McIntosh and Kenshin discuss the European Central Bank's push for a digital euro as a sovereignty move against US dollar dominance and stablecoins. They cover Switzerland's erosion of privacy laws forcing Proton to relocate servers, the EU's proposed chat control legislation, and September's bullish close for Bitcoin signaling potential strong Q4 gains. Plus: next week's listener Q&A Zapathon.
Stick around to the very end for Send It Mike's track, “Freedom Code Revolution”.
Resources
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/date/2025/html/ecb.sp250929~9a94367d26.en.html
https://en.cryptonomist.ch/2025/09/29/digital-euro-ecb-breakthrough-offline-app-more-sovereignty-in-payments/
https://fightchatcontrol.eu/
https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/is-proton-leaving-switzerland-legal-uncertainty-of-proposed-surveillance-laws-is-pushing-them-to-make-several-changes
https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/vpns/proton-refuses-to-be-held-hostage-by-controversial-swiss-surveillance-law
Bitcoin Price at Time of Recording
Oct 1st, 2025: 116,939 USD | 99,800 euro
Block Height at Time of Recording
917,265
Episode Page
https://satoshis-plebs.com/episode-228
Music Credits
Freedom Code Revolution
Send It Mike
Website
https://satoshis-plebs.com
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McIntosh can be reached by email at mcintosh@satoshis-plebs.com and on Twitter at @McIntoshFinTech. His mastodon handle is @mcintosh@podcastindex.social and his Nostr. Kenshin can be reached on Twitter at @kenshin_ninja or on Nostr. Kenshin’s email is kenshin@satoshis-plebs.com. You can also follow the Satoshi’s Plebs podcast account on Nostr. We are looking forward to hearing from you!
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