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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Iran War, Canadian Food Bank Crunch, Brain Drain | CBP 259 Pt 2
<p>Google's quantum AI team just published a paper proving Bitcoin's encryption can be cracked with 20x fewer qubits than expected — private keys derived in 9 minutes. Is quantum computing Bitcoin's biggest existential threat? We break down the paper, the timeline, and why developers need to act now.⏱️ Timestamps00:00 - Intro01:38 - Sponsors (EasyDNS & Bull Bitcoin)03:21 - Boostagram Shoutouts04:38 - Housekeeping & Previous Episode Recap06:06 - Google's Quantum Paper: 20x Fewer Qubits to Crack Bitcoin07:00 - 7 Million BTC at Risk & the Satoshi Bounty Theory08:34 - Why the Bitcoin Mailing List Is Ignoring Quantum10:30 - Developer Priorities: Spam Wars vs. Quantum Preparedness12:00 - Presto...
The Quantum Threat, BTC Treasury Companies Sell, Node Wars | CBP 259 Pt 1
<p>Google's quantum AI team just published a paper proving Bitcoin's encryption can be cracked with 20x fewer qubits than expected — private keys derived in 9 minutes. Is quantum computing Bitcoin's biggest existential threat? We break down the paper, the timeline, and why developers need to act now.⏱️ Timestamps00:00 - Intro01:38 - Sponsors (EasyDNS & Bull Bitcoin)03:21 - Boostagram Shoutouts04:38 - Housekeeping & Previous Episode Recap06:06 - Google's Quantum Paper: 20x Fewer Qubits to Crack Bitcoin07:00 - 7 Million BTC at Risk & the Satoshi Bounty Theory08:34 - Why the Bitcoin Mailing List Is Ignoring Quantum10:30 - Developer Priorities: Spam Wars vs. Quantum Preparedness12:00 - Presto...
NDP Leadership Convention, Juno Awards, Canadian Citizenship Test (lol) | CBP 258 Pt 2
<p>Bitcoin-backed mortgages are now officially here — Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have greenlit the first US government-backed product that lets you use Bitcoin or USDC as collateral to buy a home, and most people are completely misreading what this actually means.The structure is more nuanced than the headlines suggest: you pledge Bitcoin into a Coinbase Prime account, take out a second loan backed by that collateral to fund your down payment, and crucially — the collateral is never mark-to-market. No margin calls if Bitcoin dumps 40% overnight. That's the biggest part of this story nobody's talking about.The US Treasury's own...
You Can Now Buy a House With Bitcoin (And It's Not What You Think) | CBP 258 Pt 1
<p>Bitcoin-backed mortgages are now officially here — Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have greenlit the first US government-backed product that lets you use Bitcoin or USDC as collateral to buy a home, and most people are completely misreading what this actually means.The structure is more nuanced than the headlines suggest: you pledge Bitcoin into a Coinbase Prime account, take out a second loan backed by that collateral to fund your down payment, and crucially — the collateral is never mark-to-market. No margin calls if Bitcoin dumps 40% overnight. That's the biggest part of this story nobody's talking about.The US Treasury's own...
They're Not Coming For Bitcoin. They're Coming For YOU. | CBP 257 Pt 2
<p>Someone kidnapped a Canadian crypto millionaire on a busy Madrid street this week. Zip ties. Sleeping pills. A GPS set for a torture site 6 hours away. Meanwhile, a man's wife stole $172 million in Bitcoin by watching him enter his seed phrase on home security cameras. This episode might change how you store your Bitcoin.We're also covering Canada's largest single-day crypto regulatory crackdown, what happens when the biggest Bitcoin payments company fires 4,000 people and then quietly asks some of them to come back, and why Quebec's immigration minister just went viral for comparing Canada to Switzerland.Check out Cory...
They're Not Coming For Bitcoin. They're Coming For YOU. | CBP 257 Pt 1
<p>Someone kidnapped a Canadian crypto millionaire on a busy Madrid street this week. Zip ties. Sleeping pills. A GPS set for a torture site 6 hours away. Meanwhile, a man's wife stole $172 million in Bitcoin by watching him enter his seed phrase on home security cameras. This episode might change how you store your Bitcoin.We're also covering Canada's largest single-day crypto regulatory crackdown, what happens when the biggest Bitcoin payments company fires 4,000 people and then quietly asks some of them to come back, and why Quebec's immigration minister just went viral for comparing Canada to Switzerland.Check out Cory...
Canadian Jobs Report Disaster, One Year With Carney, Floor Crossers | CBP 256 Pt 2
<p>Canada just lost 84,000 jobs. Goeasy blew up 57% in a day. And a former Prime Minister compared Bitcoin to Pokémon cards. Normal week.This episode covers the biggest Bitcoin hardware launches in years (COLDCARD Mk5 AND Jade Lightning — same week), the IRS form that forces crypto users to confess their entire history under oath, 20 million Bitcoin mined and what happens next, and more Canadian institutional collapse than we can comfortably fit in one show.🔑 COLDCARD Mk5 launches — Coinkite's latest generation drops from Toronto: bigger screen, better keys, faster NFC, still 100% air-gapped and Bitcoin-only. A Canadian product building financial sovereignty hardware...
The Crypto Perjury Trap the IRS Doesn't Want You to Know About | The CBP 256 Pt 2
<p>Canada just lost 84,000 jobs. Goeasy blew up 57% in a day. And a former Prime Minister compared Bitcoin to Pokémon cards. Normal week.This episode covers the biggest Bitcoin hardware launches in years (COLDCARD Mk5 AND Jade Lightning — same week), the IRS form that forces crypto users to confess their entire history under oath, 20 million Bitcoin mined and what happens next, and more Canadian institutional collapse than we can comfortably fit in one show.🔑 COLDCARD Mk5 launches — Coinkite's latest generation drops from Toronto: bigger screen, better keys, faster NFC, still 100% air-gapped and Bitcoin-only. A Canadian product building financial sovereignty hardware...
Should Canadian Bitcoiners Leave? Francis Pouliot Has A Warning
<p>Francis Pouliot has a warning for Bitcoiners: You are not safe.A French tax official used government software to sell Bitcoiners' home addresses to kidnapping gangs. Meanwhile, a Quebec political party just voted to eliminate all Bitcoin taxes — and they're polling at 17%. Francis Pouliot, CEO of Bull Bitcoin, joins CBP from the Bitcoin Jungle in Costa Rica and doesn't hold back.🏛️ THE GOVERNMENT IS SELLING YOUR ADDRESS — A convicted French tax official used internal "Mira" tax software to compile profiles on Bitcoin holders and sold their home addresses to organized crime rings. The result: 65 documented Bitcoin kidnappings in 2025 alone, averaging...
No Healthcare, Just Same Day MAID! | CBP 255 Pt 2
<p>Canada processes MAID applications same-day. The median wait for surgery is 28.6 weeks. This isn't broken — this is the system working as designed.In this episode:⚡ CANADA & MAID — A disabled man is pursuing medically assisted death to avoid homelessness. Not terminal. Not mentally ill. Just afraid of being on the street. We break down the same-day MAID protocol, 76,475 deaths since 2016, and what it tells you about Canadian governance.🛢️ OIL SHOCK — The Strait of Hormuz closed for the first time in history. WTI hit $119 overnight. Iraq's southern oilfields lost 70% of production in a week. The G7 met and decided they "weren't ready yet" to...
