Ten31 Timestamp: Bitcoin and the Red Queen
<p>The Iran deal looked like a breakthrough until both sides started spinning it within the hour, but oil kept falling and the dollar stayed bid anyway. Marty and John walk through a week of narrative violations, from WTI dropping into the mid seventies to Fed Chair Warsh's hawkish first FOMC press conference. They dig into why hyperscaler CapEx exploding while free cash flow collapses makes Volcker 2.0 impossible, how housing affordability and debt service are pushing the Fed and Treasury back together, and why frontier AI is now a state secret. They also check in on Bitcoin's quiet grind, with Taiwan's central bank exploring reserves and BlackRock still building products in the background.</p>
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<p>In this episode:</p>
<ul>
<li>Iran MOU signed and immediately disputed</li>
<li>Oil crashing below $75 and the dollar narrative violation</li>
<li>Warsh's first FOMC, hawkish dot plot, and stripped down guidance</li>
<li>Hyperscaler CapEx surging while free cash flow dries up</li>
<li>Housing affordability and why Volcker 2.0 is off the table</li>
<li>Fed Treasury accord and the debt service constraint</li>
<li>AI treated as national security, Fable 5 pulled from allies</li>
<li>Bitcoin range bound while institutions and policymakers build</li>
</ul>
<p>TIMESTAMPS: </p>
<p>00:00:00 - Nickelback and Father's Day </p>
<p>00:00:43 - Iran MOU signed and disputed </p>
<p>00:01:31 - JD Vance delegation drama </p>
<p>00:02:18 - Oil breaking below $80 </p>
<p>00:03:35 - Dollar strength and DXY </p>
<p>00:04:21 - Tactical pause theory for midterms </p>
<p>00:05:21 - Narrative violations everywhere </p>
<p>00:07:37 - US capital markets versus China </p>
<p>00:08:20 - Warsh's hawkish FOMC debut </p>
<p>00:09:33 - Stripping out forward guidance </p>
<p>00:10:31 - Balance sheet task force </p>
<p>00:11:38 - Hyperscaler CapEx versus free cash flow </p>
<p>00:13:35 - Meta Google Microsoft AI disarray </p>
<p>00:16:33 - Housing affordability crunch </p>
<p>00:18:44 - Fed Treasury accord </p>
<p>00:19:40 - Debt service and non discretionary spend </p>
<p>00:22:49 - AI export controls and Fable 5 </p>
<p>00:24:28 - Bessent NATO and Cuba reforms </p>
<p>00:26:51 - Bitcoin range bound grind </p>
<p>00:28:14 - Taiwan central bank and Begich AMO bill </p>
<p>00:29:15 - BlackRock Franklin Templeton products </p>
<p>00:30:02 - Closing thoughts</p>
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