Episode Details

🎙 Bitcoin Fortress Podcast — Episode 216

Date: May 17, 2026
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Moscow Time: 1280
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In this episode:

In Episode 216 of The Bitcoin Fortress Podcast, we explore why the real signal this week wasn’t Bitcoin’s price action — it was growing stress inside the legacy financial system itself. We discuss Japan’s bond market turmoil, the advancing CLARITY Act and the fight over developer freedom, why self-custody is increasingly becoming a civil liberties issue, MARA’s massive Bitcoin sale and pivot into AI infrastructure, renewed discussions around privacy in Bitcoin, and what these trends reveal about the future of money, sovereignty, and financial freedom. Plus: Bitcoin podcast universe themes, a featured Bitcoin Fortress Substack post, and a look at the newly released book The Architecture of Money.

 

Bitcoin Fortress YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEPGN1YCIQcMxkUig5GaNrQ

 

Bitcoin Fortress Substack Featured Post:

Bitcoin vs The Legacy System
https://open.substack.com/pub/bitcoinfortress/p/bitcoin-vs-the-legacy-system

 

Bitcoin Fortress Books:

• Bitcoin Fortress: A Simple Guide to Bitcoin for Beginners

• Bitcoin Retirement and Estate Planning

• The Bitcoin Lifestyle

• The Architecture of Money

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NEWS (May 10, 2026 – May 17, 2026)

Japan Bond Market / Sovereign Debt Stress

• Financial Times — Global bond markets rattled as long-term yields surge
  Financial Times – Global Bonds Tumble on Inflation Shock Fears
• Financial Times — U.S. sells 30-year bonds at 5% yield for first time since 2007
  Financial Times – U.S. 30-Year Bond Yield Hits 5%
• Trading Economics — Japan 30-Year Bond Yield hits 4%
  Trading Economics – Japan 30-Year Bond Yield
• Financial Times — Japan’s yield panic and global implications
  Financial Times – The Japanese Yield Panic

CLARITY Act / Regulation / Developer Freedom

• Reuters — Senate Banking Committee advances CLARITY Act
  Reuters – Senate Committee Advances CLARITY Act
• Reuters — What’s inside the CLARITY Act
  Reuters – What Is in the Senate Crypto Bill?
• U.S. Senate Banking Committee — Official Executive Session page
  Senate Banking Committee – Executive Session on the CLARITY Act
• TFTC — Bitcoin Briefs and policy commentary
  TFTC – Bitcoin Brief Archive

Self-Custody / Privacy / Freedom Tech