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Sam Callahan: Bitcoin Doesn’t Need Rate Cuts to Succeed

The U.S. dollar has lost at least 20% of its purchasing power in just five years, using the Fed’s own favorite inflation gauge. Sam Callahan explains why financial repression is already happening, from core PCE averaging 3.7% to the…

Patrick Green

Publisher Bitcoin Magazine

Oct 20, 2026 at 12:40 PM UTC · 1 dk okuma

Sam Callahan: Bitcoin Doesn’t Need Rate Cuts to Succeed
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The U.S. dollar has lost at least 20% of its purchasing power in just five years, using the Fed’s own favorite inflation gauge. Sam Callahan explains why financial repression is already happening, from core PCE averaging 3.7% to the U.S. bond market’s steepest drawdown in history. He argues the policy is “working great. It’s just not working for the people.”

Chapters:
0:00 – Sam Callahan on Why Brazil Was Ready for a Bitcoin Treasury Company
2:05 – MSCI’s Exclusion: Why “Bitcoin Is Permanent”
4:18 – The Global Debt Binge and Why Debasement Is the Easy Way Out
5:55 – The Dollar Lost 20% of Its Purchasing Power in Five Years
7:03 – Financial Repression: Working for the Government, Not the People
8:17 – The BIS, Gold’s “Monetary Protest” and Central Bank Credibility
12:13 – When Will Central Banks Adopt Bitcoin?
14:10 – Gold, Bitcoin and the Dollar: The Three Pillars of Reserves
16:50 – Does Bitcoin Need Lower Rates? Why Fiscal Dominance Matters More
19:00 – Why All Roads Lead to Currency Debasement

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  1. Oct 20Sam Callahan: Bitcoin Doesn’t Need Rate Cuts to Succeed
  2. Oct 24Crypto under weekend pressure, bitcoin slides below $80,000 on U.S. Middle East evacuations
  3. Oct 24Bitcoin price news: BTC falls below $80,000 on renewed Middle East worries
  4. Oct 24Bitcoin ETFs Just Had Their Biggest Outflow Day Since June. Is the Selling Over?
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