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Tokyo Citadel Builders
Tokyo Citadel
136 episodes
1 month ago
Welcome to the Tokyo Citadel podcast. We discuss current topics in Japan and Bitcoin and how our lives are impacted by the growing bitcoinization of the world .
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Welcome to the Tokyo Citadel podcast. We discuss current topics in Japan and Bitcoin and how our lives are impacted by the growing bitcoinization of the world .
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Tokyo Citadel Builders
Now’s not the time

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B: Japan

  • Ishiba steps down. “Za Macchi Part 2” coming in October? 
  • 2000JPY burger, 200JPY drinking vending machines spotted in the wild
  • Charlie Kirk assasination makes the Nikkei headlines

B: Bitcoin  (~50 mins)

  • Not the time, boss
    • https://x.com/davidfbailey/status/1965879265876128147?s=46


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1 month ago
59 minutes 15 seconds

Tokyo Citadel Builders
I am vexed…but Paolo is cool

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B: Japan

  • Arthur Hayes’ latest piece / relevance to Japan https://substack.com/home/post/p-171978222
  • 30 yr sovereign debt getting yields spiking? 

B: Bitcoin  (~50 mins)

  • tether RGB 
    • https://x.com/rgbassociation/status/1961043465900269894?s=46


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1 month ago
50 minutes 41 seconds

Tokyo Citadel Builders
Respect your betters

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B: Japan

  • Whatisjustice0122 Instagram account exposes culture of bullying in high school baseball. 
  • Philippines to buy Japanese war ships? 
  • Fire on the USS New Orleans in Okinawa
  • Germans start brewing sake. “Reigen” 
  • No more packages to the US exceeding the value of 100USD?
  • 2026 WBC to be streamed by Netflix Japan
  • Taylor Swift’s engagement makes the Nikkei

B: Bitcoin  (~50 mins)

  • Core vs Knots. Dash, do I care about this?
    • https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs8szcuqe2qr4z453dv2wlhwql05nhnkkapwspwnn3kqcyva8zugac0vhm2h


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2 months ago
1 hour 9 minutes 23 seconds

Tokyo Citadel Builders
Which way Japan man?

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B: Japan

  • Back after summer break. Gonzo reporting from the inaka. 
  • Tariff update–stacked tariffs rugpull. 
  • How “DIY” is Sanseito, really? 
  • (reported in the Japanese media) France asking for the return of the Statue of Liberty? 

B: Bitcoin  (~50 mins)

  • block’s proto rig Bitcoin miner
    • https://proto.xyz/blog/posts/proto-rig-and-proto-fleet-a-paradigm-shift


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2 months ago
1 hour 9 minutes 2 seconds

Tokyo Citadel Builders
Vaya con Dios

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B: Japan

  • Sanseito win big in the elections, plans to propose draft bills on pandemic responses and anti spy laws. 
  • Record number of female senators elected. Now making up ⅓ of upper house. 
  • 日本人 vs 日本国民 code for ethno nationalism? 
  • Voter turnout at 58.51%
  • Tokyo Chiyoda ku seeks to limit resale of apartments/condos within 5 years. 
  • Obon yasumi for Citadel Builders Podcast, should be back mid to late August. 

B: Bitcoin  (~50 mins)

  • Strategy strc offering 
  • https://www.strategy.com/press/strc-ipo-launch_07-21-2025
  • https://x.com/stonychambers/status/1947426470684725331?s=46


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3 months ago
59 minutes 54 seconds

Tokyo Citadel Builders
Dash goes to therapy

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B: Japan

  • Polls predict Sanseito to capture around 10 seats in the upper house
  • Bessent in Japan to visit the Expo. Will discuss tariffs with Ishiba on the 18th. 
  • The Ministry of Digital Affairs claims that anti foreign social media posting might be foreign nations seeking to interfere in Japanese elections. 
  • Beaujolais Nouveau imports down to 1/7 of their peak. 

