The Chip Mahoney Show | Crypto Unfiltered
The Chip Mahoney Show delivers financial intelligence for the Digital Dollar era — helping investors and advisors understand how crypto, stablecoins, and new monetary rails are being built beneath the global economy. Hosted by Chip Mahoney, the show breaks down Bitcoin’s role in the evolving financial system, the rise of stablecoins and tokenized assets, ISO 20022 settlement rails, AI-driven markets, and the infrastructure quietly reshaping money and power. Each episode cuts through headlines, hype, and short-term price noise to focus on real signals: how institutions are rebuilding financial plumbing, why the Digital Dollar shift matters, and where risk, regulation, and incentives converge. This is not day trading or market commentary — it’s context for a monetary system in transition. Chip Mahoney is the writer behind the weekly Substack Front Run The Week, read by investors and advisors seeking clarity in a system built on misdirection. If you want to understand how the crypto economy is actually being built — not just where prices are moving — you’re in the right place. Don’t just watch the economy. Own it.
Episodes
Bitcoin hasn’t been loud lately — and that’s exactly why this moment matters.
In this episode of The Chip Mahoney Show, I explain why Bitcoin is no longer behaving like a speculative asset, but increasingly like capital — and how that shift changes who benefits next.
We talk about why retail interest is at cycle lows, why that’s not bearish, and why institutions are quietly normalizing Bitcoin as collateral and balance-sheet infrastr...
Everyone keeps scrolling the same lists — prices, charts, headlines.
There’s another list that matters far more.
And it has nothing to do with hype.
In this episode, I explain why alignment — not excitement — determines who ends up on this in the future, how a quiet Ripple connection stood out, and why Web3 founders may be the next names people recognize decades from now.
If you want to understand how wealth actually forms — before it’...
Markets are growing up.
For years, value was assigned first — and proof was hoped for later. Stories, narratives, and projected upside drove prices while execution lagged behind.
That era is ending.
In this episode, I break down the shift from potential to enforcement — why access, behavior, and verification now matter more than promises, and how markets are beginning to reward execution over hype.
Using a simple stadium analogy, I exp...
Altseason was supposed to be inevitable. Instead, it turned into an altered version of the Banana Zone — where traders slipped on hype and narratives replaced fundamentals.
In this episode, I revisit my latest newsletter to explain what went wrong, why the market is growing up, and how 2026 is shaping into a year that rewards real adoption, real volume, and real infrastructure.
This isn’t about calling tops or bottoms. It’s about und...
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Owning an asset used to be enough. You bought it, held it, and waited. But today’s economy doesn’t reward spectators — it rewards participants.
In this episode, Chip Mahoney breaks down The Stadium Economy: a shift where access, alignment, and positioning matter more than pr...
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Texas just built a state Bitcoin reserve. Bank of America is guiding clients toward crypto exposure.
The signal isn’t “buy Bitcoin” — it’s align with the new rails or get left behind.
In this episode, we unpack how Bitcoin moved from speculation to policy, why holding assets ...
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A tiny biotech nobody was watching just raised $540 million — not for FDA trials, not for M&A, but to build a Digital Asset Treasury and Super Validator operation tied to the institutional blockchain backed by Goldman, Citadel Securities, BNP Paribas, and Circle.
In this epi...
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Bitcoin has pulled back hard from its $125K high, and fear is everywhere. But beneath the volatility is a structural truth most people overlook: Bitcoin is now woven into the U.S. financial system through pensions, retirement accounts, corporate treasuries, ETF issuers, and...
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Bitcoin didn’t fall 25% because of politics — it fell because U.S. dollar liquidity snapped. And at the same time BRICS nations are fully ditching the dollar for settlement, Citadel is quietly helping Ripple build a modern banking stack.
In this episode, Chip breaks down the...
This week on The Chip Mahoney Show, we’re not talking about TVs or toasters — we’re talking about ETFs. With the U.S. government set to reopen and markets gearing up for a Q4 liquidity wave, a new kind of Black Friday is here — one where capital itself goes on sale. From Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF filings to the quiet rails being built under ISO 20022, we’re entering a season where the smartest money doesn’t chase discounts — it crea...
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Citadel’s $500M bet on Ripple just confirmed what I’ve been saying for months — the real money is building rails, not chasing price. In this episode, I break down what that move means, why XRP is still the center of Ripple’s playbook, and how a few words from one of the wor...
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Every 18 months, crypto crowns a new narrative — DeFi, GameFi, AI-Fi, RWA — and then pivots away before anything real is finished. It’s what Rosie Sargsian calls “sunk-cost maxxing.” Instead of finishing what they start, Web3 builders chase the next hype cycle like college ...
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Now that the NBA gambling scandal has come to light, I’m thinking less about the bets and more about the setup. The rim’s still ten feet high — even when players like Victor Wembanyama could use it as a footstool. It’s not about cheating; it’s about advantage.
Same thing in ...
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Kadena is gone — another “revolutionary” chain built by ex-JPMorgan engineers that ran out of oxygen before it ran out of promises. And while real builders fade quietly, the spotlight chasers line up to praise Bitcoin like it’s their personal achievement.
That’s what this episo...
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In this episode, I dissect the implosion of the Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) narrative — the rush by public companies, funds, and pseudo-institutions to stack crypto assets as balance-sheet exposure… without understanding the liquidity, volatility, or narrative risk behind it.
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When tariffs return, power redistributes. From medieval tolls to modern trade wars, control has always taxed movement — and crypto was built to break that pattern.
In this episode, I talk with Aly Madhavji, Managing Partner at Blockchain Founders Fund and one of the Knights on CryptoKnights, the Web3 Shark Tank–style show now streaming on Amazon Prime through Ritestream.io.
We discuss:
What Aly’s looking for in the next wave of Web3 f...
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A New York hedge fund that claimed to be “diversified and protected” just got caught running one of the biggest TradFi cover-ups in years. Prophecy Asset Management and its CEO, Jeffrey Spotts, allegedly funneled hundreds of millions to a single trader — Brian Kahn — who then ...
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Morgan Stanley just confirmed what financial advisors have been hiding — crypto isn’t a fad, it’s a new reserve system.
Starting October 15, they’re opening access to Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana for every client, including retirees and 401(k) holders.
It sounds like progress —...
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JPMorgan just called Bitcoin “the debasement trade.” But is that bullish — or is it a setup?
In this episode of The Chip Mahoney Show, Chip breaks down how Wall Street, big banks, and institutional investors are turning Bitcoin into a tech product that looks like freedom but fu...
In this episode, we dive deep into the world of crypto as we analyze Fitell Corporation's recent move of investing into Pump.fun tokens. With a hefty $100M credit line and a rebranding as Solana Australia Corporation, we ask: Is this truly a strategic play in the blockchain space or more of a corporate cosplay? Join me as I break down why Fitell’s treasury stunt resembles a dumbbell move rather than a disciplined strategy, and we'l...
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