--- /dev/null
+---
+type: video
+title: 'Gold & Iron ⇢ Bitcoin & Silica: The Bismarckian Playbook Behind Pax Silica and US-Asia Relations'
+date: 2026-04-24
+modified: 2026-04-24
+description: 'Mine, Print, Hash - 2026 Week #16'
+tags:
+ - macro
+ - bitcoin
+posse:
+ 𝕏: https://x.com/MinePrintHash/status/2047489923545284765
+ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwNqhG1lvPk
+ Substack: https://www.mineprinthash.com/p/gold-and-iron-bitcoin-and-silica
+ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cotsuka_what-ties-otto-von-bismarck-to-current-headlines-share-7453255645115371520-Edua
+---
+
+import YouTube from '@components/youtube.astro';
+
+What ties Otto von Bismarck to current headlines? Matt Dines relates it history to the headlines: Pax Silica, UAE swap lines, Asian trade routes, and a US military Bitcoin node.
+
+Gold and Iron, updated for 2026.
+
+<YouTube
+ title="Gold & Iron ⇢ Bitcoin & Silica: The Bismarckian Playbook Behind Pax Silica and US-Asia Relations"
+ videoURL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwNqhG1lvPk"
+/>