B: Bitcoin  (~60 mins)

  • Udi’s article:this bitcoin thesis will retire your bloodline
  • https://x.com/udiwertheimer/status/1944754496543863262?s=61


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3 months ago
1 hour 27 minutes 2 seconds

Tokyo Citadel Builders
The greatest show on earth

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B: Japan

  • LDP starts to boot out the Kurds
  • Foreigners to be denied visa extensions based on unpaid taxes, social welfare contributions, by 2027. 
  • Sri Lanken arrested for falsifying visa renewal paperwork.  
  • Orange Caesar sends a letter to Japan; threatens blanket 25% tariffs. 
  • Famichiki a hit at the Expo


B: Bitcoin  (~55 mins)

  • Bitcoin ETF Performance: The iShares Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) outperformed BlackRock’s S&P 500 ETF in annual fee revenue despite lower assets, highlighting strong investor interest.


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3 months ago
1 hour 23 minutes 43 seconds

Tokyo Citadel Builders
Katt Williams Politics

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B: Japan

  • Orange Caesar demands “spoiled” Japan buys US rice
  • Sanseito showing up in the mainstream media
  • Land prices up 8% across Tokyo
  • Conbini coffee up 9%
  • SEGA store to open in Shibuya this month. 
  • Free Japan domestic flights for tourists? 
  • Mt. Fuji climbing fees doubled to 4000JPY. 
  • Could this be our final July 5th in Tokyo? 

B: Bitcoin  (~57 mins)

  • good or bad 
    • https://x.com/documentingbtc/status/1940406789138440626?s=61
    • a new venture called Erebor is being launched by a consortium of tech billionaires to serve Bitcoin, crypto, and other tech-focused businesses in the U.S.:
    • Led by Palmer Luckey (founder of Oculus and defense-tech firm Anduril)  .
    • Backed by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, alongside Joe Lonsdale (co-founder of Palantir and 8VC)  .
    • What we know so far:
  • The bank is named Erebor, a Tolkien-inspired nod, and has filed for a national bank charter with U.S. regulators  
  • It’s designed as a digital-first bank, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, with a satellite office in New York—primarily serving tech startups, crypto firms, AI, defense, and manufacturing businesses, as well as individual investors or employees in those sectors  .
  • Leadership will include co‑CEOs Owen Rapaport and Jacob Hirshman, the latter a former adviser to stablecoin issuer Circle. Mike Hagedorn is also listed as president  .
  • Erebor plans to hold stablecoins on its balance sheet, aiming to be “the most regulated entity conducting and facilitating stablecoin transactions”  .
  • It targets the growing need for banking solutions by crypto startups and high-risk tech ventures that traditional lenders shy away from, particularly following Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse in March 2023  .

Why it matters now:

  • SVB’s collapse left a gap in banking for tech and crypto companies. Erebor is directly aiming to fill that niche  .
  • With its stablecoin-ready infrastructure and digital-centric model, it’s positioning itself at the forefront of the future of fintech and Web3 banking  .

Erebor’s registration for a fully regulated national charter signals serious intent to serve as a compliant and credible alternative to unregulated crypto platforms  .


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4 months ago
1 hour 23 minutes 51 seconds

Tokyo Citadel Builders
A new politician enters the ring

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B: Japan

  • LDP fare poorly in Tokyo elections. Sanseito among the winners. 
  • The great rice price gaslighting psyop commences
  • LDP promises to raise everyone’s salary by 1M JPY by 2030. 
  • Japan Nagoya linked to Fentanyl distribution. 
  • 80% of the world phishing emails targeting Japanese. 
  • Tourist breaks ancient temple. 
  • EU Globalists threaten our Unagi


B: Bitcoin  (~64 mins)

  • Bitcoin to be recognized as a real asset?
    • https://x.com/bitcoinnewscom/status/1937500031516312016?s=46
    • https://x.com/pulte/status/1937944964656152800?s=46


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4 months ago
1 hour 29 minutes 21 seconds

Tokyo Citadel Builders
Slap Boxing in the Desert

A: Japan

  • Orange Caesar leaves Ishiba and other G7 “leaders” looking like fools
  • Nippon Steel completes buyout of US Steel. 
  • Government seeks to evacuate Japanese citizens from Iran, Israel. 
  • Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly elections this Sunday (and other corrections)
  • Colonization of Japan continues as resort hotel memberships prices go through the roof. 
  • 76 year old British man arrested for smuggling meth into Fukuoka
  • Metaplanet approaches 1 trillion JPY market cap


