From the Front Page - What Bitcoin Did
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What Bitcoin Did - WBD322: Bitcoin in Space with Dhruv Bansal
July 13th, 2021 by
BTCMedia Location: Remotely Date: Tuesday 16th March Company: Unchained Capital Role: Co-founder With SpaceX CEO Elon Musk “highly confident” that his company will land humans on Mars by 2026, the human colonization of another planet within our solar system has never been closer. Once humans settle on another world, one question that will have to be solved is what money will be used as the local currency? The obvious answer may, on the surface, be bitcoin. But how would that work? ... Read More -
What Bitcoin Did - WBD321: Bitcoin as Investment Portfolio Insurance with Greg Foss
July 7th, 2021 by BTCMedia Location: Remotely Date: Tuesday 9th March Company: Validus Power Corp Role: Bitcoin Strategist Since early February, 10-year Treasury yields have risen from 1.13% to as high as 1.625%. This rise, which equates to 48 basis points, is the highest in a year and has sparked some bond investors to raise inflation concerns. While the Consumer Price Index (a metric for judging the level of inflation) is currently around 2%, analysts suggest the actual inflation rate could be as hig... Read More -
What Bitcoin Did - WBD320: The Sovereign Individual Pt 1 - Bitcoin: The Ultimate Offshore Bank with Robert Breedlove
July 6th, 2021 by BTCMedia Location: Remotely Date: Sunday 7th March Company: Independent Role: Bitcoin Writer The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age is a prophetic book released in 1997 by William Rees Mogg and James Dale Davidson. The book was written before the widespread adoption of the internet, social media, and Bitcoin, yet predicted a future that is remarkably close to the one we live in today, opening with the quote, “The future is disorder.” In the book, ... Read More -
What Bitcoin Did - WBD319: Bitcoin, Gold and Tax with Dominic Frisby
June 30th, 2021 by BTCMedia Location: Remotely Date: Thursday 4th March Company: dominicfrisby.com Role: Author, Comedian & Voice Actor COVID-19’s impact on the global economy has been immense. Efforts to counter these effects have been varied, from unprecedented levels of money printing to increased taxation and other fiscal policies. Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, recently announced that, in 2023, there will be an increase in corporation tax in the UK, claiming this would put the burde... Read More -
What Bitcoin Did - WBD318: Bitcoin Tech #2 - Nodes (Part 2) with Shinobi
June 29th, 2021 by BTCMedia Location: Remotely Date: Saturday 6th March Company: Block Digest Role: Host The core fundamental aspect of Bitcoin is its censorship-resistant nature; this is only possible because the network is meaningfully decentralised. Bitcoiners achieve decentralisation across the world, running nodes. These nodes maintain the network rules, known as consensus, and ensure all transactions and blocks are valid by keeping a copy of the entire history of the blockchain. Following my... Read More -
What Bitcoin Did - WBD317: What Traditional Investors Think of Bitcoin with Raoul Pal
June 25th, 2021 by BTCMedia Location: Remotely Date: Thursday 4th February Company: Real Vision Role: Co-Founder & CEO Unlike almost every other market, in bitcoin, retail had the chance to front-run Wall Street. Since before bitcoin even had a price, the libertarians and cryptographers believed in bitcoin's ability to become the world's most dominant financial system. Bitcoin has been through many boom and bust cycles that were almost entirely retail-driven, yet the institutions have dominated the 2017 narrat... Read More -
What Bitcoin Did - WBD316: The Nation State Case for Bitcoin with Balaji Srinivasan
June 21st, 2021 by BTCMedia Location: Remotely Date: Friday 19th February Company: balajis.com Role: Angel Investor & Entrepreneur The corporate adoption of bitcoin has widely defined the last 12 months for bitcoin. Following Michael Saylor’s watershed move, companies such as Tesla and Square have been adding bitcoin to their treasuries. Many see the next logical step as nation-states adding bitcoin to their reserves. While some countries like Estonia and Malta have been very open to bitcoin, a large n... Read More -
