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Market Disruptors

Mark Moss and Jake Roque

Welcome to Market Disruptors—where we break down the old-money system and equip you with the new money protocol to create, multiply, and preserve wealth in the digital age.
Hosted by Mark Moss, a Bitcoin-focused venture capitalist, seasoned entrepreneur, and educator with over 25 years of experience, this show is your blueprint for financial sovereignty. We challenge outdated financial models and explore bold strategies powered by Bitcoin, AI, decentralization, and innovation—giving you the knowledge to navigate today’s fast-changing economy.
We dive deep into macro trends, financial markets, and economic shifts, exposing the flaws of traditional finance and the power of sound money principles. Whether you're an investor, entrepreneur, or someone seeking financial independence, this show provides the real insights and battle-tested strategies you need to thrive.
From high-level business scaling insights to personal war stories of navigating boom-and-bust cycles, you’ll learn how to break free from restrictive financial systems and build unstoppable wealth on your own terms.

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#745
Yesterday · 1 hr 1 min
Bessent’s Bond Buybacks: The Signal Nobody Saw Coming | Mark Moss & Scott Melker
Mark Moss joins Scott Melker to explain why Bitcoin moved nearly 20% overnight, why whales were buying while retail sold, and why the bond market may not break the way most people expect. Recorded September 9, 2026. They discuss the hot ball of money rotating back toward Bitcoin, Bitcoin miners becoming AI data centers, Bessent’s bond buybacks and the signal they sent, slowing debt growth, the personal treasury revolution, pure Bitcoin treasury companies, Strategy’s long game, and why the botto
#744
Monday · 1 hr 22 min
Julian Figueroa: From -$30K to Almost a Million at 22
Julian Figueroa joins Jake Roque to explain why Gen Z is heading into a neo-renaissance, why first-time homebuyers are now 38, and why the ceiling on building wealth from skill has been removed. They discuss outsmarting the subscription trap, his path from –$30,000 to nearly a million at 22, how Exit Manual videos are made, what Harvard students actually know about Bitcoin, the real objections young people have, self-custody, mixed feelings on debt, and why he still cares about the Bitcoin revo
#742
October 12 · 1 hr 11 min
PhD Economist: The Four-Year Cycle Is Dead. This Is a Super Cycle.
Jim Thorne joins Mark Moss to explain why the long end is normalizing, not crashing the market, why Warsh is wrong to hike into a supply shock, and why supply-side growth can stay strong without reigniting inflation. They discuss AI CapEx that does not care about rates, stablecoins and Operation Twist bringing the ten-year toward 4%, why banks are fighting an existential threat, the four-year cycle giving way to a super cycle, tokenization rails that are already built, velocity over printing, an
#741
October 10 · 1 hr 8 min
What to Learn Before AI Breaks the Job Market
Ricky Zhang joins Jake Roque to explain why Bitcoin is the first money that becomes worthless if you seize it, why AI can replace jobs but cannot forge energy, and why the age of abundance depends on a neutral monetary protocol. They discuss how self-interest aligns with the collective under hard money, gold’s ledger problem and the story of inflation, a 51% attack with negative ROI, the collapse of the tax on time, what to learn before the job market breaks, cathedrals and low time preference,
#740
October 7 · 51 min
AI Agents Could Start the Next Bank Run
Julia Duzon joins Mark Moss to explain why the next bank run may not look like a panic, why banks are sitting on even bigger losses than in 2023, and why cheap deposits are the real fight behind the Genius Act. They discuss the SVB and First Republic collapse, fractional reserve versus full reserve, a 10-year above 5% and the duration mismatch, why banks fought yield on stablecoins, AI agents moving idle cash, what a bank is still for, checking leadership before you trust an institution, and wh
#739
September 30 · 1 hr 3 min
Lyn Alden: Nothing Stops This Train. Not Even AI.
