Bitcoin Magazine Podcast

"They're funding institutional businesses with lower interest rates by stealing from retail and they don't want you to know this." BitGo CEO Mike Belshe criticizes the traditional banking system in this episode of the Bitcoin Magazine Podcast. He explains why depositors earn 0% while the risk-free rate sits near 4%, how bank failures like SVB keep happening, and why stablecoins and reserve banks offer a safer path forward. Plus: his response to Elizabeth Warren's attack on OCC trust charters.
🔶 Host: Spencer Nichols — Bitcoin Magazine 🔶 Mike Belshe — CEO, CTO & Co-Founder of BitGo
Chapters: 01:22 Bitcoin Treasury Volatility & Symposium Takeaways07:29 Quantum Computing: The Hidden Institutional Blocker10:12 Stablecoin Adoption, the GENIUS Act & BitGo's Bank Charter16:24 The Battle Over Stablecoin Yield & Regulatory Capture20:20 Elizabeth Warren, Reserve Banks & the SVB Collapse25:38 The K-Shaped Economy: Who Banks Really Serve29:55 A New Banking Model: Stablecoin Deposits & Lending Marketplaces35:47 Tokenized Equities: The SEC, DTCC & a $70 Trillion Opportunity45:05 Open vs Closed Networks: China, Sanctions & Bitcoin Sovereignty
#Bitcoin #BitGo #MikeBelshe #BitcoinMagazine #Stablecoins #GeniusAct #ClarityAct #TokenizedEquities #Tokenization #DigitalAssets #InstitutionalAdoption #BitcoinTreasury #QuantumComputing #Banking #BankingSystem #Finance #CapitalMarkets #SEC #Regulation #Tether #USDollar #MonetaryPolicy #Macro #BitcoinPodcast #SoundMoney #FinancialFreedom #Fintech #Payments #MichaelSaylor #DTCC
DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed in this show are those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of BTC Inc., Bitcoin Magazine, or any affiliated entities. This content is provided for informational and educational purposes only and should not be construed as investment, legal, tax, or accounting advice. Nothing contained in this show constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer to buy or sell any securities or financial instruments. Viewers should consult their own advisors before making financial or business decisions.

"If you don't think you can beat Bitcoin, you should just buy Bitcoin." That's the philosophy powering Strive's rise to a top-10 corporate Bitcoin holder. CEO Matt Cole joins us backstage to unpack Bitcoin as the hurdle rate, the economics of digital credit, and why Bitcoin treasury companies are entering a period of consolidation with only a few dozen winners. He also shares the most wrong he's ever been about Bitcoin and it's not what you'd expect.
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🔶 Host: Isabella Santos — Get Based🔶 Matt Cole — Strive
Chapters: 02:20 Acquiring Semler Scientific: How Bitcoin Treasury Companies Grow05:11 Red Flags Inside the Fed: QE, Goldman Sachs & the Treasury08:08 "Bitcoin Is the Hurdle Rate" — Strive's Corporate Strategy Explained10:19 Why Meta & Mark Zuckerberg Need Bitcoin on the Balance Sheet13:37 How Many Public Companies Will Hold Bitcoin Next Year15:15 What Happens If Bitcoin Hits $1 Million16:59 Orange-Pilling Washington DC & the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve19:11 Digital Credit, Double-Digit Yield & Uniting the Bitcoin Community25:11 Money Printing, Meta & How to Beat Bitcoin
#Bitcoin #MattCole #Strive #BitcoinTreasury #BitcoinConference #BitcoinMagazine #FederalReserve #MoneyPrinting #QuantitativeEasing #DebtCrisis #DollarDebasement #MicroStrategy #SemlerScientific #CorporateBitcoin #BitcoinAdoption #StrategicBitcoinReserve #BitcoinNews #BitcoinInterview #DigitalCredit #BitcoinBalanceSheet #SoundMoney #FiatCurrency #BitcoinPrice #Meta #HurdleRate
DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed in this show are those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of BTC Inc., Bitcoin Magazine, or any affiliated entities. This content is provided for informational and educational purposes only and should not be construed as investment, legal, tax, or accounting advice. Nothing contained in this show constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer to buy or sell any securities or financial instruments. Viewers should consult their own advisors before making financial or business decisions.

Is the Bitcoin treasury boom good or bad for Bitcoin? Could it be the next big bear-market blowup? River's Alex Leishman gives his honest, measured take alongside host Brandon Green in this bear-market check-in. They cover store of value vs. medium of exchange, why Bitcoin payments still don't beat Apple Pay, and why stablecoins are really just a workaround for broken dollar rails.