B: Bitcoin  (~64 mins)

  • Bitcoin price predicting current events  


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4 months ago
1 hour 31 minutes 41 seconds

Tokyo Citadel Builders
Basically risk free

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B: Japan

  • Sonpo Japan data leak
  • Online brokers targets of phishing, Chinese hackers. 
  • More foreigners than Japanese visit Kyoto
  • Macha boom leads to local shortages
  • CDP wants to give everyone 20,000JPY, suspect consumption tax on food for one year. 
  • ANAP Holdings goes balls deep into the orange coin. 


B: Bitcoin  (~53 mins)

  • What Fud is left?
  • Quantum, mining, tail emissions


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4 months ago
1 hour 25 minutes 14 seconds

Tokyo Citadel Builders
Power politics in the desert

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B: Japan

  • India’s GDP overtakes Japan’s
  • Tokyo women’s fertility drops below 1–Okinawa ken are the chadette baby havers at 1.54
  • Taiwanese tourists cause meiwaku in Fukushima
  • Tourist numbers to fall in July due to fear of “The future I Saw” manga predicting a mega quake? 
  • Koizumi-jr the savior of the common man–brings rice back to 2000JPY
  • TBB to start selling things for sats from June 10th? 



B: Bitcoin  (~60 mins)

  • anything interesting announced at Bitcoin Las Vegas?
    • Advancements in Bitcoin Layer 2
    • Jack Dorsey’s Push for Bitcoin as a Medium of Exchange:
    • High-Profile Keynote Speeches
    • Pakistan buying mining
    • NYC bitbonds 
    • Saylor won’t provide proof of reserves 


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5 months ago
1 hour 28 minutes 22 seconds

Tokyo Citadel Builders
Who cares why…up!

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B: Japan

  • Real wages fall 0.5%. 3rd consecutive year of falls. 
  • 3rd generation Korean sues hotel over requirement to show passport on check in. 
  • Foreigners taking advantage of easy process to acquire Japan drivers license. 
  • Brown/Yellow rice spotted at sushi chain. 
  • Yoshinoya pivots to ramen. 
  • Bitcoin inflooencers again Tweeting about Japan financial health
  • “Orange Wednesday” as Metaplanet trading halted for second consecutive day. 





B: Bitcoin  (~60 mins)

  • is lighting still a thing?
  • https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1923225678603784674?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign
  • https://x.com/ryanthegentry/status/1923456456302461112?s=46
  • Burn
    • https://x.com/bitcoinisaiah/status/1923772541295886444?s=46


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5 months ago
1 hour 19 minutes 2 seconds

Tokyo Citadel Builders
Yeah, this is going to be a problem

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B: Japan

  • LDP considers doubling the issuance of stockpiled rice as prices remain high. 
  • LDP mulls upfront payments for health insurance for foreigners.
  • LDP launches special committee to look into “迷惑行為” of foreigners. 
  • Scope of industries under the Specified Skilled Worker visa for foreigners to be expanded again.
  • Japan, Korea introduce bilateral express immigration lines for one another’s citizens in their respective airports. 
  • Japanese novel “Butter” wins plaudits overseas. 
  • Fuji Oil pioneers chocolate bars… not containing any chocolate. 
  • Fukushima sake maker 金水晶酒造 to sell rights to sake using NFTs. 





B: Bitcoin  (~60 mins)

  • Are Bitcoin treasury companies this cycles shitcoins?
  • https://x.com/stackhodler/status/1922198111461769503?s=46


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5 months ago
1 hour 21 minutes 22 seconds

Tokyo Citadel Builders
Do I care about this?

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B: Japan

  • Golden Week comes to an end. 
  • Marked reduction in domestic tourism this GW. 
  • Government raises target of tourists to 60M by 2030. 
  • Osaka Expo visitor numbers disappoint. 
  • MyNumber watch: banks & mobile carriers will require either MyNumber card or drivers license (which is merging with MyNumber card) from 2026, for online 
  • Online brokers to require 2FA from this June. 
  • Taisei Corporation pays out 1million JPY to staff being relocated to try to prevent people quitting. 




