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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tfw you lose 300 million in BTC (LIQUID BITCOIN HACK)
<p>About 4,000 BTC, worth roughly US$320 million at the time, was withdrawn from Liquid's federation wallet. Liquid says its signing keys were not compromised. How did the safeguards allow the withdrawal, and what does that mean for people holding L-BTC?This week's Canadian Bitcoiners discussion connects Liquid's reserve risk with Trezor's shipping-provider breach, where another roughly 67,000 customers were exposed despite assurances that older data had been deleted. The wider agenda covers Bitcoin treasury-company risks and Canada's jobs, procurement and institutional-accountability stories. The common question: what are you still trusting after you take control of your keys?Which deserves more scrutiny...
Why Pierre Poilievre Can't Beat Mark Carney
<p>Pierre Poilievre has “no chance whatsoever” of beating Mark Carney—that’s the hosts’ blunt forecast after Canada’s latest federal by-elections.</p><p><br></p><p>In the final 39 minutes of this week’s show, Joey and Len debate whether the Conservatives have the right leader, why neither U.S. party is likely to unwind the tariff regime, and how Ottawa’s new $7.5 billion support package could affect Canadian businesses, workers and the dollar. They also examine Trump’s Venezuela oil deal, the pressure on U.S. strategic reserves, what the agreement could mean for Alberta, and why the hosts believe...
Trump Renamed Lake Ontario. Canada Answered With a Giant Sign.
<p>Donald Trump signed an executive order directing U.S. federal agencies to call Lake Ontario “Lake America.” Canada refuses the rename — and Doug Ford answered with a giant Lake Ontario sign.That spectacle landed in the middle of the deeper fight: 50% U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods, roughly $27.6 billion in Canadian counter-tariffs, and a $7.5 billion support package with billions routed through an EI account already deep in deficit. Joey and Len dig into who pays, which industries get hit, and why Ottawa quietly removed about $1.1 billion of seafood from its list two days after announcing it.Also this week: CBC re...
Canada Keeps Writing Cheques. Ukraine Keeps Finding Corruption | The Canadian Bitcoiners Podcast
<p>Canada has sent billions to Ukraine. Now, new anti-corruption raids and warnings of a “systemic crisis of governance” are reigniting the question: how long should Ottawa keep writing cheques while healthcare, education, policing and affordability remain under pressure at home?</p><p>Joey and Len unpack the Ukraine story, then head into full Canadian clown world: an alleged $6,000 Brampton dating-app extortion, a Toronto sexual-assault sentencing case where immigration consequences entered the calculation, the political argument over deporting criminal non-citizens, the UK’s immigration pamphlets, Shaun Chen’s municipal comeback, and Hamilton vs. Brampton—featuring a Honda, a machete and 36 damaged ve...
Canada Is At War Over Trade. Bitcoin Doesn't Need A Deal | The Canadian Bitcoiners Podcast
<p>Trump hit Canada with 50% tariffs on $20 billion in goods after trade talks collapsed an hour before the deadline. Mark Carney says Canada is "at war" and retaliates September 8. Bitcoin doesn't need a deal.The tariffs came through Section 338 of the 1930 Tariff Act - a statute that had never once been used to impose a tariff in 96 years. It needs no vote in Congress, carries no expiry date, and applies to CUSMA-compliant goods anyway. Two days earlier Trump posted that the two countries "have a DEAL." Sunday morning he was back to calling Canada a state that wants the benefits...
Why is BC Paying 100K per Month to Give ONE PERSON a Hotel Room? | The Canadian Bitcoiners Podcast
<p>The committee nobody watches just opened the paperwork on Michael Saylor. MSCI is consulting on whether "non-operating companies" belong in its indexes — run the screen and exactly three names get deleted: Strategy, Metaplanet, and a uranium fund. Up to $8.8 billion in passive money would be forced to sell on a calendar date, decision October 16. We break down the mechanics, who's actually exposed, and why Norway's sovereign wealth fund is at record Strategy exposure at the worst possible moment.Also tonight: the BIP-110 crowd picked BLAKE2b out of a hat in a Discord and scheduled a September 1 hard fork to...
Wall Street Found Its Exit From Michael Saylor | The Canadian Bitcoiners Podcast
<p>The committee nobody watches just opened the paperwork on Michael Saylor. MSCI is consulting on whether "non-operating companies" belong in its indexes — run the screen and exactly three names get deleted: Strategy, Metaplanet, and a uranium fund. Up to $8.8 billion in passive money would be forced to sell on a calendar date, decision October 16. We break down the mechanics, who's actually exposed, and why Norway's sovereign wealth fund is at record Strategy exposure at the worst possible moment.Also tonight: the BIP-110 crowd picked BLAKE2b out of a hat in a Discord and scheduled a September 1 hard fork to...
Atlanta AC Heists, Larry Brock's Exit & The Great Hamilton vs. Brampton Showdown | The Canadian Bitcoiners Podcast
<p>From bizarre local crime waves to headline-making political shakeups, the Canadian Bitcoiners are straying far off the path this week to break down the cultural zeitgeist.</p><p>On this episode, we investigate the inexplicable wave of AC units being stolen right off buildings in Atlanta, unpack Conservative MP Larry Brock’s sudden resignation and what it means for the caucus, and look at the conversation around Indian gangs making headlines in Canada. Plus, we dive into the debate over Indian folk dancing as a high school credit course, settle the ultimate suburban rivalry of Hamilton Man vs. Brampton Ma...
BIP-110 Drama, Coldcard Chaos, AI-Powered Infrastructure Attacks | The Canadian Bitcoiners Podcast
<p>It’s been an absolute whirlwind in the Bitcoin ecosystem, and the Canadian Bitcoiners are here to make sense of the noise.</p><p>On this episode, we unpack the widening fallout from the Coldcard vulnerability, dive deep into the contentious BIP-110 proposal and the looming threat of a chain split, and break down why infrastructure providers like Boltz and Zeus had to take services offline following a wave of AI-assisted attacks. Plus, BTCPay Server urges users to upgrade, corporate treasuries like MSTR and MARA make moves on their Bitcoin stacks, and we share our thoughts on what all of...
New York's Communist Grocery Store Disaster | The Canadian Bitcoiners Podcast
<p>Coldcard vulnerability explained: $89 million in Bitcoin gone in four days — the thief never touched a device.Full show notes & past episodes → https://canadianbitcoiners.comCoinkite is a Toronto company. The Coldcard is the Bitcoin hardware wallet serious self-custody people trust. On July 30th an attacker swept 1,082 BTC out of 1,196 addresses in 41 minutes, then kept going. Block's engineers found the cause: one mis-written line in Coinkite's own library meant Coldcards had been generating seeds from a predictable number generator instead of the hardware chip. Since March 2021. Nineteen hundred and sixty-one days.Nobody was hacked. No device opened, no server breached, no malw...
