Natalie Brunell's Coin Stories

In this week's episode of the Coin Stories News Block powered exclusively by Ledn, we cover these major headlines related to Bitcoin, macroeconomics, and global finance:
The Fed hiked on bad jobs data: 60,000 jobs just vanished from the record
The $6 billion experiment: the Treasury is buying its own debt to push rates down, and rates went up anyway
"Crypto Mom" signs off: nine years, a hundred dissents, one goodbye letter, and a two-person SEC left to write the rules
Gold for Bitcoin? Citi's $113K call, a nine-day ETF streak, and the most conservative investor on earth making a trade nobody saw coming
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Free newsletter: Every story with charts and visuals — thenewsblock.substack.com
My book: "Bitcoin Is for Everyone," a beginner-friendly introduction to Bitcoin — Order on Amazon. Signed copies at shop.talkingbitcoin.com, powered by Speed Wallet.
Upcoming events: The Sovereign Summit Miami, code HODL for 10% off — thesovereignsummit.com. Bitcoin Nashville 2027 early-bird tickets, code HODL for 10% off — tickets.b.tc.

ABOUT COIN STORIES & THE NEWS BLOCK
Natalie Brunell's content features conversations with leading voices in Bitcoin, economics, finance, and technology, exploring the future of money and how it impacts our lives.

CONNECT WITH NATALIE
Read Bitcoin is for Everyone: https://www.talkingbitcoin.com/freechapters
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Website: https://www.talkingbitcoin.com

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DISCLAIMER
This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute financial or investment advice. Guest views are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Natalie Brunell or the show. Paid partnerships, sponsorships, and affiliate relationships are disclosed where applicable. Natalie Brunell may earn commissions from purchases or sign-ups through certain links, at no additional cost to you. Always conduct your own research before making financial decisions.

My guest this week is Paula Pendley, a partner at Nelson Mullins who defends data centers and Bitcoin miners in court, and she joins us as the fight over where these facilities get built is spreading across the country. Towns are passing moratoriums, politicians are campaigning on power bills, and the coverage so far has mostly come from one direction.

She brings a case she couldn't fully discuss last time, when 37 neighbors in a small Texas county sued MARA over the facility next door and claimed the noise was damaging their health. We get into what happened when that case reached discovery, and then into the bigger question of how any of us are supposed to coexist with the infrastructure behind the technology we all use every day:

• What the plaintiffs were asked to produce, and which claims vanished first

• The difference between a legal nuisance and something you simply don't want nearby

• What changes when a Bitcoin mine becomes an AI data center

• Why the places saying no may be the ones that fall behind

Follow Paula Pendley on X https://x.com/paulapendleyLAW 
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Order Natalie's new book "Bitcoin is For Everyone," a simple introduction to Bitcoin and what’s broken in our current financial system: https://amzn.to/3WzFzfU 
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Borrow against your Bitcoin without selling it. Ledn offers Bitcoin-backed loans built for serious holders, with rates that get lower as your loan size increases. With Ledn's custodied loan product, your Bitcoin is held in custody and not lent out. Ledn has operated through multiple market cycles without a loss of client assets and publishes Proof of Reserves so you can verify what they hold.
Get 0.25% off your first loan at ledn.io/natalie. Terms apply — see the site for details.
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Bitdeer Technologies Group (NASDAQ: BTDR) powers AI and Bitcoin mining infrastructure with 3 GW of secured global energy — and owns the entire stack, from equipment manufacturing to data centers to proprietary orchestration software. Learn more at https://www.bitdeer.com.
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Explore Bitcoin mining as part of your tax and alternative investment strategy. Own the equipment. Keep 100% of the Bitcoin it produces. Fully managed in the U.S. Learn more and get 1 month of free hosting: AbundantMines.com/Natalie
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Bitgo is the digital asset infrastructure company trusted by institutions worldwide for regulated, insured custody, trading, settlement, and liquidity. BitGo now offers that same institutional-grade, insured qualified custodian to individuals—completely free! Learn more at https://www.bitgo.com/natalie 
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Learn about multisig self-custody without a seed phrase. Download Bitkey Today and use my promo code STORIES to get 10% off the new Bitkey. This episode has been sponsored by Bitkey: https://bitkey.world/STORIES 
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Master Bitcoin self-custody and gain peace of mind with 1-on-1 training: https://www.thebitcoinway.com/natalie?utm_source=partner-natalie&utm_medium=podcast
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With BitcoinIRA, you can invest in bitcoin 24/7 inside a tax-advantaged IRA. Choose a Traditional IRA to defer taxes, or a Roth IRA for tax-free withdrawals later. Take control of your future with BitcoinIRA: https://www.bitcoinira.com/natalie 
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Natalie's Upcoming Events:
The Sovereign Summit is coming to Miami in February 2027. Get discounted passes using code HODL: https://thesovereignsummit.com 
The best time to plan for Bitcoin 2027 is right now. Early bird tickets are live — grab the lowest pricing available and use code HODL for 10% off: https://tickets.b.tc/event/bitcoin-2027?promoCodeTask=apply&promoCodeInput=HODL 
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Extra Services to Consider:
One of the best decisions I made for both my heath and my bank account was joining CrowdHealth years ago. I never spend more than $200 on health coverage through my CrowdHealth plan and all my health events have been crowd-funded. Get started with a discounted plan at my link. : www.joincrowdhealth.com/natalie 