B: Bitcoin  (~60 mins)

  • op return. Do we care? 
    • https://x.com/mrhodl/status/1919565103566901445?s


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5 months ago
1 hour 23 minutes 52 seconds

Tokyo Citadel Builders
If you don’t like it don’t buy it

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B: Japan

  • Tokyo CPI up 3.4%, accelerates. Rice up 93.8%. Beer up 6.7%. Cat food up 37%
  • Number of Mulsims living in Japan increases dramatically. (350,000 as of 2023)
  • 30% of University students projected to be non Japanese by 2055 
  • Latest creepy tourist LARP is to pay to “attend Japanese school for a day”. 



B: Bitcoin  (~60 mins)

  • Mallers joins the titans
    • https://x.com/tftc21/status/1915053416663171156?s=46
    • https://x.com/adambliv/status/1915220871699890312?s=46


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6 months ago
1 hour 8 minutes 56 seconds

Tokyo Citadel Builders
Hurry up and do something

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B: Japan

  • “Butsukari Otoko” a growing problem? 
  • More bad tourist behavior–entitled white women on trains, YouTubers playing loud music on the Yamanote. 
  • Government considers increasing US rice imports as part of tariff negotiations. 
  • BYD targeting the Japan Kei Car market. Tesla sales up 56% in the first quarter of the year. 
  • Economic Revitalization Minister Ryosei Akazawa wears a "MAGA" cap presented to him by Orange Ceaser. 




B: Bitcoin  (~60 mins)

  • has bitcoin accomplished anything 
    • https://fountain.fm/episode/7I2w1yeEdzUx2QvyEOpa


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6 months ago
1 hour 12 minutes 28 seconds

Tokyo Citadel Builders
In a van down by the river

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B: Japan

  • Population declines by 800k in 2024. Foreign population grows 10% to 3.7M 
  • Komeito calls for stimmy to be paid in MyNumber points. 
  • IIJ leak emails of 4million users. 
  • AWS outage hits AU Pay, PayPay
  • Japan issues cease and desist order against Google
  • Sony Playstation to increase price in Europe and Australia
  • Lightning Marche happening at Yotsuya TBB Saturday 26th from noon. 




B: Bitcoin  (~60 mins)

  • Does this impact the Bitcoin thesis 
    • https://x.com/theworthyhouse/status/1910362532423835867?s


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6 months ago
1 hour 22 minutes 53 seconds

Tokyo Citadel Builders
Did you trust the plan?

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B: Japan

  • Government releases emergency rice supplies as prices continue to climb. 
  • 20M JPY / year salary the new 10M JPY? 
  • Government considers 40,000-50,000JPY stimmy checks to deal with Trump tariffs.
  • Ishiba calls Orange Ceaser over tariffs 
  • George Glass confirmed as new ambassador to Japan
  • Ishiba spotted buying lighters sporting his own face. 




B: Bitcoin  (~60 mins)

  • Bitcoin on square terminals
    • https://x.com/swan/status/1907828338124796027?s=46


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6 months ago
1 hour 14 minutes 10 seconds

Tokyo Citadel Builders
Volatility is vitality, right?

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B: Japan

  • Japan Inc. vaccine failure
  • USAID like grift scandal in Japan being ignored by the MSM?
  • Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth calls a vital partner in the struggle with China, plans to ramp up military operations in the country. 
  • Nikkei in correction territory, tariffs. 
  • Price increases on 4000 items from April. Electricity and gas up. 
  • Boots on the ground reporting–conveyor belt sushi up 3.5X in 20 years.  
  • Gold tax treatment in Japan
  • Boomer American arrested in Japan for carrying a gun
  • Moumuri, job quitting service, sees double the business in April



B: Bitcoin  (~60 mins)

  • Bit bonds 
    • https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/bitcoin-enhanced-treasury-bonds-an-idea-whose-time-has-come


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7 months ago
1 hour 26 minutes 27 seconds

Tokyo Citadel Builders
Welcome to the Tokyo Citadel podcast. We discuss current topics in Japan and Bitcoin and how our lives are impacted by the growing bitcoinization of the world .