Ten31 Timestamp: Bitcoin and the Red Queen

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.

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In this episode:

• Iran MOU signed and immediately disputed
• Oil crashing below $75 and the dollar narrative violation
• Warsh's first FOMC, hawkish dot plot, and stripped down guidance
• Hyperscaler CapEx surging while free cash flow dries up
• Housing affordability and why Volcker 2.0 is off the table
• Fed Treasury accord and the debt service constraint
• AI treated as national security, Fable 5 pulled from allies
• Bitcoin range bound while institutions and policymakers build

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00 - Nickelback and Father's Day

00:00:43 - Iran MOU signed and disputed

00:01:31 - JD Vance delegation drama

00:02:18 - Oil breaking below $80

00:03:35 - Dollar strength and DXY

00:04:21 - Tactical pause theory for midterms

00:05:21 - Narrative violations everywhere

00:07:37 - US capital markets versus China

00:08:20 - Warsh's hawkish FOMC debut

00:09:33 - Stripping out forward guidance

00:10:31 - Balance sheet task force

00:11:38 - Hyperscaler CapEx versus free cash flow

00:13:35 - Meta Google Microsoft AI disarray

00:16:33 - Housing affordability crunch

00:18:44 - Fed Treasury accord

00:19:40 - Debt service and non discretionary spend

00:22:49 - AI export controls and Fable 5

00:24:28 - Bessent NATO and Cuba reforms

00:26:51 - Bitcoin range bound grind

00:28:14 - Taiwan central bank and Begich AMO bill

00:29:15 - BlackRock Franklin Templeton products

00:30:02 - Closing thoughts

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