The Canadian Bitcoiners Podcast - Bitcoin News With a Canadian Spin
The Canadian Bitcoiners Podcast focuses on Bitcoin, Canadian Bitcoin news, and news from around the Bitcoin and crypto world. New episodes release every Wednesday, and you can follow Joey on Twitter (@JoeyTweeets) or Len (@TheBTCPriceBot) to give feedback or suggest topics. Share, subscribe and ENGAGE.
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Canada Is In a Technical Recession - What's Next for a Country That Has Hit the Skids? | The Canadian Bitcoiners Podcast 267 Pt 2
<p>Michael Saylor just broke the one rule he built his empire on. Strategy (MSTR) sold Bitcoin for the first time since 2022 — 32 BTC, ~$2.5M — and the "never sell" era is officially over.He's calling it "inoculating the market." Genius move… or the first crack in the $61B Bitcoin machine? Full breakdown below 👇PLUS Three anonymous parties just asked a New York court to hand them Satoshi Nakamoto's Bitcoin — roughly 3.8 MILLION BTC (~$293B) across 39,069 dormant wallets — using a "lost property" law written for found umbrellas. On this week's Canadian Bitcoiners Podcast we break down the most audacious legal attack on Bitcoin's supply in his...
SAYLOR FINALLY SELLS, MARKET IS INOCULATED - BTC CRASHES ANYWAY | Canadian Bitcoiners Podcast 267 Pt 1
<p>Michael Saylor just broke the one rule he built his empire on. Strategy (MSTR) sold Bitcoin for the first time since 2022 — 32 BTC, ~$2.5M — and the "never sell" era is officially over.He's calling it "inoculating the market." Genius move… or the first crack in the $61B Bitcoin machine? Full breakdown below 👇PLUS Three anonymous parties just asked a New York court to hand them Satoshi Nakamoto's Bitcoin — roughly 3.8 MILLION BTC (~$293B) across 39,069 dormant wallets — using a "lost property" law written for found umbrellas. On this week's Canadian Bitcoiners Podcast we break down the most audacious legal attack on Bitcoin's supply in his...
The Pearson Airport Scam and Decline of Canadian Trust | The Canadian Bitcoiners Podcast 266 Pt 2
<p>$970M. ~12,000 Bitcoin. The Prime Trust estate is trying to CLAW BACK coins that already LEFT Swan Bitcoin — and Strike, Galaxy & Fold are next. 2026's lesson: NOT YOUR KEYS, NOT YOUR COINS. Why Canadians must self-custody NOW.On this week's Canadian Bitcoiners Podcast, Joey and Len break down the biggest custody story in years: a bankruptcy court reaching back through the exit door to reclaim roughly 11,994 BTC ($938M), $24.66M in cash from Swan Bitcoin — the clearest "not your keys, not your coins" lesson yet. Then the rest of a brutal self-custody week, plus the privacy tools fighting back.In this epis...
They're Clawing Back 12,000 Bitcoin — Yours Could Be Next | The Canadian Bitcoiners Podcast 266 Pt 1
<p>$970M. ~12,000 Bitcoin. The Prime Trust estate is trying to CLAW BACK coins that already LEFT Swan Bitcoin — and Strike, Galaxy & Fold are next. 2026's lesson: NOT YOUR KEYS, NOT YOUR COINS. Why Canadians must self-custody NOW.On this week's Canadian Bitcoiners Podcast, Joey and Len break down the biggest custody story in years: a bankruptcy court reaching back through the exit door to reclaim roughly 11,994 BTC ($938M), $24.66M in cash from Swan Bitcoin — the clearest "not your keys, not your coins" lesson yet. Then the rest of a brutal self-custody week, plus the privacy tools fighting back.In this epis...
Alberta Separation - The Game is Rigged | Canadian Bitcoiners Podcast 265 Pt 2
<p>Iran just launched Hormuz Safe — a Bitcoin-settled maritime insurance platform routing $10B in Strait of Hormuz shipping AROUND SWIFT. Bitcoin is now a geopolitical settlement layer. Canada take note.Iran's Ministry of Economy quietly switched on "Hormuz Safe" on May 16 — a state-backed platform that lets shipping companies buy insurance for transit through the Strait of Hormuz and settle the premiums in Bitcoin. Coverage activates the moment the on-chain confirmation lands. The Islamic Republic is projecting more than $10 billion in annual revenue from a service explicitly designed to bypass SWIFT, dollar rails, and Western insurers. The Strait carries roughly 20% of glob...