ABOUT COIN STORIES & THE NEWS BLOCK
Natalie Brunell's content features conversations with leading voices in Bitcoin, economics, finance, and technology, exploring the future of money and how it impacts our lives.

CONNECT WITH NATALIE
Read Bitcoin is for Everyone: https://www.talkingbitcoin.com/freechapters
Subscribe to the free newsletter: https://thenewsblock.substack.com
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nataliebrunell
Watch on Rumble: https://rumble.com/NatBrunell
Follow Natalie on X: https://www.x.com/natbrunell
Website: https://www.talkingbitcoin.com

PARTNERSHIPS & INQUIRIES
Interested in sponsoring Coin Stories? Contact info@talkingbitcoin.com

DISCLAIMER
This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute financial or investment advice. Guest views are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Natalie Brunell or the show. Paid partnerships, sponsorships, and affiliate relationships are disclosed where applicable. Natalie Brunell may earn commissions from purchases or sign-ups through certain links, at no additional cost to you. Always conduct your own research before making financial decisions.

Why does everything cost more while the quality keeps getting worse?
That's the question behind this episode. We look at why your paycheck doesn't stretch as far, why buying a home is so much harder, and why so many things cost more while giving you less.
From shrinkflation and CEO incentives to bailouts and crony capitalism, the bigger story is about the rules and incentives underneath the economy. And that leads to the final question: what changed about the money itself, and where does Bitcoin fit in?
📖 Want to go deeper? Read the first two chapters of my book, Bitcoin Is for Everyone, free: https://www.talkingbitcoin.com/freechapters
📰 Subscribe to my free newsletter, The News Block, for my weekly breakdown of the biggest stories in Bitcoin, markets and the economy: https://thenewsblock.substack.com
SHOW PARTNERS
⚡ Ledn
Borrow against your Bitcoin without selling it. Ledn offers Bitcoin-backed loans built for serious holders, with rates that get lower as your loan size increases. With Ledn's custodied loan product, your Bitcoin is held in custody and not lent out. Ledn has operated through multiple market cycles without a loss of client assets and publishes Proof of Reserves so you can verify what they hold.
Get 0.25% off your first Bitcoin-backed loan: https://www.ledn.io/natalie
Offer subject to terms and eligibility. Digital asset lending involves risk, including loss of collateral.
⚡ Bitdeer Technologies Group (NASDAQ: BTDR)
Bitdeer powers AI and Bitcoin mining infrastructure with 3 GW of secured global energy and owns the stack from equipment manufacturing to data centers and proprietary orchestration software.
Learn more: https://www.bitdeer.com

ABOUT COIN STORIES & THE NEWS BLOCK
Natalie Brunell's content features conversations with leading voices in Bitcoin, economics, finance, and technology, exploring the future of money and how it impacts our lives.

