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TFTC

U.S. libertarian-leaning, Bitcoin-focused

Owned byPrivately held by founder Marty Bent, who is also a managing partner at Ten31, a Bitcoin-focused venture fund. I found no public record of outside owners.

FundingMainly sponsorships and advertising on its podcast and newsletter, and likely listener support. I could not verify details of its finances. Bent's link to Ten31, which invests in Bitcoin companies, is a possible conflict of interest.

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Background

Marty Bent started the newsletter in June 2017 and launched the podcast, now called "TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast," the same year. It grew from a Bitcoin podcast into a media company that covers Bitcoin development, mining, policy and culture, and it has broadened into AI, energy and macroeconomics. Bent writes a weekday newsletter, now titled The Commoner (formerly "Marty's Bent"), and co-hosts a weekly "Rabbit Hole Recap" with Matt Odell. He is also a managing partner at Ten31, a Bitcoin-only venture firm that invests in Bitcoin infrastructure and open-source projects. This means the outlet's editorial voice overlaps with the financial interests of the Bitcoin industry, though the outlet is open about Bent's role. Its perspective is that of a Bitcoin maximalist and libertarian: it favors sound money, privacy and decentralization and is skeptical of central banks and government debt. Its recent coverage includes a piece titled "Trump Is Telling You to Own Bitcoin," built on Trump's remarks about inflation paying down the national debt, as well as coverage of Trump's AI task force and the fight over open-weight AI models. Based on the limited sources I found, I could not identify major documented editorial controversies, and I could not independently verify its audience size or its finances.

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Profile compiled 2026-10-08; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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