🔶 Host: Brandon Green — BTC Inc CEO
🔶 Alex Leishman — River

Chapters:
03:40 — Why Bitcoin Lags Despite Perfect Conditions
10:11 — Bitcoin Interest on Cash: Replacing Your Bank
16:33 — Betting on Bitcoin, Not Crypto: The Coinbase Contrast
23:11 — Is River a Bank? Bitcoin Banking Explained
27:11 — 3.3% vs 12%: River vs. Bitcoin Treasury Yields
32:00 — Why River Refuses to Go Public
36:35 — Stablecoins Are "Just Dollars"
42:04 — Will Bitcoin Ever Be a Real Medium of Exchange?
47:32 — Bitcoin as Global Reserve & River's Endgame

#Bitcoin #BitcoinBanking #River #AlexLeishman #BitcoinMagazine #BitcoinPodcast #BitcoinBearMarket #StoreOfValue #BitcoinYield #BitcoinTreasury #LightningNetwork #Stablecoins #Tether #ProofOfReserves #MicroStrategy #Coinbase #BitcoinNews #BTC #BitcoinSavings #FDIC #SatStacking #BitcoinReserveAsset #MonetaryRevolution #BitcoinFinance #StackSats

DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed in this show are those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of BTC Inc., Bitcoin Magazine, or any affiliated entities. This content is provided for informational and educational purposes only and should not be construed as investment, legal, tax, or accounting advice. Nothing contained in this show constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer to buy or sell any securities or financial instruments. Viewers should consult their own advisors before making financial or business decisions.

Every popular stablecoin — Tether, USDC — is ultimately backed by US Treasuries, which means a handful of entities can freeze, seize, or censor your funds at will. In this conversation, David Seroy of Alpen Labs explains to Bitcoin Magazine's Shinobi why a Bitcoin-backed stablecoin is the credible alternative the space has been missing. They cover the immutable Liquity protocol, Bitcoin ZK rollups, and how to mint a dollar that inherits Bitcoin's security.
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🔶 Shinobi — Bitcoin Magazine🔶 David Seroy — Head of Ecosystem, Alpen Labs
Chapters:
1:50 — Rethinking stablecoin collateral without the dollar2:37 — Why DAI and Terra Luna failed3:29 — Liquity's immutable, governance-free breakthrough4:41 — Bitcoin ZK rollups: the missing collateral layer6:09 — How liquidations and the stability pool work9:23 — Who funds the stability pool — and why11:13 — Liquity V2 and user-set interest rates13:28 — Privacy, censorship resistance, and closing thoughts
#Bitcoin #Stablecoins #BitcoinBackedStablecoin #CensorshipResistant #Liquity #LiquityV2 #AlpenLabs #DavidSeroy #Shinobi #BitcoinMagazine #BitcoinConference #USTreasuries #Tether #USDC #DAI #TerraLuna #BitcoinL2 #ZKRollup #StabilityPool #DeFi #BTC #FiatDebt #SovereignDebt #PrivacyPayments #Fedimint #Cashu #BitcoinDollar #Immutable #BTCCollateral
DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed in this show are those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of BTC Inc., Bitcoin Magazine, or any affiliated entities. This content is provided for informational and educational purposes only and should not be construed as investment, legal, tax, or accounting advice. Nothing contained in this show constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer to buy or sell any securities or financial instruments. Viewers should consult their own advisors before making financial or business decisions.

Threshold signatures are coming to Bitcoin, but getting them right is harder than it looks. Nadav Kohen of Chaincode Labs walks through his work proving nested MuSig is secure, the road toward FROST-style thresholds, and his upcoming scheme codenamed "Iceberg." He breaks down the famous Alice, Bob, and Carol 2-of-3 example and shows why the obvious approach actually leaks secrets.
Grab your copy THE 2036 ISSUE👇https://store.bitcoinmagazine.com/pages/the-2036-issue
🔶 Shinobi — Bitcoin Magazine
🔶 Nadav Kohen — Chaincode Labs
Chapters:
1:25 — Proving Nested Multisig Is Actually Safe2:52 — Multisig on Top, Thresholds Underneath3:41 — One Schnorr Key Representing Many Signers5:09 — Ark, DLCs & Lightning Gossip7:05 — Privacy and Programmability Through Cryptography8:21 — Community Funds and Granular Approval Policies9:34 — The Alice, Bob & Carol 2-of-3 Example10:44 —Thresholds Nested Inside MuSig12:17 — Why Naive Nesting Breaks
#Bitcoin #Multisig #MuSig #ThresholdSignatures #Schnorr #Taproot #LightningNetwork #SelfCustody #BitcoinSecurity #Cryptography #FROST #ChaincodeLabs #BitcoinMagazine #BitcoinDev #DLC #Ark #BitcoinPrivacy #KeyManagement #SchnorrSignatures #BitcoinConference #NestedMultisig #BitcoinCustody
DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed in this show are those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of BTC Inc., Bitcoin Magazine, or any affiliated entities. This content is provided for informational and educational purposes only and should not be construed as investment, legal, tax, or accounting advice. Nothing contained in this show constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer to buy or sell any securities or financial instruments. Viewers should consult their own advisors before making financial or business decisions.