The Chip Mahoney Show — Bitcoin, Crypto & the Infrastructure Layer

Front Run The Week — Free Signals Get early signals before they hit headlines. Subscribe free — or upgrade for member rewards — at https://tokentrust.substack.com 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, alignmen...

Front Run The Week — Free Signals Get early signals before they hit headlines. Subscribe free — or upgrade for member rewards — at https://tokentrust.substack.com 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 spe...

Front Run The Week — Free Signals Get early signals before they hit headlines. Subscribe free — or upgrade for member rewards — at https://tokentrust.substack.com 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...

Front Run The Week — Free Signals Get early signals before they hit headlines. Subscribe free — or upgrade for member rewards — at https://tokentrust.substack.com 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, c...

Front Run The Week — Free Signals Get early signals before they hit headlines. Subscribe free — or upgrade for member rewards — at https://tokentrust.substack.com 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....

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 mo...

Front Run The Week — Free Signals Get early signals before they hit headlines. Subscribe free — or upgrade for member rewards — at https://tokentrust.substack.com 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, an...

Front Run The Week — Free Signals Get early signals before they hit headlines. Subscribe free — or upgrade for member rewards — at https://tokentrust.substack.com 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 ch...

Front Run The Week — Free Signals Get early signals before they hit headlines. Subscribe free — or upgrade for member rewards — at https://tokentrust.substack.com 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...

Front Run The Week — Free Signals Get early signals before they hit headlines. Subscribe free at tokentrust.substack.com — or tap here: tokentrust.substack.com 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, vol...

Aly Madhavji, Managing Partner at Blockchain Founders Fund and a Knight on CryptoKnights, joins me to talk about what he’s looking for in the next wave of Web3, how vaults could onboard the next billion users, and what separates real builders from noise.  Where do you stand? Most crypto investors know what they own. Few know where they actually stand in the shift to on-chain finance. Start with AL...

Front Run The Week — Free Signals Get early signals before they hit headlines. Subscribe free at tokentrust.substack.com — or tap here: tokentrust.substack.com 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 s...

Front Run The Week — Free Signals Get early signals before they hit headlines. Subscribe free at tokentrust.substack.com — or tap here: tokentrust.substack.com 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 4...

Front Run The Week — Free Signals Get early signals before they hit headlines. Subscribe free at tokentrust.substack.com — or tap here: tokentrust.substack.com 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...

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 th...

Front Run The Week — Free Signals Get early signals before they hit headlines. Subscribe free at tokentrust.substack.com — or tap here: tokentrust.substack.com October is usually known as “Uptober” in crypto, but 2025 is shaping up to be an ‘Abruptober’—a month full of sudden changes, sharp turns, and unexpected market surprises. In this episode of The Chip Mahoney Show, we delve into the crucial...

Front Run The Week — Free Signals Get early signals before they hit headlines. Subscribe free at tokentrust.substack.com — or tap here: tokentrust.substack.com In this episode of The Chip Mahoney Show, we explore why financial advisors cannot recommend popular cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, but can quietly invest in tech tokens such as IPST. Join Chip Mahoney as he breaks down the cur...

Private equity still runs on spreadsheets. Fairmint’s CEO Joris Delanoue joins The Chip Mahoney Show to explain his SEC proposal, how Ethereum and blockchain rails can modernize private markets, and why the future of crypto and tech isn’t just speculation—it’s infrastructure. Fairmint, all your equity on chain. Learn more at https://www.fairmint.com/ Where do you stand? Most crypto investors know...

Kevin Chin knows VivoPower can’t outpace Tesla in clean energy. So instead, he’s making a survival play in late capitalism: moving $100 million into XRP. In this episode, I break down why this matters for tech, blockchain, and crypto — and why retail might actually be better off buying XRP at $3 than chasing the discount at 47 cents. Where do you stand? Most crypto investors know what they own. Fe...

In this episode, we delve into the volatile world of crypto as headlines fluctuate between altseason and market crashes. However, the real signals lie beneath the surface: stablecoins are on track to reach a staggering $300 billion market cap, while Total Value Locked (TVL) struggles to find stability. This divergence reveals crucial insights about liquidity in the crypto space, indicating that co...

Bitcoin’s holding steady, Ethereum is pressing forward — but the bigger story is how financial advisors have been locked out of crypto for years, just as the rails of DeFi have proven themselves. In this episode, I dig into why that lockdown is cracking, why scams were mostly born in TradFi, and how crypto has survived and evolved. Then we look ahead to September 3rd, when Ondo Finance brings U.S....

Wholecoiners aren’t the ones stacking now — they’re the ones who will try to. The theory is that a generation raised on the American Dream of owning a home will soon replace it with the dream of owning one Bitcoin. But when they finally step up, they’ll face sticker shock. At six figures and climbing, the wholecoin dream won’t deliver what they expect. In this episode, I explain why wholecoiners w...

September is being staged like a play — with a rate cut carrot dangled in front of retail, Coinbase hyping a so-called Banana Zone, and a wave of new investors set up to believe in Altseason as if every token were a hero. But this isn’t the Rebel Alliance. Some coins are bounty hunters. Some are traps. And the Banana Zone can just as easily turn into a Banana DeadZone if you’re not careful. In thi...

In late capitalism, not all kings built their kingdoms — some just aligned with the right rails at the right time. Michael Saylor and Tom Lee are celebrated today, but the real architects were Satoshi Nakamoto and Vitalik Buterin. In this episode, I break down the aligner’s playbook and why early positioning beats invention in today’s economy. We’ll explore how SEI Network’s bold shift from Cosmos...

In this episode of The Chip Mahoney Show, we dive into the world of crypto and the astonishing $20 million investment that went unnoticed while the community was distracted by memes. As Chip explores the implications of Inveniam's bet on a compliant-first blockchain, he highlights the significance of this move in the broader context of crypto technology and financial fraud. Discover why 'verifiabl...