From burgers on Lightning to a tiny island stablecoin and a DeFi student loan nightmare, Episode 1097 covers five wild Bitcoin stories across the world—plus a hard look at U.S. overreach.

Jim Chanos shorts MicroStrategy, Coinbase insiders cause chaos, Telegram shutters a $27B dark market, and Arthur Hayes predicts $1M Bitcoin while warning Europe to exit fiat. This episode goes deep.

Samourai’s court fight heats up, Tether buys billions in Bitcoin for 21 Capital, governments tokenize bonds, and kidnappings target crypto holders. Plus: why Bitcoin-branded swag makes you a walking target.

Samourai faces a legal firestorm, Arizona kills pro-Bitcoin bills, MetaPlanet issues shadowy BTC bonds, and Oshi Good joins the Circle P. One firehose of Bitcoin news and righteous indignation.

I cover the tariff truce’s market effect, Coinbase’s anti-Bitcoin stance, a $710M Bitcoin merger with a healthcare firm, and a crypto kidnapping in Vegas. Plus: Oregon’s pro-Bitcoin law.