CONNECT WITH NATALIE
Read Bitcoin is for Everyone: https://www.talkingbitcoin.com/freechapters
Subscribe to the free newsletter: https://thenewsblock.substack.com
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nataliebrunell
Watch on Rumble: https://rumble.com/NatBrunell
Follow Natalie on X: https://www.x.com/natbrunell
Website: https://www.talkingbitcoin.com

PARTNERSHIPS & INQUIRIES
Interested in sponsoring Coin Stories? Contact info@talkingbitcoin.com

DISCLAIMER
This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute financial or investment advice. Guest views are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Natalie Brunell or the show. Paid partnerships, sponsorships, and affiliate relationships are disclosed where applicable. Natalie Brunell may earn commissions from purchases or sign-ups through certain links, at no additional cost to you. Always conduct your own research before making financial decisions.

The government hasn't paid this much to borrow since 2007, mortgages just broke 7 percent, and the most conventional financial advisor in America is telling clients to put 10 percent in Bitcoin. This is what a week looks like when the old playbook stops working.
Bond yields hit a 20-year high and Bitcoin held anyway. Here's what the buyers know
Ric Edelman went from 1% to a 10% Bitcoin floor. Why the man who built a $350 billion firm says 60/40 is dead
Strategy wants to pay you every single day, and it's not the only one
$387 million walked out of an exchange in an afternoon, and Bitcoin never flinched
The News Block is powered exclusively by Ledn.
Borrow against your Bitcoin without selling it. Ledn offers Bitcoin-backed loans built for serious holders, with rates that get lower as your loan size increases. Your Bitcoin is held in custody and never lent out, and Ledn publishes Proof of Reserves so you can verify what they hold. Get
0.25% off your first loan at ledn.io/natalie. Terms apply.
My book: "Bitcoin Is for Everyone," an approachable introduction to Bitcoin — amzn.to/3WzFzfU.
Signed copies at shop.talkingbitcoin.com, powered by Speed Wallet.
Newsletter: Every story with charts, free — thenewsblock.substack.com
Upcoming Events:
Bitcoin 2027: Use code HODL for 10% off at tickets.b.tc.

ABOUT COIN STORIES & THE NEWS BLOCK
Natalie Brunell's content features conversations with leading voices in Bitcoin, economics, finance, and technology, exploring the future of money and how it impacts our lives.

CONNECT WITH NATALIE
Read Bitcoin is for Everyone: https://www.talkingbitcoin.com/freechapters
Subscribe to the free newsletter: https://thenewsblock.substack.com
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nataliebrunell
Watch on Rumble: https://rumble.com/NatBrunell
Follow Natalie on X: https://www.x.com/natbrunell
Website: https://www.talkingbitcoin.com

PARTNERSHIPS & INQUIRIES
Interested in sponsoring Coin Stories? Contact info@talkingbitcoin.com

DISCLAIMER
This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute financial or investment advice. Guest views are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Natalie Brunell or the show. Paid partnerships, sponsorships, and affiliate relationships are disclosed where applicable. Natalie Brunell may earn commissions from purchases or sign-ups through certain links, at no additional cost to you. Always conduct your own research before making financial decisions.

