Term 2.0 is trending imperial as the US flexes financial and military muscle across the globe, from the Strait of Hormuz to the Panama Canal. While ceasefire headlines whipsaw market sentiment, Bitcoin is quietly decoupling from tech stocks and showing resilience against a backdrop of great power competition with China.

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In this episode:

Empire vs Republic: Are we entering the decline of the republic or the rise of the empire?
Middle East ceasefire chaos and why oil prices aren't reflecting the full strategic picture
US-China leverage game: Who blinks first on gas prices and supply chain disruption
Rare earth industrial policy: The Sierra Verde acquisition and Indonesia partnership
Bitcoin diverging from software stocks after months of tight correlation
Strategy's STRK preferred stock and the risks building in DeFi derivatives
Institutional pressure for quantum resistance by 2029 echoing the 2016 block size wars