#732: The Iran War Escalation with Mel Mattison
TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast
Marty Bent
4.8 • 804 Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2026
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Marty sits down with Mel Mattison to discuss the escalating Iran-Israel conflict, the rising threat of nuclear war and global recession, and how investors should position themselves in cash, gold, and Bitcoin to navigate potential market crashes and stagflation.
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| 0:00.0 | You've had a dynamic where money has become freer than free. |
| 0:10.0 | If you talk about a Fed just gone nuts, all the central banks going nuts. |
| 0:16.0 | So it's all acting like safe haven. |
| 0:18.0 | I believe that in a world where central bankers are tripping over themselves to devalue their |
| 0:23.5 | currency, Bitcoin wins. In the world of fiat currencies, Bitcoin is the victor. |
| 0:29.2 | I mean, that's part of the bold case for Bitcoin. |
| 0:31.9 | If you're not paying attention, you probably should be. |
| 0:36.2 | Mel, here we are. Q1, 2026 ends tomorrow and we're here for the quarterly update. |
| 0:43.3 | Yeah, what a quarter. |
| 0:45.3 | Longest first quarter in history, I think. |
| 0:49.3 | Yeah, it's one of those quarters where years happen in weeks, I think. |
| 0:55.7 | We'll get into it. |
| 0:56.5 | We were just talking about it before we had record. |
| 0:59.4 | But I mean, you came out with the video. |
| 1:00.9 | It was pretty open and I think vulnerable on Friday talking about your battles with alcohol. |
| 1:08.0 | And I thought it was telling you. |
| 1:09.3 | I think it was really admirable |
| 1:12.2 | of you to put that out and recognize it and get it out there in the public because I think |
| 1:17.1 | it's important to not fight those battles by yourself. And so I'm happy that you did go public |
| 1:23.2 | with that. And you're on up seems like on a path to getting cleaner. |
| 1:29.4 | Yeah, I hope so. |
| 1:31.3 | And I, I appreciate, you know, I know there's been people that have been supportive. |
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