Lyn Alden joins Mark Moss to explain why nothing stops the fiscal train, why AI will cheapen some prices while scarce assets keep rising with the money supply, and why the next few years look like a gradual print, not a collapse. They discuss 7% of GDP deficits, debt-to-GDP after World War II, whether $10 trillion of AI buildout can grow the U.S. out of $40 trillion in debt, a bond market that is stressed but not broken, the Clarity Act dying into mass tokenization, 24/7 markets, the K-shaped mi
#738
September 26 · 1 hr 18 min
Joe Consorti: The Bitcoin Bear Is Slain. Here's How We Know
Joe Consorti joins Jake Roque to explain why Bitcoin’s bear is over, why it pumped even as the Fed hiked into $100 oil, and why holding Bitcoin instead of dollars is a check on the war-and-print machine. They discuss the 200-week moving average floor and 50-week moving average confirmation, short-term holder cost basis, rates leading the Fed, Treasury buybacks as stealth liquidity, Russia and China racing America to Bitcoin, the separation of money and state, why being normal is countercultural,
#737
September 22 · 1 hr
Multifamily Is in a 2008 Moment. Ken McElroy Explains Why.
Ken McElroy joins Mark Moss to explain why good debt is how meaningful wealth actually gets built, why somebody else should pay off the loan, and why multifamily looks like 2008 again after cheap-rate buyers got crushed.They discuss Kiyosaki’s $1.2 billion of good debt, the 1971 shift to a debt-based dollar, 50–60% leverage versus buying cash, depreciation as a tax weapon, getting investor capital back in five years through cash-out refinances, starting in single family before syndications, and
#736
September 15 · 1 hr 13 min
Why Porter Stansberry Dates America’s Monetary Reset to 2029
Porter Stansberry joins Mark Moss to explain why America’s $10 trillion money-printing accidents end in a monetary reset around 2029, why Social Security and the Treasury market hit the wall first, and why gold and Bitcoin are the assets that survive debasement. They discuss The End of America, why the age of paper money Is ending and how to survive the coming global monetary reset, the long bond’s historic collapse, 8–12% real inflation, a coming bank "holiday", Bitcoin as a liquidity hedge pri
#735
September 14 · 1 hr 38 min
You Were Born Into Debt Slavery. Bitcoin is Your Way Out.
Bram Kanstein joins Jake Roque to explain why millennials were sold wealth games that no longer work, Bram's analysis of the Netherlands impending systemic crisis, and why Bitcoin is the only asset you can truly own in a system built on dishonest weights and measures. They discuss Bitcoin for Millennials, his open letter urging a Dutch Bitcoin reserve, AI-synthesized government data pointing to pensions, birth rates, and a €39 billion infrastructure gap, why politicians will not touch structura
#734
September 8 · 59 min
75% Chance Bitcoin Already Bottomed l Jamie Coutts
Jamie Coutts joins Mark Moss to explain why Bitcoin has flashed a cycle inflection off the February lows, why unfinished global liquidity is still the main headwind, and why a break of $80–82K would leave little overhead except liquidity itself. They discuss last year’s deeper-than-expected bear, long-term holder selling and RSI divergences, why price matters more than the four-year calendar, Scott Bessent’s Treasury tweaks versus faster debt growth, the defense of $58–64K, whale and ETF buying,
#733
September 5 · 1 hr 41 min
Forensic Examiner Turned Cypherpunk: The SeedSigner Origin Story
SeedSigner joins Jake Roque to explain why the Coldcard hardware wallet failure was a single-vendor problem rather than a Bitcoin problem, how to eliminate single points of failure in self custody setups, and why SeedSigner’s stateless DIY design helps Bitcoiners to take entropy, analog backups, and multisig seriously. They discuss Seed’s origin story as a forensic examiner, panic selling hundreds of BTC to pay off a mortgage, returning to Bitcoin as a tool for family freedom, the biggest mista
#732
September 3 · 57 min
PhD Economist: "Bitcoin is a Coiled Spring Right Now"
James Thorne joins Mark Moss to explain why stocks, the bond market, AI, and Bitcoin are all signaling the same regime change, why the U.S. has to grow its way out of extreme debt with non-inflationary supply-side policy, and why Bitcoin looks like a coiled spring with Kevin Warsh and other top US Government officials as advocates. They discuss Trump, Scott Bessent, yield curve control, Japan and the yen carry trade, what Bitcoin’s 200-day EMA is signaling, the AI CapEx cycle, MicroStrategy, and