WBD315 Bitcoin Tech #2 - Nodes (Part 1) with Shinobi
June 18th, 2021 by BTCMedia In this interview, I talk to Shinobi, the host of Block Digest. We discuss what a node is, why running a node is crucial for the network, which hardware & software to use, and the impact on privacy. Read More -
WBD314 - Sovereign Bonds & Bitcoin with Lyn Alden
May 7th, 2021 by BTCMedia In this interview, I talk to Lyn Alden, a macroeconomist and investment strategist. We discuss Tesla buying bitcoin, MicroStrategy's billion-dollar raise, hitting a $1 trillion market cap and the sovereign bond market. Read More -
WBD313 Bitcoin Bull Market Strategy - Feb ‘21 Trading Update with Willy Woo
May 5th, 2021 by BTCMedia In this interview, we discuss the Tesla & MicroStrategy news, the recent drop in price and what retail entering the market will mean for bitcoin. Read More -
WBD312 - $50k Bitcoin, What’s Next? With Bill Barhydt
May 3rd, 2021 by BTCMedia In this interview, I talk to Bill Barhydt, the CEO and Founder of Abra. We discuss what $50k bitcoin means, increasing corporate adoption and which nation-state will be the first to embrace Bitcoin. Read More -
WBD311 - Bitcoin & The Sovereign Company with Christian Keroles & Robert Breedlove
April 19th, 2021 by BTCMedia In this interview, I talk to Christian Keroles, the Media Editor of Bitcoin Magazine and Robert Breedlove. We discuss the idea of sovereign companies, jurisdictional arbitrage and moving away from a state-controlled world. Read More -
WBD310 - Bitcoin’s Wild Start to 2021 with Cory Klippsten
April 16th, 2021 by BTCMedia In this interview, I talk to Cory Klippsten, the founder of SwanBitcoin. We discuss how shitcoiners are invading Clubhouse, r/wallstreetbets, corporations buying Bitcoin, and which nation-states will first disclose a Bitcoin position first. Read More -
WBD309 - Tesla’s $1.5bn Bitcoin Buy with American HODL & Preston Pysh
April 12th, 2021 by BTCMedia In this interview, I talk to American HODL and Preston Pysh, author, engineer & the host of The Investor Podcast. We discuss Tesla's announcement, MicroStrategy's influence and corporations scrambling to buy Bitcoin. Read More -
WBD308 - The Path to a Bitcoin Standard with Dan Held
April 9th, 2021 by BTCMedia In this interview, I talk to Dan Held, the Director of Business Development at Kraken. We discuss the implications of a Bitcoin Standard, onboarding, adoption, decentralisation and layer one ossification. Read More -
WBD307 - Why Silicon Valley Doesn’t Get Bitcoin with Dan Held
April 5th, 2021 by BTCMedia In this interview, I talk to Dan Held, the Director of Business Development at Kraken. We discuss Dan's experience in Silicon Valley, what drives VCs to invest, and the changing Bitcoin narratives within Silicon Valley. Read More -
WBD306 - The Bitcoin Supercycle with Dan Held
April 2nd, 2021 by BTCMedia In this interview, I talk to Dan Held, the Director of Business Development at Kraken. We discuss Bitcoin market cycles, the halving's impact, and the catalysts that could make this cycle a supercycle. Read More -
WBD305 - The Bitcoin Shakeout - Jan ‘21 Trading Update with Willy Woo
March 31st, 2021 by BTCMedia In this interview, I talk to on-chain analyst and the co-founder of Hypersheet; Willy Woo. We discuss the run-up to $42,000, what the on-chain data indicates, price targets for Bitcoin and how to call the top. Read More -
WBD304 - WSB, Bitcoin & Ethereum with Lyn Alden
March 30th, 2021 by BTCMedia In this interview, I talk to Lyn Alden, a macroeconomist and investment strategist. We discuss the Bitcoin price action, retail investors/WSBs and Lyn’s economic analysis of Ethereum. Read More -
WBD303 - Bitcoin Tech #1 - UTXOs with Shinobi
March 26th, 2021 by BTCMedia In this interview, I talk to Shinobi, the host of Block Digest. We discuss UTXOs, what they do, how they work and the implications for both privacy and transaction fees. Read More
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