hashrate heaters: Bitcoin miners purpose-built to heat a space. Every watt of electricity becomes heat AND hashrate, so you're warming your space and stacking sats at the same time. Custom solutions available. Tell them CBP sent you for a discount.
→ https://256heat.com

🎓 Bitcoin Mentor — One-on-one coaching to take you from "I bought some Bitcoin" to true self-sovereign ownership. Wallets, keys, collaborative custody, inheritance planning, node setup, the whole stack. 30-day money-back guarantee on every package.
→ https://btcmentor.io/aff/joey

🎙️ CBP — https://x.com/CanadianBTCPod
👤 Joey — https://x.com/joeytweeets
👤 Len — https://x.com/thebtcpricebot

Trump family made $2.3 BILLION in crypto profits while everyday investors lost nearly the SAME amount — Reuters EXPOSED the $TRUMP coin, World Liberty Financial & American Bitcoin playbook. Plus Bitcoin's worst week since FTX, Canada's $100M to Palestine & more.

A bombshell Reuters investigation found the Trump family pocketed at least $2.3B across four crypto ventures — World Liberty Financial, the $TRUMP meme coin, ALT5 Sigma, and American Bitcoin — while buyers lost roughly the same, with the family risking virtually none of its own capital. We break it all down, then run the worst week in Bitcoin since the FTX collapse, a $20M token exploit, a 20-year U.S. BTC sell-ban bill, Monaco's 0% crypto tax, and a packed Notable North on Carney's Canada.

In this episode of the Canadian Bitcoiners Podcast:
🚨 Reuters EXPOSED — Trump family +$2.3B vs investor losses of ~$2.3B: World Liberty Financial (+$1.1B / -$674M), $TRUMP (+$616M / -$711M), ALT5 Sigma (+$538M / -$675M), American Bitcoin (+$19M / -$216M)
📉 You just survived the worst week in Bitcoin since the FTX crash — nobody said hodling was easy
💸 The Humanity ($H) token exploit: an attacker drains $20M+ and the price dumps 87%
🏛️ American Reserve Modernization Act of 2026 (H.R. 8957) — a 20-year ban on selling acquired BTC + quarterly, publicly audited proof-of-reserve
⚰️ Bitcoin L2 Botanix shuts down after 4 years — the Bitcoin-native DeFi demand problem
🚔 A 19-year-old Canadian pleads guilty to laundering $13M in stolen crypto (Lambos, private jets, Miami nightlife)
🏢 Nakamoto sells 600 BTC to cut debt and launches a $25M buyback
🔐 Blockstream's SHRINCS brings post-quantum, quantum-resistant signatures to Bitcoin — plus Jameson Lopp & ChainQuery on quantum-vulnerable UTXOs
🐞 Bitcoin Core privacy bug in -privatebroadcast (v31.0) can leak your IP — fix coming in 31.1
🌬️ The air purifier that secretly mines Bitcoin
🇲🇨 Monaco announces 0% capital gains tax on Bitcoin & crypto
🍁 Notable North — Canada pledges $100M to Palestine (announced from Paris), the Gordie Howe Bridge debacle, and Toronto's mayor says the Somali FIFA referee the U.S. ruled inadmissible is welcome in the city
📊 Plus the "88,000 new jobs" that were mostly temporary census + FIFA/seasonal workers, 1 in 4 Toronto kids living in poverty, and seniors as Canada's fastest-growing homeless population

The Trump crypto saga is the clearest case yet for the only money no insider can print, dilute, or rug-pull: Bitcoin. Self-custody, verify, and keep stacking sats.

Sources: Reuters, Coin Bureau, CoinMarketCap, Bitcoin News, Blockstream, Bitcoin Core, Specter Analyst

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🎙️ Canadian Bitcoiners Podcast
🌐 https://canadianbitcoiners.com
🔔 Subscribe & turn on notifications so you never miss an episode.

SPONSORS

🔒 easyDNS — Canadian-owned, ICANN-accredited registrar that has accepted Bitcoin since 2013. Domains, DNS, email, hosting, all without selling you out. Use promo code CBP Media for 50% off your first purchase, no limits.
→ https://easydns.com

⚡ Bull Bitcoin — Canada's non-custodial, Bitcoin-only exchange. Founded 2013 in Montreal. They never hold your keys; you self-custody from day one. CBP listeners get 25% off fees for life.
→ https://app.bullbitcoin.com/registration/cbp

🔥 256 Heat — Hashrate heaters: Bitcoin miners purpose-built to heat a space. Every watt of electricity becomes heat AND hashrate, so you're warming your space and stacking sats at the same time. Custom solutions available. Tell them CBP sent you for a discount.
→ https://256heat.com

🎓 Bitcoin Mentor — One-on-one coaching to take you from "I bought some Bitcoin" to true self-sovereign ownership. Wallets, keys, collaborative custody, inheritance planning, node setup, the whole stack. 30-day money-back guarantee on every package.
→ https://btcmentor.io/aff/joey
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🎙️ CBP — https://x.com/CanadianBTCPod
👤 Joey — https://x.com/joeytweeets
👤 Len — https://x.com/thebtcpricebot