#731
August 24 · 1 hr 8 min
Michael Saylor’s MSTR Bitcoin Flywheel Is Just Getting Started
Nicholas Cole joins Mark Moss to discuss MSTR’s Bitcoin treasury strategy, STRC, Bitcoin vs MSTR, and Strategy’s potential path to the S&P 500. Cole shares what he learned from a private 2020 call with Michael Saylor, why he believes Strategy has already won its category, and the biggest criticisms of the company. They also explore AI and the future of work, personal treasury management, building and preserving wealth, and Cole’s decade-long rule: “make money online, buy Bitcoin.”_______________
#730
August 21 · 1 hr 29 min
Jimmy Song: THIS is Why Fiat Money Corrupts Everything
Jimmy Song joins Jake Roque to discuss why he believes fiat money has fundamentally changed society, why churches should consider adopting a Bitcoin standard, why he argues that all fiat loans are theft, and what the future of the US dollar could look like as the global monetary system begins to shift. They also discuss Jimmy's early days discovering Bitcoin, the lessons from the BIP 110 debate, why Bitcoin needs multiple node implementations, the moral implications of debt and leverage, the rol
#729
August 19 · 1 hr 24 min
Japan is Breaking the Global Financial System | Roberto Rios
Roberto Rios joins Jake Roque to break down why Japan's debt crisis, collapsing yen, and massive currency interventions could have major consequences for the United States, global bond markets, and Bitcoin. They also explore the famous yen carry trade, why central banks may have no way out, and what investors should be paying attention to over the next 12 months. Japan is no longer just another economy, it's the world's biggest monetary experiment and a preview of what's coming for the rest of u
#728
August 18 · 1 hr 8 min
Saifedean Ammous – Gold vs Bitcoin and the END of the Dollar
Saifedean Ammous joins Mark Moss to discuss why fiat money, inflation, and central banking are making it harder to build wealth, and why Bitcoin may be the solution. They break down Bitcoin vs gold, money printing, government debt, the Federal Reserve, self custody, the recent Coldcard hack, and whether borrowing to buy Bitcoin is a smart strategy. Saifedean also explains his ideas behind The Bitcoin Standard, The Fiat Standard, and The Gold Standard, and why he believes Bitcoin can outperform e
#727
August 12 · 1 hr 1 min
Bitcoin Security Expert Explains the Biggest Wallet Hack in History
Over $100 million in Bitcoin has already been stolen in what may be the biggest hardware wallet security failure in Bitcoin history. Mark Moss sits down with physicist and Bitcoin security expert Dhruv Bansal to break down exactly what happened with the Coldcard firmware vulnerability, why so many wallets were affected, and what Bitcoin holders should do right now to protect themselves. They also discuss why single points of failure are the real problem, whether self custody is too difficult for
#726
August 8 · 2 hr 6 min
Everything You Need to Know Before BIP 110 Activates | Luke de Wolf
Luke De Wolf joins Jake Roque for a discussion on Bitcoin governance, BIP 110, cyber security, Jordan Peterson, and why Bitcoin's future depends on individual responsibility. Luke explains how his background protecting critical infrastructure shaped his view of Bitcoin as a system that must prioritize resilience over convenience. They explore the philosophical ideas that led him to Bitcoin, why truth and sacrifice matter, how Bitcoin's governance actually works, and the strongest arguments for a
#725
August 3 · 1 hr 6 min
Early Bitcoin Insider: "Trump Is Going To Print, Print, Print"
Nolan Bauerle joins Mark Moss to explain why Bitcoin, AI, and energy are converging into a new economic system, why the Trump administration is reshaping capital allocation, and why the next stage of Bitcoin adoption won't look anything like the last. They discuss the Hamiltonian economic model, AI's growing demand for energy, tokenized capital markets, Bitcoin citadels, stablecoins, and why fixing the monetary system could reshape culture, politics, and society over the coming decade.__________

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