In this new in-depth interview, Bitcoin OG, author, and angel investor Simon Dixon breaks down the transition from the American empire to a multi-node global financial order.
Simon pulls back the curtain on how transnational power structures operate, why the $40 trillion national debt is being leveraged against ordinary citizens, and how individuals can escape debt slavery by adopting a low time preference and taking control of their money. We discuss:
How the Financial, Military, and Tech Industrial Complexes (FIC, MIC, TIC) engineer a multipolar world
Why $40 trillion in national debt is a Ponzi scheme that will never be repaid
How 7% mortgage rates and central bank policies are creating a generation of "serfs"
The situation that would make him "sell all of his Bitcoin"
Understanding the Game of Money to break free and own your future
Follow Simon Dixon on X https://x.com/SimonDixonTwitt
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Order Natalie's new book "Bitcoin is For Everyone," a simple introduction to Bitcoin and what's broken in our current financial system: https://amzn.to/3WzFzfU
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SHOW PARTNERS
Borrow against your Bitcoin without selling it. Ledn offers Bitcoin-backed loans built for serious holders, with rates that get lower as your loan size increases. With Ledn's custodied loan product, your Bitcoin is held in custody and not lent out. Ledn has operated through multiple market cycles without a loss of client assets and publishes Proof of Reserves so you can verify what they hold.
Get 0.25% off your first loan at ledn.io/natalie. Terms apply — see the site for details.
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Bitdeer Technologies Group (NASDAQ: BTDR) powers AI and Bitcoin mining infrastructure with 3 GW of secured global energy — and owns the entire stack, from equipment manufacturing to data centers to proprietary orchestration software. Learn more at https://www.bitdeer.com.
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Kalshi is the largest prediction market in the world. Use code HODL and get $25 when you trade $25 http://kalshi.com/r/HODL
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Bitgo is the digital asset infrastructure company trusted by institutions worldwide for regulated, insured custody, trading, settlement, and liquidity. BitGo now offers that same institutional-grade, insured qualified custodian to individuals—completely free! Learn more at https://www.bitgo.com/natalie
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Learn about multisig self-custody without a seed phrase. Download Bitkey Today and use my promo code STORIES to get 10% off the new Bitkey. This episode has been sponsored by Bitkey: https://bitkey.world/STORIES
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Master Bitcoin self-custody and gain peace of mind with 1-on-1 training: https://www.thebitcoinway.com/natalie?utm_source=partner-natalie&utm_medium=podcast
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With BitcoinIRA, you can invest in bitcoin 24/7 inside a tax-advantaged IRA. Choose a Traditional IRA to defer taxes, or a Roth IRA for tax-free withdrawals later. Take control of your future with BitcoinIRA: https://www.bitcoinira.com/natalie
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Natalie's Upcoming Events:
The Sovereign Summit is coming to Miami in February 2027. Get discounted passes using code HODL: https://thesovereignsummit.com
The best time to plan for Bitcoin 2027 is right now. Early bird tickets are live — grab the lowest pricing available and use code HODL for 10% off: https://tickets.b.tc/event/bitcoin-2027?promoCodeTask=apply&promoCodeInput=HODL
Extra Services to Consider:
One of the best decisions I made for both my heath and my bank account was joining CrowdHealth years ago. I never spend more than $200 on health coverage through my CrowdHealth plan and all my health events have been crowd-funded. Get started with a discounted plan at my link. : www.joincrowdhealth.com/natalie
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Disclaimer: The News Block and Coin Stories are for educational and entertainment purposes only and do not constitute financial, investment, legal, or tax advice. Natalie Brunell is not a financial advisor. Some content may include sponsorships or paid partnerships, which are disclosed. Always do your own research and consult a licensed professional before making financial decisions. Bitcoin and digital assets are volatile — never invest more than you can afford to lose.

ABOUT COIN STORIES & THE NEWS BLOCK
Natalie Brunell's content features conversations with leading voices in Bitcoin, economics, finance, and technology, exploring the future of money and how it impacts our lives.

CONNECT WITH NATALIE
Read Bitcoin is for Everyone: https://www.talkingbitcoin.com/freechapters
Subscribe to the free newsletter: https://thenewsblock.substack.com
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nataliebrunell
Watch on Rumble: https://rumble.com/NatBrunell
Follow Natalie on X: https://www.x.com/natbrunell
Website: https://www.talkingbitcoin.com

PARTNERSHIPS & INQUIRIES
Interested in sponsoring Coin Stories? Contact info@talkingbitcoin.com

DISCLAIMER
This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute financial or investment advice. Guest views are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Natalie Brunell or the show. Paid partnerships, sponsorships, and affiliate relationships are disclosed where applicable. Natalie Brunell may earn commissions from purchases or sign-ups through certain links, at no additional cost to you. Always conduct your own research before making financial decisions.