The Mining Disrupt News Surge episode for Monday, April 13, 2026 opened with a countdown. The Mining Disrupt Expo 2026 in Miami, July 21 through 23, was just over three months away, and the host pointed out that as of that Monday it was exactly 99 days. As always, the host reminded viewers that the show is entertainment and education, not financial advice.
We just dropped under 100 days out from the expo.
The host · 0:27
The dashboard brought good news. Bitcoin was just shy of $73,000, above $70,000 for the first time in what felt like months, which put sats per dollar back in the 1,300 range. Hashrate was still below a zettahash, blocks were averaging about 10 and a half minutes, public nodes sat just over 20,000, and fees were low. When the episode was posted, Bitcoin traded at $70,943; on October 12, 2026 it was $83,316.
The host promised a massive week of news packed into as short a show as possible, and said the stories ranged from the hugely bullish to the questionable: some of the biggest players in the world moving into Bitcoin, a possible Satoshi revelation, and a disagreement with a well known Bitcoin podcaster.
Bitcoin Cannot Be Copied
The first post came from Bitcoin Teddy, who listed what it would take to replicate Bitcoin: no premine, no foundation, a founder who walks away early and never sells, tens of thousands of nodes, 52 conferences a year, 71 million terahashes securing the network, thousands of developers, 983 podcasts and a community of millions that values freedom. Nothing else, the post concluded, compares to Bitcoin.
A post from an account called the journeyman went after people who keep waiting for a dip to 40,000 before they buy, warning that most of them will never own a full Bitcoin while supply disappears in real time. The post pointed to Michael Saylor buying 4,871 Bitcoin and asked readers when they honestly expect to own a whole coin.
Wall Street's Biggest Names Move In
The host called the next item some of the most bullish news for Bitcoin in about six months, involving names anyone who follows finance has heard of. A post from Phong Le of Strategy laid it out.
In the past month, Morgan Stanley, Charles Schwab, and Citadel, among the world's largest wealth managers, broker dealers, and hedge funds have announced plans to build Bitcoin capabilities.
Phong Le · 3:11
The post signed off with "probably nothing," which the host read as tongue in cheek, suggesting it is probably a mass of something.
The host then unpacked a line from Michael Saylor, shared by Trending Bitcoin: no one has ever lost money buying Bitcoin. If you buy at 100,000 and the price falls to 70,000, the host explained, you have not lost money unless you sell. Buying, by itself, does not lose you anything.
The Satoshi Question
The week's Satoshi story came from the New York Times, which reported that Adam Back is Satoshi. The host said the paper's reporting is not what it once was and showed Back's reply that he is not Satoshi. Back wrote that his early focus was on what cryptography, online privacy and electronic cash could do for society, with active research interest in e-cash privacy and the cypherpunks list from 1992 onward, which led to hashcash and other ideas.
The host does not think Back is Satoshi, and argued that the answer would not matter anyway. Ten or fifteen years ago it might have changed things drastically, the host said, but Bitcoin is now far beyond that point.
Why 50% Off Is Too Conservative
The host then took on a large Bitcoin podcaster whose show the host has joined several times and enjoys. The podcaster had suggested taking 50% off when thinking about Bitcoin's future gains.
I think 50% off is drastically undervaluing this and I mean drastically.
The host · 4:54
The host was clear that the run from 2016 to 2026 will not simply repeat from 2026 to 2036. The point was that even a small fraction of it would still mean massive gains. A conservative call, the host added, is a safe way to go in podcasting, and the host respects the podcaster for it.
The 0.1 Bitcoin Milestone
The last post came from Your Friend Andy, who argued that people underrate getting to 0.1 Bitcoin because it will not make them insanely wealthy, even though it is the first big milestone in stacking the best asset on earth. The host could not agree more, and called it hands down the correct way to look at stacking. A big player would buy far more than that, but for ordinary savers it is a real commitment.
At the time, 0.1 Bitcoin was about 7 grand, the host said, which is not an amount most people put in casually. Someone who gets there has usually done the research and decided to commit, and once there tends to realize it is a big deal and keeps heading in that direction.
That brought the episode back to Miami. The host urged viewers to get tickets to the Mining Disrupt Expo, July 21 through 23, saying that even people already deep in Bitcoin are blown away once they walk the show floor and see the miners and what is being built.
It's one of those things where once you get there, you go, Oh, this is so much bigger than I thought.
The host · 6:57