They Always Planned to Centralize Bitcoin | Jeff Booth & Scott Melker

S1E90 - They Always Planned to Centralize Bitcoin | Jeff Booth & Scott Melker

Published: August 25, 2026

Duration: 58:02

Mentor Sessions Ep. 090: Jeff Booth and Scott Melker discuss Bitcoin adoption, ETF co-opting, the AI bubble, self-custody risk after the ColdCard hack, and the debt reset.


Wall Street, the ETFs, and the treasury companies are making every attempt to co-opt Bitcoin — and Jeff Booth and Scott Melker explain why that capture attempt may be exactly what Bitcoin needs to survive. The $350 trillion global debt pile is already insolvent, the AI bubble is still inflating, and self-custody just took a brutal reality check after the ColdCard fallout.


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