HORMUZ SAFE - Bitcoin For Oil in Iran | Canadian Bitcoiners Podcast 265 Pt 1
<p>Iran just launched Hormuz Safe — a Bitcoin-settled maritime insurance platform routing $10B in Strait of Hormuz shipping AROUND SWIFT. Bitcoin is now a geopolitical settlement layer. Canada take note.Iran's Ministry of Economy quietly switched on "Hormuz Safe" on May 16 — a state-backed platform that lets shipping companies buy insurance for transit through the Strait of Hormuz and settle the premiums in Bitcoin. Coverage activates the moment the on-chain confirmation lands. The Islamic Republic is projecting more than $10 billion in annual revenue from a service explicitly designed to bypass SWIFT, dollar rails, and Western insurers. The Strait carries roughly 20% of glob...
Nate Erskine-Smith, Diaspora Politics and a Hard Lesson for Liberals | CBP 264 Pt 2
<p>Saylor just broke Strategy's "NEVER SELL" Bitcoin rule. The $1.5B dividend math, the 11.5% yield, the Q1 -$12.5B net loss, and what it means for Canadian MSTR holders — explained.Michael Saylor told investors on Strategy's Q1 2026 earnings call that he will "probably sell some Bitcoin to pay a dividend, just to inoculate the market and send the message that we did it." Three days later he walked it back, saying the remark wasintended to "jam short-sellers and 'haters.'" Strategy holds 818,334 BTC at an average cost basis of $75,537. The annualized preferred dividend obligation is roughly $1.5 billion. Q1 net loss wa...
Saylor Just Broke Bitcoin's Golden Rule — Here's Why It's Genius | CBP 264 Pt 1
<p>Saylor just broke Strategy's "NEVER SELL" Bitcoin rule. The $1.5B dividend math, the 11.5% yield, the Q1 -$12.5B net loss, and what it means for Canadian MSTR holders — explained.Michael Saylor told investors on Strategy's Q1 2026 earnings call that he will "probably sell some Bitcoin to pay a dividend, just to inoculate the market and send the message that we did it." Three days later he walked it back, saying the remark wasintended to "jam short-sellers and 'haters.'" Strategy holds 818,334 BTC at an average cost basis of $75,537. The annualized preferred dividend obligation is roughly $1.5 billion. Q1 net loss wa...
The Brampton Experiment Has Failed | CBP 263 Pt 2
<p>Canada's $195B Alberta pension fund (AIMCo) just made its first-ever Bitcoin allocation — buying $219 million of Michael Saylor's Strategy (MSTR) the same week Ottawa announced a nationwide ban on Bitcoin ATMs. We break down the AIMCofiling, the Stephen Harper board angle, the political collision course with Carney's federal Liberals, and what this means for every Canadian Bitcoiner.In this episode of the Canadian Bitcoiners Podcast:</p>The full AIMCo $219M MSTR disclosure and what's actually in the filingWhy this is the FIRST Canadian provincial Bitcoin allocation on recordStephen Harper's role as AIMCo board chair and what changed at the fundThe Ot...
Canada's $195B Pension Just FRONT-RAN Ottawa and Bought Bitcoin | CBP 263 Pt 1
<p>Canada's $195B Alberta pension fund (AIMCo) just made its first-ever Bitcoin allocation — buying $219 million of Michael Saylor's Strategy (MSTR) the same week Ottawa announced a nationwide ban on Bitcoin ATMs. We break down the AIMCofiling, the Stephen Harper board angle, the political collision course with Carney's federal Liberals, and what this means for every Canadian Bitcoiner.In this episode of the Canadian Bitcoiners Podcast:</p>The full AIMCo $219M MSTR disclosure and what's actually in the filingWhy this is the FIRST Canadian provincial Bitcoin allocation on recordStephen Harper's role as AIMCo board chair and what changed at the fundThe Ot...
